The pages of history are not often graced with the names of young women. It tends to be the kings, the knights and the priests who still live in the collective conciousness, even thousands of years after they have died. We often know they are married, but sometimes we don't even know the names of …
Continue reading Believable the CoCo Goodman Story: A True Crime Podcast About Fraud.
I have a thing for bad medieval art The first autobiography in the English language was written by a woman. Margery Kempe who lived from 1376-1438 in Kings Lynn, England and was famed as a mystic. At a time when literacy was unusual it is uncertain if Kempe had an education or could read. She …
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Across the cultures that have emerged from the proto Indo-European and the Indo-European people we can find similarities, which speak to an unrecorded time in history which serves as a foundation for many languages and myths right up to the modern day. We know little of these people, even their homeland is in dispute, but …
It is the drama that absolutely no one was asking for. The one about Jimmy Saville and his crimes. For anyone who does not know Jimmy Saville was a DJ and entertainer for decades presenting hit tv shows like Top of the Pops and Jim I'll Fix It. Throughout his career there had always been …
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Note the water tower (it comes up later) In the world of crime it is true that cases that get the most attention are most likely to get solved. They will have more person power, the public will be more likely to have their memories jogged and contact investigators when they have information that could …
Continue reading Crime in Culture: The King Road Killings, In Cold Blood, Bundy and Bryan Kohberger.
Once-upon-a-time there was a young girl from Cuba, who emmigrated to the United States. She studied art at college under a great teacher, moved to New York, married a well respected artist, died and became a success. The idea that artists have to die before they become successful was mainly popularised by Vincent Van …
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Joining the police force is not a move to be taken lightly. Police people need to be ready to deal with anything, and will often be interacting with the public in what may be some of the worst moments of their lives, not conditions under which many of us shine. As well as seeing some …
There are some emotions, some cognative processess which different cultures don't do well with. It's nobodies fault. Something happened, probably at a formative point in the culture which meant that whatever feeling or opinion was under examination, would not again be the choice of that group of people. Many cultures which have western christianity as …
Continue reading Shadow of Doubt: An Australian True Crime Podcast About Familial Abuse
In the late 70s Margaret Thatcher was begining to develop one of the most well known tennants of Thatcherisim the often quoted "there is not such thing as society," which like many quotes, think Marx and religion being the opium of the massess, has become unmoored from it's context. However the impact of the quote …
Continue reading Crime In Culture: The White House Farm Murders
Britain, and the nursing profession have been rocked by the trial of Lucy Letby. For those who do not know this case, Letby was a placid looking neo-natal nurse. Loved by patients parents to the extent one couple considered making her a Godmother to their child (whom she tried to kill) and well liked amoung …
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