The obsession that ended in 22 stabs

The obsession that ended in 22 stab wounds: The murder of Franky Fitzgerald A video call at 7:45 in the morning. A woman shows the body of her partner and asks if they are still friends. Four thousand hours of security footage, edited videos as false evidence, and a minimum 23-year sentence reveal how an obsession with true crime documentaries during the pandemic turned into a premeditated real homicide. In this episode, we explore how manipulated edited fragments attempted to rewrite the truth, how a signed consent document was ignored, and how the forensic expert dismantled the self-defense alibi by discovering that the victim was asleep during the attack. The 22 wounds inflicted with a Celtic dagger under the pillow for months tell a story of premeditation that no argument could hide. Victim: Franky Fitzgerald Date: July 17, 2022 Location: Havant, Hampshire, England Status: Sentenced to life imprisonment, minimum 23 years - Shay called her friend at 7:45 AM showing her the body and asking if they were still friends while planning to bury it in the garden. - The defense claimed a surprise attack while he was sleeping, but Shay initially described seeing Franky asleep before attacking. - Videos that Shay distributed as evidence of abuse were identified as edited; the original 4,000 hours proved consensual practices with a signed document. - The Celtic dagger used in the homicide had been under Shay's pillow for at least two months before the attack, demonstrating premeditation. Franky Fitzgerald, Havant homicide, 2022, serial killer inspiration, criminal minds, premeditated murder, forensic, Spanish true crimeTo listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 14-day free trial at obomedia.comOBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons  a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie