This story tells 2 seemingly unrelated crimes...

But some shockingly incompetent police work would show that the murders of 2 young mothers and a child were more closely connected than anyone could ever have imagined.

At around 10:20am, Rachel turned a corner and walked up the path towards a wooded area, leading Alex by his hand. Alex noticed a man following them, not too far behind. He noticed his black bag, his white shirt, his brown hair, and the fact he walked with a slight limp. Suddenly, the man was next to them. He threw Alex to the ground and grabbed Rachel, dragging her off toward the bushes...

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SOURCES:

Theme music extract - Fortaleza by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena Promoted by MrSnooze https://youtu.be/ioi_-5sAuXQ

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/dec/18/rachel-nickell-colin-stagg

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/promise-of-sex-failed-to-win-confession-the-rachel-nickell-undercover-operation-expected-to-take-a-1448836.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/dec/18/rachel-nickell-robert-napper-crime

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Happy Halloween REDRUM listeners !

Are you ready for a Halloween BONUS?

Trick or Treat?

Both Elizabeth and Timothy were too excited for bed, so Ronald promised that if they got into their pyjamas, and went straight to bed afterwards, then they could have one piece of candy tonight. 

Timothy sifted through all of his candy, before settling on his giant pixy styx. He opened it up, and took a huge gulp of sherberty powder, but after swallowing it, noticed it didn't taste very nice. He took a sip of Kool-Aid to help wash it down and ate a little more, but just moments later, he began to vomit. He fell to the floor, and went into convulsions.

Ronald immediately called emergency services when he realised that the safe streets of the friendly Surburban neighbourhood, lit by orange pumpkins and pretend evil ghouls and ghosts, had been infiltrated by a different kind of horror. Something more evil than they could ever have imagined.

SOURCES:

https://www.nytimes.com/1975/05/29/archives/wife-a-takes-stand-at-husbands-trial-in-sons-poisoning.html

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Happy Halloween REDRUM listeners!

Have you heard of the legend of the Candyman?

To kick off HALLOWEEK with a bang, today we tell the story of Ruthie Mae, a 52 year old woman, who, one rainy evening called 911 to report that someone was coming through her bathroom cabinet and into her apartment to kill her. 

When police showed up at her apartment, they assumed the call had been some kind of hoax when Ruthie didn't answer the door.

But when no one had heard from Ruthie the following day... or the day after that... The police returned, and made their way into the apartment...

What they found was chilling...

SOURCES:

(Steve Bogira and the Chicago reader, the article ‘They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror’ is an excellent read)

https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/they-came-in-through-the-bathroom-mirror/Content?oid=871084 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candyman_(1992_film)

https://screenrant.com/candyman-movie-true-story-chicago-cabrini-green/

https://www.catherinecavendish.com/2020/04/dont-open-medicine-cabinet.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/is-candyman-real

https://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2010/1.3_The_globa_cocaine_market.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/magazine/the-towers-came-down-and-with-them-the-promise-of-public-housing.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/a5vu2f/who_killed_ruthie_mae_mccoy_unresolved_murder/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cocaine-forgotten-addiction-met-20160704-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABLA_Homes

https://www.thecha.org/residents/partners-in-education-program

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-lbCzS_9fc&feature=emb_rel_end

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/reports/2019/08/07/472617/systemic-inequality-displacement-exclusion-segregation/

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/skylar-bakerjordan/grenfell-fire_b_17104044.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHhRhdkUKcdXctKm1O80z4pRF1KNIrYAsSS9AtlZ5iGjy9WB5mnSY0k7JunbJyHNa8E57KOtSwD28PsMju4Y1f1cjrIqGI1zf0KVCW3EVxIFsEOTjYvEJ1L4rb4k_CHiII1Fkm6qm_iAP_34hcFkgJm-Wjtm3AI3ogRQheWLglJe

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/why-candyman-is-scarier-than-ever-749776/

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/why-candyman-is-scarier-than-ever-749776/

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Mark's comical and warm personality saw him quickly become one of the most successful TV presenters of the 1990s.

But, before the couple could go ahead with their wedding, one of them would be dead, and the other arrested on suspicion of murder.

SOURCES:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1108833/Dont-stupid-Lily-The-mother-drug-death-TV-star-Natasha-Collins-attacks-Lily-Allens-naive-view-cocaine.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ12kYLNlp8

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7336981.stm

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1265727/Mark-Speights-sister-speaks-time-suicide-The-guilt-killed-him.html

https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/natasha-and-mark-a-love-story-that-ended-in-tragedy-1-627689

http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=72884

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1265727/Mark-Speights-sister-speaks-time-suicide-The-guilt-killed-him.html

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/tragic-victims-of-our-drug-culture-61696

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To thank you for getting us to 30k downloads, here is a BONUS EPISODE!

One evening after the family meal, Priscille made sure that all the men were out of the house, before closing the door and walking to take Mick-Sophie's hand.

Priscille had to do what was expected. What was required. An excrutiating act short term, to save her daughter long term.

Mick-Sophie knew this was for her own good and that her mother was only trying to protect her, but she struggled to stifle the screams because of the intense pain. None of this felt right.

SOURCES:

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Clarissa frantically called 911 and told the operator that she was 36 weeks pregnant, and had just given birth at home, but her baby wasn't breathing and had turned blue.

Hospital staff noticed that Clarissa's arms, hands and face were covered in blood, assumedly from the home delivery. But when they managed to check Clarissa over, they made the chilling discovery, that she showed no signs at all, of having given birth...

SOURCES:

https://au.news.yahoo.com/woman-started-go-fund-me-for-baby-after-cutting-him-from-teens-womb-021608945.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ05ZbkyDPgRnKBEt6MImRzHjaqRP7D8WxFRg5GIwcmldj6HmM1AdqcXOEbLbA4JNvvUk60I-cot8rhrj-eQzO28XXqkhkwFEHWTVs5y9_RREtUt9rVARfHOjfFe7DXBG_xda57LRRNSdBDgTPzw5-YP8PKt4_DfRuNyUcln7HF0

https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/05/17/family-of-pregnant-woman-slain-for-her-baby-wants-monsters-charged-in-her-death-held-without-bond/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/marlen-ochoa-lopez-baby-murder-womb-dies-chicago-a8959431.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/02/fetal-abduction-attacks-expectant-mothers

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-missing-pregnant-teen-cpd-20190515-story.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7036511/Missing-pregnant-teenagers-baby-cut-womb-strangled-death.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chilling-new-details-emerge-murder-chicago-woman-whose-baby-was-n1007066 

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Denise was one of the most well known actors in French Canada’s history.

SOURCES:

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2014/06/29/il-y-a-30-ans-deja

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Georgi walked the short distance to the end of Waterloo bridge to wait for a bus on the final leg of his journey. As he stood waiting, he felt a sharp, stinging pain in his right thigh.

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We have achieved an incredible number of downloads in our first 10 weeks, thanks to YOU. We wanted to say thank you, with a full length BONUS episode.

In this episode, I tell 3 different stories. They aren't murders, but they are all deaths that share a tragic common link. You might have heard their names in the media... now hear their stories.

If you're affected by any of the issues raised in today's episode, please see below for links and helplines.

Samaritans - 116 123

https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/suicide-resource-guide#1

NSPL - 800-273-8255

https://www.crisistextline.org/

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

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