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True Crime Tuesdays: Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage and Reckoning
April 16, 2024 | Helen ArcherThe 911 call came in on the evening of 23rd October, 1989. “My wife’s been shot, I’ve been shot.” Charles Stuart and his wife, Carol, were on their way home from a birthing class – Carol was 7 months pregnant … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Thief Collector
April 2, 2024 | Helen ArcherTwo unlikely art thieves are explored in this entertaining, zippy and somewhat disjointed documentary.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Push: Murder on the Cliff
March 19, 2024 | Helen ArcherThis well-made documentary about a murder trial is an incisive, intense and tragic portrayal of coercive control.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Never Let Him Go
March 5, 2024 | Helen ArcherThis tender, frank documentary is a tribute to a brilliant life cut short and a brief history of brutal homophobia.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Lover, Stalker, Killer
February 20, 2024 | Helen ArcherThis sensationalised true crime documentary is propulsive viewing let down by a surfeit of superficiality.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Lockerbie
February 6, 2024 | Helen ArcherThis four-part documentary about the Lockerbie disaster is emotionally moving and intellectually absorbing.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: American Nightmare
January 23, 2024 | Helen ArcherNetflix’s startling true crime documentary is a scream of frustration at what women have to do to be believed about their own experiences.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Mr Bates vs the Post Office
January 9, 2024 | Helen ArcherA testament to the power of TV, this gut-wrenching drama lays bare a devastating miscarriage of justice.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Murder of Grace Millane
December 12, 2023 | Helen ArcherIn October 2018, Grace Millane left her close-knit family in Essex to travel the world on a year-long overseas tour. Starting off in South America, she arrived in New Zealand on 18th November. But by the time of her … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Last Stop Larrimah
November 21, 2023 | Helen ArcherMurder on the Orient Express in the Outback, this oddly moving documentary is an ode to the titular small town and its inhabitants.Read More