Case 144: The Muswell Hill Murderer (Part 1/3...

*** Content Warning: Crimes against children, animal cruelty, suicide ***In September 1978, 11-month-old Chad Shelton is admitted to a Nebraska hospital with suspected food poisoning. Doctors are baffled when his symptoms take a terrifying turn, and two days later, he dies. Withi ...  Show more

*** Content Warning: Child sexual abuse, child abduction, murder of a child ***In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Melbourne was gripped by fear when a masked assailant began breaking into suburban family homes and abducting young children. The attacks were particularly callous, e ...  Show more

Police are called out about clogged drains underneath a house in London... doesn't really sound like detective work. 



BUT it soon becomes apparent that the drains have been clogged with human remains. Someone inside the house has been flushing human re ...

The property did not stand out. Closed vertical blinds shielded the windows from prying eyes. The front door and brick facade were painted white. The chipped paint was offset against half a dozen bouquets of flowers all the colours of the rainbow, that had been secured to a drain ...  Show more

Imagine if you will, dear listener, an anonymous-looking apartment house on Barton Avenue, Richmond, state of Virginia. It hadn't been opened for three baking-hot days. Opening the door, the seasoned investigators were blasted with a wave of heat and rot. The smell was like a ...