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Welcome to Hooked on True Crime, where we unravel the clues and tie up loose ends and where no victim becomes the footnote to someone else's story. True crime stories from Ali (the host of Neverlostpod, Neverlost Stories and Twisted Britain) and his wife Sarah.
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Eps 73 - The murder of Jeanine Nicarico (Brian Dugan part 2) (opens the original)
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In this episode following on from last week, ALI and Sarah look into the abduction and murder of Jeanine Nicarico in 1983. This shocking crime was perpetrated by Brian Dugan, the same man who was convicted of the abduction and murder of Melissa Ackerman 2 years later. However due to the police wrongfully convicting 2 innocent men of Jeanine’s murder it would be 25 years before Dugan would stand trial. This is a frightening example of the police getting it wrong and then the American justice syst
Eps72-Missy and Opal: two brave little girls and serial killer Brian Dugan (pt1) (opens the original)
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One child survivor. One vanished little girl. One predator who should have been stopped years earlier. This case of Brian Dugan is devastating, but the moment Dr Anne Burgess steps in, the investigation changes - and the truth starts to surface. This week, we cover the abduction and murder of Melissa Ackerman, the terrifying attack that left her friend Opal Horton traumatized, and the extraordinary forensic psychology work that helped police finally identify the man responsible. If you listen fo
Eps71 - The Mean Girls murder? The murder of Kirsten Costas by Bernadette Protti (opens the original)
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In this weeks episode, Ali continues the story of Dr Ann Burgess career by looking at the murder of Kirsten Costas in 1984. Kirsten was stabbed by Bernadette Protti outside her neighbours house. The crime was almost unsolved afterBernadette passed a polygraph test, but she was requestioned after Ann Burgess and the agents of the BSU wrote a criminal profile which she matched exactly. Also in this episode Sarah comes up with her own criminal profile for the suspect of Kirsten’s murder and then lo
Eps 70. Ann Burgess Vs The Boy Scout killer, the continuing story of Criminal Profiling (opens the original)
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Ali and Sarah continue the story of Dr Ann Burgess and her extraordinary career which led her to help the FBI in developing the tool of Criminal Profiling. In this episode, they begin by looking at the details of the first time that criminal profiling was used in the investigation of a serial killer. John Joubert abducted and murdered 13 year old Danny Eberle in 1983, then just 3 months later he adducted and murdered 12 year old Richard Walden. To help to narrow the suspect list The Behavioural
Eps 69. Ann Burgess Vs The Ski Mask Rapist. The birth of Criminal Profiling (opens the original)
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In this weeks episode, Ali and Sarah look into one of the most prolific sexual offenders in America, Jon B Simonis aka The Ski Mask Rapist. For 3 years, Simonis spread terror across 11states in the USA before he was finally caught in 1981. Ali and Sarah discus the escalation of his crimes from indecent exposure to stalking to sexual assault and escalating violence. Simonis was also one of the first Serial offenderswho was caught with the direct help of a criminal profile provided by the Behaviou
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