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	CASE STUDY COMING SOON	Coming for January 2004 Graham Backhouse MURDER IN THE COTSWOLDS CASE Widden Hill Farm had been a noted centre fro the breeding of prize Friesian cattle until it was inherited by former hairdresser Graham Backhouse. It was an unlikely spot for a bomb blast, followed by a frenzied knife attack and a shotgun killing. But Widden Hill Farm, set in the idyllic Cotswold countryside, was the scene of all three.
	DEC 2003	George Stephenson, George Daly & John Daly THE MASSACRE IN THE NEW FOREST CASE It started as a robbery of the house of a wealthy couple. It was to end in the death of five people, as the three robbers indulged in a horrifying orgy of rape and murder. read more
	NOV 2003	Sam Sheppard Dr Samuel Sheppard was young, handsome and successful, the apparent ideal of American manhood. But when his pregnant wife Marilyn was found battered to death on Independence Day, 4th July 1954, the American Dream turned into a 12 year nightmare for the man known as 'Dr Sam' - an ordeal of a long prison sentence and two trials before innocence was finally established. read more
	OCT 2003	David Lashley In April 1977, some ten weeks after her disappearance, the body of a young Australian woman - Janie Shepherd - was found on a common near the town of St Albans, in Herfordshire, England. She had been raped and murdered. The police became convinced that her killer was a known criminal, but it was to take 13 years before the culprit - David Lashley - was found guilty read more
	SEP 2003	Oscar Slater In 1908, an elderly Scottish woman was murdered. One witness spoke of a crooked nose and a clean shaven face when they described the killer. A shady jewellery dealer, Oscar Slater, was the prime suspect. The police moved in, but their man disappeared across the Atlantic. They took this as an obvious sign of guilt, but were they misguided? Did they lock up an innocent man? read more
	AUG 2003	John Dillinger At the age of 19, Dillinger was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for assault. He emerged from jail determined to put all he had learnt inside to ruthless use. From then on a gun was rarely out of his hand, as he and his mob sped across the United States robbing banks, evading the police - and killing anyone who stood in their way. read more
	JUL 2003	Doctor Hawley Crippen In January 1910, the doctor poisoned his hatred, overbearing wife after falling in love with his secretary. The couple attempted to flee the country for America and almost made it, coming within a hair's breadth of success - but a catalogue of unbelievable mistakes and a sea-chase spanning two continents brought him to book. read more
	JUN 2003	Donald Lang THE DEAF & DUMB KILLER Donald Lang was deaf, dumb and illiterate. He was held by police for five years, suspected of murder, but was eventually freed as no one could communicate with him. But a few months later he was connected with a second murder. read more
	MAY 2003	Günther Podola THE KENSINGTON COP KILLER Günther Fritz Podola was a small time burglar and blackmailer, he's plan started out as a simple blackmail plot, but he made mistakes, and before the case was closed he was to become a killer. He was hanged in Wandsworth Prison in 1959, he was the last man to be executed in Britain for killing a policeman. read more
	APR 2003	Issei Sagawa THE JAPANESE CANNIBAL As far back as he could remember, Sagawa had been in the grip of a bizarre obsession: he found the idea of eating human flesh - more specifically the flesh of a desirable white woman - intensely exciting. Despite this being the ultimate taboo, he found the urge was just too great to resist and, while in Paris, he finally succumbed to his murderous fantasy. read more
	MAR 2003	Lord Lucan On a winter's night in 1974, an English countess stumbled into a pub, covered in blood and shouting for help. Her story was to launch a worldwide hunt for her aristocratic husband, 'Lucky' Lucan, whose disappearance after the murder of his children's nanny is the subject of continuing speculation. read more
	FEB 2003	Charles Manson Once described as 'the most dangerous man in America', Charles Manson was an outcast who drifted through the Californian drug culture. Obsessed with racial hatred and backed by a group of adoring disciples - his 'Family' - Manson inspired a spate of killings in which seven random victims were stabbed to death, including actress Sharon Tate. read more
	JAN 2003	Carl Weiss During the Depression of the 1930s, the USA saw the emergence of several bully-boy politicians who promised to solve the country's troubles. The most flamboyant of these was Senator Huey Long of Louisiana, nicknamed the 'Kingfish'. One night in 1935, while in Baton Rouge, he was shot - apparently by a mild manner doctor named Carl Austin Weiss. read more
	DEC 2002	Freddy Bywaters & Edith Thompson One night in October 1922, a deserted street in Ilford - a suburb of north-east London - was the scene of an attack on a couple walking home after an evening at the theatre. Edith and Percy Thompson were attacked by an assailant wielding a sheath-knife and n the affray, Percy Thompson was killed. A horrible accident or was Edith's young lover involved? read more
	NOV 2002	Bruno Hauptmann In March 1932, the infant son of the famous transatlantic aviator Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped from the family's mansion in New Jersey. A ransom of $50,000 was paid, but the child was later found murdered. Suspicion finally focused on German-born Bruno Richard Hauptmann, whose trial became a stain on American justice. read more
	OCT 2002	Dr Bodkin Adams In 1956 a portly, pious doctor from Eastbourne on England's south coast was arrested for poisoning wealthy old women for their money. All the elements necessary for classic courtroom drama combined at his trial - malicious witnesses, a blundering prosecution and a dazzling defence. Adams was acquitted of all charges, but many still believe him to be guilty. read more
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