Letter received claiming two shootings. Includes one third of a cipher. Writer demands front-page publication.
The Halcroft Files, by Edward Halcroft
True crime, told from the record.
Every week, one famous criminal case in your inbox: what happened, how it was solved or why it never was, and the sources to check it yourself.
British backpacker states driver on Hume Hwy produced a gun and rope. Escaped on foot. Description of man and vehicle taken.
Suspect identified through relatives' DNA on a genealogy site. Case open since 1976. Arrest made.
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15 Serial Killers, the Warnings Police Ignored and the Mistakes That Cost Lives
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About Edward Halcroft
Edward Halcroft writes about real crimes through the records they left behind: court transcripts, official inquiries and the reports that were filed and forgotten.
What arrives each week
One famous case. Told in under ten minutes, from the first crime to the last word in court.
The detail most accounts miss. The tip, the test or the mistake that changed the outcome.
The record. Sources you can check yourself: court records, inquiries and reporting.
Subject
The phone call the police recorded and never traced
In December 1977 a man called Wichita police to report a murder. The call was recorded. The voice was never identified. It would take another 27 years, and a floppy disk, to put a name to it.