A pair of sisters would devastate the entirety of France with their actions. On the one hand, they were called Les Diaboliques. On the other, they opened up the discussion of class oppression.
Category: True Crime
The Notes
Quick thinking and a resilient nature from a fierce young woman led investigators straight to a killer.
A “Statistical Anomaly”
On one hand, Benjamin Geen was a nurse who murdered two patients and injured fifteen more. On the other, it could all be a case of a “statistical anomaly”.
Abandoned
In 1928, Winnipeg was still reeling and recovering. It was still recovering from WWI, as well as the 1919 General Strike, and the repeal of the prohibition of alcohol. Winnipeg was in recovery. For one family, a nightmare was just beginning.
Beware the Red Armchair
In 1944, Paris was occupied by German forces. One man tried to take advantage of that. He succeeded, for a while. And then it all came crashing down on his head. Almost literally.
A Baker’s Dozen
Urban Napoleon Stanger was a successful baker, an industrious German man, and married to a woman who was the source of rumours and gossip along the streets of Whitechapel. And then he disappeared.
The Sault-au-Cochon Tragedy
On Septempber 9th, 1949, Canada experienced a tragedy unlike any it had ever seen before. While out of the spotlight for 70 years, the Sault-au-Cochon Tragedy remains a scar on the history of Canadian aviation. And the one responsible for that scar is Joseph-Albert Guay.
Close to Home
The lives of the members Foster family were changed forever when their daughter, Hannah, was stolen from them. It happened so close to home - within yards of the home the family shared.
Who Killed Lynette White? – Part 2
On December 10th, 1992, Yusef Abdullahi, Tony Paris, and Stephen Miller - The Cardiff Three - were released on appeal for the murder of Lynette White. This was a murder none of these men had committed, and yet they’d spent four unnecessary years in prison - time they will never get back. So, who did kill Lynette White?
“Free, Free, The Cardiff Three!” – Part 1
The false accusation of five men, and the subsequent wrongful conviction of three men, remains a dark stain on Cardiff’s recent history that it isn’t likely to forget. In the early morning hours of February 14th, 1988, 20 year old Lynette White was murdered in a horrendously brutal fashion. The case was treated so horrendously by police, it is now known as the UK’s largest police scandal to date.