Don't Blame The Mom

9 year old Christine Jessop walked to a local shop in Queenesville, Ontario, Canada after school on October 3rd 1984.

But by the time her family had returned home later that day she was nowhere to be found, Christine had simply vanished....

A frantic search was launched for the missing girl that stretched on for 3 months before her badly beaten body was discovered miles away.

Her extensive injuries revealed the young girl had suffered a horrific & violent ordeal before her murder.

What followed was a flawed police investigation resulting in the very public wrongful conviction of an innocent man.

36 years went by & her case went cold until advances in dna technology finally revealed the true identity of her real killer, their married neighbour & family friend Calvin Hoover.

Today's case proves that no matter how many years pass there can still be hope that the families of innocent victims like Christine may finally get the answers they so deserve..

This is episode 157: Missing, Murdered, Mistaken & Solved- The Case Of Christine Jessop Part 1

**Crime talk begins 12:00 minutes in

Sources: Tv documentary-The Case of Christine jessop/ wrongfulconvictions.ca / Canadian encyclopaedia.ca/ Canadaunsolved.com/
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The brutal murder of 30 year old Rachel O'Reilly had shocked everyone living in The Naul, County Dublin, Ireland on 4th October 2004.

Everyone across the country wanted to see justice for the mother of two who was found bludgeoned to death in her own home.

In this episode we see how the net tightened & eventually closed in on Rachel's killer, her husband Joe O'Reilly who raised many eyebrows with his strange behaviour in the aftermath of her death

As he is arrested, and found guilty for his savage crime we see how he still refuses to admit guilt, will not take any responsibility for her savage murder & still insists on appealing his sentence whenever the opportunity arises.

His blatant lack of remorse for murdering Rachel shows his true character- a cunning, cruel, selfish & violent man who could indeed one day be a free man despite his heinous crimes...

This is episode 156: Ireland's Most Ruthless Killer? The Murder Of Rachel O'Reilly Part 2

**Crime talk begins 11:05 minutes in

Sources: dublinlive.ie/ bbcnews.com/ Irish Mirror/ The Irish Independent/ The Lie: Who Killed Rachel O'Reilly documentary Channel 5/ www.theguardian.com/ Dublin Live/ The Late Late Show/ Wikipedia/ the independent/ Facebook

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On the 4th October 2004, 30 year old Rachel O'Reilly dropped her two kids off at their creche & tragically after that she was never seen alive again.

Her body was discovered in her home in The Naul, County Dublin, Ireland, the bloody crime scene revealing she had been savagely bludgeoned to death with a dumbbell.

Rachel's tragic murder dominated the media & her husband Joe's bizarre behaviour raised eyebrows amongst the people of Ireland who were devastated by her death.

Joe infamously appeared on 'The Late Late Show' beside her stoic mother Rose Callaly where he appealed to her killer leading viewers to believe he was infact the one who had murdered Rachel.

What followed was an intense investigation by the Garda & a huge court case that was closely followed by many people across the country who hoped to see justice for Rachel.

As Joe O'Reilly remains in prison for her murder despite believing he will one day move abroad to start a new life, he is still regarded as one of Irelands most notorious, ruthless & evil killers....

This is episode 155: Ireland's Most Ruthless Killer? The Murder Of Rachel O'Reilly Part 1

*Crime talk begins 8:27 minutes in

Sources: dublinlive.ie/ bbcnews.com/ Irish Mirror/ The Irish Independent/ The Lie: Who Killed Rachel O'Reilly documentary Channel 5/ www.theguardian.com/ Dublin Live/ The Late Late Show/ Wikipedia/ the independent/ Facebook
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On the 22nd September 2006, 16 year old Cassie Jo Stoddart was savagely stabbed to death whilst house sitting for relatives in Pocatello, Idaho.

Her brutal murder gained huge media interest as the shocking truth was revealed, that her killers were her 16 year old classmates.

Unbelievably they claimed to have drawn inspiration for their crimes from the cowardly Columbine school shooters, as well as the high school horror movie Scream.

This is a case so utterly senseless & heinous that it shocked not only the people of Idaho but soon even people across the world, who were all wondering just how?

How can teenagers who had the potential to do good in the world turn so far down such a dark path, taking the life of a beautiful innocent & much loved girl?

What happened to Cassie on that fateful night shines a light on some worrying facts...

Even when people are young & come from a normal background they can absolutely be capable of planning the most atrocious & deadly of crimes, even against their own friends....

This is episode 154:
The Scream Killers-The Murder Of Cassie Jo Stoddart

*Crine talk begins at 8:45 minutes

Sources: lawjustia.com/ people.com/ NBC News/ explore with us YouTube/ allthatsinteresting.com/ Idaho State Journal / KBOI
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19 year old Leah Croucher set off on her morning walk to work in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire England, after that she was never seen alive again

Despite huge nationwide appeals & substantial rewards offered for any information that would lead to information on Leah's whereabouts every lead seems to come to a dead end .

That is, until 3 years after Leah disappeared when a local handyman was called out to a home to locate a foul smell. It was then that he made a horrifying discovery in the property that was situated less than half a mile from Leah's family home .

Today's case shines a light on the ever present & very real safety issues for young women....

And the frightening fact that no matter how familiar we are with certain areas, danger can still be lurking nearby, even in broad daylight & close to the safety of your own home ....
This is episode 153: And Then She Vanished-The Tragic Murder Of Leah Croucher

*Crime talk begins at 7:25 minutes in

Leah Sources : itv.com/ bbc.co.uk/ just giving.com/ www.missingpeople.org.uk/ bbc.news.uk / Sky News.com/ the guardian.com/
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