Crime talk timestamp;12:02 It was a beautiful sunny day on July 30th 2022, as many people flocked to the popular Apple River Wisconsin. It is a popular destination where locals can go tubing, camping, relax and have fun with friends . But soon a tragic series of events would leave the clear waters of Apple River running red .

52 year old Nicolae Miu was using his snorkel to retrieve a friend’s lost phone, which a nearby group of youths took offence to claiming he was looking at “little girls”.

As name calling and a confrontation between the group of youths and Miu began, it quickly escalated into a fight, leaving 5 people injured and one boy 17 year old Isaac Schuman fatally wounded after being stabbed in the heart.

Miu was recently found guilty of 1st degree reckless homicide for Isaac’s death, as well as guilty on 5 other counts.

You can just see that this polarising case has left many people online outraged claiming Miu acted in self defence .

But theres also many people on the other side of the fence saying he had time to walk away without killing anyone and is therefore culpable and a murderer .

Today we are going to delve into this case and look at as many of the facts as we can , to let you form your own opinion on who you believe was in the right.

And whether you believe that Miu’s guilty sentence was infact justified or not .

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Crime talk timestamp-12:12. In the concluding part to the shocking case of Peter Tobin, we look at how the slippery killer was tracked down & arrested for the murder of 23 year old Angelina Kluk. She had suffered a horrendous & brutal attack at his hands in Glasgow Scotland before being buried alive under a church alter . Police soon realise there is no way this could have been Tobin’s first murder due to the planning that went into it & the level of violence & cover up that he went to. So DSI David Swindle launches Operation Anagram in order to investigate all the missing women & unsolved murders that took place in the same areas that Tobin had lived. As the bodies of two more young teenage girls are unearthed, the discovery of their grisly deaths finally solved the mystery of what happened to them years before. The investigation into finding even more innocent victims raged on across Britain, leading serial killer Tobin to be linked to one of the most famous unsolved cases of a serial killer in British history. This is episode 62 , The Horrific Crimes Of Peter Tobin Part 2…

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Crime talk timestamp: 13:20. On September 24th 2006 police in Glasgow, Scotland were alerted to reports of a missing Polish student.

23 year old Anjelika Kluk had suddenly vanished after being seen next to the church where she worked, talking with the local handyman .

As an intense search for the missing girl begins, her battered body is discovered dumped beneath the floor of the chapel in an underground chamber. She had suffered the most savage & brutal attack before being buried alive.

Police investigating her horrific murder finally track down the handyman & realise that their suspect could not have just killed Anjelika in a one off murderous frenzy . As they investigate this man who was operating under an alias it reveals a worrying history of violent sexual assaults. Further clues lead them to believe that they are very likely dealing with one of the most violent serial killers Britain had ever seen .

As they continue to delve into his past they resort to digging up the garden of his old house. There they make not one but two more grisly discoveries .

The decomposing bodies of two missing teenagers Vicky Hamilton & Dinah McNicol who had both vanished from separate parts of the country years before. Now the two young teenagers had finally tragically been found.

Thus ending the mystery of what had happened to them all those years ago & putting their killer evil Peter Tobin in prison for the rest of his life .

Yet police couldn’t stop there, as they knew there were big gaps in Tobin’s past & lots of areas he’d lived in across the Uk where women & girls had mysteriously vanished at the same time .

Places where unsolved cold cases were still open and disappearances that could very likely be the work of this evil killer …

In today’s episode we look at how a very likeable funny & helpful Scottish man hid underneath this normal veneer he had created.

Infact, lurking under that jovial exterior was a violent, sadistic, cold blooded serial killer who posed a danger to any woman he came into contact with. He was the most dangerous type of predator to walk the streets of Britain .

This is episode 61, The Horrific Crimes Of Peter Tobin …. Sources: the guardian/ Wikipedia / the Glasgow / bbc.co.uk/ sky news/ Glasgow times

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Crime talk timestamp-11:10. This is the concluding part to the unbelievable case we covered last week, in which a mother Susan suddenly vanished from the family home in West Valley City, Utah in the middle of the night & was never seen alive again . Having been under intense media & police scrutiny in the aftermath of his wife’s disappearance, the net was slowly beginning to tighten on her very controlling husband Josh. With his creepy, perverted father now in prison himself for various offences, it looked like Josh could likely be the next member of the Powell family to face the wrath of the law. Until one day, as a supervised visit with his son’s 7 year old Charlie & 5 year old Braden suddenly goes from a normal day to a violent & horrifying nightmare . Just when it seemed the baffling case of Susan’s disappearance & suspected murder couldn’t get any worse it took an even more tragic turn, taking more innocent lives in the process & in the most horrific way. The gravity of this horrendous case reverberated around the world, making international news as the Cox family continued to search for their beloved daughter who they still have never been able to lay to rest. This heartbreaking case highlighted the fact that changes need to be made, forcing authorities to look at how much access they should allow murder suspects to have to their children . Although Susan’s whereabouts still remain a mystery, she is anything but forgotten & the search for her remains lives on to this day. This is episode 60 The Disappearance Of Susan Cox Powell Part 2…. Sources: Wikipedia/Cold podcast/ ABC News/ All that’s interesting.com/ Fox News/ The Seattle Times/ Inside Edition.

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Crime talk timestamp-10:43. On December 6th 2009, worried family members begin a frantic search for Josh Powell, his wife Susan, & their two young boys who seem to have suddenly vanished from their home in West Valley City, Utah.

But when Josh & his two sons return with him claiming they’d been on a spontaneous camping trip, something is very seriously wrong. His wife Susan is not with them. She was still missing , & Josh claims he doesn’t know where she is.

As the concerning case gains international media interest, fears for the safety of the young missing mother grow & Josh’s suspicious behaviour becomes more questionable, raising many red flags along the way.

Yet the suspicious police still didn’t have enough evidence to charge him . Then one day, the story of Susan’s disappearance takes an even darker & more tragic turn as the narcissistic coward Josh Powell takes not only his own life, but those of his two young boys 7 year old Charlie & 5 year old Braden in a violent & horrific double murder-suicide.

Thus also taking the secret of where Susan’s remains lie with him to the grave . Clearly Josh had wanted to maintain control to the very end. Susan’s family still refuse to give up hope of one day locating their daughter’s body. They bravely continue to search for Susan in the hope that one day they can lay her to rest in peace in the dignified burial she so deserves. The heartbreaking end to this case has left us with many unanswered questions…

What happened to Susan on that fateful night that she disappeared? How many people were really involved in covering up the crime? And most importantly, will Susan’s remains ever be found …?

This is episode 59 : The Disappearance Of Susan Powell

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Crime talk timestamp-8:50 It was October 22nd 2018, when 21-year-old college student Lauren McCluskey was on the phone to her parents catching up & talking excitedly about her classes. Suddenly her parents hear her shouting “No no no“ and what sounded like someone being dragged away, before the phone line goes completely silent. As they shout out her name hoping for a response from their daughter they are met by silence on the other end.

Terrified they call 911 & as police swarm the campus frantically searching for her a tragic discovery was made.

This promising, bright young track star from Pullman, Washington had been fatally shot by her boyfriend, 37-year-old Melvin Rowland.

He had been blackmailing her,stalking her & lying all along about his true identity . Even though Lauren was already afraid of him she hadn’t known the man she’d been dating was really a dangerous sexual predator & a criminal. And now he was also a cold blooded killer .

Today’s heartbreaking case raises many questions. Could Laurens death have been avoided?

As it became clear she had taken every correct precaution she could to try & get help from the campus police & had tried repeatedly to get effective protection against Rowland. Yet despite her caution & pre-emptive thinking, still nothing was done by police to save her, & her life was taken.

To this day, her parents whilst mourning their beloved daughter have channelled their grief & loss to bravely fight & campaign about much needed law changes on campuses .

They want to prevent any other senseless murders from happening to another innocent young girl just like it did to Lauren.

And they want to help students feel safe & protected in college as they very much have the right to be .

Sadly, it was too late for Lauren who could not be saved, but hopefully she didn’t completely die in vain.

Hopefully her tragic story which highlights epic campus police failures can raise awareness & help save other students lives in the future.

Today’s case details how the people & the institutions responsible for protecting her failed her at every turn….

This is episode 58, Lauren McCluskey. Sources: Desert news/ daily mail.com/ Wikipedia / need.utah.edu/ espn investigates/

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Crime talk timestamp: 8:10 In this concluding episode we continue our deep dive into the tragic 1993 murder of 2 year old James Bulger, who was taken from his mother’s side in broad daylight from a Liverpool shopping centre in England . Here we look at how his two 10 year old killers Jon Venables & Robert Thompson reacted to their interrogations & changed their stories when finally arrested for their wicked crimes. They became two of only four criminals in British history to receive lifelong anonymity orders, meaning that shockingly their true identities after being released from prison have never & will never be revealed to the public . As it has since been discovered that after his release Jon Venables could not stop re-offending & has landed himself back in prison for serious child sexual abuse images, we question is the British justice system broken? Does it protect dangerous perpetrators rights more than those of the general publics? It makes us question how safe is it for the general public if a child killer who has continued to re-offend upon their release may very well remain a danger to society should he be paroled again . James mum Denise fought so hard for justice for her little boy, setting up foundations in his name that continue to let his memory live on in the most positive ways. Little James was an innocent young victim whose life was cruelly stolen from him way too soon, & his murder committed by two disturbed children will forever be remembered as Britain’s most heinous & evil crime. This is episode 57, Kids Who Kill: The Murder Of James Bulger part 2. Sources: Wikipedia / bbcnews/ sky news/ murderpedia/ crimes that shook Britain.

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Crime talk timestamp -13:47. The 12th February 1993 was a day like any other as Denise Bulger took her 2 year old son to a local shopping centre in Liverpool,England. As she went about her errands, momentarily letting go of James hand to pay for her shopping, she looks down again & to her horror little sandy haired blue eyed James had disappeared in broad daylight .

As a frantic search ensued & time passes a tragic discovery was made . A tiny body was located by some train tracks . It was revealed that James had been subjected to a horrific death, the terrible injuries which had been inflicted on this innocent child reached a level of depravity the UK had never before seen .

Soon, the outrage about James death turned to utter shock when police reviewed CCTV, leading to his killers being arrested .

In a crime that shocked people around the world to their core, 2 ten year old boys Robert Thompson & John Venables were responsible for & charged with James murder .

The pair were imprisoned for only 8 years before being released back into society with lifelong anonymity orders .

Now aged 41 Jon Venables is back in prison for committing further crimes including possession of masses of child porn .

As we wait until his next parole review date in 2 years time, we take a look deep into this unprecedented case. It leaves us asking some unsettling but necessary questions…

How many times should a child killer be freed at the taxpayers expense & allowed to re-offend before they potentially commit another serious crime?

When is enough enough ?

Can a 10 year old child who premeditatedly tortured & murdered a 2 year old really be rehabilitated enough to be freed as an adult to walk the streets & live a normal life?

Or do they infact forever pose a threat to society & most importantly to the children of Britain ?

This is a case that was so heinous, so unbelievably wicked & cruel that it still haunts many of us even decades later as the nation continues to mourn for little James.

This is episode 56, Kids Who Kill: The Murder Of James Bulger Sources : the guardian.com/ Wikipedia/ bbc.co.uk/ for James.org /https://blogcrimeroom.wordpress.com/ sky news/murderpedia

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Crime talk timestamp-9:25 In August 2023 a 911 operator received a call from a shaken man in Washington County, Utah.

He said that a malnourished 12 year old boy had turned up on his doorstep begging for food, water & help. The boy had clear injuries to his wrists & ankles .

When he told police he had jumped out of a window to escape they went to search the home he had fled from & to locate his abusers. After rescuing his siblings & making two arrests they were surprised to find that one one of the perpetrators was actually well known.

Ruby Franke was a famous vlogger, her YouTube channel “8 Passengers” had racked up more than 2 million subscribers when she started it in 2015. This parenting based channel had come under public scrutiny recently for her harsh rules & punishments towards her children. Now she had been caught subjecting her children to terrible abuse along with her business manager Jodi Hildebrandt.

The two cruel women each received four terms of 1-15 years in prison, & thankfully they will now have to pay for the wicked punishments they subjected these innocent children to . The treatment the children received at the hands of those who they should have been able to trust was horrific & inhumane , both physically and psychologically.

Justice caught up with Ruby, and as she now sits in prison serving out her long well deserved sentence, we take a look at how it all went so wrong for the Franke family.

Here we explore how an intelligent, normal mom who on the surface had it all, fame wealth & a gorgeous family, had gradually let her fake, wholesome veneer slip.

Her ego & vanity allowed the public to watch on in shock as she turned into the mother from hell, joining up with an equally disturbed woman to aid her in her cruelty. As the Franke children are finally freed from their mothers evil ways & can now start new lives away from her dark influence we look at how child abuse can take place in any home & sometimes right In Front of our very eyes ….

This is episode 55: Ruby Franke. Sources: YouTube/People.com/ Wikipedia/ independent.co.uk/ Indy100.com/ bbc news / Fox News

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Crime talk timestamp-13:52. It was May 26th 2016 when police return to a plush apartment complex in West Hollywood after being called to carry out a welfare check. The frantic mother of 30 year old Ukrainian model & translator Iana Kasian hadn’t heard from her daughter in days after she’d left to meet her troubled fiancé. Her mom Olga knew she was still inside the building with this man, but no one was responding. When police finally gain entry after breaking through the barricaded door, what they find inside was worse than anyone could have ever imagined. They were met with a scene straight out of a gory & bloody horror movie. Tragically Iana had been tortured, mutilated, scalped & killed by her 42 year old fiance who was also the father of her 3 week old child .

In today’s episode we will see how despite being born into privilege, wealth, status, & seemingly having everything going for them, some people can still turn into sadistic, psychopathic monsters. And as we will see that is exactly what became of this eccentric Canadian wannabe director….This is episode 54, A Hollywood horror story: Blake Leibel. Sources : Law & crime network/ Wikipedia / Hollywoodreporter.com/ Reddit

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