A husband and wife team explore the dark side of human behaviour and try to understand why people stray so far from the norm, dressed with a pinch of profanity and very British gallows humour.
This week Mishka covers the killing of Claire Parry by police officer Timothy Brehmer, and the massive miscarriage of justice by the UK court just this week which allowed Brehmer to get away with murder. In addition, Stoph brings us the tale of a prison-made Brazilian gang lord set on revenge against his enemies no matter what the cost. Ask the Crown Court for Timothy Brehmer’s sentence to be reviewed:https://www.gov.uk/ask-crown-court-sentence-reviewHelp and Resources:htps://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/https://www.womensaid.org.uk/https://www.solacewomensaid.org/https://www.respect.uk.net/ http://www.ashianasheffield.org/http://www.galop.org.uk/report/https://www.centreforwomensjustice.org.uk/Sources:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-53336341https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-54530272https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-54555008https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-52613736https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-54540329https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-54574676https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-54693540https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18825137.pc-timothy-brehmer-full-timeline-events/https://www.laurarichards.co.uk/what-are-the-signs-of-coercive-control/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-officer-affair-manslaughter-timothy-brehmer-claire-parry-dorset-b1393925.html?amphttps://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18827520.amp/https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/28/dorset-police-officer-timothy-brehmer-jailed-for-10-years-claire-parry-manslaughterhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/13/policeman-accused-of-groomed-emergency-workers-to-have-affairshttps://www.newschain.uk/news/paramedics-describe-bid-save-life-nurse-allegedly-strangled-lover-39926https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/18792081.nurs
He was a PHD student of Criminology who hero worshipped serial killers and studied their methods intently. In the late 2000s, women began disappearing in Bradford, UK, brutally murdered at the hands of the self styled killer who wanted to become the most famed murderer of all and was ultimately caught due to his own ego...Sources: https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/prostitutionhttps://www.city-journal.org/html/murder-most-academic-13387.htmlhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8216231/Crossbow-cannibal-serial-killer-Stephen-Griffiths-admits-murdering-three-prostitutes.htmlhttps://amp.theguardian.com/uk/2010/dec/21/stephen-griffiths-crossbow-cannibal-profilehttps://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/making-a-monster/articles/stephen-griffiths-the-crossbow-cannibal-hatred-bound-tightly-in#https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/who-crossbow-cannibal-killer-stephen-4985527https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bradford-west-yorkshire-11985080https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0078XGZB0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1http://www.mark-davis-photography.com/events/the-stephen-griffiths-bradford-murders-investigation-crossbow-cannibal/
In January 2018 a case of child abuse so shocking that it was deemed torture by the legal system rocked the world. From a seemingly idyllic Californian house, 13 starved, beaten and imprisoned children were rescued and almost thirty years of horror inflicted by their own parents was revealed, in the case of the Turpin children. Sources:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/ceq53m28lywt/turpin-captivity-casehttps://www.independent.co.uk/topic/turpin-family?CMP=ILC-refreshhttps://abcnews.go.com/US/siblings-allegedly-held-captive-robotic-marched-hours-circles/story?id=52418033https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/16/578227666/couple-arrested-after-children-found-shackled-to-their-beds-in-california-homehttps://nypost.com/2018/01/19/horror-house-moms-sister-detailed-their-own-childhood-abuse-in-self-help-books/https://www.distractify.com/p/what-happened-to-turpin-childrenhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/turpin-family-childrenhttps://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&n=robinette&oc=0&p=louise+annhttps://people.com/crime/house-of-horrors-siblings-dodge-rats-snakes-hallways-texas-home/https://people.com/crime/inside-the-house-of-horrors-2-years-after-escape-new-secrets-emerge-about-how-turpin-kids-survived/https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Turpin-13-Season-1/dp/B07CQSJKSR
This week we cover a case of murder, satanism, a life on the edge of a mainstream society that failed it’s most vulnerable people, and the devil next door, as we discuss Pazuzu Algarad.Sources:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwrL-IbEEjMhttps://www.ancient.eu/Pazuzu/https://journalnow.com/news/local/families-share-memories-of-two-men-who-disappeared-5-years-ago/article_b9ce4d1e-52f1-11e4-a206-0017a43b2370.htmlhttps://www.yesweekly.com/news/woman-who-loved-victim-of-pazuzu-now-helps-others/article_bda5fa00-f0ce-503c-88e4-a0de28005dba.htmlhttps://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/safekeeping/http://www.camelcitydispatch.com/john-pazazu-lawson-the-boogey-man-cometh-6874/https://www.earnthenecklace.com/pazuzu-algarad-complete-story/amp/https://www.oxygen.com/martinis-murder/who-was-pazuzu-algarad-the-devil-you-know-viceland-series
In this minisode Stoph takes the lead on the story of murderer turned vigilante against child sex offenders, Jonathan Watson. Sources: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/garrett-benson-obituary?pid=121138203https://bustedcoverage.com/2020/02/21/inmate-jonathan-watson-confesses-to-killing-child-molesters-pretty-much-called-his-shot/http://watchpaul.blogspot.com/2008/12/arrests-made-in-cutten-killing.htmlhttps://www.cdcr.ca.gov/news/2020/01/22/substance-abuse-treatment-facility-and-state-prison-corcoran-officials-investigating-a-second-inmate-death-as-a-homicide/https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/02/20/exclusive-convicted-killer-confesses-to-murdering-two-child-molesters-in-ca-prison-says-his-warnings-to-guards-fell-on-deaf-ears/https://heavy.com/news/2020/02/jonathan-watson/
In June of 1986 terror struck Seattle, Washington when people began to die seemingly at random after taking an over the counter pain medication: Excedrin. As investigators rush to try and stop a maniac spreading terror through the state, a chilling plot involving cyanide and one of the oldest motivations for murder: money.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bitter-Almonds-Mothers-Daughters-Seattle-ebook/dp/B00BP3QUMShttps://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/nickell-stella.htmhttps://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/woman-convicted-for-tampering-with-excedrinhttps://people.com/archive/killing-her-husband-wasnt-enough-for-stella-nickell-to-make-her-point-she-poisoned-a-stranger-vol-30-no-1/https://www.historylink.org/File/5643
This episode we complete our deep dive into the case of Gypsy Rose Blanchard. We take a further look into Munchausen by Proxy and how Gypsy was failed by the medical system, then the circumstances Dee Dee's murder and the consequences Gypsy faced.
In the first half of this double parter we explore the case of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her mother Dee Dee's murder. We take a look at how Gypsy was presented to the world and some of the medical abuse she was subjected to before the shocking murder that was unprecedented in the world of Munchausen's by Proxy.
In our first episode we cover British serial killer John George Haigh, the Acid Bath Murderer. Stoph experiences his first deep dive into true crime and Mishka gets trapped in the mental image of fatbergs made of people, as we chart one of the UK's most famous criminals on his path from petty thief to professional conman and finally multiple murderer. Sources:http://www.plymouthbrethrenchristianchurch.org/faq-category/faith-and-beliefs/https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/haigh-john.htmhttps://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-78-sulphuric-2-william-donald-mcswan#https://www.wattpad.com/922253391-convicted-serial-killers-and-murderers-john-haigh/page/2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqttYyt-ywohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZbpGpdSTschttps://www.amazon.co.uk/John-George-Haigh-Acid-Bath-Murderer/dp/1473837936 Music:Darkest Child var A by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3614-darkest-child-var-aLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/