Posts By Helen Archer
True Crime Tuesdays: Waco: American Apocalypse
April 4, 2023 | Helen Archer
This summary of the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidian’s Mount Carmel compound is lacking any kind of nuance.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Fred West: The Glasgow Girls
March 21, 2023 | Helen Archer
This dark yet sensitive three-part documentary looks at Fred West’s time in Glasgow and his first known victims.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal
March 7, 2023 | Helen Archer
This timely examination of the case of Alex Murdaugh is affecting, enraging and effortlessly efficient.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
February 21, 2023 | Helen Archer
This in-depth examination of life inside and outside a brainwasher’s control is an intense, emotional watch.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker
February 7, 2023 | Helen Archer
Just over 10 years ago, on 2nd February 2013, some footage was uploaded to YouTube by Fresno-based reporter Jessop Reisbeck. He had been interviewing a hitchhiker, known at the time only as ‘Kai’, who had intervened in an assault … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
January 24, 2023 | Helen Archer
Elizabeth Holmes remains unknowable in Alex Gibney’s clinical Theranos documentary.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Litvinenko
January 17, 2023 | Helen Archer
Simultaneously rushed and plodding, this four-part drama minimises what happened to Alexander Litvinenko.Read More
Why Five Days at Memorial should be your next box set
January 8, 2023 | Helen Archer
This gripping account of what happened at Memorial hospital after Hurricane Katrina is important, devasting viewing.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Santa Claus: The Serial Killer
December 20, 2022 | Helen Archer
This gratuitous, shallow series does little more than re-open old wounds.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: American Crime Story: Impeachment
December 6, 2022 | Helen Archer
Great performances are let down by uncritical dramatisation in this frustrating missed opportunity.Read More
