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Dec 1, 2022 54 min

It Gets Worse...

from The Macabre

In episode 5, we talked about the murder of Thomas Wayne Grammer and how a deck of cards led to the conviction of his killers. Then we talk about the abduction and brutal murder of 2-year-old James Bulger in 1993. Two 10-years old stole him from his mother in Liverpool and then was taken 2.5 miles away and murdered on a railway. Works Cited Duell, Mark. “James Bulger's Father Ralph Split from Wife Because They Couldn't Console Each Other.” Daily Mail Online, Associated Newspapers, 12 Feb. 2013, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2277410/James-Bulgers-father-Ralph-split-wife-console-other.html. Finley, Gabrielle. “Card Heats up Cold Case.” The Ledger, The Ledger, 10 Feb. 2006, https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2006/02/10/card-heats-up-cold-case/25910474007/. Hayes, Liz. “The James Bulger Murder: Inside the Chilling Police Investigation | 60 Minutes Australia.” YouTube, YouTube, 25 July 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Liupgs_fXU. Mack, Lindsay. “5 Real Crimes That Were Solved in Unbelievable Ways.” Insider, Insider, 23 Feb. 2018, https://www.insider.com/crimes-twists-history-2018-2#homicides-solved-by-a-card-game-3. Mitchell, Brittan. “A Criminal Flush: Playing Cards and Solving Cases.” Criminal Flush: Playing Cards and Solving Cases | Office of Justice Programs, https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/criminal-flush-playing-cards-and-solving-cases. Neyfakh, Leon. “An Ingenious New Way of Cracking Unsolved Crimes-Using Playing Cards.” Slate Magazine, Slate, 1 Feb. 2016, https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/02/cold-case-playing-cards-are-an-ingenious-new-way-of-cracking-unsolved-crimes.html. Rennie, Daniel. “They Abducted, Tortured, and Killed a Toddler - and They Were Only 10.” All That's Interesting, All That's Interesting, 28 Oct. 2021, https://allthatsinteresting.com/james-bulger-case.

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