true crime Archives - Empoword Journalism https://www.empowordjournalism.com/tag/true-crime/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Sun, 21 Apr 2024 09:52:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Rhodri Llyr Griffiths Jailed For Assault Of A Teenage Girl He Met On Snapchat https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/rhodri-llyr-griffiths-jailed-assaulted-teenage-girl-snapchat/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/rhodri-llyr-griffiths-jailed-assaulted-teenage-girl-snapchat/#respond Sun, 21 Apr 2024 09:51:21 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=56974 Rhodri Llyr Griffiths, 28, from Highland Gardens in Neath Abbey, has been sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison for his crimes against a 13-year-old girl he met on Snapchat.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/rhodri-llyr-griffiths-jailed-assaulted-teenage-girl-snapchat/feed/ 0 Daniel Allen Receives 29-Year Sentence For Derrylin Fire https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/daniel-allen-receives-29-year-sentence-for-derrylin-fire/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/daniel-allen-receives-29-year-sentence-for-derrylin-fire/#respond Sat, 20 Apr 2024 21:54:03 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=56813 Following a trial at Belfast Crown Court, Daniel Sebastian Allen, 33, has been handed a minimum 29-year sentence after pleading guilty to three counts of murder and one of manslaughter.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/daniel-allen-receives-29-year-sentence-for-derrylin-fire/feed/ 0 The Internet’s Obsession with Gypsy Rose Blanchard https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/the-internets-obsession-with-gypsy-rose-blanchard/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/the-internets-obsession-with-gypsy-rose-blanchard/#respond Fri, 16 Feb 2024 13:10:35 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=54125 Given the internet's fascination with true crime, the revived obsession with Gypsy Rose Blanchard comes as no surprise. But Gypsy becoming the new it girl was not in anyone's 2024 predictions.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/the-internets-obsession-with-gypsy-rose-blanchard/feed/ 0 Netflix Releases Maxine Receiving Criticism from Viewers https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/netflix-releases-maxine-receiving-criticism-from-viewers/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/netflix-releases-maxine-receiving-criticism-from-viewers/#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2023 22:38:39 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=50048 Originally premiering on Channel 5 in 2022, Netflix released the three-part drama Maxine earlier this month. Based on the Soham murders from August 2002, this series tells the story of Maxine Carr who provided a false statement for her murderous boyfriend, Ian Huntley. The show has sparked criticism from viewers.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/netflix-releases-maxine-receiving-criticism-from-viewers/feed/ 0 True Crime TV: The Thin Line Between Ethical and Exploitative https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/true-crime-tv-ethical-or-exploitative/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/true-crime-tv-ethical-or-exploitative/#respond Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:54:35 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=46693 From documentaries to series based on real-life true crime, people are easily fascinated with the behind-the-scenes elements of murderers, psychopaths and notorious criminals. But when it comes to these productions, the line between ethical and exploitative is thin and often blurred. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/true-crime-tv-ethical-or-exploitative/feed/ 0 Lucy Letby: why wasn’t the killer in plain sight stopped? https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/lucy-letby-why-wasnt-the-killer-in-plain-sight-stopped/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/lucy-letby-why-wasnt-the-killer-in-plain-sight-stopped/#respond Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:05:55 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=46845 Since news broke of Lucy Letby's rare whole-life sentence for the murder of seven babies, too much commentary only refers to her as a former neonatal nurse or 33-year-old woman. Let’s call her what she is: the UK’s most prolific child serial killer. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/lucy-letby-why-wasnt-the-killer-in-plain-sight-stopped/feed/ 0 THE ETHICS OF TRUE CRIME TV https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/the-ethics-of-true-crime-tv/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/the-ethics-of-true-crime-tv/#respond Fri, 07 Oct 2022 14:27:10 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=32070 Netflix’s latest attempt to cash in on their audience’s voracious appetite for true crime is a series called Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.

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