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The Pembrokeshire murders part 2
Years of John Cooper terrorising the Pembrokeshire coastal community with murder, rape and burglary was ended when police finally got the forensic…
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The Pembrokeshire murders part 1
The beautiful South Wales coast was the scene of a chilling campaign of murder, rape and terror for more than two decades
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Thieving was better than sex
New series Joan dramatises the life of a woman with more balls – and nous – than the male blaggers, geezers and wideboys we often see glamourised on TV
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Is true crime bad for us?
The genre is often condemned for being salacious and degrading. But last weekend's CrimeCon in London revealed the positive value of non-fiction crime
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The best true-crime doc now on TV is…
… The Body Next Door on Sky Documentaries (in the UK) is a well-made three-parter that tells an extraordinary, engrossing story
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55 years later, will Muriel McKay be found?
A shocking, callous kidnapping in 1969 left a legacy of pain and grief
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Three books – two I admired, one I couldn't finish
Two non-fiction crime books I read recently were fascinating and written with skill – while a third dismayed me
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After 49 years, the murderer of Eileen Cotter was caught
Two shocking deaths occurred during my schooldays in Highbury, London – one was recently solved, the other never has been…
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