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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…
May 8
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Robin Jarossi
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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
May 4
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Robin Jarossi
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April 2024
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
Apr 26
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Robin Jarossi
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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
Apr 18
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Robin Jarossi
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20 of the best true-crime books: Part 2
More brilliant writing and extraordinary cases from non-fiction crime writers…
Apr 13
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Robin Jarossi
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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…
Apr 5
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Robin Jarossi
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March 2024
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…
Mar 28
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Robin Jarossi
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Mar 19
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Robin Jarossi
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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
Mar 19
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Robin Jarossi
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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…
Mar 14
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Robin Jarossi
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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
Mar 7
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Robin Jarossi
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February 2024
Bushrangers, larrikins and bashers
Ghosts of Australia's criminal past…
Feb 29
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Robin Jarossi
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