Easy as pie - it’s a saying that’s been used time and time again. And in this instance, it had an eerie sense of foreshadowing.
Tag: uk true crime
To The Races!
Mr. Webb was a well-to-do West London accountant. He was no stranger to affluence and prosperity. He was, however, a stranger to danger.
The Brighton Trunk Murders
Brighton was a beautiful resort town on the English seaside. It was known for holidays and illicit weekend trysts. And then it became known as “Queen of Slaughtering Places”, becoming the crime capital of England.
“You’ve Got Red On You.”
On the evening of March 15th, 1909, the steamship SS Dorset docked at the London Docks after a very long, very treacherous journey from Australia. The crew were itching for some fun. But not everyone managed to come back unscathed.
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”.
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.
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.
Ticket to Ride
Murder is always a senseless, horrific act. And there was nothing more senseless than the murder of Gerry Tobin.