This month Marti is covering a request from our good friend Wayne over at Eerie Edinburgh whose advert you will have heard at the top of the episode. 

It's a slightly different one for Marti, its a very vintage story based in 1826, in Campbelltown, a small city located on the outskirts of Sydney where a young man sees a ghost, but the ghost isn't just any ordinary ghost....  

We'd love to hear your thoughts on this one.. 

We also talk about what we've been reading: 

I Found A Body - we couldn't have loved it more, perfect summer holiday reading. 

Bonnier Books https://www.instagram.com/bonnierbooks_uk/

I found a body on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/I-Found-Body-Becky-Brynolf/dp/1785307916#averageCustomerReviewsAnchor check the episode to see how you can get your hands on a copy for free!

Our thoughts on ghosty shit, how amazing the Welsh are and a lot of convict chat!

The Natalia Grace Redhanded podcast episode we reference in this episode is:  

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7dBFkTyoULTE8IKsTOdQuA

Sources for this episode are: 

Strange strange strange.com website 

campeblltown.com.au

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In this month's episode, Effie takes us through the extraordinary life and almost death of Maggie Dickson born in 1702, a fishhawker living in Musselburgh, abandoned by her husband Maggie had a difficult life, but that's nothing compared to her ( almost death.)

Sources for this episode are:

Edinburgh Reporter
Beheaded podcast 
The Hanging of Maggie Dickson - Book
Clan Broonfield - on YouTube 
The Scotsman
The National Library of Scotland 

Shows we talked about - Christopher Wilder - The Beauty Queen Killer 
Forrest Fenn's Treasure Hunt on Netflix - highly recommend both 

Flowers in the attic - The Origins on Channel 5 if you're in the UK 
They also have the heaven series, the dollanger children AND My Sweet Audrina 

The insane book Marti mentioned halfway through is called - 
Careless People A Story Of Where I Used To Work power.greed.madness. 
by Sarah Wynn-Williams  you can buy it from Rare Bird Books 
https://rarebirdsbooks.com/products/careless-people?_pos=1&_psq=sarah-wynn-&_ss=e&_v=1.0

We also talk about Effie's tradition of The Shining & Steven King, Effie's adventures with a Blimp (Yes, thats actually a real thing!) how difficult it was to be a woman in the 1700's & way too much chat about bath bombs and the beginnings of Lush! 

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Trigger warning This episode contains themes of sexual abuse, child murder & suicide.

This month Marti covers the Wanda Beach murders which happened in 1965 in Cronulla Sydney, when two young teenage girls caught the train to the beach with their siblings and never came home.

The murders of Christine Sharrock & Marianne Schmidt.
We also talk about one of Australia's most prolific serial killers.

We of course also talk about what we are watching, his Highness Micheal Sheen, lone shoes & weird things found on beaches!

Were going to Crimecon in September!
You can grab your ticket at a discount price using the promo code Mums10
https://crimeconuk.seetickets.com/event/crimecon-manchester-2025/etc-venues/3246001

Sources for this episode are:
ABC News 
Crime InvestigationAustralia documentary 
7 News Spotlight 
Chris Wilder The Snapshot Killer 
Casefile - Episode 1 The Wanda Beach Murders 
Listverse 

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We're back for 2025!!!!
Did you miss us? 

We're kicking off the year with the devastating murder of 16-year-old Elaine Doyle who lived with her Mum, Dad and brother - a very normal Scottish family, living in Greenock on the west coast of Scotland.  
Until, in 1986 when their lives were turned upside down when Elaine was brutally murdered. 

Sources for this episode are:
BBC
Scottish Murders Podcast
Crimepod
Guardian Newspaper
Greenock Telegraph 
Sky Murdertown doc

We also talk about knife crime *trigger warning
Greggs hot food tax - did you know this was a thing? 
The pronunciation of Celtic 
The first documented case of CCTV 
and blue light discos 
Check out Fox Box Detectives
https://www.foxboxdetectives.co.uk/

Exciting News!!
We're attending Crimecon Manchester as content creators!
Come meet us and chat all things true crime! 
A gorgeous lunch is included and refreshments all day - we have to say the food is amazing if Crimecon Glasgow is anything to go by. 
Use your exclusive code Mums10
Head to: https://crimeconuk.seetickets.com/event/crimecon-manchester-2025/etc-venues/3246001

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For our final episode of 2024  and our 50th episode!!!!
We're bringing you an intriguing mystery from Australia which is all about shared psychosis so this episode might not be for everyone, if you don't feel in a place to listen to this episode right now please give this one a miss.

On Monday 29 August 2016 Mark Tromp and his wife Jacoba got into a car for a “tech-free road trip” with their three adult children Riana, 29, Mitchell, 25, and Ella 22.
 
They headed north in Ella's car only to turn up one by one a week later having travelled more than (995 miles) and ended with a police investigation and two of the family members in psychiatric care.

One investigating police officer from the Silvan district described it as "the most bizarre case I've seen in 30 years".

We also talk about Christmas, ( a lot ) Santa warning for this episode, though if you have anyone young enough to believe in the magic of Christmas, they probably shouldn't be listening to this podcast!  The Gilmore Girls, Wham - standard, road trips and imaginary friends..

Sources for this episode are:
BBC News
Listverse
Mamamia

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For our November episode, Effie is covering a Scottish mystery, something we've never touched on before but glossed over.  UFO's!!
 
Bonniebridge is a little town, it's a small town, that just looks like your average British town about 4 miles west of Falkirk in central Scotland but its harbouring a very strange secret....
 
It has had the largest number of UFO sightings in the world!
Just sit back and take that in! 
 
So much so that since 1992 there have been 300 incidents reported every single year!

36% of locals have seen something unusual in this area known as the Falkirk triangle..... 

We also talk about the usual stuff - Halloween, our thoughts on the Menendez brothers, what we've been watching of course, how we're too lazy to see the northern lights, Effie's end of the world experience and how long ago the 90s were... 

Sources for this episode are:
Bonniebridge UFO capital of Scotland documentary
The government silenced us documentary
 The Herald Newspaper
The Daily Mail newspaper
Paranormal files
Scotclans.com
BBC radio.com
 
We'd love to hear your thoughts on aliens and this episode. 
Are you a believer?

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Trigger warning* There is a lot of chat in this episode around suicide so if this episode is not for you, or you're not able to listen just now please give this episode a miss.  

Sources for this episode are: 

ABC News 
Office of the state coroner inquest report Brisbane 2013 
Daily mail interview with Robert Reid investigative journalist 

Australian true crime podcast Episode A convenient murder-suicide https://open.spotify.com/episode/4yhwWkmlqIXHKTS8KUrk4Y?si=6wg6C2NxQnOUfy17GyvtUw&t=1769

There is a casefile episode on this  174

On the 26th of July 1991 at 4 pm Alan Leahy reported to police that his wife Julie -Ann Leahy and her friend Vicki Arnold had gone fishing  in the early hours of that morning and not returned.  They were living in Atherton Queensland and had three children. Julie Anne was 26, her friend Vicki was 27 and they were never seen alive again. 

We also talk about winter coats ( boring ) Marti's fear of bats, perfectly acceptable thank you very much, drunken night-out transportation and night fishing, yes night fishing! 

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This month Effie is covering an Aberdeen case from back in 1983.
George Murdoch, also known as Dodd, a taxi driver in the area, a family man, much loved by the community who was brutally murdered at the age of 58.   

Sources for this episode are:
BBC News
The Scottish Sun 
Sky News
STV documentary Unsolved
Who is the cheese wire killer - podcast

We also chat random bus stop altercations, road rage cone throwing, which weapon we would choose if we had to murder someone, what we were doing in 1983 - yes Wham is mentioned,  Australian neighbours, Effie's problem with the name Brooke (Shields) and talking watch recommendations ( of course )

Granite Harbour on BBC on Effie's recommendation

How to be in the spotlight Podcast recommendation
https://open.spotify.com/show/3hzwGsMRqsZPcwyjkrE8xm

Our Little Edey - Australian podcast recommendation
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Ih3QzsWbJIa0XXdWxe33T

The death of Brenda Paige podcast recommendation
https://open.spotify.com/show/1QgWghFfk3woD0CQa7TPqD

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* Warning *
In this episode, we talk about school shootings in Dunblane Scotland and in the US, we also talk about violence against young children and gun laws. 
If this episode is not for you, please give this episode a miss. 

The sound is not fantastic on this episode, we were having a few issues with Effie's microphone, so please bear with us. 

We were lucky enough to meet N Leigh Hunt at Crimecon in Glasgow and he had a huge effect on us both, so we felt so honoured when he agreed to come on the podcast and talk about his book "I dont like Mondays" and school shootings. 

N Leigh Hunt is a South African-born author, crime historian and broadcaster. He is a member of the American Society of Criminology and considered an expert on California school shootings. He graciously received the High Commended award for Best New Author at the Inaugural True Crime Awards in 2023. He was recently a speaker at Crime Con in Glasgow - where he must us!

His book - ‘I Don’t Like Monday’s - The True Story Behind America's First Modern School Shooting’ took years of interviews and research to accurately record the horrifying event. The information collected in his book had never been published previously. He graciously received the High Commended award for Best New Author at the Inaugural True Crime Awards in 2023 

He is currently a director of a radio station and produces shows and podcasts in the Midlands, UK. He lives with his wife in Olney, Bucks but still thinks of San Diego as his hometown.

He is currently working on the Cokeville Wyoming school crisis, the crimes of Craig C Price (the youngest serial killer convicted in the USA) and the possible wrongful conviction of Amanda Lewis in Esto, Florida.

It is such a fascinating conversation about not only school shootings but so many other tough conversations around gun laws, Bob Geldof, speaking to school shooters in prison, the FBI and MAFS! Bet you didn't expect that one! 

Think of it as our 3rd Birthday gift to you!
Thanks for listening.

You can buy the Book I Dont Like Mondays 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Like-Mondays-Americas-Shooting/dp/B0BYTDGRYR/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3E62FBZAFC8P2&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.4nwuqx3F43wY8lMZmesqFKmml4eC4ZCLiGmvCnxJeN1B0DywEKX8tYlEtDhsbofUi1lQPrj2-SlI_ndRNIL9d4k0G2x9QU5EbpDnI4GnyQ8BU1U5anQ4026-WlGHJTxM7z_405H_jD4qG3hGrc8Edyf23vSSQ-UnN69wEkhVJc5sk48dqUd9SZ3WFhiOMx4epLUHpeI7l4l1t1B8WyLNkiiypxfBsbYyVNEs2gGcoLg.eZ9381mQ6gu2VJn4HVFMQm4YXhsLrhU0bwioCD5RpJM&dib_tag=se&keywords=i+don%27t+like+mondays&qid=1723733359&sprefix=i+dont+like+mondays+%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-1

Go follow him on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/nleighhunt/
 
Listen to In Esto
https://shows.acast.com/in-esto-podcast

https://www.nleighhunt.com/ and drop him an email with the subject - Overnight Oats

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It's our 3rd Birthday!!!!!
Thank you for listening to us talk a lot about random things!
And to "celebrate" Marti is covering the tragic and horrendous death of Dianne Brimble onboard the cruise ship P & O Pacific Sky in 2002. 
Dianne Brimble aged 42 and her 12-year-old daughter Tahlia boarded the ship, along with Dianne’s sister, Alma Wood, and Alma’s daughter, Kari Ann.  All four girls shared a cabin for the 10-day cruise.  A cruise they had saved for 2 years for, it was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime with family!

Dianne didn't get to enjoy the ten-day cruise because Less than 24 hours later Dianne Brimble was found dead on the floor of a cabin.
 
We also talk quite a lot about chocolate biscuits,
school holidays and teenagers' faces.
And of course lots and lots of cruise ship facts and chat

Sources for this episode are: 
The Telegraph newspaper
60 minutes - ships of shame
True crime conversations - the cruise ship death of Dianne Brimble
Australian true crime podcast - Dianne Brimble - ep 126 by her ex-husband Mark
World metrics.org
9 news Australia

If you have any Scottish or Australian cases you'd like us to cover please give us a shout over on Instagram or drop us an email at [email protected]

Podcast recommendations mentioned in this ep:
 
Lets Not Meet https://open.spotify.com/show/5mrS2aDwNdAAwlqRkvNVFd?si=babbd2b01fd942db

Murder They Wrote https://open.spotify.com/show/4fwIxNTytZiAmmDKIjHq4v?si=53d9ffa0dd3c4544 with Iain Stirling & Laura Whitmore 

Hosted by & Researched & written by Marti Jeremiah-Shelley & Effie McDonald

Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/erinfaudio/
Since 2023 ( earlier episodes are badly edited by us!)

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