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When police investigations go wrong
Closed thinking and failure to understand probabilities can send police inquiries spiralling into shocking failure or wrongful arrests…
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Robin Jarossi
Hammersmith Nudes Killer cover-up – one theory
A top detective insisted he knew who the serial killer was – but was this part of an effort to deflect from the owner of the vehicle said to contain…
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Robin Jarossi
Hammersmith Nudes Killer – did detectives eventually unmask his identity but cover it up?
This case from the 1960s has been covered in documentaries, books, podcasts and on YouTube. But now there is a new and bewildering development…
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Robin Jarossi
October 2023
Killers of the Flower Moon and the Reign of Terror’s ongoing legacy
Yesterday I went to see the autumn’s big horror film – Killers of the Flower Moon. It unfolds over three-and-a-half hours to recount the slow, heartless…
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Robin Jarossi
Stripping infamous killers of their celebrity
The best new non-fiction crime has left behind the salacious reverence of notorious murderers…
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Robin Jarossi
Why Peter Sutcliffe could not evade capture for so long today
For five long years Sutcliffe hid in plain sight of Yorkshire police as he murdered 13 women. Modern technology and investigatory methods would trap…
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Robin Jarossi
September 2023
The Long Shadow divides opinions
ITV's drama about the impact of Peter Sutcliffe's crimes has been lauded – and lambasted…
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Robin Jarossi
The Long Shadow – serious and powerful true-crime drama
In the late 1970s, the North of England was terrorised by one man's murder campaign. A new ITV drama depicts the human grief behind the headlines, while…
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Robin Jarossi
August 2023
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