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36 - Holly and Jessica: The Soham Murders

36 - Holly and Jessica: The Soham Murders

FromMens Rea: A true crime podcast


36 - Holly and Jessica: The Soham Murders

FromMens Rea: A true crime podcast

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Length:
77 minutes
Released:
Mar 3, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In 2002, two ten year old girls - Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman - went missing in the quiet and idyllic English town of Soham. It quickly became apparent that the girls had not simply wandered off. What followed was two week search for them, and the revelation that a terrible crime had taken place.

The shocking truth was that the girls had been murdered by a member of their community, someone they knew. And someone they trusted.



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Theme Music:
Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by



Sources:
Kevin Wells, Goodbye, Dearest Holly: Ten Years On (Peach Publishing, 2012) Purchase here

Nathan Yates, Beyond Evil (London: John Blake, 2005) Purchase here 

Catriona Harvey – Jenner “16 years on from the Soham murders- what actually happened to Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells?” in Cosmopolitan https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a11435528/soham-murders-jessica-chapman-holly-wells-ian-huntley/ (3 August 2018) 

Amanda Devlin and Mark Hodge, “Lair's new life: what happened to Maxine Carr, where is she now and how did she know Soham murderer Ian huntley?” in The Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5557736/maxine-carr-ian-huntley-soham-murders/ (18 January 2019) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soham_murders 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soham
Released:
Mar 3, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Mens Rea is the legal principle of intent that must be proved in a number of crimes, such as murder. It means literally, "guilty mind". Mens Rea Podcast explores the most notorious crimes from Ireland and the UK and the court cases that followed. Join your host, Sinead, every fortnight when a new case is discussed.