ShortHand: Nellie Bly – The Woman Who Changed Journalism

In March 2013 college student Elisa Lam checked into The Cecil Hotel on LA’s infamous skid row. Soon she started displaying some odd behaviour; some of which was caught on CCTV - this footage then wen...

4 Apr 20191h 8min

"Six revolver shots shattered the Easter Sunday calm of Hampstead, and a beautiful platinum blonde stood with her back to the wall. In her hand was a revolver." These were the headlines that the hit t...

28 Mars 201954min

The Kirtland Cult were an offshoot of an offshoot that broke away from the Reorganised Church of Latter Day Saints in 1987. Like most cults they were led by a single-minded, self-appointed, narcissist...

21 Mars 201958min

In 1989 5 young black and Latino boys from Harlem were accused and convicted of the rape and assault of Trisha Meili, a young white woman. They spent between 5 and 13 years in prison until finally in ...

14 Mars 20191h 25min

This case starts with a pretty mundane crime; an accusation of poster theft. But it ends in the mysterious and tragic death of a 22 year old man - Otto Warmbier. Otto died after he was arrested while ...

7 Mars 20191h 13min

At just 23 Omaima Nelson killed her 56 year old husband, Bill. 3 days after the murder police entered the Nelson home and found a nightmare scene; not only had Omaima killed and dismembered Bill, she'...

28 Feb 201954min

Someone was cyberbullying Jenelle Potter; they hurling online abuse and threatening her life with claims that she was "too pretty to live". As things escalated, inexplicably, the CIA seemed to become ...

14 Feb 201958min

This week the girls delve into the all too common world of the celebrity paedophile and institutions who turn a blind eye.Ian Watkins was the lead singer of Welsh rock band Lostprophets. He toured all...

7 Feb 20191h 3min