To ask if you’ve ever become obsessed with a murder case?

Caylee and Casey Anthony

What happened to Claudia Lawrence?
Is Lucy Letby innocent?
Who broke in and murdered Jonbenet Ramsay?
Is Billy Joe Jenkins adoptive dad guilty?
Where the hell are Maddie and Ben Needham?
Did Lizzie Borden murder her dad and get away with murder?

They all live in my head rent free.

Oh sorry, no I mean the initial theory was that they got to the end of the trail at the summit, went down the mountain on the other side and got lost down there/fell on a monkey bridge. However I read an analysis of the photos that convincingly showed they went a short distance past the summit then back to the top and then set off home from there (on the easy trail they already walked). So they shouldn't have got lost.

I don't think they took those photos. And it's a bit convenient how many potential "witnesses" are now dead.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Still-Lost-Panama-Tragedy-Pianista-ebook/dp/B0CW1HXXQ9

I basically think this book is correct! (Not my book, I promise).

Not an unsolved case but Star Hobson. I first read about the court case when I was sat in hospital with a broken arm and I became absolutely obsessed. Read the court transcripts every day. For months I thought of her every day. It's less now but still frequently. The horror of it all.

Have you listened to the podcast series on Claudia Lawrence, it’s fascinating I wonder what happened to her

Oh gosh how horrific for you, this must bring back awful memories. I am so glad your son was found but it must make the sadness of Nora more profound in a way as she did not have a happy ending.

Her case is so so sad. Her innocence and reliance on her parents, the fact they were on the first night of their holiday - they all add such heart breaking elements.

I am aware of the photos but I must admit that I don't understand the implications of the photos showing they reached the summit and went back? I seem to recall that a theory was that they used the flash to take the night time photos to be able to see. Could they have gone back to the summit to feel that they had better protection / sighting of anyone coming up? The fear they must have experienced it is shocking.

And it is one of those cases where the seeminly non nefarious sequence of events just unfortunately added up to something horrific. They were meant to start teaching at a school or something which was not ready? Do you think that this was orchestrated?

I hope I am not being insensitive.

Ana Kriegel, brutally murdered by a kid. Horrific case.

Not obsessed but quite interested by the Fred and Rose West murders. Especially how they got away with it despite dropping clues left right and centre. Basically they were seen as incredibly stupid people and were left to carry on, because nobody believed they were capable of what they did.

The murder of Hae Min Lee and the subsequent conviction, wrongful conviction decision and reinstating of the conviction of her boyfriend at the time, Adnan Syed.

It was the topic of the first Serial series which I listened to at work and then I followed it up with a bunch of other podcast episode and series’ about it.

It’s still going on now, he was cleared in 2022 when wrongful conviction was decided then the conviction reinstated in 2023 because the victim’s brother was not given significant notice of the hearing. He’s still out of prison but a new hearing is being scheduled to decide if he the conviction is or isn’t sound so could go back to prison yet.

@Marinade lovely Nora Quorin, bless her. I think I have blocked her out. My son went missing the same day I heard about her, we were also abroad on holiday. He was found safe but it terrified me and I became a bit obsessed with her but eventually forced myself to not read anything else about her. I cannot imagine how her parents cope.

I'm expecting there will be someone along shortly to say how ghoulish and disgusting we are for being interested in true crime. And I do get the sentiment- it can seem like interest equals enjoyment but that doesn't mean anyone is pleased these horrible things happen. The only people to focus criticism on are the perpetrators, not those who want to understand what happened and never, ever the victims.

Some of these cases are fascinating but that doesn't equal happy they happened. It's natural to be curious but obviously stop short at upsetting friends and family.

The Missy Bevers case, Andrew Gosden and Jon-Benet are tragedies and desperate for answers for the families. I live quite local to a case mentioned and there is some local knowledge and rumours that I guess is similar to so many of these cases.

The Delphi one I am so glad to know they have the suspect but as a pp says how did he get away with it so long and why did he do it. Is he connected to other stuff, must be.

The murder of Jon Benette, the little pageant girl who was found dead in the family home on Christmas Day. I because obsessed with the story when I was in year 7, I'm still listening to podcasts and watch documentaries on it at 32!

I've watched the Netflix documentary way too many times and I don't really know why? I think because of all the social media she posted it feels so "real" for want of a better word.

The way he lies on camera on the afternoon of the murder, pretending he wants his daughters back when he smothered them and pushed them into an oil tank hours before. Absolute monster of a man.

Asha degree baffles me 😔

Oh yes, many times. When I was off sick I went down a huge rabbit hole with the Manson murders and Myra Hindley and Brady.

The menendez murders
Jon-benet Ramsey
Disappearance of Amy Bradley
Ben Needham

Same! I thought it was just me

I have a weird obsession about serial killers full stop. Half of my Kindle books are these, listen to murder podcasts. One of my things at the moment is reading the Shipman Inquiry online into the deaths of Harold Shipman's patients. The thing is how on earth did he get away with it for so long?

Also Yorkshire Ripper as lived near to some of his victims killings - Wilma McCann, Jayne McDonald and Jacqueline Hill

So many!
Christopher Foster who killed his wife and daughter and then himself
The women in Panama
Meredith Kercher
The Menendez brothers
White House Farm
Jonbenet Ramsay

Sadly yes. The killings of the Zodiac - who was the killer? Why did he do it? There didn’t appear to be a sexual element (no attacks/assaults). Why did he suddenly stop?

And more recently the Idaho 4. 4 college kids senselessly stabbed to death in their home in the middle of the night by the suspect Bryan Kohlberger. He only had a window of 9 or so minutes. Just why?

I need to know who killed Claudia Lawrence and Suzy lamplugh

That was an horrific case which actually made me stop walking alone in the countryside

I have watched so many murder cases, but the ones involving children I simply cannot watch.