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EPISODE · Aug 6, 2021 · 47 MIN

The Abduction and Murder of James Bulger

from Gimme the Creeps · host Abigail & Daniela

As per request, Abi shares the story of two child murderers from the UK. However, the shock comes when hearing that the victim was also a child himself. On February 12, 1993, Denise Fergus' world changed forever when a normal shopping day turned into a parent's worst nightmare. Two year old James Bulger was led away from his mother by two ten-year-old boys skipping school. Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were the youngest sentenced for murder in the last century in the UK.  Dozens of witnessness saw and or questioned the boys, some choosing to ignore the group as James appeared distressed. *At 35 minutes: correction of who confronted James and how the boys lied, followed by a heavy trigger warning where more details are revealed about what happened to James that day And correction here as well, his body was indeed cut in half by a train before being found.*TW: child violence/murder

As per request, Abi shares the story of two child murderers from the UK. However, the shock comes when hearing that the victim was also a child himself. On February 12, 1993, Denise Fergus' world changed forever when a normal shopping day turned into a parent's worst nightmare. Two year old James Bulger was led away from his mother by two ten-year-old boys skipping school. Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were the youngest sentenced for murder in the last century in the UK.  Dozens of witnessness saw and or questioned the boys, some choosing to ignore the group as James appeared distressed. *At 35 minutes: correction of who confronted James and how the boys lied, followed by a heavy trigger warning where more details are revealed about what happened to James that day And correction here as well, his body was indeed cut in half by a train before being found.*TW: child violence/murder

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