On 1st November 2001, the body of a young woman was discovered in a suitcase at the side of a road in North Yorkshire. Months later, her murder was connected to a missing persons investigation in London. This episode explores this brutal and senseless crime that police worked tirelessly to solve. ******************************************************************************* Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Infraction, we value your support more than you know! If you liked what...
Jul 16, 2021•32 min
Breck Bednar was just an ordinary 14 year old boy who spent time with his family, went to church on Sundays and excelled at school. Then, he met a boy online called Lewis who changed everything. This episode follows Breck’s story and how Lorin and Barry Bednar’s lives were forever changed in February 2014. We also discuss the very real dangers of meeting people in real life, who you’ve only spoken to online. ******************************************************************************* Thank yo...
Jun 29, 2021•44 min
On May 12th 2007, the small quiet community of Manheim Township in Pennsylvania was rocked when an unknown person killed three members of the Haines family in their home. The killer remained unidentified for weeks, despite several hopeful leads in the case. This episode explores this senseless and brutal crime that remains motiveless to this day. ******************************************************************************* Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Infraction, we value...
Jun 15, 2021•40 min
On December 21st 2002 on a cold rainy morning in Upton, Peterborough, an off-duty fireman was cycling home when he noticed a burning smell in the air. The smell was something that he was all too familiar with… the smell of burning flesh. This episode explores this bizarre case where a victim remained unidentified for almost a year and the police used the remains of an old memo to track down their murder suspect. ******************************************************************************* Than...
Jun 01, 2021•38 min
On March 1st 2012, EastEnders star Gemma McCluskie disappeared from her home in Hackney, London. This episode explores Gemma’s last known movements on that day and we discuss the investigation that followed the discovery of a body in Regent’s Canal. ******************************************************************************* Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Infraction, we value your support more than you know! If you liked what you heard, please consider giving us a review o...
May 18, 2021•35 min
On 27th January 2017, Chandra Lawson was shot dead by her husband whilst she stood next to their two year old son. From the outset, Bryan Lawson claimed self defence. He said that he had been abused by his wife for years. In this episode we discuss the blinding evidence in this case and the fact that the entire shooting was recorded on the couple’s home security system. We also explore whether we think this was a case of self defence or whether it was cold blooded murder. ***********************...
May 04, 2021•47 min
On January 14th 1975, 17 year old Lesley Whittle was abducted from her bed in Shropshire, England. A ransom note demanding £50,000 was left in her family’s living room. This episode discusses the case that sent ripples of shock throughout the country and that uncovered a notorious criminal operating in the North of England. ******************************************************************************* Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Infraction, we value your support more than...
Apr 20, 2021•34 min
On December 17th 2010, Joanna Yeates was seen on CCTV buying cider and a pizza before walking home to her flat in Clifton, Bristol. On December 19th 2010, Joanna’s boyfriend returned home to their flat to find Joanna’s phone and bag there, along with the ciders she had bought from the shop. Joanna, however, was nowhere to be seen. There was no sign of a struggle, no forced entry into her home and no evidence at all to indicate what had happened to her. This episode explores the police investigat...
Apr 06, 2021•44 min
Mia had always wanted to travel the world and when she finished college she did just that. She started in Morocco and travelled all over, until she settled in Australia. When Mia’s visa ran out, she decided to undertake the 88 days agricultural work that was required to extend her visa. At the farm she met another Brit, a man named Tom Jackson. Unfortunately, neither Mia or Tom would ever make it back to England. This episode explores the violent murders of Mia Ayliffe-Chung and Tom Jackson and ...
Mar 30, 2021•38 min
Paula Ramsden was a kind and caring mother of two, from Sussex in England. On 9th January 2000, Paula died suddenly and her husband, Paul Ramsden, has been the one and only suspect in her death. This episode explores how Paula died and whether it’s possible that her death was just a bad accident. ******************************************************************************* Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Infraction, we value your support more than you know! If you liked what...
Mar 24, 2021•44 min
On 8th January 2000, in York, Pennsylvania, Danielle and Daniel were skimming stones for their second date when a man pulled up behind them in a truck. He kidnapped the couple and attempted to kill them, but they outsmarted him. This episode explores how Danielle and Daniel managed to get away and we discuss the events that led to the man being caught. ******************************************************************************* Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Infraction, we...
Mar 17, 2021•38 min
There is a trigger warning for this episode, please note the following conversation contains open discussion about domestic violence including emotional and physical abuse, sexual assault, disordered eating and self harm. This is a personal account of a lived experience of domestic abuse, this is not intended to serve as advice or facts. If you have been affected by anything in this episode please read the following: If you feel your life is in immediate danger please call 999 or Ask for ANI (Ac...
Mar 14, 2021•1 hr 30 min
On November 26th 2010, 13 year old Yara Gambirasio disappeared from her hometown of Brembate di Sopra, a town in the Province of Bergamo in Italy. Tragically, three months after Yara went missing, her body was found. This discovery launched Italy’s most expensive manhunt in the quest to find her killer, a man the police called “Ignoto 1”. ******************************************************************************* Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Infraction, we value your su...
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr 7 min
This second episode looks at how Emilie turned her life around and became the voice for survivors of sexual abuse. We hear how Emilie fought hard to get a conviction against James Wilder and then, tragically, we hear what happened when Emilie died under mysterious circumstances. ******************************************************************************* Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Infraction, we value your support more than you know! If you liked what you heard, please...
Mar 03, 2021•47 min
The first episode in this two part case discusses the life of Emilie Morris. We explore how her childhood was ruined by a man she should have been able to trust, her high school athletics coach, James Wilder. Listener discretion is advised for this episode as we discuss sexual abuse and grooming. ******************************************************************************* Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Infraction, we value your support more than you know! If you liked what...
Feb 24, 2021•41 min
On April 19th 2012, in Beaver Dams a hamlet in Schuyler County, New York, Alice Trappler was struggling to sleep. She had to attend Court the next day for a custody hearing for her baby daughter and she was worried the baby’s father was going to be granted custody. On the other side of town, Daniel Bennet, the baby’s father, was sleeping on his father’s sofa. He awoke abruptly at 11pm to find a shotgun pressed against his face. This episode explores the murder of Daniel Bennet and the bizarre se...
Feb 17, 2021•42 min
Today’s episode discusses the incredibly sad case of the murder of Gemma Hayter. Gemma was kind, friendly and would do anything for her friends. Tragically, they abused this trust in the worst way possible. ********************************************************************************************** Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Infraction, we value your support more than you know! If you liked what you heard, please consider giving us a review on Apple Podcasts to help us ...
Feb 10, 2021•40 min
On April 20th 2012, Gerard Baden-Clay phoned the police at 7.15am in Brisbane, Australia, to report his wife Allison Baden-Clay as missing. The officers arrived at the family home and Gerard opened the door dressed in a suit, tie and cufflinks. His put together outfit did nothing to hide the scratch marks on his right cheek. This episode explores what happened to Allison Baden-Clay and discusses the subsequent investigation and trial that followed the discovery of her body. *********************...
Feb 03, 2021•59 min
Elisa Frank, Kimberley Frank and Samantha Sykes had been best friends since school and had stayed best friends despite the challenges life threw at them. In 2007, Kimberley and Elisa were taken from their home and placed into the care system and for the first time in their lives, the three friends were split up. In a care home in Wakefield, Yorkshire, Elisa met a man named Ahmad Otak. This meeting changed the course of all three girls’ lives forever. * This episode discusses domestic abuse and m...
Jan 27, 2021•52 min
On June 7th 1992, the body of 18 year old Katie Rackliff was found in a street in Farnborough, England. Katie had been stabbed over 27 times and the police started looking for her killer, an individual they profiled to be an adult male due to the violent overkill that Katie suffered. The case remained unsolved until another girl was attacked on June 7th 1994, exactly two years to the day Katie was killed. This victim, 13 year old Anne-Marie Clifford, survived the brutal stabbing and was able to ...
Jan 20, 2021•50 min
On June 2nd 2010, the close knit communities in West Cumbria, England, were rocked when a gunman shot and killed 12 people during a terrifying killing spree. The gun-wielding man was 52 year old Derrick Bird, a local taxi driver. Derrick Bird had no previous history of violence and everyone who knew him was convinced the police had got it wrong. This episode discusses the massacre as it unfolded and explores what might have caused Derrick Bird to snap and commit the most horrendous crime Cumbria...
Jan 13, 2021•52 min
Between June 2011 and January 2012 Stepping Hill Hospital in Manchester, England, was plagued by a string of unexplained deaths and poisoning attacks on the patients being treated there. The attacks seemed to happen at random and patients were falling ill at all times of the day and night. The staff were confused as to why these patients were falling ill, but then they found a contaminated bag of saline… This episode explores the attacks that happened at Stepping Hill Hospital and goes into deta...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 1 min
On Valentine’s day 1975, 16 year old Dinah Peterson snuck out of her house to visit a boy her parents disapproved of. Tragically, Dinah never made it to her boyfriend’s house and the next morning Dinah’s father found her lying lifeless on the ground, having been murdered in their own back garden. This episode discusses the original investigation and explores this case that stayed unsolved for over 30 years. ******************************************************************************* Thank you...
Dec 09, 2020•44 min
In 1981, 13 year old Mary Day went missing from her home in Seaside, California. Her family never reported her missing and her siblings were told to never speak about Mary to anyone. In 1994, 12 years after the last time Mary had been seen alive, her disappearance was finally reported to the police. Nothing happened in this case until November 2003, when a routine traffic stop in Arizona uncovered something nobody had ever expected to find. This episode looks into the police interviews conducted...
Dec 01, 2020•39 min
On Sunday August 15th 2010, just outside Iceland’s capital city of Reykjavík, a young 23 year old woman entered the home she shared with her fiancé, Hannes, having spent the night out with a friend. Inside the house she found Hannes laying dead on the floor in a pool of blood. This episode explores how the police caught his killer, despite there being no evidence at the crime scene. We discuss what led his murderer to commit this crime and we talk about how the initial trial left Hannes’s family...
Nov 25, 2020•37 min
An update on changes to the laws discussed in Jill Meagher's episode and a look at the #LetUsSpeak campaign and how the driving force behind this campaign, Jaime Lee Page, fought hard to change the law. Video discussed: https://www.facebook.com/TheProjectTV/videos/699680690926285/ https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/letusspeak-daughter-finally-unmasks-paedophile-dad/news-story/a42a69ec06c81d56fd398cfa6e142573...
Nov 20, 2020•8 min
On the 22nd September 2012, Jill Meagher left a bar less than a kilometre away from her home in Melbourne, but she never made it home. This episode follows the case as it unfolded and the horrendous individual who committed this violent and abhorrent crime. We explore the past crimes of the perpetrator and discuss the litany of police failings in this case. ******************************************************************************* Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Infractio...
Nov 18, 2020•45 min
On May 2nd 2005, the police in Aigues-Mortes, a city in the south of France, received a strange phone call from a man claiming that he knew a kidnapping of a young woman was about to take place at a lively Bar in the city centre. The police were quick to rush to the Bar, but they didn’t see any crime take place and so the investigation was closed. This episode explores the events that unfolded when a man walked into a police station 130km away in Marseille, claiming that his wife had disappeared...
Nov 11, 2020•43 min
On March 25th 2008 in Gaines County Texas, Rocky Bryant was found badly beaten in the warehouse at the dry fertiliser plant where he worked. His murder sparked a lot of questions but with no physical evidence, the case went cold. This episode explores the events that unfolded when this case was reopened in 2013 and we discuss what happened when the police started to look at old suspects in a new light. ******************************************************************************* Thank you so m...
Nov 04, 2020•34 min
On Thursday February 19th 2015, Becky Watts, a 16 year old from Bristol, England, went missing from her family home without a trace. Her father put out appeal after appeal, begging for his daughter to come home. Unfortunately for her family, Becky was closer than they could have ever imagined. This episode takes a deep dive into Becky’s life growing up and the relationship she had with her family. We discuss the events that occurred around her death, how her family coped during the investigation...
Oct 28, 2020•57 min
