Pardon My Enthusiasm

9: Evans, Execution & Forensic Linguistics


Listen Later

Go Down Ye Murdered, how a serial killer got a bloke executed, stirred a frenzy in the UK on capital punishment that birthed Forensic Linguistics.
The story of Timothy Evans, an introduction to John Christine, and papa Forensic Linguistics, Jan Svartvik.

Reference
  • Christensen, T. K. & Mortensen, S. S. (2018). Introduction to special issue on Forensic Linguistics: European Perspectives. Retrieved from https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/D1937E0201CB5C49BACFE15AE282B61E/S0332586518000112a.pdf/introduction_to_special_issue_on_forensic_linguistics_european_perspectives.pdf
  • Svartvik, J. (1969). The Evans Statements: a Case for Forensic Linguistics. Retrieved from https://www.thetext.co.uk/Evans%20Statements%20Part%201.pdf
  • 10 Rillington Place. Retrieved from https://www.10-rillington-place.co.uk/the_principal_characters.html
  • John Christie of Rillington Place: Biography of a Serial Killer p. 73
  • "Timothy Evans Reinterment (1965)". House of Commons. Historic Hansard. 25 November 1965. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  • ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    Pardon My EnthusiasmBy Damaris Montufar

    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5

    5

    1 ratings