Episode 134: Colin Pitchfork the Footpath Phantom the First Killer Ever Caught with DNA

Episode 134: Colin Pitchfork the Footpath Phantom the First Killer Ever Caught with DNA

Colin Pitchfork, the Footpath Phantom, was a murdering serial rapist who haunted the dark woods and paths of South Leicestershire England, stalking teenage girls like a troll in a fairy tale, and who would become the first killer ever caught and convicted with DNA evidence, a bizarre story with more twists, turns and red herrings than any mystery novel.

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REFERENCES:

The Blooding: The Dramatic True Story of the First Murder Case Solved by Genetic "Fingerprinting" by Joseph Wambaugh. Bantam, April 20, 2016. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0804150705

BBC NEWS June 15, 2023 by Alex Smith Colin Pitchfork: Double child killer and rapist to be released

BBC NEWS October 30, 2025 by Liam Barnes Double child killer Colin Pitchfork to stay in prison

True Crime Archives April 18, 2025 Colin Pitchfork: The First DNA Murder Conviction & How It Changed Forensics – True Crime Archives

Colin Pitchfork - Wikipedia

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Episode 131: Fast Times at Upper Merion High Part Two the Main Line Murders

Welcome back to the second and final episode of Fast Times at Upper Merion High and the story of the Main Line Murders. Get ready for craziness, for today’s episodes has more twists and turns than a p...

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Episode 130: Fast Times at Upper Merion High, The Mainline Murders Part One

Long before high school English teacher Susan Reinert was found dead, naked and beaten in the hatchback of her Plymouth Horizon, it was obvious that the staff of Upper Merion High were out of control ...

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Episode 129: Amelia Dyer the Ogress of Reading

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Amelia Dyer, the Ogress of Reading, is believed to be responsible for the murder of up to 400 infants, delighting in their struggles as she strangled them to death, in late Victorian England. Amelia, ...

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Episode 128: Gary Heidnik the Bishop Butcher of Marshall Street

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Gary Heidnik, the inspiration behind Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs, was many things. The bishop of his own church. A savvy financial investor with a genius level IQ.  A cannibal and cult le...

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Episode 127: Ed Gein the Butcher of Plainfield Part Two

Episode 127: Ed Gein the Butcher of Plainfield Part Two

Welcome back to part two of the story of Ed Gein the Mad Butcher of Plainfield. Last week we discussed the troubled relationship of Eddie’s parents George and Augusta, how his father died a drunken in...

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Episode 126: Ed Gein the Butcher of Plainfield Part One

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Get ready, today we bring you one of the darkest and creepiest big daddies of them all, the boogie man that has long haunted the American psyche, the butcher of Plainfield, the Wisconsin Ghoul: Ed Gei...

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Episode 125: 764 the Cult of Bradley Cadenhead

There are realms of the internet so disturbing they defy comprehension, places literally dedicated to evil, that wish to accelerate the demise of humanity, and most disturbingly, they are often run by...

19 Nov 20251h 13min

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