Hello everyone and welcome to this week's Blue Murder Talks, where this week your girls sit down and have a chat with the delightful Dawn who hosts the fab true crime podcast, Scottish Murders.

Dawn's podcast is a victim focussed show and every case takes place in Scotland, a brilliant and successful format.

We talked about how Dawn came to create her show, how she chooses her cases and everything true crime pod related.

This is a fascinating episode which we really hope you enjoy 💙💙

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Hey hey and welcome to this week's brand new episode of Blue Murder Talks, where this week we had a great chat with Dee and Rhoda from the award-winning true crime podcast, Switchblade Sisters Social Club.

We discussed all manner of cases, including Levi Bellfield, Robert Durst and Charles Manson.

This was a great chat with fellow true crime podcasters and we hope you enjoy it 💙💙

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Hi, welcome back to our in-between series of Blue Murder Talks and this week we were lucky enough to sit down and pick the brains of London policeman, Leon McLeod.

This is a brilliant episode where we get the chance to discuss crime and criminality, law and order with one of the brave people who make up our police force.

Leon discusses how he became a cop and a bit of what it's like to be in the front line, day in, day out and believe us, it is a fascinating listen.

We hope you enjoy our spin-off episodes and if you do please tell your friends, family, acquaintances, people on the train, mums on the school run...etc you get our drift love C&L

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It's series finale time Blue Murder Clubbers and as sad as we are to come to the end of our travels around the world, we are very excited to bring you this huge case, the case of the killer clown, John Wayne Gacy.

The inspiration for Stephen King's IT and many other creepy clown stories, Gacy's crimes really were the stuff of nightmares.

Born into a normal family in 1940's Chicago, Gacy struggled with his bi-sexuality from an early age, and never seemed to understand the concept of consent.

Jailed in his 20's for a s-x crime, Gacy went on to commit more and more offences until he finally tipped over into murder, progressing quickly to serial murder.

His crimes went undetected for years until the law finally caught up with him and the most gruesome discovery was made in the crawl space under his house - the decomposing bodies over nearly 30 young men and boys.

Thanks for listening everyone and we will be back soon for series 6 💙💙

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Hello and welcome to the penultimate episode of Crimes Around the World and this week we are in the USA.

One July morning in 1997 the world awoke to the shocking news that fashion designer, Gianni Versace had been murdered on the steps of his Miami beach house. As the details of the crime emerged it would transpire that Versace had been victim number 5 in a killing spree by a man wanted by the FBI called Andrew Cunanan. Andrew Cunanan had had an obsession with the fashion guru which culminated in him shooting Versace to death following the cold blooded murders of former lovers and friends of his.

Listen this week as Carrie and Lauren bring you the true story of a man driven by greed, jealousy and obsession.

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Good day to you and how lovely to see you on our platform where this series we travel all over for Crimes Around the World, and this week we are packing our bags Amigos and taking you to Mexico, South America.

Juana Barraza belongs to a very niche club, that of the female serial killer.

Between the late 1990's to 2006 it is believed that she robbed and killed around 50 elderly women, the most vulnerable and much loved members of society.

We take a close look at Juana's early life where she was sold by her own mother, to her career as a Lucho Libre wrestler to her eventual demise into a life of crime and subsequent capture and imprisonment.

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Good day fellow true crime community and welcome to this week's episode where we pack up and travel to South America where we cover the case of Pedro Lopez, the infamous Monster of the Andes.

Señor Lopez is believed to have killed over 300 young girls in a reign of terror covering Columbia, Peru and Ecuador in the 1970's. His crimes were undetected and un-investigated by a corrupt and indifferent police force, until he was finally captured in 1980 after a flash flood revealed the gruesome sight of four of his young victims and a vigilant mother saw him attempting to abduct her own child and the mob captured him.

This self confessed animal would have the luck of the devil and within only 14 years of incarceration he was released for good behaviour and was never seen again.

Join Carrie and Lauren as we cover his early life as a street urchin, his career as a car thief and eventual progression to mass murder.

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Hey hey you lovely bunch of true crime enthusiasts and welcome to this week's episode where we travel back to Asia, North Korea to be precise and bring you the ongoing dynasty of the Kim family.

Kim Jong-un, the current dictator of North Korea is infamous globally for his eccentric ways, as well as his nuclear arms programme.

Caz and Loz cover how it is to live in the most isolated and secretive country in the world. Spoiler it isn't much fun and you constantly run the risk of committing a crime, for example, having the wrong haircut and being sent to a forced labour camp or even executed.

We also cover how the Kim dynasty came to be in place, how the country was torn in two at the end of the second world war, tearing families apart, and how grandfather Kim was portrayed as the saviour of the North Korean people and the self appointed, Supreme Leader.

Since coming to power at the age of 28, Kim Jong-un has barely been out of the news. Although there is never enough solid proof, him and his regime have been hugely successful in espionage, cyber crime, human trafficking, forgery, you name it, and the money keeps pouring in to the Kim family coffers. More than enough for North Korea to fund a nuclear bomb programme that has ultimately made the "little rocket man" unstoppable.

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Hello and buckle up as we head back to Australia for this weeks episode of Crimes Around the World and the disturbing case of Ivan Milat - The Backpacker Killer.

Sydney, Australia, the Mecca of backpackers from all over the world and even the site of the original backpacker hostel at Kings Cross, was and still is a firm favourite for young people who are looking for adventure and travel.

However, in the early 1990s, Australia was rocked by the gruesome murders of seven backpackers in Belanglo State Forest, a national park around 80 miles from Sydney. To this day, the “Backpacker Murders” remain some of the worst killings in the country’s history — and it was all the work of one disturbing predator named Ivan Milat.

Join Lozza and Cazza as we brush up our Aussie lingo and take a trip to New South Wales and try to discover what made the the man who would change the face of backpacking and hitch hiking in Australia forever and who would also become the inspiration for the cult classic horror film, Wolf Creek.

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And this week we're off to the land down under - Yes mate, Caz and Loz are in Australia, Perth to be exact and we are covering the case of the Birnie's AKA as the Moorhouse Murders or the Killer Couple.

In a deadly spree in 1986 Catherine and David Birnie, from the outside an average couple, abducted, assaulted and murdered four young women and were only captured as their intended fifth victim managed to escape and raise the alarm.

We couldn't help but draw parallels with the House of Horror couple, Fred and Rose West as their life and crimes were very similar.

Listen in as your girls do a deep dive into the backgrounds of Cathy and David to see if there were any clues or indications in their childhoods that would lead down this dark and violent path.

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