THE WOODMANCOTE & WINSFORD DOMESTIC SHOOTING MURDERS 2020

THE WOODMANCOTE & WINSFORD DOMESTIC SHOOTING MURDERS 2020

  On the 24th February 2020, a month before the first Coronavirus lock down, John Zurick, 67, shot to death his estranged wife Debbie at their property near the village of Winsford on Exmoor. He then took his own life. A respected and well connected couple, they...
KILLING BONNIE & CLYDE – 23 MAY 1934

KILLING BONNIE & CLYDE – 23 MAY 1934

On the 23 May 1934 the notorious outlaws, Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow were killed in a police ambush alongside what is now Highway 154, eight miles south of the small town of Gibsland in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, USA. In September 2022, eighty eight years...
THE MURDER OF JULIE & MAISIE – DECEMBER 2009

THE MURDER OF JULIE & MAISIE – DECEMBER 2009

  On the 29 December 2009 Andrew Copland, a 56-year-old painter shot to death his estranged partner Julie Harrison and their 4-year-old daughter Maisie Copland. He then took his own life with the same gun. Copland had lured them to his property in Aldershot, Hampshire...
BARRY WILLIAMS – Before Hungerford

BARRY WILLIAMS – Before Hungerford

Mass shootings always get our attention and whilst we are not subjected to the horror of this crime on a frequent basis in the UK many of us can relate to past events that have become established in our history. Hungerford 1987, Dunblane 1996 and Cumbria 2010. Some...
THE MURDER OF ALISTAIR WILSON – 28 Nov 2004

THE MURDER OF ALISTAIR WILSON – 28 Nov 2004

At around 7.00 pm on the 28 November 2004 Veronica Wilson answered the door bell to her home in Crescent Road in Nairn, Scotland. A stocky male she later described as aged 35 – 40 wearing a dark jacket and a baseball cap was stood on the doorstep. He asked to...