Christopher was a sensitive and shy nine year old, with blue eyes, blonde hair and freckles across his nose. On the 9th of March 1984, he would be taken from his sisters home and murdered, it would be a case that would haunt the city of Hull for 28 years.


Podcast of the week is Crime Obscene

Sources for the episode
https://www.essentialsurrey.co.uk/lifestyle/the-plant-detective/
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/horrific-secret-boys-perverted-uncle-carried-even-his-grave-1894312
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7959431.stm
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2182090/Uncle-named-1984-child-killer-Christopher-Laverack-murderer-Melvyn-Read-trapped-pollen-spores.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/aug/01/christopher-laverack-murder-case-closed
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/how-police-solved-murder-mystery-13144264
https://crimewatch-uk.fandom.com/wiki/Christopher_Laverack
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/7509986.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6435573.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6120928.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/3543413.stm
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/suspect-child-murder-jailed-sex-assaults-1839279
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51139809
https://uk-database.net/2014/07/02/stephen-hines-hull/
https://uk-database.net/2012/08/14/melvyn-read-hull/
https://aboutforensics.co.uk/forensic-palynology/

Vicky Roberts had married the man of her dreams but five months later she would be dead.

17 year old Ashleigh Hall started talking to a teenage boy online, they agreed to meet up, which would cost the popular and caring girl her life.



Podcast of the week Mask of Sanity

https://murdermurder.news/

Resources for this episode
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14663054
https://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/0/81323AEA596B011080257837004A9B6D?OpenDocument
http://www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/Portals/0/Documents/sex%20offender%20information%20booklet.pdf
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17893678.sexual-grooming-rise-revealed-decade-ashleigh-hall-killing/
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4713427.mother-facebook-victim-ashleigh-hall-tells-anguish-daughters-death/
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/sexual-predator-who-used-fake-17030209
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223709/Ashleigh-Hall-Weve-learned-terrible-lesson-says-mother-girl-killed-going-boy-met-Facebook.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/mar/08/peter-chapman-facebook-ashleigh-hall
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14663054
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14651830
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11625208
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11615573
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8496748.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8439386.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8343053.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/8335551.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/8327310.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/8589343.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/8557837.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/8555221.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/8555844.stm
https://www.darlington-safeguarding-partnership.co.uk/media/1890/ashleighs-rules.pdf
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/peter-chapman-tells-ashleigh-hall-3703301
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/twisted-facebook-killer-peter-chapman-11214961
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/local-news/timeline-of-murderer-peter-chapman-3368576
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/chapman-was-a-manipulative-liar-who-used-the-internet-to-kill-1918335.html
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/paedophile-killer-peter-chapman-targeted-18220756
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/8849436.ashleighs-killer-stopped/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1260954/Peter-Chapman-slipped-police-net-SIXTEEN-times-kidnap-murder-Ashleigh-Hall.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkcqn39/articles/z2nbgk7
https://www.getsafeonline.org/social-networking/online-dating/
https://medium.com/@taylorshaahr/the-dangers-of-online-dating-4192f790e322
https://news.sky.com/story/dark-side-of-online-dating-crimes-rise-by-300-in-five-years-11073230
Evening Herald (Dublin) - Wednesday 04 November 2009
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/college-staff-pay-tribute-tragic-3714197
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1323439/Failed-Facebook-police-Ashleigh-Halls-family-torn-apart-online-predator.html
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/mourners-gather-remember-ashleigh-hall-3712490
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/8555634.stm
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4774088.mike-hall-grandfather-ashleigh-hall-describes-familys-unimaginable-loss/
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ashleigh-hall-murder-mum-of-tragic-427744

When a body was recovered from the depths of Coniston Water in the lake district, it would solve one of England's oldest missing persons cases, this is the story of Carol Park a mother of 3 who disappeared in 1976.

Sources for the episode
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/chilling-case-lady-lake-back-16615389
Irish Independent - Monday 25 August 1997
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 23 August 1997

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-52499437
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-50306383
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-50289725
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4187011.stm
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/01/appeal-court-upholds-gordon-park-lady-in-the-lake-conviction
https://www.thejusticegap.com/no-closure-for-family-of-gordon-park-as-appeal-court-dismissed-lady-in-the-lake-case/
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/chilling-case-lady-lake-back-16615389

https://news.sky.com/story/lady-in-the-lake-appeal-court-upholds-murder-conviction-for-gordon-park-11981843
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2020/05/01/court-upholds-gordon-park-conviction-over-lady-in-the-lake-murder-of-wife/
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Sunday Life - Sunday 24 August 1997
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Irish Independent - Saturday 23 August 1997
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 23 August 1997
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Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 25 August 1997
Daily Mirror - Thursday 21 August 1997
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 26 August 1997
Irish Independent - Saturday 23 August 1997
Aberdeen Evening Express - Tuesday 26 August 1997
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 25 August 1997
Sunday Life - Sunday 24 August 1997
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 27 August 1997
Daily Mirror - Friday 22 August 1997
Daily Mirror - Monday 25 August 1997
Daily Mirror - Wednesday 02 May 1984

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/03/08/Airline-pilot-Peter-Hogg-who-strangled-his-wife-and/1032479106000/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1245897/Lady-Lake-killer-Gordon-Park-commits-suicide-cell-66th-birthday.html
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/r-v-park-judgment-010520.pdf

Podcast of the week Murder she Spoke.

Patricia and Robert Seddon were loving parents and grandparents, who three months after surviving a terrifying car accident were murdered in their home.

Podcast of the week comes Crimetorium podcast.
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sources for this episode
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a6652019.shtml
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/7957936.businesses-count-cost-as-grants-fraudster-is-jailed/
https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2013-03-18/man-accused-of-murdering-parents-was-on-drugs-run
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/mar/28/stephen-seddon-jailed-40-years
https://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/whereyoulive/9607460.man-praises-greater-manchester-fire-and-rescue-service-after-canal-rescue-at-canal-road-timperley-trafford/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/40-years-jail-and-no-parole-stephen-seddon-son-insatiable-thirst-money-sentenced-killing-parents-over-inheritance-8552703.html
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/stephen-seddon-guilty-murder-attempted-1982137
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/bob-patricia-seddon-were-enjoying-1974011
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/chilling-moment-cold-hearted-killer-stephen-1976030
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/stephen-seddon-murder-trial-man-1977961
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/canal-plunge-how-stephen-seddon-1980042
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/secret-justice-key-evidence-stephen-1981621
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/stephen-seddon-trial-how-cold-blooded-1982103
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/northdurham/10318045.greed-drove-man-ultimate-crime---murder-parents/
https://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-03-27/stephen-seddon-guilty-of-murder-of-parents/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300410/Stephen-Seddon-Calmly-stocking-beer-monster-son-just-hours-executing-loving-parents.html
https://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/whereyoulive/10320162.how-seddon-posed-as-a-modest-hero-after-car-plunge-at-bridgewater-canal-in-timperley/
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/blast-father-suspicious-of-son-29086462.html
https://gizmodo.com/rich-kids-who-killed-their-parents-2-if-at-first-you-d-1743074610
https://www.news.com.au/world/stephen-seddon-accused-of-murdering-parents-for-insurance-money/news-story/064f29f64b709551493467461bc726d0
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10245037.shotgun-son-used-kill-parents-stolen-north-east-burglary-court-told/
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/family-tributes-loving-selfless-couple-2061752

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/shoot-disabled-nephew-thats-sick-1763380
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2282302/Father-feared-son-planning-kill-wife-230-000-inheritance-shot-dead.html
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9814823.seaham-man-charged-murder-parents/

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2013-03-19/man-denies-considering-disabled-nephew
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10299277.seaham-man-mounts-angry-defence-claim-considered-killing-disabled-nephew/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21549564
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/murder-trial-son-stephen-seddon-told-1671919
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Judgments/seddon-sentence-remarks.pdf

Before the fire, Mick Philpott had already been in the limelight, he was perfect media fodder, with his unconventional lifestyle, and shameless attitude. But he was also a violent, narcissist who abused his partners, and was convicted of attempted murder.

Podcast of the week Kudzu Killers

sources
https://closeronline.co.uk/real-life/news/ex-evil-philpott-teen-son-s-ashamed-s-worried-people-will-think-s-like-dad/
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mick-philpotts-teenage-sex-slave-1801970
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/derby-house-fire-trial-mick-1709936

https://www.channel4.com/news/women-held-after-five-children-die-in-house-fire
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/may/16/derby-fire-death-father-anguish
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/04/03/exclusive-inside-mick-philpotts-front-room/
https://news.sky.com/story/philpott-under-suspicion-after-sham-photo-10449920
https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/Psychological-Effects-On-Men-Growing-Up-Without-A-Father

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/mick-philpott

https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/philpott-michael.htm
https://metro.co.uk/2013/09/30/builders-demolish-philpott-family-home-following-blaze-that-killed-six-children-4127962/

https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/15/father-who-killed-six-of-his-children-in-deadly-fire-complains-about-hard-prison-life-8039576/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/arson-dad-mick-philpott-who-10601355

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/body-language-experts-reveal-how-9573578


https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/mick-mairead-philpott-sex-son-5366589

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mick-philpott-profile-evil-dad-1798391
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/evil-mairead-philpott-shows-remorse-7366045
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/child-killer-mick-philpott-reveals-7203427

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/child-killer-mick-philpott-divorced-4693083

https://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/mick-philpott-case-closed-after-3060846

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mick-philpotts-mother-still-believes-1816522

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mick-philpott-watch-cctv-evil-1816154

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/philpott-trial-judge-mrs-justice-1810957

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/revealed-mick-philpott-faced-road-rage-charge-8558418.html


https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/02/derby-house-fire-six-children-fire-service_n_2999398.html?1364916654

477589/*https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/vile-product-of-the-welfare-state-for-real-insight-on-the-mick-philpott-story-read-the-derby-telegraph/

https://police.community/topic/246891-daily-mail-mick-philpotts-life-of-luxury-while-children-live-in-squalor/

Part one of two covering the fire that claimed the lives of six children and the stories of those who fought bravely to save them.
Sadly the death of Duwayne, Jade, John, Jack, Jesse and Jayden, are often forgotten, or tainted by the deeds of their killers this episode seeks to shine a light on their short lives.
episode 2 will be about the events leading up to the fire, and the perpetrators.

In August 1988, a man was arrested for stealing a microwave and a mantel clock, what police didn't know was that this man wanted to be like his idol Jack the Ripper, and had secrets to hide.
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Podcast of the week is Evidence of a crime.

sources for this episode.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-end-of-innocence-inside-britains-child-prisons-1874053.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2330061.stm
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/jan/09/bring-back-borstal-not-based-on-my-experience
https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/evil-doncaster-serial-killer-who-murdered-three-people-56-hours-focus-new-tv-documentary-48350
Dundee Courier - Saturday 03 September 1988
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Arkwright
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/history/twisted-jack-ripper-fantasist-who-18455988
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5597823/Serial-killer-devil-mask-eviscerated-three-victims.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20180617093008/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/the-sick-killer-who-lived-up-to-his-ripper-boasts-1-2399397
https://web.archive.org/web/20181103105852/https://www.southyorkshiretimes.co.uk/news/wath-murderer-arkwright-too-dangerous-for-release-1-614989
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/history/moors-murderer-ian-brady-how-1127335
https://www.southamcollege.com/uploaded/subjects/history/24th_may/10._Punishments_-_1900_onwards_.pdf
documentary when life means life.

21 year old Shaun Rossington was 6 foot 4 with an athletic build and was described as a gentle giant, who loved cars and football. he was due to take his first major step into adulthood, by moving in with his girlfriend, but before he had a chance to realise this goal, he was brutally beaten to death, in the middle of the night.
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Podcast of a week History of a Haunting.

references for episode
https://www.autism.org.uk/about/what-is/asperger.aspx?gclid=Cj0KCQjwoPL2BRDxARIsAEMm9y_mXKZq5cYfVrDFQSS0V3oXco4_enIiuNNfiE06VHvVH7seRLzAk4MaAgGpEALw_wcB
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https://metro.co.uk/2011/01/28/gang-jailed-for-vicious-murder-of-shaun-rossington-636262/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1284529/Girl-13-charged-murder-gentle-giant-Shaun-Rossington.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1339709/Five-convicted-brutal-attack-vulnerable-Aspergers-sufferer.html
https://news.sky.com/story/gang-of-four-jailed-for-sadistic-murder-10489798
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/girl-13-arrested-over-murder/news-story/a7ba8affd6aa647286a48f0417b7e061?sv=eef776f499070f110180fe0f5ddc3a00
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https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/seven-quizzed-days-after-body-found-1972785#gsc.tab=0
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https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2010/12/four-found-guilty-in-shaun-rossington-murder-trial/
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https://www.autism-society.org/what-is/aspergers-syndrome/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-12010965
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1318629/Girl-13-used-bait-lure-autistic-man-death.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-11517628
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/five-locked-over-fatal-beating-defenceless-aspergers-sufferer-1942528
Nightmare in Suburbia (documentary)