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Welcome to our first two part episode. After researching this case, we decided we needed to spread this over two episodes due to the shear amount of detail and murders by this man in the early 1900's. Listen to part 1 before listening to this episode.

Fritz Haarmann murdered at least 24 young men and boys over the course of six years between 1918-1924. He raped, murdered and dismembered each victim before dumping their bodies mainly in the Leine River, Hanover, Germany. He is arguably one of Germany's worst serial murderers. Join us as we look over his life and the subsequent murders that follow.

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Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Haarmann

Criminal Minds Wiki - https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Fritz_Haarmann

Murderpedia - https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/haarmann.htm

Find a Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15714811/friedrich-heinrich_karl-haarmann

The Criminal Code - https://www.thecriminalcode.com/index.php/2017/07/04/the-butcher-of-hanover-pedophilemurderer-fritz-haarman/

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Welcome to our first two part episode. After researching this case, we decided we needed to spread this over two episodes due to the shear amount of detail and murders by this man in the early 1900's. Feel free to revisit next week to listen back to back although we will be doing a recap at the beginning of next weeks episode to refresh your mind on what was said this week.

Fritz Haarmann murdered at least 24 young men and boys over the course of six years between 1918-1924. He raped, murdered and dismembered each victim before dumping their bodies mainly in the Leine River, Hanover, Germany. He is arguably one of Germany's worst serial murderers. Join us as we look over his life and the subsequent murders that follow.

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Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Haarmann

Criminal Minds Wiki - https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Fritz_Haarmann

Murderpedia - https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/haarmann.htm

Find a Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15714811/friedrich-heinrich_karl-haarmann

The Criminal Code - https://www.thecriminalcode.com/index.php/2017/07/04/the-butcher-of-hanover-pedophilemurderer-fritz-haarman/

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On 30th October 1983, 16 year old Colette Aram was walking from her house in Nottinghamshire, the one and a half miles to her boyfriend's house. She didn't make it as she was abducted, raped and strangled by 25 year old Paul Hutchinson. It took 25 years to find Hutchinson and it was thanks to the DNA database that he was found.

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Murder UK - http://murderuk.com/paul-huchinson.html

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Colette_Aram

BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-15452142

Nottingham Post - https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/paul-hutchinson-history-murderer-261237

Independent - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/father-of-four-jailed-for-girls-1983-murder-1878512.html

iNews - https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/crimewatch-bbc-crimes-97788

The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jan/25/paul-hutchinson-jailed-colette-aram

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We're back with November's Right to Remain Spooky! This month, Katy covers The Stanley Hotel in Colorado and Amy looked at Japan's Aokigahara, more commonly known as 'suicide forest'. We also have two listener stories for you from the lovely Aimee and Rebecca.

Send us your stories for December's episode to [email protected].

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The Stanley Hotel

Trip Savvy - https://www.tripsavvy.com/the-haunted-stanley-hotel-4108817

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stanley_Hotel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film)#Response_by_Stephen_King

Scenic Suitcase - https://www.scenicsuitcase.com/stanley-hotel-haunted-tour/

Aokigahara

Netflix - Dark Tourist: Japan

Michael Silka was a 25 year old US Army veteran from Illinois who dreamed of living in the wilderness of Alaska. In May 1984, he finally arrived in Alaska at the tiny village of Manley Hot Springs. His visit there ended in a spree killing and a shoot out with Alaska's State Troopers, ending his life and the life of a trooper. This week's is shorter than usual but it's only a small case with limited information. We hope you enjoy!

If you have any spooky or strange stories to send us for our monthly Spooky episode, feel free to email us at [email protected]

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Ranker - https://www.ranker.com/list/killers-from-alaska/cat-mcauliffe?ref=lists_about&pos=5&a=0&l=419897<ype=n&g=0

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Silka

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manley_Hot_Springs,_Alaska

Murderpedia - https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/silka-michael.htm

Medium - https://medium.com/@robinbarefield76/murders-at-manley-hot-springs-2ca3205d2901 

Documentaries - Ice Cold Killers S1E4

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Matt Pearson for the intro music

Michael Perkins for the artwork

In February, 1988, 22 year old Helen McCourt from Billinge, Merseyside went missing on her way home from work and was never seen again. It was quickly discovered that local landlord, Ian Simms was the culprit but the police force had the difficult task of proving that Helen was dead AND that Ian Simms had killed her. Using the new technique at the time of familial DNA, they were able to gather enough evidence to convict Simms. Helen's mother, Marie McCourt still fights for the rights of missing-murdered victims families to be able to have a funeral with the nationally known, Helen's Law.

Thank you to Rebecca on our Facebook group for the recommendation!

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Documentaries - A Town and Country Murder, S2 E5 & When Missing Turns to Murder, S1 E1

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Helen_McCourt

Murderpedia - https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/simms-ian.htm

BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-51390548

Wigan Today - https://www.wigantoday.net/news/crime/helen-mccourt-killer-ian-simms-given-order-preventing-him-visiting-spots-where-he-may-have-hidden-her-body-1556565

Liverpool Echo - https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/killer-released-prison-now-victims-18888653

Sky News - https://news.sky.com/story/helen-mccourt-murder-mother-of-murdered-woman-fails-in-bid-to-send-killer-back-to-prison-12060979

St Helens Reporter - https://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/news/crime/new-tv-documentary-features-helen-mccourt-murder-97629

https://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/news/murder-helen-mccourt-how-terrible-events-unfolded-798696

Gov.UK - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/helen-s-law-receives-royal-assent

Change - https://www.change.org/p/rt-hon-theresa-may-mp-introduce-helen-s-law

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Andrea Yates is a Texan woman who killed all five of her children by drowning them in the bath. She was suffering from severe postnatal psychosis but continued to have children, going against her doctors advice. Due to limited support from her husband, family and medical professionals, she did the worst thing a mother could do. 

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Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Yates

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

The Lancet - https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606697894/fulltext

Film Daily - https://filmdaily.co/news/andrea-yates/

CNN - https://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/25/us/andrea-yates-fast-facts/index.html

Biography - https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/andrea-yates

Murderpedia - https://murderpedia.org/female.Y/y/yates-andrea.htm

FLASH - https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1103&context=faculty_scholarship

Thought Catalogue - https://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-goad/2018/06/andrea-yates/

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Sophie Lancaster was a 20 year old woman from Bacup, Lancashire who was murdered for being different. Sophie and her boyfriend, Robert Maltby were walking through a park on their way home late one in evening in August 2007 when they were both brutally attacked by a gang of teenage youths. During this weeks case, we discuss the issues we had during our teenage years for dressing similarly to Sophie and Rob and why this case was a difficult one for us to cover.

Apologies for the delay this week. Amy had changes in her work commitments and we couldn't record until Wednesday evening. We will be back to our regular schedule next week.

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The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/15/robert-maltby-on-the-of-his-girlfriend-sophie-lancaster-the-goth-thing-was-an-oversimplification

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/aug/03/ukcrime.sophielancaster

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sophie_Lancaster

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

Sophie Lancaster Foundation - https://www.sophielancasterfoundation.com/

Kerrang! - https://www.kerrang.com/features/sophie-lancasters-legacy/

LancsLive - https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/sophie-lancaster-murderers-move-open-18767377

BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7316601.stm

Manchester Evening News - https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/final-tribute-to-murdered-goth-1010626

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Welcome to Right to Remain Spooky! A new monthly supernatural and other strange happenings episode we are starting here on the podcast. You will find this episode on the last day of every month and we thought Halloween would be the perfect time to start. We have a lot more laughs in this episode than usual and you'll hear just how much we interrupt each other when we're a little excited about things. This month Amy covers Australia's most haunted house, the Monte Cristo and Katy looks at The Hands Resist Him, arguably the most haunted painting in the world.

Email us with your strange events for it to be featured in next months episode. We want to hear your scary stories!

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In 2013, 17 year old Kendrick Johnson was found dead inside a rolled up wrestling mat at his high school gym in Valdosta, Georgia. The county sheriff's office investigated and came to the conclusion that it was a tragic accident. KJ's family however believe he was murdered and many of the town's officials are covering it up. We do our best in this episode to look at both sides of the story and hopefully we did a half decent job!

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Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Kendrick_Johnson

All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/kendrick-johnson

Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/45div4/kendrick_johnsons_death_is_not_an_unresolved/

WXTL Tallahassee - https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/remembering-kendrick-family-still-seeking-justice-for-kendrick-johnson-7-years-later

Re-Newsit - http://www.re-newsit.com/2014/02/real-talk-from-rev-floyd-rose-on.html

Rolling Out - https://rollingout.com/2015/01/14/kendrick-johnson-death-update-sclc-investigator-disputes-foul-play-claims/

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