child killer

When an 8-year-old girl goes missing in a safe family neighborhood, everyone in the community rallied together to look for her. She seemingly vanished without a trace until one day a frantic woman ran up to investigators with a gruesome discovery. Listen now to find out what happened to Maddie Clifton.

In 1969 Derek Percy was arrested for the brutal killing of 12 year old Yvonne Tuohy. 

While he was held responsible for that crime, a string of unsolved heinous child murders in the 60s bear chilling resemblance to that violent crime that put him behind bars. 

But Derek Percy never confessed to, nor was he convicted of the crimes he’s strongly suspected of having committed. He died in custody in 2013 as Victoria's longest serving prisoner, taking to the grave all his secrets. Depriving families of the closure they’d spent decades longing for. 

Alan Whiticker, our guest today, spent 4 years researching Percy trying to fill in the blanks that Derek never would.

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Guest: Alan Whiticker, the author of Derek Percy: Australian Psycho

Host: Emma Gillespie

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This week, Kelsie walks us through what was once the youngest serial killer in the world, 11 year old Mary Bell. Mary Bell grew up in England and had a horrible, neglectful childhood. By the age of eight, Mary Bell was smart enough not to incriminate herself in a crime, and was the ring leader of not the best after school activities. Make sure you're following as we upload episodes every Monday and Thursday. As always, thank you for listening!

Sources for this episode include:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/mary-bell

https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/jul/23/8-year-old-boy-from-bihar-is-worlds-youngest-serial-killer-say-reports-2479862.html

https://filmdaily.co/news/mary-bell-now/

Riley Fox was a 3-year-old girl living in Wilmington, Illinois. She loved butterflies, princess dresses, and most of all, her daddy. But, on the morning of June 6th, she was reported missing by her father, Kevin Fox. For the Fox family, this would be only the beginning of the nightmare that would befall them. What would unfold would shake the small community to its very core.
 
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Sources:

The Accused Dateline NBC

Defrosting Cold Cases Part 1

Defrosting Cold Cases Part 2

Chicago Magazine 

Daily Journal

Law Offices of Kathleen T. Zellner
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