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Crimeland | The Powell Family with Gearoid Farrelly
On this episode of Crimeland, Julie Jay chats to Gearóid Farrelly (Instagram @gearoidfarrelly) of the much acclaimed Fascinated Podcast, about The Powell Family.
There were many red flags with Joshua Powell even before he married a young…
Crimeland | The Death of Spider Sabichs with Tom Bear O’Mahony
Spider Sabichs was a major skiiing hotshot in the 1960s and 1970s - his golden boy looks providing Robert Redford with inspiration for his breakout film 'Downhill Racer'.
Known for playing as hard as he worked, Spider Sabichs was also…
Crimeland | Anna Delvey aka Anna Sorokin aka The Fake Heiress with Fiona Frawley
Anna Sorokin, aka Anna Delvey aka The Fake Heiress is a Russian-born fraudster. She moved to New York City in 2013 under the false identity of Anna Delvey, pretending to be a wealthy German heiress before embarking on an elaborate scheme…
Crimeland | The Death of Kirstin Costas with Sophie Shanley
The year was 1984 and the place was Orinda, California, an affluent suburb of Berkeley.
One would be forgiven for thinking Kirstin Costas and Bernadette Protti had a lot in common: both were active members of their school community, both…
Crimeland | Oscar Pistorius and Laura O’Mahony
Oscar Pistorius is a South African sprinter, nicknamed the "Blade Runner," who endured the amputation of both legs as an infant but still became highly active in sports. In 2012, Pistorius made history as the first amputee to compete in…
Crimeland | Katherine Mary Knight with Sophie Shanley
Katherine Mary Knight is the first Australian woman to be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. She was convicted for the murder of her partner, John Price, in October 2001 in what is still considered one of the most gruesome, …
Crimeland | John List with Fred Cooke
A Sunday School teacher and resident high flyer, John List couldn’t admit to his family that they were facing foreclosure on their 19 room Victorian mansion in Westfield, New Jersey.
Instead, he chose the most gruesome of solutions....…
Crimeland | John Wayne Gacy aka ‘The Killer Clown’ with James Moran
John Wayne Gacy aka 'The Killer Clown' was an American serial killer who is responsible for the deaths of at least 33 young males in the greater Chicago area throughout the 1970s.
Sometimes known as the “Killer Clown" for his habit of…
Crimeland | The Maze Prison Escape with Owen Colgan
On Crimeland this week, Julie Jay chats to Owen Colgan about The Maze Prison Escape, the biggest jailbreak in UK history.
In September 1983, 38 Provisional IRA inmates escaped from the top-security Maze Prison — the largest jailbreak in…
Crimeland | The Death of Christian Andreacchio with Marise Gaughan
On February 26, 2014, Christian Andreacchio was found dead in the upstairs bathroom of his apartment from a single gunshot wound to the head. After an investigation lasting less than an hour local police ruled his death a suicide, despite…