Episode Summary

We delve further into the mystery of Agatha Christie's eleven-day disappearance in 1926, including the evidence, the theories and what happened after she was found.

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• Read Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days by Jared Cade
• Agatha Christie Wikipedia entry
• History Extra article
• Agatha and the Truth of Murder article
• Theory on Agatha's disappearance
• Read about Crime Girl Gang's night out with Agatha Christie
• Visit the Crime Girl Gang website for case photos and more
• Read Blood for Blood by Victoria Selman
• Read Nothing to Lose by Victoria Selman
• Read I, Witness by Niki Mackay
• Read The Lies We Tell by Niki Mackay
• Read The Guilty Wife by Elle Croft
• Read The Other Sister by Elle Croft

Episode Summary

We discuss a brand new case: the mysterious disappearance of Agatha Christie back in 1926. For eleven days, the famous crime writer went missing in a set of circumstances so bizarre that the country's police force was mystified. When she was found, at a hotel in Harrogate, she seemed to have lost her memory of the whole incident. 

In this episode we talk about Christie and the circumstances that led to her disappearance.

Show notes and links

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• Read Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days by Jared Cade
• Agatha Christie Wikipedia entry
• History Extra article
• Agatha and the Truth of Murder article
• Theory on Agatha's disappearance
• Read about Crime Girl Gang's night out with Agatha Christie
• Visit the Crime Girl Gang website for case photos and more
• Read Blood for Blood by Victoria Selman
• Read Nothing to Lose by Victoria Selman
• Read I, Witness by Niki Mackay
• Read The Lies We Tell by Niki Mackay
• Read The Guilty Wife by Elle Croft
• Read The Other Sister by Elle Croft

Episode Summary

Our final episode discussing the Hammersmith Nudes Murders, also known as the murders of Jack the Stripper.

Today we share our fictional 'solves' for a case that's baffled both the police and the public since the 1960s. 

Show notes and links

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• Visit the Crime Girl Gang website for case photos and more
• Read Blood for Blood by Victoria Selman
• Read Nothing to Lose by Victoria Selman
• Read I, Witness by Niki Mackay
• Read The Lies We Tell by Niki Mackay
• Read The Guilty Wife by Elle Croft
• Read The Other Sister by Elle Croft

Episode Summary

In this episode we talk about the people who were suspected of being Jack the Stripper, including a famous boxer, a child killer and the man who confessed to killing one of the Hammersmith Nudes Murders victims. 

We also talk about the Profumo affair, which has links to this case, and we look into the evidence and the investigation.

Show notes and links

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• Wikipedia entry for Hammersmith Nudes Murders
• Book: The Hunt for the 60’s Ripper by Robin Jarossi
• Book: The Secret Life of Freddie Mills by Michael Litchfield
• My London story on Jack the Stripper possible solve
• Criminologist discussing the case in The Express
• The Chiswick Herald story
• Visit the Crime Girl Gang website for case photos and more
• Read Blood for Blood by Victoria Selman
• Read Nothing to Lose by Victoria Selman
• Read I, Witness by Niki Mackay
• Read The Lies We Tell by Niki Mackay
• Read The Guilty Wife by Elle Croft
• Read The Other Sister by Elle Croft

Episode Summary

Our final episode discussing the murder of Swedish nanny Karina Holmer in Boston in 1996.

Today we share our fictional 'solves' and discuss the disturbing issue of human trafficking in the 21st Century. 

Show notes and links

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• Visit the Crime Girl Gang website for case photos and more
• The A21 Campaign (human trafficking charity)
• Read Blood for Blood by Victoria Selman
• Read Nothing to Lose by Victoria Selman
• Read I, Witness by Niki Mackay
• Read The Lies We Tell by Niki Mackay
• Read The Guilty Wife by Elle Croft
• Read The Other Sister by Elle Croft

Episode Summary

Last week we introduced this cold case from Boston, and we heard more about the circumstances surrounding Karina Holmer's disappearance from Boston cop Bruce. 

This week, Victoria channels her inner Ziba and creates a profile for the killer, and Bruce shares some exclusive evidence that makes this case all the more disturbing. 

Show Notes and Links

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• Read more about Karina Holmer's disappearance
• Reddit thread about Karina Holmer
• Boston Globe article on the 20th anniversary of Karina's death
• Visit the Crime Girl Gang website for case photos and more
• Read Blood for Blood by Victoria Selman
• Read Nothing to Lose by Victoria Selman
• Read I, Witness by Niki Mackay
• Read The Lies We Tell by Niki Mackay
• Read The Guilty Wife by Elle Croft
• Read The Other Sister by Elle Croft

Episode Summary

Welcome to season two of Crime Girl Gang!

In this episode we talk to Boston police officer Bruce about the city's most unsettling unsolved murder: the case of Karina Holmer. Karina was a young Swedish woman who travelled to the USA to be a nanny after winning the lottery in her home country. 

However, this unexpected good fortune soon turned into a nightmare, and on June 21st, 1996, the upper part of her body was found in a dumpster in downtown Boston. This shocking, unsolved case has baffled police for decades, and in this episode we talk about Karina's last known movements, the evidence at the scene, and a strange note she sent back to Sweden.

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• Read more about Karina Holmer's disappearance
• Reddit thread about Karina Holmer
• Boston Globe article on the 20th anniversary of Karina's death
• Visit the Crime Girl Gang website for case photos and more
• Read Blood for Blood by Victoria Selman
• Read Nothing to Lose by Victoria Selman
• Read I, Witness by Niki Mackay
• Read The Lies We Tell by Niki Mackay
• Read The Guilty Wife by Elle Croft
• Read The Other Sister by Elle Croft

Episode Summary

This week is the last episode of season one!

It’s also our fictional solves for the bizarre Somerton Man case.

The spy obsession continues, we expand into secret societies, and Victoria is horrendously cruel to a fictional man called Bert. 

Show notes and links

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• Join us at Waterstone's Hampstead on Feb 20th!
• Blog dedicated to the Tamam Shud case
• Omar Khayyam club
• Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam
• List of people connected to the Tamam Shud/Somerton Man case
• The Sinner (TV series)
• Eyes Wide Shut (film)
• Visit the Crime Girl Gang website for case photos and more
• Read Blood for Blood by Victoria Selman
• Pre-order Nothing to Lose by Victoria Selman
• Read I, Witness by Niki Mackay
• Pre-order The Lies We Tell by Niki Mackay
• Read The Guilty Wife by Elle Croft
• Read The Other Sister by Elle Croft

Episode Summary

We carry on discussing The Somerton Man case.  

Lots of twists turns, and other possible spy-related deaths. This leads us off onto a tangent about spy thrillers, films, books and real life stories – please see the links below for examples of authors who write great spy thrillers. 

Victoria offers her services to MI5, we discuss the best Bond and how much we all want the next one to be Gillian Anderson.  

You can expect all of our next books to be spy thrillers!  

Show notes and links

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• Blog dedicated to the Tamam Shud Case: https://tamamshud.blogspot.com/
• Cipher mysteries: https://ciphermysteries.com/2017/06/10/rubaiyat-car-theory
• Reddit AMA – Professor Derek Abbott: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/2f1qt0/i_am_professor_derek_abbott_a_researcher_of_the/
• Autopsy report overview: https://www.archives.sa.gov.au/blog/%E2%80%9C-what-poison%E2%80%9D-mystery-somerton-man
• Rubaiyat - Omar Khayyam: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rub%C3%A1iy%C3%A1t-Omar-Khayy%C3%A1m-Wordsworth-Classics/dp/1853261874 
• Derek Abbott marriage – Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3959ki/plot_twist_derek_abbott_leading_expert_on_the/
• Petition to have The Somerton Man exhumed: https://www.change.org/p/solve-the-taman-shud-mystery-by-identifying-somerton-man
• Joseph George Marshall https://omarkhayyamrubaiyat.wordpress.com/2017/09/29/why-george-marshalls-rubaiyat-is-not-a-false-imprint/ 
• People connected to the Taman Shud case: https://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/wiki/index.php/List_of_people_connected_to_the_Taman_Shud_Case   
• Isdal Woman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isdal_Woman 
• D.B. John - Star of the North: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07594DBPF/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 
• Mick Herron: https://www.amazon.co.uk/l/B001JP3TOY?_encoding=UTF8&redirectedFromKindleDbs=true&rfkd=1&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
• Asia Mackay - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Killing-Brilliant-funny-Hugh-Grant-ebook/dp/B0755BQPRY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1549535584&sr=1-1&keywords=Asia+Mackay 
• Luke Jennings: https://www.amazon.co.uk/l/B003L6XM28?_encoding=UTF8&redirectedFromKindleDbs=true&rfkd=1&shoppingPortalEnabled=true 
• Gillian Anderson for Bond: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/24/jane-bond-gillian-anderson-next-007-twitter 
• Spooks: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mf4b/episodes/guide 
• Enemy of the State: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120660/ 
• The X Files: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106179/ 
• Dan Brown: https://www.amazon.co.uk/l/B000AP9DSU?_encoding=UTF8&redirectedFromKindleDbs=true&rfkd=1&shoppingPortalEnabled=true 
• Visit the Crime Girl Gang website for case photos and more
• Read Blood for Blood by Victoria Selman
• Pre-order Nothing to Lose by Victoria Selman
• Read I, Witness by Niki Mackay
• Pre-order The Lies We Tell by Niki Mackay
• Read The Guilty Wife by Elle Croft
• Read The Other Sister by Elle Croft

Episode Summary

We introduce ‘The Somerton Man' case, or the ‘Tamam Shud' case: the mystery of a man found on a beach in Adelaide in 1948. 

He was smartly dressed with a lot of intriguing clues including no identification and a piece of a book hidden within his clothing. This case has never been solved to this day, although it has attracted an awful lot of attention.

There is lots of information and speculation about this case which we look into during this episode. We utilise our Aussie host's knowledge of Adelaide, which is actually her hometown. She tells us what it’s like there (leading us to wonder why she lives here), and why Adelaide is touted as the murder capital of the world...even though it’s not. 

We also find out that Victoria wanted to be a spy.  

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• ABC News: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-14/somerton-man-cold-case-could-be-one-step-closer-to-solved/9245512?pfmredir=sm 
• Adelaide Now: https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/has-part-of-the-mysterious-somerton-man-code-been-cracked/news-story/3951eef52092ee56916aeefbc1b7007b
• Decoding the cipher: https://www.marcelvarallo.com/decoding-the-somerton-man-cypher/ 
• This whole blog is dedicated to the Somerton Man case: https://tamamshud.blogspot.com/
• Cipher mysteries: https://ciphermysteries.com/2017/06/10/rubaiyat-car-theory 
• Professor Derek Abbott's AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/2f1qt0/i_am_professor_derek_abbott_a_researcher_of_the/
• ABC News: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-15/why-cant-adelaide-bury-murderous-capital-reputation/9249142
• Jane Harper - The Dry: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01C37W582/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 
• Autopsy report overview: https://www.archives.sa.gov.au/blog/%E2%80%9C-what-poison%E2%80%9D-mystery-somerton-man
• Rubaiyat - Omar Khayyam: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rub%C3%A1iy%C3%A1t-Omar-Khayy%C3%A1m-Wordsworth-Classics/dp/1853261874
• McCarthyism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism
• Reddit clue: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/951z0k/somerton_man_the_most_important_clue/
• Ear pictures for comparison: https://tamamshud.blogspot.com/2016/11/somerton-man-ear-comparison-detailed.html 
• Visit the Crime Girl Gang website for case photos and more
• Read Blood for Blood by Victoria Selman
• Pre-order Nothing to Lose by Victoria Selman
• Read I, Witness by Niki Mackay
• Pre-order The Lies We Tell by Niki Mackay
• Read The Guilty Wife by Elle Croft
• Read The Other Sister by Elle Croft