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Στις 17 Νοεμβρίου 1972, ο 26χρονος Άντονι Μπέικλαντ κάλεσε την αστυνομία από το ρετιρέ του στο Λονδίνο λέγοντας ότι η μητέρα του, η 51χρονη Μπάρμπαρα Μπέικλαντ «είχε πέσει πάνω σε ένα μαχαίρι». Όταν έφτασαν οι βρετανοί αστυνομικοί στον τόπο του εγκλήματος βρήκαν τη μητέρα του μαχαιρωμένη στο πάτωμα της κουζίνας, ενώ ο Άντονι ήταν στο υπνοδωμάτιο και έκανε ήρεμα τηλεφωνική παραγελία για κινέζικο φαγητό.Ο Άντονι νοσηλευόταν στo ψυχιατρικό νοσοκομείο υψηλής ασφαλείας Broadmoor Hospital μέχρι τις 21 Ιουλίου 1980, όταν, μετά από πιέσεις ομάδας φίλων, αφέθηκε ελεύθερος. Ο Άντονι ήταν τότε 33 ετών και πήγε αμέσως αεροπορικώς στη Νέα Υόρκη για να μείνει με την 87χρονη γιαγιά του, Νίνι Ντέιλι.Συνελήφθη και κατηγορήθηκε για απόπειρα φόνου. Φυλακίστηκε στο νησί Ρίκερς και μετά από οκτώ μήνες αξιολόγησης από ψυχιατρική ομάδα, ανέμενε να αφεθεί ελεύθερος με εγγύηση όταν γινόταν η προανάκριση στις 20 Μαρτίου 1981. Ωστόσο, η υπόθεση αναβλήθηκε επειδή δεν μεταφέρθησαν εγκαίρως τα ιατρικά του αρχεία από την Αγγλία. Ο Άντονι επέστρεψε στο κελί του και μισή ώρα αργότερα βρέθηκε νεκρός.ΣυντελεστέςΈρευνα - Κείμενο: Μιμή ΦιλιππίδηΑφήγηση, Sound design, Ηχοληψία: Δάφνη Γερογιάννη

Στις 17 Νοεμβρίου 1972, ο 26χρονος Άντονι Μπέικλαντ κάλεσε την αστυνομία από το ρετιρέ του στο Λονδίνο λέγοντας ότι η μητέρα του, η 51χρονη Μπάρμπαρα Μπέικλαντ «είχε πέσει πάνω σε ένα μαχαίρι». Όταν έφτασαν οι βρετανοί αστυνομικοί στον τόπο του εγκλήματος βρήκαν τη μητέρα του μαχαιρωμένη στο πάτωμα της κουζίνας, ενώ ο Άντονι ήταν στο υπνοδωμάτιο και έκανε ήρεμα τηλεφωνική παραγελία για κινέζικο φαγητό.Ο Άντονι νοσηλευόταν στo ψυχιατρικό νοσοκομείο υψηλής ασφαλείας Broadmoor Hospital μέχρι τις 21 Ιουλίου 1980, όταν, μετά από πιέσεις ομάδας φίλων, αφέθηκε ελεύθερος. Ο Άντονι ήταν τότε 33 ετών και πήγε αμέσως αεροπορικώς στη Νέα Υόρκη για να μείνει με την 87χρονη γιαγιά του, Νίνι Ντέιλι.Συνελήφθη και κατηγορήθηκε για απόπειρα φόνου. Φυλακίστηκε στο νησί Ρίκερς και μετά από οκτώ μήνες αξιολόγησης από ψυχιατρική ομάδα, ανέμενε να αφεθεί ελεύθερος με εγγύηση όταν γινόταν η προανάκριση στις 20 Μαρτίου 1981. Ωστόσο, η υπόθεση αναβλήθηκε επειδή δεν μεταφέρθησαν εγκαίρως τα ιατρικά του αρχεία από την Αγγλία. Ο Άντονι επέστρεψε στο κελί του και μισή ώρα αργότερα βρέθηκε νεκρός.ΣυντελεστέςΈρευνα - Κείμενο: Μιμή ΦιλιππίδηΑφήγηση, Sound design, Ηχοληψία: Δάφνη Γερογιάννη

Join me as I dive into Ben Hatchett's incredible journey from Broadmoor to the world of bare knuckle fighting, and see if I can uncover what really drove him to redemption!Ben Hatchett's story is one that will leave you speechless – a tale of transformation that takes him from the notorious Broadmoor Hospital to the brutal world of bare knuckle fighting.Growing up, Ben faced immense challenges that would shape his path and ultimately lead him to the infamous Broadmoor. With a tough upbringing and a string of poor life choices, Ben found himself trapped in a downward spiral of crime and violence. His time in Broadmoor was marked by struggles with mental health, constant violence, and a sense of hopelessness that seemed inescapable. The harsh realities of life inside those walls took a toll on Ben, pushing him to his limits and testing his resolve. Despite the darkness that surrounded him, Ben held on to a glimmer of hope – the hope that one day he would break free from the cycle of violence and forge a new path.Ben's road to Broadmoor was paved with mistakes and missteps. A series of poor choices led to a life of crime, and eventually, he found himself behind bars, staring at the cold, unforgiving walls of Broadmoor. Life inside was brutal – the constant noise, the aggression, and the feeling of being trapped with no escape. Ben's experiences in Broadmoor were a far cry from the life he had envisioned for himself, yet it was in those darkest of moments that he began to search for a way out. The journey towards redemption was long and arduous, but Ben was determined to find a new sense of purpose.During his time in Broadmoor, Ben faced numerous challenges that threatened to consume him. The environment was toxic, and the stakes were high – one wrong move could mean disaster. Yet, amidst the chaos, Ben discovered a spark within himself – a spark that would eventually fuel his journey towards redemption. It was a tough road, fraught with setbacks and failures, but Ben persevered, driven by an unrelenting desire to change. The days turned into weeks, the weeks into months, and slowly but surely, Ben began to see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.A pivotal moment in Ben's journey came when he stumbled upon fighting as a means of release. The rush of adrenaline, the physical exhaustion, and the mental focus required to push himself to the limit – it was exactly what he needed to cope with the demons of his past. For the first time in his life, Ben felt like he had found a sense of purpose, a reason to keep pushing forward.Ben's journey towards redemption was far from easy, but it was a defining moment that marked a significant shift in his approach to life. He realized that he had two choices – to continue down the path of destruction or to use his experiences as a catalyst for change. The decision to pursue fighting as a means of redemption was not an easy one, but it was one that would ultimately set him free.Ben's story is one of redemption, of resilience, and of the human capacity to change. From the darkest depths of Broadmoor to the brutal world of bare knuckle fighting, Ben's journey is a testament to the power of the human spirit. Take a moment to reflect on his incredible story and share your thoughts in the comments below. If you're looking for more inspiring stories of redemption, be sure to check out our next video, where we'll dive into another astonishing tale of transformation.Subscribe to The New Mind podcast for more uplifting and insightful conversations that explore the depths of mental health, personal growth, and inspiring stories of individuals making a difference in the world.Thank youConnect with me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellamccrystal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ellamccrystalhypno   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ella_mccrystalWeb: https://www.ellamccrystal.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EllaMcCrystalConnect with Ben: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ben_hatchett_officialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565827272962TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ben_hatchett_officialYouTube:: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU0J7JWP7tZmbdf4uDa3eFw

On April 25, 2004, Broadmoor Hospital inmate Peter Bryan attacked a killed fellow inmate Richard Loudwell, a man awaiting sentencing for the murder of an eighty-two-year-old woman. The fact that the murder occurred in England's most famous and supposedly secure psychiatric hospital was shocking, but more shocking was that this was Bryan's third murder, and the second in as many months. Indeed, just two months earlier, while he was under the care of doctors and social workers in an open in-patient mental health hospital, Bryan left the facility in February and a few hours later he'd killed, dismembered, and partially cannibalized forty-three-year-old Brian Cherry.Peter Bryan's murders were highly sensationalized by the press, particularly the tabloids, who fueled the ongoing moral panic over the abysmal state of England's mental health system. While the reporting did little more than exacerbate the public's growing anger with the government, they nonetheless highlighted a very important question everyone wanted answered: How was a man with Bryan's mental health and criminal history able to get released institutional care, and moreover, why was he not under surveillance when he murdered a third time—this time in heavily guarded psychiatric hospital?ReferencesBennetto, Jason. 2005. "Care in the community patient sought `buzz' from killing and eating his victims." The Independent, March 16.Bowcott, Owen. 2009. "Cannibal who killed three had seemed normal, NHS finds." The Guardian, September 3.Chelsea News. 1994. "Grudge ended in murder." Chelsea News, March 3: 1.Cheston, Paul. 2005. "Cannibal set free to kill in London." London Evening Standard, March 15.Feller, Grant. 1993. "Police hunt evil King's Road murderer." Chelsea News, March 24: 3.Garvey, Geoff, and Peter Dobbie. 1993. "Girl battered to death in King's Road." Evening Standard (London, England), March 19: 73.Mishcon, Jane, Tim Exworthy, Stuart Wix, and Mike Lindsay. 2009. Independent Inquiry into the Care and Treatment of Peter Bryan - Part I. Mental Health Treatment Review, London, England: National Health Service (NHS).Raif, Shenai, and Andrew Barrow. 2005. "Triple-killer 'cannibal' told: you'll never be freed." The Independent, March 14.Tendler, Stewart, and Laura Peek. 2004. "Cannibal fears after body found cut apart." The Times (London, England), February 19.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Send us a textDr. Gwen Adshead is a forensic psychiatrist, consultant & therapist who spent most of her professional career working with homicide perpetrators in secure psychiatric hospitals. She's also the author of The Devil You Know, a book that documents her encounters at the Broadmoor Hospital, the oldest of England's three high-security psychiatric hospitals, known for housing its share of serial killers. In this episode, she shares insights from working with patients who exist at the edge of lucidity including concepts like Contagious emotions, reality testing & vengefulness. She shares what it's like navigating the minefield of lies that patients tell & that we all tell ourselves, the universal capacity for cruelty & what we can learn from the Nazis.If you liked this episode, you'll also like episode 162: WHY AM I NOT HAPPY? ANCIENT BRAINS & MODERN EMOTIONSGuest: https://a.co/d/3i8Zkc9Host:  https://www.meredithforreal.com/  | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/  | meredith@meredithforreal.com | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal  | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

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Abby continues her story of the Silent Twins, June and Jennifer Gibbons, and their later lives and time in Broadmoor Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Ashlyn talks about the incredibly sad story of Cierra Breland and the abusive relationship that led to her disappearance. This episode has everything: pronunciations for Hozier, bags of doom, empty sleeves, an opening for a psychologist on the show with silly little glasses, sextuplets, golden-doodles, a cool town name in Indiana, and the wild wackiness of the criminal system. Follow us everywhere, except in person! @iscreamsocialpodcastEmail: iscreamsocialpod@gmail.comSupport the Show.

The Yorkshire Ripper Sutcliffe's plea of diminished responsibility, which could have resulted in a lighter sentence, wasn't successful. On May 22, 1981, he was found guilty of 13 murders and seven counts of attempted murder. The judge sentenced him to 20 life terms and recommended a minimum sentence of 30 years. The death penalty wasn't an option, having been abolished in 1965. After he was captured and behind bars, Sutcliffe began using his mother's maiden name and going by Peter William Coonan. In 1984, a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia saw Sutcliffe removed from prison and sent to Broadmoor Hospital, a secure psychiatric facility. While in custody Sutcliffe applied for the right to parole, but a 2010 ruling said that he would never be released from prison. He was declared mentally able to leave the secure hospital and sent to a maximum-security prison in 2016. Sutcliffe experienced numerous assaults while in custody. In 1997, an inmate stabbed Sutcliffe's eyes with a pen, and he subsequently lost vision in his left eye. Wife Sutcliffe met Sonia Szurma, whose parents were refugees from Poland and Ukraine, in 1966. The two married on August 10, 1974. They had no children. Sonia offered her support during Sutcliffe's 1981 trial and initially visited him while he was in custody. They divorced in 1994. Her visits reportedly stopped after she got married again in 1997. Despite their divorce, Sutcliffe named Sonia as his next of kin. Sonia no longer lives in the house she and Sutcliffe moved into in 1977. Although she reportedly received permission to sell the home in December 2021, there is no public record of her actually doing so. Death Sutcliffe died at age 74 on November 13, 2020, at the University Hospital of North Durham in England. The hospital was near the prison where he'd been serving his sentence. At the end of October, Sutcliffe had been treated for a suspected heart attack at the hospital. Following his hospital stay, he reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 but refused treatment. His ex-wife Sonia is believed to have planned his funeral. The Long Shadow and Other Media In December 2020, Netflix debuted a four-part docuseries simply titled The Ripper about Sutcliffe's crime spree. It featured interviews with witnesses and investigators. Sutcliffe's crimes and capture are the subject of the seven-part ITV miniseries The Long Shadow, which debuted in September 2023. Writer George Kay based the dramatized series on the 2003 book Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper by Michael Bilton, as well as real case files, interview transcripts, and police reports. Originally called The Yorkshire Ripper, the series underwent a name change because Kay felt the moniker was “disrespectful” to Sutcliffe's victims and survivors who he felt were at the heart of the series. “The victims' families certainly don't want that name being applied to Peter Sutcliffe because it creates a dark brand around a man who doesn't deserve that sort of attention,” he said.  

Lucy Worsley travels back in time to revisit the unthinkable crimes of 19th century murderesses from the UK, Australia and North America.In this episode, Lucy is joined by Dr Gwen Adshead, for many years a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist at Broadmoor Hospital.They investigate the case of Frances Kidder, a 25-year-old woman unhappily married to a much older man, who is accused of murdering her stepdaughter Louisa in Kent in 1867. We all know the stories of Cinderella and Snow White – evil stepmothers badly treating their innocent stepdaughters. So when, one evening in August 1867, Louisa Kidder fails to return from a walk with her stepmother Frances across the lonely wetlands of Romney Marsh, Frances has some explaining to do. Lucy is also joined by historian Rosalind Crone, Professor of History at the Open University. She has uncovered numerous reports from local magistrates' courts which reveal the violence and discord of the Kidder household. Lucy and Rosalind travel to Hythe in Kent where Frances married her violent husband, to Romney Marsh where Louisa disappeared, and to Maidstone Gaol where Frances awaited trial.Lucy wants to know what actually happened to Louisa on that August evening. Is Frances a wicked stepmother or herself the victim of a troubled and violent home? What does her case tell us about family breakdown in the 19th century, and how much has changed today?Produced in partnership with the Open UniversityProducer: Jane Greenwood Readers: Clare Corbett, Jonathan Keeble and Ruth Sillers Sound design: Chris Maclean Series Producer: Julia HayballA StoryHunter production for BBC Radio 4New episodes will be released on Wednesday wherever you get your podcasts. But if you're in the UK, listen to the latest full series of Lady Killers first on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds - Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley - Available Episodes: http://bbc.in/3M2pT0K

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In this episode, I tell the story of Juliet Callaghan, a 12-year-old girl killed in Swinton, Greater Manchester, in March 1966. Juliet was attacked and killed by a 16-year-old boy called Gordon Wheeler while walking home from school one Friday afternoon. It took just ten days for the police to catch the teenage killer who had stabbed Juliet over 50 times during the frenzied attack. Wheeler was found guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility in July 1966. Mr Justice Cusack ordered him to be detained at Broadmoor Hospital indefinitely. Join my Patreon community at patreon.com/britishmurders for exclusive perks, including early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, exciting giveaways, and much more! Do you have a case request? Please send it to contact@britishmurders.com or fill out a Contact Form at britishmurders.com/contact Intro music:⁣ David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'⁣ davidjohnbrady.com References:⁣ britishmurders.com/julietcallaghan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, I tell the story of Juliet Callaghan, a 12-year-old girl killed in Swinton, Greater Manchester, in March 1966.Juliet was attacked and killed by a 16-year-old boy called Gordon Wheeler while walking home from school one Friday afternoon.It took just ten days for the police to catch the teenage killer who had stabbed Juliet over 50 times during the frenzied attack.Wheeler was found guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility in July 1966. Mr Justice Cusack ordered him to be detained at Broadmoor Hospital indefinitely.Join my Patreon community at patreon.com/britishmurders for exclusive perks, including early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, exciting giveaways, and much more!The video version of this episode can be viewed at youtube.com/@britishmurders. Remember to subscribe and ring the notification bell to stay up-to-date with my latest releases.Do you have a case request? Please send it to contact@britishmurders.com or fill out a Contact Form at britishmurders.com/contactIntro music:⁣David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'⁣davidjohnbrady.comReferences:⁣britishmurders.com/julietcallaghan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

fWotD Episode 2453: Edward Oxford Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of the featured Wikipedia article every day.The featured article for Monday, 22 January 2024 is Edward Oxford.Edward Oxford (19 April 1822 – 23 April 1900) was an English man who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria in 1840. He was the first of seven unconnected people who tried to kill her between 1840 and 1882. Born and raised in Birmingham, he showed erratic behaviour which was sometimes threatening or violent. He had a series of jobs in pubs, all of which he lost because of his conduct. In 1840, shortly after being dismissed from yet another pub, he purchased two pistols and fired twice at Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert. No-one was hurt.Oxford was arrested and charged with high treason. A jury found that he was not guilty by reason of insanity and he was detained indefinitely at Her Majesty's pleasure at the two State Criminal Lunatic Asylums: first at Bethlem Royal Hospital and then, after 1864, Broadmoor Hospital. Visitors and staff did not consider him insane. In 1867 Oxford was given the offer of release if he relocated to a British colony; he accepted and settled in Melbourne, Australia, under the new name "John Freeman". He worked as a decorator, married and became a respected figure at his local church. He began writing stories on the seedier aspects of Melbourne life for The Argus, which were published under the pseudonym "Liber". He later published a book, Lights and Shadows of Melbourne Life, which looks at both the wealthy and seamy parts of Melbourne.Oxford's trial, and the later M'Naghten case led to an overhaul of the law on criminal insanity in England. In January 1843 Daniel M'Naghten murdered Edward Drummond—the private secretary to the Prime Minister—mistaking him for the Prime Minister, Robert Peel. Like Oxford, M'Naghten was also found not guilty on the grounds of insanity. The cases of Oxford and M'Naghten prompted the judiciary to frame the M'Naghten rules on instructions to be given to a jury for a defence of insanity.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:37 UTC on Monday, 22 January 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Edward Oxford on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Kajal Neural.

Dr Sohom Das (MBChB, BSc, MSc, MCPsych) is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist who lives and works in London. His work happens at the intersection of criminal offending and severe mental illness. In his role, Sohom assesses and rehabilitates mentally disordered offenders in prisons, courts and in special secure psychiatric units, such as Broadmoor Hospital, that are reserved for the most dangerous and violent mentally ill patients. He is an experienced expert witness, who regularly provides evidence in Criminal Court, including the Old Bailey. As always with Sohom, this chat was a fascinating insight into the capacity humans have for all kinds of behaviour. Enjoy. @APsychForSoreMindsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cult Babes! This week's episode is a journey into the UK's Broadmoor Hospital which has been home to many infamous patients throughout it's history. We'll first get to know how the hospital came to be and then get acquainted with it's haunting guest list…Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com Write me: spencer@cultliter.comSpencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807 Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcastJoin our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliterCheck out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you're listening now! Sources:https://allthatsinteresting.com/jack-the-ripper-suspects/http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/berkshire/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8263000/8263371.stmhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/medical-history/article/i-am-very-glad-and-cheered-when-i-hear-the-flute-the-treatment-of-criminal-lunatics-in-late-victorian-broadmoor/1F711BABFE0E8D356D2A0169020C099Ahttps://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/about-us/library-archives/archives/madness-to-mental-illness-online-archive/important-legal-cases-of-the-19th-century-james-hadfield.pdf?sfvrsn=e4cedf57_6https://www.biography.com/crime/graham-younghttps://allthatsinteresting.com/graham-youngRollin, H. (1991) Forensic Psychiatry in England: a Retrospective. In 150 Years of British Psychiatry (vol. 2, The Aftermath) (eds H. Freeman & G.E. Berrios, G.E.), pp. 243–267Gaskell. Smith, R. (1996) Legal Frameworks for Psychiatry. In 150 Years of British Psychiatry (vol. 2, The Aftermath) (eds H. Freeman & G.E. Berrios), pp. 137–150. Athlone Press. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2015/jun/17/richard-dadd-victorian-artist-bedlam-mental-illness-fairieshttps://www.newspapers.com/image/933363280/?terms=Richard%20Dadd&match=1See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Do we truly understand the bond twins have? In the UK, twins June and Jennifer Gibbons made a pact to live a life of silence. Their bond was tested against a society that locked them in a Broadmoor Hospital, known for housing some of the UK's most horrific serial killers. This would ultimately lead to the girls making one final, and deadly, pact.

Lucy Worsley looks at the crimes of Victorian women from a contemporary, feminist perspective. In the first case in her new series, Lucy explores the story of Christiana Edmunds, a respectable spinster who embarks on a mass poisoning spree when the man she loves fails to return her affection. Lucy is joined by Dr Gwen Adshead, a forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist who has worked for many years at Broadmoor Hospital. Gwen offers fascinating insights into one of the most remarkable, and bizarre, cases of the Victorian era, a story of thwarted passion, lethal confectionery – and a very dangerous Lady Killer indeed. When Christiana Edmunds and her elderly mother move to Brighton after a series of family bereavements, Christiana develops a dangerous romantic obsession with her doctor, Charles Beard, bombarding him with love letters. Happily married with small children, he asks Christiana to leave him alone, and she takes drastic action: she tries to kill his wife Emily with a chocolate she has poisoned with strychnine. Emily survives but to cover her tracks Christiana comes up with a devious, clever and deadly plan. Rosalind Crone, Professor of History at the Open University, visits Brighton to explore how Christiana Edmunds procured her poison and presided over a reign of terror in the town in the early 1870s; and she goes to the Sussex County Archive to find out how the case gripped the public imagination and sent the press into a frenzy. Lucy wants to know what might have caused Christiana to become a stalker and a poisoner? Was she driven mad by the boredom of her middle-class spinster life or was she just clever and devious? What would a psychiatrist, and a court of law, make of her today? What does the case of Christiana Edmunds tell us about the lives of Victorian women, and about the lives of women today? Producer: Jane Greenwood Readers: Clare Corbett and Jonathan Keeble Sound Design: Chris Maclean Series Producer: Julia Hayball A StoryHunter production for BBC Radio 4

Hello friends, welcome back to The Good, The Bad and The Pure Evil. Todays episode is that of horror, its about a man called John Straffen. This man killed 2 little girls and was arrested. He was said to be unfit to plead and so was sent to Broadmoor Hospital for the mentally insane. Here while on work detail he managed to scale the 10feet walls and escaping..... He would kill another girl during this escape and again was captured and arrested. Would he be unfit this time?....

This episode features a forensic psychologist who worked in Broadmoor secure hospital for nearly three decades. Derek Perkins, Ph.D. is a UK Consultant Clinical & Forensic Psychologist at West London NHS Trust, and Honorary Professor of Forensic Psychology at Royal Holloway University of London. He is the co-director of the online Protect research group on internet-related sexual offending, and a Trustee of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation child protection charity. Prof Perkins was Head of Psychological Services at Broadmoor Hospital (high secure psychiatric service for London and the South of England) from 1986-2013, having previously worked in the UK Prison Service and Midland Centre for Forensic Psychiatry. He has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of sex offenders, including the interface between personality disorders and sexual offending, psychophysiological and other lab-based assessments of sexual interest, internet-related sexual offending, child sexual abuse and sexual homicide. He is regularly instructed in family and criminal court proceedings, including criminal court work and training in Hong Kong. Further reading: Bates, L (2021). Men Who Hate Women. Simon & Schuster UK. ISBN13: 9781398504653 Blackburn, R. (1995) The Psychology of Criminal Conduct: Theory, Research and Practice. ISBN: 978-0-471-96175-8 Black, D.A (2002) Broadmoor Interacts: Criminal Insanity Revisited: a Psychological Perspective on its Clinical Development. Barry Rose Law Publishers Ltd Gordon, H (2012) Broadmoor. London: Psychology News Press. ISBN 978-0-907-63335-8; Walton, J. & Hocken. K. (2020). Acceptance and Compassion as Interventions for Paraphilia. In Perkins. D., Akerman, G., Bartols, R. (eds).Assessing Sexual Interest and Arousal. 

June Gibbons (born 11 April 1963)[2] and Jennifer Gibbons (11 April 1963 – 9 March 1993) were identical twins who grew up in Wales. They became known as "The Silent Twins", since they only communicated with each other. They wrote works of fiction. Both women were admitted to Broadmoor Hospital, where they were held for eleven years.. Follow Bizarre Buffet Online Support Bizarre Buffet On Patreon Follow Bizarre Buffet On Instagram Like Bizarre Buffet On Facebook Subscribe To Bizarre Buffet On YouTube Bizarre Buffet Online Follow The Host's Of Bizarre Buffet Follow Marc Bluestein On Instagram Follow Jen Wilson On Instagram Follow Mark Tauriello On Instagram   If you're enjoying the content brought to you here at Bizarre Buffet, please consider leaving a positive review of the show on Apple Podcast's / iTunes. Listening on Spotify ? Give our show a " like " ! It helps a tremendous deal. Bizarre Buffet is an indépendant production.The support of our listener's keep's this show going. Thank you for listening !     Support the show!: https://patreon.com/bizarrebuffetSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Broadmoor psychiatrist and psychotherapist Dr Gwen Adshead shares her passion for choral music with Michael Berkeley. When people ask Gwen Adshead what she does for a living she sometimes tells them she is a florist, because she is unable to face another conversation about why she has devoted her life to working with ‘monsters'. Gwen has spent thirty years as a psychiatrist and as a pioneering forensic psychotherapist working at Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire with some of society's most violent, and vilified, offenders. The author of more than 100 academic books and papers, Gwen recently co-wrote a best-selling book, with her friend Eileen Horne, for a more general audience: The Devil You Know takes the reader into the therapy room at Broadmoor to try to understand people often labelled as ‘monstrous', including serial killers, stalkers and child sex offenders. Gwen tells Michael about her work at Broadmoor, encouraging offenders to understand what drove them to violence, to face up to what they have done, and to try to find a future free of violence. She finds parallels in her work with music: the leader of a group therapy session has much in common with a conductor; and as a psychotherapist Gwen has to listen to her patients with the same concentration as when she is listening to fellow choir members. Gwen's passion for choral music runs through the programme with pieces by Tallis, Gibbons, Lauridsen and Verdi, and a Maori song that conjures up her early childhood in New Zealand. Producer: Jane Greenwood A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 3

Graham Young became interested with chemistry and toxicology at an extremely young age. His future seemed promising, however this innocent hobby would soon turn nefarious. By the time he was 14 years old, he was Broadmoor Hospital's youngest inmate.Promo: Rogue Darkness Batwings and Butterflies ad by Autumn's Oddities If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a 5-star rating and review on your favorite podcast listening platform! If you'd like to further support the show, please consider donating to our Ko-fi, or buy yourself something nice from our merch store!Ko-fi: Ko-fi.com/freakyafpodcastMerch: Freakyafpod.myshopify.comWebsite: Freakyafpodcast.comTwitter and IG: @freakyafpodE-mail: freakyafpodcast@gmail.com Check out the rest of the Darkcast Network! Darkcastnetwork.wixsite.com/indieAnd, as always, thanks for listening!Sources for this episode can be found on our website:https://freakyafpodcast.wordpress.com/2022/09/21/40-graham-young-the-teacup-poisoner/

"The Silent Twins” follows the harrowing true story of identical twin sisters Jennifer of June Gibbons. The daughters of immigrants who moved to the United Kingdom from Barbados, with their parents, in the early 1960s. After a series of moves related to their father's work, the family settled in Haverfordwest, Wales in 1974. Labeled the Silent Twins for their repeated refusal to speak or read at school or socially engage with anyone but each other, Jennifer and June fell prey to machinations of a system with little room for the idiosyncratic, especially the foreign born. And after repeated trauma-inducing attempts to force them to speak and conform, by psychologists attached to the school administration, both girls were labeled mentally disturbed. In their late teens, a petty crime spree lands the girls in police custody. In lieu of being sentenced like ordinary mischievous kids, a judge confines the Gibbons girls to Broadmoor Hospital, a high security psychiatric facility indefinitely. “The Silent Twins” attempts to pull the reader into the world of the Gibbons sisters and bring their intensely creative drive into sharper focus and convey their actions as those of misunderstood eccentrics.  “If you were telling your story, through me, how would you want it to begin?...” Telling someone else's story is tricky; especially if the world's already decided what's important to know about that person. So deciding to shun the standard method, a biopic, and go the route of an outsider art film inspired by their life-altering experiences, is a bold move. One that for director Agnieszka Smoczynska's first English language feature film, is wildly successful emotionally and visually but woefully hampered by its script limitations.  Smoczynska's film begins with the elementary age sisters' voices reading the opening credits as though they're radio disc jockeys. It's a bright, fanciful introduction awash with color and the girls' infectious laughter. Only for a knock at the door to abruptly shift everything to a shot of the twins (played with remarkable facility of emotion by Leah Mondesir-Simmonds and Eva-Arianna Baxter) sitting at a bench, facing a wall, with their heads bowed. A side view reveals the duo clenching their hands and one sister shooting a look at the other as though commanding her to remain quiet until their mother leaves the doorway. What follows is a quietly disturbing portrayal of these young girls being ostracized on top of being bullied just for being the only Black children in the community. Mondesir-Simmonds and Eva-Arianna Baxter have an increasingly heartbreaking symmetry that conveys more than any amount of dialogue could ever pull off. The duo imbue their performances with a hefty emotion and disturbing edge that's riveting to witness.  Unfortunately, “The Silent Twins” has a serious order of operations problem. Just as you're fully invested in experiencing all this upheaval and increasingly cruel attempts to force the girls out of their shell, the story shifts to Jennifer and June in their late teens. And this here's when it becomes painfully apparent Screenwriter Andrea Siegel's script is inadequate, glaringly so. Because this is less a biopic and more a biographical art film based on Marjorie Wallace's novel by the same name and the diaries and other writings of the twins themselves, the onus is on Seigel to ground every flight of fancy and internal exploration with its external counterpart. We follow the teens journey into creative endeavors, and puberty, but with little wrestling with the events of their childhood in the mix. It dismantles a significant amount of the personality profile being revealed to this point. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that not incorporating those moments from their point of view strengthens the arguments made implicitly and by the end overtly that something is mentally "off" with Jennifer and June. (L to R) Tamara Lawrance stars as Jennifer Gibbons and Letitia Wrigh...

"The Silent Twins” follows the harrowing true story of identical twin sisters Jennifer of June Gibbons. The daughters of immigrants who moved to the United Kingdom from Barbados, with their parents, in the early 1960s. After a series of moves related to their father's work, the family settled in Haverfordwest, Wales in 1974. Labeled the Silent Twins for their repeated refusal to speak or read at school or socially engage with anyone but each other, Jennifer and June fell prey to machinations of a system with little room for the idiosyncratic, especially the foreign born. And after repeated trauma-inducing attempts to force them to speak and conform, by psychologists attached to the school administration, both girls were labeled mentally disturbed. In their late teens, a petty crime spree lands the girls in police custody. In lieu of being sentenced like ordinary mischievous kids, a judge confines the Gibbons girls to Broadmoor Hospital, a high security psychiatric facility indefinitely. “The Silent Twins” attempts to pull the reader into the world of the Gibbons sisters and bring their intensely creative drive into sharper focus and convey their actions as those of misunderstood eccentrics.  “If you were telling your story, through me, how would you want it to begin?...” Telling someone else's story is tricky; especially if the world's already decided what's important to know about that person. So deciding to shun the standard method, a biopic, and go the route of an outsider art film inspired by their life-altering experiences, is a bold move. One that for director Agnieszka Smoczynska's first English language feature film, is wildly successful emotionally and visually but woefully hampered by its script limitations.  Smoczynska's film begins with the elementary age sisters' voices reading the opening credits as though they're radio disc jockeys. It's a bright, fanciful introduction awash with color and the girls' infectious laughter. Only for a knock at the door to abruptly shift everything to a shot of the twins (played with remarkable facility of emotion by Leah Mondesir-Simmonds and Eva-Arianna Baxter) sitting at a bench, facing a wall, with their heads bowed. A side view reveals the duo clenching their hands and one sister shooting a look at the other as though commanding her to remain quiet until their mother leaves the doorway. What follows is a quietly disturbing portrayal of these young girls being ostracized on top of being bullied just for being the only Black children in the community. Mondesir-Simmonds and Eva-Arianna Baxter have an increasingly heartbreaking symmetry that conveys more than any amount of dialogue could ever pull off. The duo imbue their performances with a hefty emotion and disturbing edge that's riveting to witness.  Unfortunately, “The Silent Twins” has a serious order of operations problem. Just as you're fully invested in experiencing all this upheaval and increasingly cruel attempts to force the girls out of their shell, the story shifts to Jennifer and June in their late teens. And this here's when it becomes painfully apparent Screenwriter Andrea Siegel's script is inadequate, glaringly so. Because this is less a biopic and more a biographical art film based on Marjorie Wallace's novel by the same name and the diaries and other writings of the twins themselves, the onus is on Seigel to ground every flight of fancy and internal exploration with its external counterpart. We follow the teens journey into creative endeavors, and puberty, but with little wrestling with the events of their childhood in the mix. It dismantles a significant amount of the personality profile being revealed to this point. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that not incorporating those moments from their point of view strengthens the arguments made implicitly and by the end overtly that something is mentally "off" with Jennifer and June. (L to R) Tamara Lawrance stars as Jennifer Gibbons and Letitia Wrigh...

This is our last episode of series 1 of Doctor Informed, and with it we're coming full circle. Clara will be talking to our first two guests, Mary Dixon-Woods and Bill Kirkup, having now heard from all of our other experts over this series. In this first series, we've learned about speaking out, team work, compassionate leadership - all the things that are needed to help clinicians challenge the status quo, So in this episode, we'll be asking Mary how much she thinks things have changed, and Bill how he manages a career challenging the healthcare system. Our guests Mary Dixon-Woods is director of THIS Institute, and a Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge. Her work is concerned with generating a high quality evidence-base to support the organisation, quality and safety of care delivered to patients. For links to the work that Mary talked about visit https://www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/ Bill Kirkup is a clinician turned investigator - he led investigations into failings at a maternity and neonatal unit in Morcambe Bay, into the Oxford paediatric cardiac surgery unit and into Jimmy Savile's involvement with Broadmoor Hospital. He was also a member of the Hillsborough Independent Panel

SEASON FINALE BABY! This is the end of our first season of Teachers Talk Crime.  Thank you so much for the amazing support as we ventured through this together. You stuck with us as we learned and as we are still learning. So, THANK YOU! This is episode 34 and it is literally unpredictable. As Ashleigh went through this case I thought I had it solved, but boy was I wrong. This is the case of Sharon Carr, who is better known as "The Devil's Daughter". Sharon is the youngest female murder in Britain. She brutally murdered Katie Rackliff, an 18 year old girl leaving a night club. Sharon was only 12 years old when she committed this horrific murder.  Listen as we go through this tragedy.  Sources: 1.) https://casocriminal.org 2.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTj4lj3ThoY 3.) https://www.thefreelibrary.com 4.) https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/carr-sharon.htm 5.) https://www.thefreelibrary.com 6.) http://www.jackripper.co.uk/history-of-Broadmoor-Hospital.php 7.) https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11282267/sharon-carr-killer-faces-life-jail/ 8.) https://www.dailymail.co Check  us out on our socials: MERCH IS HERE Instagram Buy me a Coffee TikTok: @brantyyy_ and @southern.math.teacher Email Us: teacherstalkcrimepodcast@gmail.com Thank you to everyone who helped Ashleigh clear her Amazon wish list. You are all amazing and we are so happy to have you all in our lives. THANK YOU!!

Our guest today is Dr. Peter Fenwick, a neuropsychologist who carried out extensive research on near death experiences and the nature of consciousness. Dr. Fenwick is a senior lecturer at King's College London and the consultant neuropsychologist at both the Maudsley and John Radcliffe hospitals. He is also the president of the Horizon Research Foundation and president emeritus of the Scientific and Medical Network. In this episode of Science and Wisdom LIVE, he is interviewed by Venerable Fabienne Pradelle, the Director of Jamyang London Buddhist Centre. They discuss our existential fear of death, Near Death Experiences and their connection with personal transformation, and the connection between consciousness and the brain.The interview was recorded LIVE during our recent event on ‘Death and Rebirth'. To hear more about upcoming events and courses, please visit our website www.scienceandwisdomlive.com and sign up to our newsletter, YouTube channel, and social media platforms.“The plain fact is that none of us understands these phenomena. As for the soul and life after death, they are still open questions, though I myself suspect that NDEs are part of the same continuum as mystical experiences.”About our guest:Dr. Peter Fenwick (born 25 May 1935) is a neuropsychiatrist and neurophysiologist who is known for his studies of epilepsy and end-of-life phenomena. Fenwick is a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied Natural Science. He obtained his clinical experience at St Thomas' Hospital.Fenwick is a senior lecturer at King's College, London, where he works as a consultant at the Institute of Psychiatry. He is the Consultant Neuropsychologist at both the Maudsley, and John Radcliffe hospitals, and also provides services for Broadmoor Hospital. He works with the Mental Health Group at the University of Southampton, and holds a visiting professorship at the Riken Neurosciences Institute in Japan.Fenwick is the president of the Horizon Research Foundation, an organisation that supports research into end-of-life experiences. He is the President of the British branch of the International Association for Near-Death Studies. Fenwick has been part of the editorial board for a number of journals including the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, the Journal of Consciousness Studies and the Journal of Epilepsy and Behaviour.Fenwick's interest in near-death experiences was piqued when he read Raymond Moody's book Life After Life. Initially sceptical of Moody's anecdotal evidence, Fenwick reassessed his opinion after a discussion with one of his own patients, who described a near-death experience very similar to that of Moody's subjects. Since then, he has collected and analysed more than 300 examples of near-death experiences. Fenwick argues that human consciousness may be more than just a function of the brain.

Dr. Sohom Das is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist based in London. In his professional role, he regularly assesses mentally disordered offenders, in prisons, in courts, and in locked secure forensic psychiatric units, such as Broadmoor Hospital, that are reserved for the most dangerous and violent mentally ill patients. He also works as an experienced expert witness during criminal trials for a range of serious offenses, including murder. Follow Dr. Das at https://www.youtube.com/apsychforsoreminds and http://www.drdas.co.uk/ Read his book "In Two Minds: Stories of Murder, Justice, and Recovery from a Forensic Psychiatrist" at Amazon.com. Ask Dr. Drew is produced by Kaleb Nation (https://kalebnation.com) and Susan Pinsky (http://twitter.com/firstladyoflove). This show is for entertainment and/or informational purposes only, and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. SPONSORED BY • GENUCEL - Using a proprietary base formulated by a pharmacist, Genucel has created skincare that can dramatically improve the appearance of facial redness and under-eye puffiness. Genucel uses clinical levels of botanical extracts in their cruelty-free, natural, made-in-the-USA line of products. Get 10% off with promo code DREW at https://genucel.com/drew GEAR PROVIDED BY • BLUE MICS - After more than 30 years in broadcasting, Dr. Drew's iconic voice has reached pristine clarity through Blue Microphones. But you don't need a fancy studio to sound great with Blue's lineup: ranging from high-quality USB mics like the Yeti, to studio-grade XLR mics like Dr. Drew's Blueberry. Find your best sound at https://drdrew.com/blue • ELGATO - Every week, Dr. Drew broadcasts live shows from his home studio under soft, clean lighting from Elgato's Key Lights. From the control room, the producers manage Dr. Drew's streams with a Stream Deck XL, and ingest HD video with a Camlink 4K. Add a professional touch to your streams or Zoom calls with Elgato. See how Elgato's lights transformed Dr. Drew's set: https://drdrew.com/sponsors/elgato/

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGraham Frederick Young (7 September 1947 – 1 August 1990), best known as the Teacup Poisoner and later the St Albans Poisoner, was an English serial killer who used poison to kill his victims.Obsessed with poisons from an early age, Young began poisoning relatives and school friends by lacing their food and drink with thallium and antimony. He was caught when his schoolteacher became concerned by his interest in poisons and contacted the police. In 1962, at the age of 14, Young was charged with administering poison to his father, sister and schoolfriend and detained at Broadmoor Hospital. Young would later claim responsibility for the death of his stepmother, although he was never charged with this crime. The presiding judge stipulated that Young should not be released without the Home Secretary's authorization for 15 years.In 1971, Young was deemed rehabilitated and released from Broadmoor. He found a job as a storekeeper at a factory in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, where his duties including making tea for his colleagues. Soon afterwards, Young began poisoning his workmates, resulting in two fatalities and several others left critically ill. The deaths were initially attributed to a mysterious bug, but Young's odd behaviour and his penchant for showing off his considerable knowledge of poisons aroused suspicions and he was arrested. Large quantities of poison were found in his bedsit along with a diary detailing his poisonings. In 1972, he was convicted on two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He served most of his sentence at HM Prison Parkhurst, where he died of a heart attack in 1990.The Young case made headlines in Britain and led to a public debate over the release of mentally ill offenders. Within hours of his conviction, the British Government announced two inquiries into the issues it raised. The Butler Committee led to widespread reforms in mental health services. The outcry over the ease with which Young was able to obtain deadly poisons led to the passage of the 1972 Poisons Act. Young's life story inspired the 1995 film The Young Poisoner's Handbook.Here's how and where you can find Homicide Worldwide Podcast.To help support the show, find us on Patreon: patreon.com HWW is now on Discord: https://discord.gg/F9cMyf7JFJTo our amazing listeners. If you are listening to us on apple podcasts? (and even if your'e not) Please! take few minutes and leave a 5 ⭐️ review. It'll really help out the show. If you have a show suggestion? please email us at: homicideworldwidepodcast@gmail.comAnd you can always find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/HWWP10Thank you for your continued support of Homicide Worldwide PodcastSupport the show

Dance hall manager, radio DJ, television presenter, British Icon, reviled pedophile? This week we are continuing our deep dive into a case I have been researching for 9 years, the life and crimes of SIr Jimmy Savile OBE. Savile courts controversy and is handed the keys to Broadmoor Hospital, home of the Yorkshire Ripper. Margaret Thatcher continues to push for a knighthood, and Cyril Smith is Discussed. Become a Patreon Member: https://tinyurl.com/DCPatreon   Follow me on Instagram, MeWe, and Patreon @ IanTotten-Author Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Deathcast-102690125566672 Twitter @CorpseCreek Find my books @ https://tinyurl.com/Totten-Books The Deathcast is a Production of Corpse Creek Publishing Visit the official website: https://www.corpsecreekpublishing.com #truecrime #UnitedKingdom #Savile #SirJimmy #JimmySavile #TheDeathcast #truecrimeaddict #truecrimefiend #Truecrimepodcast #Leeds #Netflix 

Dance hall manager, radio DJ, television presenter, British Icon, reviled pedophile? This week we are continuing our deep dive into a case I have been researching for 9 years, the life and crimes of SIr Jimmy Savile OBE. Savile courts controversy and is handed the keys to Broadmoor Hospital, home of the Yorkshire Ripper. Margaret Thatcher continues to push for a knighthood, and Cyril Smith is Discussed. Become a Patreon Member: https://tinyurl.com/DCPatreon   Follow me on Instagram, MeWe, and Patreon @ IanTotten-Author Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Deathcast-102690125566672 Twitter @CorpseCreek Find my books @ https://tinyurl.com/Totten-Books The Deathcast is a Production of Corpse Creek Publishing Visit the official website: https://www.corpsecreekpublishing.com #truecrime #UnitedKingdom #Savile #SirJimmy #JimmySavile #TheDeathcast #truecrimeaddict #truecrimefiend #Truecrimepodcast #Leeds #Netflix 

Today we conclude our three part series on the Gibbons Twins, Jennifer and June. We follow the twins down the path of arson towards the infamous asylum, Broadmoor Hospital.

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@Gspellchecker) welcomes Dr. Sohom Das (@Dr_S_Das). Sohom is a Consultant forensic psychiatrist. They talk about mental illness and ideology. 0:00 Intro 0:22 What does Sohom do? 1:30 What is schizophrenia? 3:07 Can people recover from schizophrenia? 4:08 The difference between psychologist and psychiatrist. 5:50 Psychiatry as a science and its dark past 8:17 Society's attitudes to mental illness 11:25 Why pursue this type of career? 14:11 Religious ‘delusion' and mental illness. 16:33 Mental illness and suicide bombing. 19:52 How does our understanding of mental illness inform concepts of ‘free will'? 25:42 Spice: Drug use and mental health 28:36 Cannabis and mental health issues. 36:04 The ‘insanity please'. 39:40 Personal safety when assessing patients 45:03 What is the notorious Broadmoor Hospital like? 46:46 Conspiracy theorists 49:28 Soham's upcoming book ‘In Two Minds'. Support the podcast at http://www.patreon.com/ gspellchecker Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify. Order ‘In Two Minds' book: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/dr-sohom-das/in-two-minds/9780751583786/ Dr Sohom Das's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPR1k3dnTWhSfezRnDHEJKg  

When you hear the reports from a major patient safety issue, it will be shocking to hear how they have played out - but the patterns in behaviour, of people and institutions which have gone disastrously wrong, can be seen throughout healthcare. As this first series of Doctor Informed unfolds, we'll be exploring these patterns, and bring you evidence and expertise on tackling them - Doctor Informed is about going beyond medical knowledge to make you the best doctor you can be. In this first episode we're talking to experts who have seen these patterns firsthand, and whose work is all about tackling them; Bill Kirkup is a clinician turned investigator - he ed investigations into failings at a maternity and neonatal unit in Morcambe Bay, into the Oxford paediatric cardiac surgery unit and into Jimmy Savile's involvement with Broadmoor Hospital. He was also a member of the Hillsborough Independent Panel Mary Dixon-Woods is director of THIS Insitute, and a Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge. Her work is concerned with generating a high quality evidence-base to support the organisation, quality and safety of care delivered to patients.

Pioneering British psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Gwen Adshead has spent more than spent 30 years working inside prisons and with offenders at Broadmoor Hospital - this is where some of the UK's most notorious criminals are detained.

Patrick McGrath is the author of three collections of short fiction, including Ghost Town: Tales of Manhattan Then and Now, and ten novels, including Asylum, Dr. Haggards Disease, Port Mungo, and most recently Last Days in Cleaver Square. His work has been widely published in translation, and in Italy Asylum, titled Follia, has sold over half a million copies. His screenplay of his novel Spider was filmed by David Cronenberg and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Patrick was born in London and grew up near Broadmoor Hospital where his father was Medical Superintendent. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wake-island/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wake-island/support

June Gibbons and Jennifer Gibbons were identical twins who grew up in Wales. They became known as "The Silent Twins" since they only communicated with each other. They wrote works of fiction. Both women were admitted to Broadmoor Hospital where they were held for eleven years. This was an interesting case to cover. Enjoy!   Join my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=57302900&fan_landing=true

To conclude Season 2, we turn to employee wellbeing and mental health which is high on the agenda of many organisations.  Events at this summer's Olympic games has again highlighted the importance of an individuals mental health in terms of performance following the brave decision of superstar American gymnast Simon Biles to retire from competition to concentrate on her own mental wellbeing.  The events of the past 18 months have also brought wellbeing and mental health into stark relief with home working becoming the default for millions.  So what can employers and in particular HR professionals do to ensure a happy, mentally healthy and engaged workforce?This week's expert is Dr Paola Carr-Walker.  Paola Carr-Walker is a chartered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, and has spent two decades working across in-patient and community mental health services, including 10 years at Broadmoor Hospital and in the prison service.   She also holds a postgraduate qualification in clinical neuropsychology and is the co-founder of HeadForwards a specialist consultancy business that combines leadership, culture, and people transformation expertise with scientific rigour.In this interview we cover:Would employee mental health and wellbeing be as high up the organisational agenda if it wasn't for Covid-19?How mental health is forecast to become the world's number one health crisis;'Hospital grade' mental health issues are as likely to be found in the workplace as they are in a specialist environment;Are we too reliant nowadays on feeling 'happy'?  Is it healthier to accept that occasionally things go wrong?  Should we think about our mental health in the same way we do our physical health?Aside from Covid-19 - what's been the catalyst for organisations to concentrate on employee wellbeing and mental fitnessHow effective leaders build mental fitness into their organisational culture and how important they are in breaking down the stigma of mental health issues and giving opportunities for mental health to be discussed;How  organisations should be managing hybrid working for their employees to remove worker uncertainty and anxiety;How mental fitness boosts happiness and productivity and preventions is far better than cure.Contact details:https://www.head-forwards.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-paola-carr-walker-8a84b39a/?originalSubdomain=uk

Episode 57 - England This week we're in jolly ol' England! Or not so jolly in our case. Amber starts us off with something a little different this week! She gives us a brief summary on the history of the Broadmoor Hospital and some of the people who have lived there. Maggie then tells us about Kate Webster "The Female Sweeney Todd" and the murder of Julia Martha Thomas. https://katdevitt.com/2021/01/26/kate-webster-the-female-sweeney-todd/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Julia_Martha_Thomas https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/webster-catherine.htm https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/webster-kate-1849-1879 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadmoor_Hospital https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiana_Edmunds

In the sixth episode of British Murders Season 3, I tell the story of Graham Frederick Young aka The Teacup Poisoner.⁣⁣On July 5, 1962, at the age of 14, Graham Young was sentenced to serve 15 years in Broadmoor Hospital for maliciously administering poison to his dad, sister, and school friend Christopher Williams.After serving just short of 9 years, Young was released from Broadmoor on February 4, 1971.⁣He went on to poison around 70 of his work colleagues, killing two of them in the process.On June 29, 1972, Young was found guilty of the murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.⁣He died of a myocardial infarction at Parkhurst Prison on August 1, 1990.Follow British Murders on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/britishpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/britishmurdersTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@britishmurdersTwitter: https://twitter.com/britishmurdersYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BritishMurdersPodcastMerchandise available here:https://teespring.com/stores/britishmurdersUse Promo Code 'BRITISH' to get 5% off until July 19, 2021Support the show on Patreon for early access to ad-free-episodes:https://www.patreon.com/britishmurdersMake a one-off donation here:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/britishmurders All episodes are available on my website:https://www.spreaker.com/show/british-murdersPlease send any British murder case suggestions to:britishmurderspodcast@gmail.comIntro music:David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'https://linktr.ee/davidjohnbradymusicMy recording equipment:Shure SM57 Dynamic MicFocusrite Scarlett Solo USB Audio InterfaceAudacityEdited in:Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019AudacityMastered in:AuphonicReferences:Boy “obsessed with drugs” send to Broadmoor. (1962, July 6). The Guardian, 13. Retrieved from Newspapers.com.Tew, K. (1971, November 23). Lab man's death: Murder charge. Evening Standard, 8. Retrieved from Newspapers.com.Ashes of lab man exhumed. (1971, November 28). The Observer, 1. Retrieved from Newspapers.com.Man on murder charges accused of poison bid. (1972, January 26). Evening Standard, 9. Retrieved from Newspapers.com.QC says diary held chilling record of 8 poison victims. (1972, June 20). The Guardian, 6. Retrieved from Newspapers.com.Tew, K. (1972, June 22). Storeman gave lecture on poison - detectives. Evening Standard, 6. Retrieved from Newspapers.com.Tew, K. (1972a, June 29). Boy with a deadly hobby. Evening Standard, 28–29. Retrieved from Newspapers.com.GRAHAM YOUNG. (1972b, June 29). Hansard. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1972/jun/29/graham-youngHarvey, P. (1972, June 30). A mind steeped in poison. The Guardian, 13. Retrieved from Newspapers.com.Bowden, P. (1996), Graham Young (1947–90); the St Albans poisoner: his life and times. Criminal Behav. Ment. Health, 6: 17-24. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.132Hicks, M. (Director) (2011, May 8). The Teacup Poisoner (Season 1, Episode 2) [TV series episode]. In K. Beal (Executive Producer), Fred Dinenage Murder Casebook. Talent TV South; Woodcut Media.All That's Interesting. (2018, November 9). The Twisted Story Of Graham Young – The “Teacup Poisoner.” https://allthatsinteresting.com/graham-youngJordan, F. (2019, May 20). Laurel Hedge WARNING: Common garden plant can quickly turn into deadly CYANIDE. Express. https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/garden/1129540/laurel-laurel-hedging-cyanide-poisonous-plants-alnwick-poison-garden-videoBiography.com Editors. (2020, June 5). Graham Young. Biography. https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/graham-youngWikipedia contributors. (2021, June 30). Graham Young. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_YoungGraham Young, the Bovingdon Poisoner. (n.d.). Watford Observer. Retrieved July 4, 2021, from https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/grahamyoung/thebovingdonpoisoner/

Hello and welcome to episode 26 of The High Strangeness podcast. Join Gav and I as we round up our series on Broadmoor Hospital and some of the residents there. Today we'll be looking at the man of many names, Michael Petersen or as he's better known, Charles Bronson, plus spree killer and the man nobody wants to live next door to, Barry Williams and the self-proclaimed son of god, Richard Torto, who had a terrifying penchant for firebombs!DEADBOLT FILMS: https://www.deadboltfilms.com/FOXIES FANTASTIC FABRICATIONS: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Foxiesfabrications79?ref=seller-platform-mcnav&fbclid=IwAR1kI5E0TyZfXZhqxcTmg0zCpr8Nrs-_4PryqVJJOrqfUNFWFHML2obR6I8Support the show

Hello and welcome to episode 25 of The High Strangeness podcast. Today Gav and I will be continuing our series on Broadmoor Hospital, and looking at the cases of Robert Maudsley, June and Jennifer Gibbons - the silent twins and Peter Sutcliffe - the Yorkshire ripper! So join us for some strange tales, maniacal murders and Peter Sutcliffes disgusting diy easy access leggings

Hello and welcome to episode 24 of the High Strangeness podcast. Join Gav and I as we start our series on the Broadmoor Hospital, one of the main psychiatric facilities in the uk and the place that has housed some of Britain's most dangerous offenders. We'll be looking at some well known and not so we'll known residents in this episode as well as giving a history of the building itself. warning this episode contains sensitive material.Foxies Fantastic Fabricaion https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Foxiesfabrications79?ref=seller-platform-mcnav&fbclid=IwAR1kI5E0TyZfXZhqxcTmg0zCpr8Nrs-_4PryqVJJOrqfUNFWFHML2obR6I8Deadbolt Films https://www.deadboltfilms.com/Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thehighstrangenesspodcast?fan_landing=trueSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/thehighstrangenesspodcast?fan_landing=true)

In this episode of Gin and Sin, Pati brings us the horrific case of Robert Napper. He is a British convicted murderer and rapist. He was sentenced to be detained at Broadmoor Hospital indefinitely on 18 December 2008 for the manslaughter of Rachel Nickell on 15 July 1992. He was previously convicted of the 1993 double murder of Samantha Bisset and her daughter Jazmine. 

In this episode we talk about June Gibbons and Jennifer Gibbons, identical twins who grew up in Wales. They became known as "The Silent Twins" since they only communicated with each other. They wrote works of fiction. Both women were admitted to Broadmoor Hospital where they were held for eleven years. This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellthatsweird/message Send an email: wellthatsweirdpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellthatsweird/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wellthatsweird/support

Gwen is bringing out a new book at the beginning of June, The Devil you know; Stories of human cruelty and compassion. Order here  https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-devil-you-know/gwen-adshead/eileen-horne/9780571357604 Dr Gwen Adshead describes her long relationship with Broadmoor Hospital. This notorious institution was built in the 19th century as Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum and accommodated many of the most disturbed pationts in the land. Gwen talks about her own development from being a psychiatrist to a psychotherapist and how her engagement with object relations and Mentalization Based Treatment helped her to deepen her understanding of deeply disturbed patients.

It’s the day after Christmas, and all through the house, Tom and Jenny are streaming while getting quite soused. On this fun, creepy, and madcap livestream, we’re going to be discussing two very different topics (since the Patreon topic poll was a tie, so we figured what the hell). First up, we’ll be delving into … Continue reading Episode 228 LIVE: The Lead Masks Case and a History of Broadmoor Hospital

***This episode is brought to you by restaurant.com. Head over to www.restaurant.com/podcast for 50% off your next order***Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire is a high security psychiatric hospital that houses some of Britain's most notorious and dangerous criminals, including Robert Napper, Peter Sutcliffe and John Straffen. Broadmoor Hospital is run by the NHS and serves to prove that there is a credible link between mental illness and violent crime. In an article for GQ Magazine in June 2019, Dr Das, a forensic psychiatrist, confirms that whilst not all mental illness will cause a person to become violent, there is definitely a link between certain mental illnesses and violent crimes such as grievous bodily harm, sexual assault and murder. The most common diagnoses amongst imprisoned, dangerous individuals are psychotic illnesses, including schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder and bipolar disorder. Whilst this doesn't guarantee a person with these conditions will immediately become a danger to others, aggression is known to be portrayed as a direct result of symptoms such as paranoid delusions or auditory hallucinations displayed by individuals with schizophrenia. The link between mental health and violent crime is muddied slightly by confounding factors such as drugs and alcohol, being a victim of physical, sexual or emotional abuse in younger years, an unstable childhood or family home and being exposed to violence, such as domestic abuse. Follow us on Twitter and Tumblr (@murderandmore), Instagram (@murderandmorepod) and Facebook (Murder and More Podcast/@mandmpod). View the sources and pictures for this episode at www.murderandmorepodcast.wordpress.com. Become a patron of Murder and More by heading to www.patreon.com/murderandmore. Buy merch at www.teepublic.com/murder-and-more. Buy us a coffee at www.ko-fi.com/murderandmore. This episode's promo is Evidence of a Crime. Music: Leave Without Me and Atmospheric Piano Backing, https://purple-planet.com.

Alex Maguire is Senior Music Therapist at Broadmoor high security hospital specialising in working with high dependency and intensive care patients. He has presented his work at numerous conferences and has contributed to the books Forensic Music Therapy (JKP 2012), ‘Forensic Arts Therapies –Anthology of Practice & Research’, (FA Press 2016), ‘Working Across Modalities in the Arts Therapies: Creative Collaborations’ (Routledge 2017) and 'Violent States and Creative States; from the Global to the Individual’ (JKP 2018). The Broadmoor Hospital choir for both staff and patients, which he co-founded, has been commended in the Arts and Health Awards, and performs widely at hospital functions, as well as providing a Christmas visiting service to the intensive care wards. Alex has presented at the IAFP Conference in 2008, 2012, 2016, 2017 and 2020. He has a parallel life as an improvising jazz pianist performing and recording in Europe and further afield. This episode includes two interviews conducted by Alex with his colleagues Dr Gwen Adshead and Dr Claire Wilson. Gwen Adshead is a consultant psychiatrist and group analyst. She is currently the responsible clinician for a high security ward in Broadmoor Hospital for severely personality disordered patients. She has published widely and is known for her work with both offenders and victims. She is a keen singer and art lover, recently featured on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. Claire has worked in the NHS as a psychologist for over twenty years. She is currently Lead Psychologist in the Integrated Group Therapies service, which provides mental health restoration and risk reduction work for the men detained at Broadmoor. She has contributed to research articles on the prevalence of violence in institutions and on the evaluation of therapies designed to help reduce risk. Maguire, A and Merrick, I (2012) Walking The Line: Music Therapy In The Context Of The Recovery Approach In A High Secure Hospital in Adlam, J Odell-Miller, H and Compton-Dickinson, S (eds.) Forensic Music Therapy. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Maguire, A and Robertson, C (2015) A Healthy Community Living Skills Group in a high security hospital. Mental Health Practice 19, 1, 24-27  Maguire, A and Merrick, I (2016) From Let It Be to It Must Be Love: the development of a choir for patients and staff at a high secure hospital. Arts & Health, 9:1, 73-80  Maguire, A (2018) Treat Me Nice – Music Therapy and Extreme Violence in Adlam, J Kluttig, T and Lee, B (eds.) Violent States and Creative States. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Maguire, A Guarnieri, M Mindang, M and Thomas, D (2016) The Internal Bomb in Rothwell, K (ed.) Forensic Arts Therapies. Anthology Of Practice And Research. London: Free Association Books Maguire, A. Bose, S. Ferrito, M. Mindang, M and Ware, A (2018) Into The Labyrinth; working with Bizarre, Unspeakable and Extreme Violence in Adlam, J Kluttig, T and Lee, B (eds.) Violent States and Creative States. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Maguire, A and Mindang, M (2018) Not What It Says On The Tin; a family awareness group in a high security hospital in Colbert, T and Bent, C (eds.) Working Across Modalities in the Arts Therapies; creative collaborations. London: Routledge.

This week we are discussing a place that will most definitely end up being super haunted once it's abandoned... Broadmoor Hospital.  We go over the list of assorted characters who have called Broadmoor home and what got them in there.  But first weird news!! Sound the alarm! Join our Patreon! For $2 a month receive an extra episode each week!  Nightgeist swag and more is waiting for you!  Please Subscribe, Rate, & Review us Email us your experiences with the unknown at nightgeistpod@gmail.com Call/text us your tales of spooky at 707-200-3898 Follow us on Instagram  @Nightgeistpodcast Check out our website: https://www.nightgeistpod.com/  AND merch @ https://Nightgeist.threadless.com/  

This week the guest is Dr Peter Fenwick. We talk about Near Death Experiences and his new book 'Shining Light on Transcendence: The unconventional journey of a Neuroscientist'. What is consciousness? How does it relate to the brain, to the mind? Does it even extend beyond them? And if so, might those experiences — telepathy, extrasensory perception, near death experiences — be called ‘paranormal' because we can't explain them by any normal means? Anything with a firm belief structure, whether it is science or religious faith, limits experimentation and a free spirit of enquiry. I wanted to find a synthesis between these two fields of experience, the measurable and the immeasurable. And it seemed to me that the best – indeed, the only way I could find out more was by finding people who had such immeasurable experiences and studying them. A few years ago I was introduced by a friend to a philosopher, Alain Forget, who, I was told, had a remarkable ability to give ‘energy. During this ‘energy-giving' process my friend had been aware of light radiating from him. My own ego wanted to persuade this unusual man to allow me to put him under the microscope. But in doing so I found myself, perhaps reluctantly at times, under the microscope of his perceptual grasp of human nature. And I realise that it has changed me, and that much of what I thought about myself was not based in reality. This book tells that story. Fenwick is a senior lecturer at King's College, London, where he works as a consultant at the Institute of Psychiatry. He is the Consultant Neuropsychologist at both the Maudsley, and John Radcliffe hospitals, and also provides services for Broadmoor Hospital. He works with the Mental Health Group at the University of Southampton, and holds a visiting professorship at the Riken Neurosciences Institute in Japan. Fenwick is the president of the Horizon Research Foundation, an organisation that supports research into end-of-life experiences. He is the President of the British branch of the International Association for Near-Death Studies. Fenwick has been part of the editorial board for a number of journals, including the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, the Journal of Consciousness Studies and the Journal of Epilepsy and Behaviour. Click this link to buy the book https://amzn.to/3lle9XE http://www.audibletrial.com/pastlivespodcast https://www.patreon.com/pastlivespodcast

Twin sisters June and Jennifer Gibbons refused to speak to anyone but each other for as long as they could remember. After committing arson in their teens, they were sent to Broadmoor Hospital for the criminally insane, Britain’s most notorious maximum-security hospital. The girls made a pact: if one of them died, the other one would start speaking and live a normal life. 11 years later, on the day of their release, Jennifer died mysteriously. June reacted by saying: **“I’m free at last, and at last Jennifer has given up her life for me.”** For pictures and more information, join us on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/evidencelockerpodcast/) Want to become a Patron of the podcast? Visit our page at [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/evidencelocker) For a full list of resources and credits visit [Evidence Locker Website](http://evidencelockerpodcast.com/2019/05/27/48-wales-speak-no-evil) This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

“Life is difficult sometimes. The fact that something is difficult, hard or boring doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the wrong thing for you. It may be important to work out why it’s so difficult, hard and boring and try and go a bit deeper… You don’t have to like every situation you’re in. Life is full of suffering and we need to develop resilience." My guest this week is Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr Gwen Adshead. She is a leader in a very specialist field, in which she seeks to understand and treat the behaviour of some of the most vilified and socially rejected members of society. Currently working at Ravenswood House in Hampshire and a women’s prison in Surrey, she previously worked at Broadmoor Hospital for more than a decade, an institution home to more than 200 men convicted and accused of the most heinous of crimes. With over 20 years of practice in the NHS, Gwen qualified in medicine in 1983. Since then, she has become a contributing member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She also works with young offenders, supports crime victims and has written over 100 academic papers in addition to co-editing textbooks about Psychotherapy and Forensic Psychiatry. Gwen is a regular guest on radio and television, where she has discussed the nature of evil, criminality and the state of the Health Service is the UK. Her “Desert Island Discs” is also an absolute must-listen. Having known she wanted to be a doctor from the age of 7, Gwen says she still can’t think of anything more interesting than being a Psychiatrist. I discovered Gwen when I listened to her Desert Island Discs, first broadcast in 2010 (and an absolute must-listen if you haven’t heard it). I was fascinated to hear her talk about her path in life, but also the nature and origin of evil and what happens to trigger someone to commit a serious offence. In this episode, we talk all about how Gwen found her calling, how she dealt with difficult decisions and navigated her career, the power of being open-minded, reflections on her time at Broadmoor and working with people for whom everything went wrong. We also talked about what it means to grow up from a psychological standpoint and how important learning to deal with difficulty is - a perspective we don't hear enough. **F****ollow me:** Twitter: [@katiephilo](www.twitter.com/katiephilo) Instagram: [@katiephilo](www.instagram.com/katiephilo) [www.katiephilo.com](www.katiephilo.com) Listen to [**Gwen's Desert Island Discs**](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00syzlf)

Huw Owen (We Don't Talk About the Weather) joins Robert to discuss the off-putting inscrutability of the ZX Spectrum, the seedy horrors found at British Computing Fairs, the time he received an Atari Lynx from an inmate of Broadmoor Hospital, and the world-ending battle between the Virgin Sony PlayStation and the Chad Sega Saturn.Also: We roast those incorrigable TERFs Graham Linehan and Mumsnet, mock the failings of the Labour Party, we figure out what Question Time is, Street Fighting in a kebab shop, selling Panzer Dragoon Saga for weed, buying six copies of Diablo 2, playing Alpha Centauri at a NYE party, the art of trolling in Dark Souls, and what the deal is with Destiny once and for all.Follow Huw on Twitter @tanasmashing and Instagram @tanasmashingIntro Music "Summer Vacation in Scanline" by NurvussOutro Music "トワイライトでHEART-BEAT" by パフェ♥カフェｐａｒｆａｉｔ♥ｃａｆｅ

On Start the Week Andrew Marr explores how childhood experiences affect later life. The screenwriter Paul Abbott famously put his early life into the television series Shameless. Although his later work, including his latest police drama No Offence, moves far beyond his own experiences, he excels at finding the comedy in the tragic. In France the writer Édouard Louis has caused a storm with his brutal autobiographical novel about class, violence and sexuality. The book is his attempt to bury his childhood. The psychiatrist Gwen Adshead spent years working at Broadmoor Hospital studying the nature of human violence and looks at the moral choices people make. The poet Paul Farley is interested not in the early life of poets but in their dying. From Shelley's drowning to Sylvia Plath's desperate suicide their deaths have become the stuff of myth casting a backward shadow on their work, creating a skewed image of the poet's life as doomed and self-destructive.

Why was Shakespeare performed inside Broadmoor Hospital - a high-security psychiatric unit? Festivities on the 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth celebrate the writer's literary and story-telling skills, but recent academic studies suggest the Bard may have anticipated Sigmund Freud, and even modern neuroscience

Claudia Hammond asks whether the use of physical restraint in mental health services should be eliminated. She's joined by Jimmy Noak, director of nursing at Broadmoor Hospital, and by service user consultant, Jane McGrath, to find out what restraint involves, when it's used, when it goes wrong and why some people even ask for restraint for themselves when they are in crisis. Also Claudia talks to Sophie Forster from Sussex University about her research into mind wandering and asks whether mind wanderers are less happy than others. And what are the challenges of starting a new business when you have a serious mental health problem? Claudia talks to one listener about her journey to self employment.

The speaker presents some recent work that has been done on children who are seen to be at risk of violence; and raises questions about the social and ethical significance of studying children in this way and for this purpose. Most societies seek to reduce the level of violence that occurs between its members and utilise social and political means to do so. There has been increasing interest in the possibilities of using psychiatric and psychological means to reduce violence; chiefly by identifying potentially violent individuals and intervening in some way. I will present some recent work that has been done on children who are seen to be at risk of violence; and raise questions about the social and ethical significance of studying children in this way and for this purpose. Gwen Adshead is a Forensic Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist. She trained at St George's hospital, the Institute of Psychiatry and the Institute of Group Analysis. For the last ten years, she has worked as a Consultant Forensic Psychotherapist at Broadmoor Hospital, where she runs psychotherapeutic groups for offenders, and works with staff and organisational dynamics. Gwen also has a Masters' Degree in Medical Law and Ethics; and has a research interest in moral reasoning, and how this links with 'bad' behaviour. Gwen has published a number of books and over 100 papers, book chapters and commissioned articles on forensic psychotherapy, ethics in psychiatry, and attachment theory as applied to medicine and forensic psychiatry.

Andrew Marr explores how far empathy, or the lack of it, can explain cruelty. Simon Baron-Cohen proposes turning the focus away from evil or specific personality disorders, and to understand human behaviour by studying the 'empathy circuit' in the brain. Gwen Adshead, a forensic psychotherapist at Broadmoor Hospital and the crime writer Val McDermid question whether this would help in their line of work, and the philosopher Julian Baggini tries to pin down what we mean when we talk about the self. Producer: Katy Hickman.

Kirsty Young's castaway is the forensic psychotherapist Dr Gwen Adshead. A consultant at Broadmoor Hospital, it is her job to try to understand the behaviour of some of the most vilified people in our society. The Victorian institution in Berkshire is home to more than two hundred men; all people who have been convicted or accused of the most dangerous violent behaviour. Her life outside work seems impossibly normal - bringing up her children, singing in a choir and gardening fill her spare time. Of her work, she says: "Other people's minds are so fascinating I can't think of anything more interesting and I can't understand why everyone isn't a psychiatrist."Producer: Leanne BuckleRecord: James Taylor - Shower the People Book: Biggest book of poetry available. Luxury: Pen and paper.

Kirsty Young's castaway is the forensic psychotherapist Dr Gwen Adshead. A consultant at Broadmoor Hospital, it is her job to try to understand the behaviour of some of the most vilified people in our society. The Victorian institution in Berkshire is home to more than two hundred men; all people who have been convicted or accused of the most dangerous violent behaviour. Her life outside work seems impossibly normal - bringing up her children, singing in a choir and gardening fill her spare time. Of her work, she says: "Other people's minds are so fascinating I can't think of anything more interesting and I can't understand why everyone isn't a psychiatrist." Producer: Leanne Buckle Record: James Taylor - Shower the People Book: Biggest book of poetry available. Luxury: Pen and paper.