MURDER FILES BLACK LIVES MATTER: MICHAEL MENSON EDMONTON, 1997 On a cold January night in 1997, an off-duty fire fighter was driving along the North Circular Road in Edmonton, North London, when he happened across a man burning at the side of the road. The man was Michael Menson, who was just 30 years old.… Continue reading MURDER FILES: BLACK LIVES MATTER: MICHAEL MENSON, EDMONTON, 1997
APPEALS – MURDER FILES SEAN MCGANN NORTHAMPTON, 1979 In April 1979, a 15-year old schoolboy left his grandparent’s home to visit the travelling fair. His body was found in an alleyway the following morning. Forty years on from his murder, police are once again asking for help in solving who killed Sean McGann? SEAN MCGANN… Continue reading APPEALS – MURDER FILES: SEAN MCGANN, NORTHAMPTON, 1979
IN THE NEWS THE PRIVILEGED MR BRADY On 26th June 2019, reporter Sanchia Berg reported on a shocking story regarding one of the most despised criminals in British history – Ian Brady – for BBC Radio 4. Following the release of 150 Home Office documents, Berg unearthed an appalling story of how an unremorseful, sadistic… Continue reading IN THE NEWS: The Privileged Mr Brady
Where the real fear lies is this young child laying in a kid’s home at night and they’re coming and they’re taking the blankets from over him – that’s the real fear.
NORTHERN IRELAND KINCORA SURVIVOR – RICHARD KERR On 13th November 2017, Villagemagazine.ie published a very moving and eye-opening account of Richard Kerr’s experiences within the care system of Northern Ireland, and his subsequent abuse at the hands of some very powerful people. I have chosen to blog it in full as I believe it… Continue reading NORTHERN IRELAND: Kincora Survivor – Richard Kerr
THE MARY BELL CRIMES This blog post is about not just Mary Bell and the deaths of two small children, it is an overview of the circumstances surrounding her young life and their influence on her behaviour. In 1968, an 11 year old girl named Mary Bell (known as May to her family) from Scotswood,… Continue reading MURDER FILES: THE MARY BELL CRIMES
LAMBETH THE DEATH OF BULIC FORSYTHE Although I am predominantly going to focus on Bulic’s death in this blog post, I will also be briefly covering connected crimes against people who also worked for Lambeth council. There are so many intertwining elements to this case – and Lambeth Council as a whole (that’s even disregarding… Continue reading UNSOLVED MURDERS: Bulic Forsythe & the Lambeth Abuse
LAMBETH Westminster & the South London Cover Up In 2015, BBC Newsnight featured an investigation into the cover up of paedophile activity by Cyril Smith in Streatham. It seems pretty straightforward and isn’t often referred to, but if you listen to the content, it’s incredibly sinister and raises many questions on the wider issue of… Continue reading LAMBETH: Westminster & the South London Cover Up
THE PROFUMO SCANDAL AND THE STORY BEHIND IT ORIGINAL SLEAZE, CORRUPTION AND SMEARS Sleaze and corruption – it’s as old as the day is long. Throughout history it has been used as leverage time and again. It takes up column inches. Sleaze sells, and the newspapers love it… unless, of course, it involves them. You’ve… Continue reading THE PROFUMO SCANDAL AND THE STORY BEHIND IT – Original Sleaze, Corruption and Smears
OPERATION TRAWLER & OPERATION MIDDLETON BLAIR MINISTERS & THE LAMBETH CARE HOME SCANDAL In 1998 a London detective, Clive Driscoll, was unexpectedly pulled off an investigation in to the abuse of children in Lambeth care homes following Tony Blair’s government receiving a brief that one name connected was a serving government minister. Clive has both… Continue reading LAMBETH: OPERATIONS TRAWLER & MIDDLETON: Blair Ministers & Lambeth Care Home Scandal
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