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Why did Scotland Yard's biggest serial killer hunt fail? Part 1
I thought I'd return to a case I covered in The Hunt for the 60s' Ripper. This year is the 60th anniversary of Scotland Yard's most tragic failure…
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The bent cop who pretended he was a magistrate
Interviewing a former anti-corruption officer provided revelatory detail in understanding the level of police wrongdoing in 1970s' London
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Crime writers gather to plot murder and mayhem
The Crime Writers’ Association’s annual conference brought together top criminal minds and experts in wrongdoing for three days in Brighton
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Hammersmith Nudes Killer – did detectives eventually unmask his identity but cover it up?
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Crime writers gather to plot murder and mayhem
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The Real Serpent – interview with a serial killer
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Sgt Goddard and corruption in 1920s' London
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CrimeCon 2023 – extraordinary cases, victims' stories and a little humour
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The strange case of Louisa Merrifield: 1
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Research links for crime writers
Based on a panel I did at the CWA conference, here are my tips for exploring past cases – for fiction and non-fiction writers
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20 of the best true-crime books: Part 2
More brilliant writing and extraordinary cases from non-fiction crime writers…
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20 of the best true-crime books: Part 1
Great research, vivid writing, historical context – here's my selection of the first 10 of 20 outstanding non-fiction crime books…
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Macbeth is innocent!
Was it the witches? Was it Lady M? Or was Macbeth really just a murderous usurper? True-crime playwright William Shakespeare sows doubts in the court of…
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The Real Serpent – interview with a serial killer
In a new documentary series starting tonight, the murderer known as The Snake is interviewed in a bid to uncover the true extent of his crimes
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New insights into female psychopaths
As Sky announces a documentary on the Dena Thompson case, researchers have been reassessing assumptions about women with an appetite for money…
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Sgt Goddard and corruption in 1920s' London
The Goddard case offers a fascinating glimpse of the Roaring Twenties as London's West End partied on during a Tory crackdown on nightclubs
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Bushrangers, larrikins and bashers
Ghosts of Australia's criminal past…
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