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Sep 2021
1h 15m

Thriller - Part 9: The Aftermath

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About this episode
The culmination of the Thriller arc of this series of The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast drops here in this final episode, where we see just what David Mulcahy's conviction meant for so many - the victims, as well as the side of law and order. We catch up with developments over the twenty plus years since the conviction, and i give my own thoughts and feedback concerning the entire arc.

The multi part episodes are dedicated to the women who were blighted by the pair, and the three who lost their lives.

Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Playlist Tracks
  • The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
  • Grinderman - Palaces Of Montezuma

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References/Further Reading

Newspaper articles taken from publications including BBC News, London Evening Standard, Newcastle Journal, Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, The Guardian, The Independent, Liverpool Echo, Aberdeen Evening Express, Aberdeen Press and Journal, Irish Independent, Sandwell Evening Mail, Dundee Courier, Dublin Evening Herald, Staffordshire Sentinel, Dublin Sunday World, Daily Record, The Times, The Telegraph, The Sun, Hampstead and Highgate Express, Isle of Wight County Press, This Is Local London, The Scottish Sun, Herald Scotland, Watford Observer, Camden New Journal, York Press – available via the British Newspaper Archive and Newspapers.com

Mulcahy Appeal Judgement
https://panopticonblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/Mulcahy-Judgment.pdf

Mulcahy Website
a_case_for_innocence.pdf (davidmulcahy.com)
David Mulcahy

Websites/Further Reading

Videos/Documentaries

Great Crimes And Trials – Railway Rapist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kj8u9ZFOxE&list=PLUG8xdIdILGoKhDbW9ZbDmWzuNOL0Epg3&index=20&t=5s

Crimewatch UK – collated 3 murders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_8m1HZcs8E

Killer Couples - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSmKWpumcE4&t=911s

Born To Kill - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4zB5TKYEz0

Crimewatch UK – The Railway Murders - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85xZOAjeWQk

The Railway Rapists Documentary (Parts 1-3)
I Worked With A Serial Killer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uu7JYKPxe4&t=133s

The First Scientific Offender Profile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zzO2tTARBY

David Canter Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zzO2tTARBY&list=PL7DBS3Og195iECvJO7Y-vNf6em-Hwo6ji&index=8&t=18s

Mulcahy interviewed on BBC’s Open Space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U-94tNVxdQ

The Railway Killers (Channel 5 August 2021)
Books

  • “A Dangerous Place – The Story Of The Railway Murders” – Simon Farquhar (2006)
  • “Couples Who Kill” – Carol Anne Davis (2006)
  • “Killer Catchers” – Chris Ellis/Andy Owens (2008)
  • “Lifers” – Geoffrey Wansell (2016)
  • “Life Means Life” – Nick Appleyard (2009)
  • “Criminal Shadows: Inside The Mind Of The Serial Killer” – David Canter (1994)
  • “Mapping Murder: The Secrets Of Geographical Profiling” – David Canter (2003)
  • Real Life Crimes – Issue 1 (1993)
  • Murder Casebook – Issue 75: The Railway Killers (1991)
  • "True Crime Spring Special" (2008) 

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