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I absolutely love this programme
If you haven't seen it already, I would really recommend Reasonable Doubt - five seasons of that. Lots of (mainly) very delusional families trying to get convictions overturned.

There were some successes though and people have since been released but not necessarily as a result of the show. I'm still following one case that's due for a retrial in September. Season 2, episode 1 - Convicted by a Hair if you're interested.

It was actually one of my favourite USA crime shows, despite it clearly being very scripted and the general overacting of Chris Anderson, who was also a detective on The First 48. I was sad it got cancelled.

Oh and definitely Accused: Guilty or Innocent? There's seven seasons on that. And it's spin off Accused: Did I Do It? There's a season of that.

All available on catch up.
 
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If you haven't seen it already, I would really recommend Reasonable Doubt - five seasons of that. Lots of (mainly) very delusional families trying to get convictions overturned.

There were some successes though and people have since been released but not necessarily as a result of the show. I'm still following one case that's due for a retrial in September. Season 2, episode 1 - Convicted by a Hair if you're interested.

It was actually one of my favourite USA crime shows, despite it clearly being very scripted and the general overacting of Chris Anderson, who was also a detective on The First 48. I was sad it got cancelled.

Oh and definitely Accused: Guilty or Innocent? There's seven seasons on that. And it's spin off Accused: Did I Do It? There's a season of that.

All available on catch up.
Thank you so much! I'm going to look for Reasonable doubt!
I also loved The first 48! I think it was my all time favourite show!
 
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Thank you so much! I'm going to look for Reasonable doubt!
I also loved The first 48! I think it was my all time favourite show!
The First 48 is still going - there's a new season starting tomorrow in the USA - but they are not currently actively filming in any city 😞
 
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A new series of Murder 24/7 starts tonight on BBC1 at 9. The first 2 episodes are already on BBC iplayer so I’ll be watching them both later (and hoping the crime wasn’t in my neck of the woods as West Mercia Police cover my area).
 
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How did I miss that?? I went through the planner yesterday to set up all my recordings.
Thanks for the tip.
 
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Iv been watching some old Crimewatch UK episodes on YouTube tube. It's really scary seeing so many rapes/ attacks against women that went on. Sometimes I feel like I have rose tainted glasses on regarding the past, as though my nostalgia seems to erase the nasty bits....
The reconstructions are quite graphic at times, but it's also interesting to see them. It's also very interesting at times because you see things like the price of petrol back then! I also noticed Paddy from Emmerdale was in the reconstructions....alot! Lol !
 
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Just started watching A Toxic Love Story on Netflix. I'm about ten minutes in.

I know this case - I recognise some of the video footage and the mugshot - think it was maybe featured on Dateline or 48 Hours. I can't remember what happens - I can guess though!
 
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A new series of Murder 24/7 starts tonight on BBC1 at 9. The first 2 episodes are already on BBC iplayer so I’ll be watching them both later (and hoping the crime wasn’t in my neck of the woods as West Mercia Police cover my area).
Really enjoyed these episodes. Murder 24/7 is so well done. Never sensationalised, shows how the police follow the evidence these days & like how they show 2 smaller cases in an episode rather than padding out 1 per episode.
 
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Really enjoyed these episodes. Murder 24/7 is so well done. Never sensationalised, shows how the police follow the evidence these days & like how they show 2 smaller cases in an episode rather than padding out 1 per episode.
Will be watching the new series at the weekend with Mr BMP along with the latest episode Murder Case: The Digital Detectives. That struggles to hold my attention though - I find it quite 'dry' and a bit boring to be honest.
 
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It's the final episode. And yes, agreed. I think it ms the only case out of the four that really holds any water.
So you think Jason Moore, Eddie Gilfoyle & Stacey Hyde’s murder convictions were the right verdicts? Be interested to hear more about that.

I thought it was a brilliant series. I think highlights how tricky cases can be without eh objective evidence we often see in modern cases, such as phone data, cell site data, CCTV, ring doorbell footage.
 
Just watched that 'Devil in the family' about Ruby Franke. Mad and sad case The Dad felt very off, it doesn't feel like it gave all the facts with this one.
 
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Season 8 of Accused: Guilty or Innocent? started last night in the USA with a two parter - Teenage Killer or Framed Killer.

Not sure when we'll get it in the UK but I'll be watching it this weekend via my usual channel 😉 It's one of the true crime shows Mr BMP actually enjoys too!
 
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So you think Jason Moore, Eddie Gilfoyle & Stacey Hyde’s murder convictions were the right verdicts? Be interested to hear more about that.

I thought it was a brilliant series. I think highlights how tricky cases can be without eh objective evidence we often see in modern cases, such as phone data, cell site data, CCTV, ring doorbell footage.
You'll have to forgive me if I get some details wrong, as it's been a few weeks now and I have watched a lot of true crime in between.

Jason Moore - classic joint enterprise. It was HIS 'beef' and HE made the arrangement to meet the victim. I don't believe for one second that he didn't get out of that car. Doesn't matter if he actually did the stabbing or not - he was there and he orchestrated the whole confrontation. Plus if was anything as obnoxious and, quite frankly, awful as his sister when he was on the stand then I'm not surprised the jury convicted him.

Stacey Hyde - she stabbed him in the back! That's game over for self defence. And her friend was outside making the 999 call at the time so the defence of protecting her also fails at that point.The initial conviction was correct based on the evidence presented the jury at the time in my opinion. I would say that the five years that she served for killing a man, given all the circumstances (her age, his violent history etc) was probably about right. Sadly, I think she was one of those people always destined to have a short life. Remember, she was mixing with the wrong crowd before she was convicted and that history of bad judgement and poor decision making just continued when she was released. Personally, I don't think prison can be blamed for that. I found an article on his inquest:


Eddie Gilfoyle - I really need to watch this one again before commenting because that was the epsiode that just didn't hold my interest.

To be honest, I actually thought the series was quite poor - way too one sided towards the convicted person and I have no doubt there was a lot of information missing from each case. Sorry, I know you enjoyed it but I just found it infuriating! 🙈
 
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This week's Murder Case: Digital Detectives was actually interesting. I wasn't aware of the case before. But it gets even more interesting when you Google his previous name and where he's from originally 👀 Stuff that wasn't covered in the programme.

Jeffrey Mills, Newcastle - he really needs to stop using c
 
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