Episodes

In this episode I reveal what Jinny Thomas, Jules’s daughter, told police about Bailey’s behaviour towards her and her mother as well as what the Director of Prosecution opined in his 2001 report about the disclosures by women about Bailey’s abuse and violence. You won’t want to miss this. #HerNameWasSophieToscanDuPlantier #SophieToscanDuPlantier #WestCork #Stalking #CriminalBehaviouralAnalysis #Profiling #DomesticAbuse #Podcast #TrueCrime #CrimeAnalyst #CriminalBehaviouralAnalysis #Advocacy #M...

In this episode, I continue to consolidate my thoughts and reflections and share my analyses of Sophie’s murder and the totality of circumstances which seem to point in one direction with a particular focus on Ian Bailey’s history of violence and abuse to women. You won’t want to miss this. #HerNameWasSophieToscanDuPlantier #SophieToscanDuPlantier #WestCork #Stalking #CriminalBehaviouralAnalysis #Profiling #DomesticAbuse #Podcast #TrueCrime #CrimeAnalyst #CriminalBehaviouralAnalysis #Advocacy #...

In this episode, I consolidate my thoughts and reflections and share my analyses and interpretation about what happened to Sophie and the profile of the man who killed her. You won’t want to miss this. #HerNameWasSophieToscanDuPlantier #SophieToscanDuPlantier #WestCork #Stalking #CriminalBehaviouralAnalysis #Profiling #DomesticAbuse #Podcast #TrueCrime #CrimeAnalyst #CriminalBehaviouralAnalysis #Advocacy #Misogyny #Femicide #WomenMatter Clip Used https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/5-a-good-...

Laura and former New York City Prosecutor and retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente continue their forensic deconstruction of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier’s murder. In this episode Laura and Jim discuss and break down Ian Bailey’s behaviour as seen in the Sky docuseries ‘Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie.’ #HerNameWasSophieToscanDuPlantier #SophieToscanDuPlantier #WestCork #Stalking #CriminalBehaviouralAnalysis #Profiling #DomesticAbuse #Podcast #TrueCrime #CrimeAnalyst #Crimin...

Laura and former New York City Prosecutor and retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente continue their forensic deconstruction of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier’s murder. In this episode Laura uses the Sky docuseries ‘Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie’ directed by six-time Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan as a jumping off point for my discussion with Jim. We share our thoughts on the police investigation, the key witness Marie Farrell, what happened to the missing weapon as well as the main...

Laura and former New York City Prosecutor and retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente continue their forensic deconstruction of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier’s murder. Trigger warning - listener discretion is advised. We discuss the various possibilities of what happened that night, the crime scene assessment including the geography and the weapons used, the perpetrator’s behaviour, motivation and likely post offence behaviour and much more. N.B. We have not discussed Sophie’s case before - what you hea...

Victory for Britney…. finally! Jamie Spears has been suspended with immediate effect. Former criminal prosecutor and legal expert Loni Coombs was at the court on September 29 2021 gives a blow by blow account of what happened. We also discuss the New York Time documentary. Controlling Britney Spears, which dropped on FX/Hulu on September 27 and Netflix’s documentary directed by Erin Lee Carr Britney vs Spears which dropped on September 28 and so much more. #FreeBritney #BritneySpears #Women Ma...

Laura and former New York City Prosecutor and retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente forensically deconstruct and profile Sophie Toscan Du Plantier’s brutal murder. We pool our collective knowledge and experience of 60 years analysing serious and violent crime. Starting with the victimology, we discuss whether Sophie was targeted and/or knew the killer as well as what we believe happened the night/morning Sophie was killed. Step by step we walk you through our individual analysis of the crime scene....

Laura continues the discussion with actor, director, producer, author and true crime aficionada Alison Sweeney about Sophie Toscan Du Plantier’s brutal murder. Sophie’s body was found at the bottom of the driveway to her holiday home in Schull, West Cork, Ireland by her neighbour Shirley Foster on December 23 1996. Laura continues to answer Alison’s questions about Sophie’s murder, a case that remains unsolved to this day. We discuss Ian Bailey’s history of violence towards Jules, control rela...

Laura Richards discusses 39-year-old French TV and film producer Sophie Toscan Du Plantier’s brutal murder with actor, director, producer, author and true crime aficionada Alison Sweeney. On the morning of December 23 1996, Sophie’s body was found by her neighbour, Shirley Foster, at the bottom of the driveway to her holiday home in Schull, West Cork, Ireland Laura starts this new series answering Alison’s questions about the case. We discuss the victimology, how Sophie was framed in the media...

BORDERLANDS is the tall-but-true tale of a charismatic outlaw, an iconic small-town sheriff, and the record-setting drug bust that ensnared them both. Set in the rugged Texas borderlands, host Rob D'Amico transports listeners back to the opening salvos of the War on Drugs, when Mexican cartels were first emerging as hyper-violent mega-corporations, the US government was engaging in draconian narcotics crackdowns, and there was so much dirty money swirling across the Rio Grande that even the most...

This is the second part of an illuminating interview with award winning author and investigative journalist Jess Hill. Jess wrote the book ‘See What You Made Me Do’ and has won multiple awards including the Stella Prize in 2020. The book has now been made into a three-part docuseries of the same title. We talk about the horrific murder of Hannah Clarke’s and the murder of her three children Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey by Rowan Baxter on February 19th 2020. We discuss the high-risk factors to ser...

An apartment complex hosts a big Halloween party with themed rooms and costumed partygoers. By the end of the night one of the party’s hosts is murdered. And the partygoers are the main suspects in the eyes of the police: was it the guy in the devil mask, the guy dressed as Jesus, the bank robber, the construction worker? As a complex investigation winds its way through forensic evidence, witness testimony, DNA, and even a psychic, the police zero in on one suspect in particular -- but why? From...

Laura interviews award winning Australian author and investigative journalist Jess Hill. Jess wrote the book ‘See What You Made Me Do’ which has been made into a three-part docuseries of the same title. We deconstruct coercive control, Stockholm Syndrome, the case of Sally Challen and unintended consequences and the impact of criminalizing coercive control for first nations women and women of colour as well as discussing high risk and serial perpetrators and female police stations. You won’t w...

Laura interviews Amanda Knox. We discuss Meredith Kercher, the crime scene, the police investigation, Rudy Guede, the prosecution led by Giuliano Mignini, the role of the media and Nick Pisa, the trial and Amanda’s time in prison. Amanda shares a key hope for the future, and we discuss the movie Stillwater and so much more. This is an interview that everyone should hear. #HerNameWasMeredithKercher #RudyGuede #Podcast #TrueCrime #CrimeAnalyst #CriminalBehaviouralAnalysis #Forensics #Police #Adv...

Laura interviews Kerri Kasem, Casey’s eldest daughter, advocate, TV and radio producer, writer and host as well as co-founder of KasemCares.org, which she set up to help others experiencing elder abuse and/or coercive control. Kerri’s father, Casey, was best known as the voice of America’s Top 40 as well as the voice of Scooby Doo. Kerri and her siblings were granted conservatorship just before Casey died, but his wife Jean disappeared him. Distraught, Kerri hired a private investigator to tra...

In this final episode, Laura analyses the letter writer and tape maker as well as the behavioural profile of someone who would act in this way. Laura discusses the apology issued by West Yorkshire Police in November 2020 as well as the learning opportunities from this case in terms of future early identification, intervention and prevention of serial offenders and killers. Most importantly, Laura re-centers and remembers the victims in the final episode of the podcast series documenting this m...

In this episode Laura deep dives the senior officer’s backgrounds leading the charge to identify this prolific serial killer and discovers some shocking and mind-blowing revelations. Laura deconstructs two high profile cases, the M62 bombing which resulted in then Detective Chief Superintendent George Oldfield being promoted to Assistant Chief Constable and Lesley Molseed’s sexual assault and murder whereby then Detective Sergeant Dick Holland was commended by the Judge. Their roles in the case...

In this episode Laura discusses PS’s transfer back to prison and analyses key investigative decision making and the popularized narrative in the media highlighting the second and third gravest travesties about this case. You won’t want to miss this. #Podcast #TheForgottenVictims #TrueCrime #CrimeAnalyst Crime Analyst Social Media IG @crimeanalyst, Twitter @thecrimeanalyst Facebook Laura Richards Sources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQFZ57yU4jQ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12226423/yorks...

In this special report, I discuss the latest developments with former criminal prosecutor and legal expert Loni Coombs who was at the court on July 14 2021 for the hearing. I highlight what has happened in the three weeks since the world heard Britney Spears’s shocking and unfiltered testimony about the “abusive conservatorship” that she has been living under for the past 13 years. I compare and contrast it to Bill Cosby and the decisions taken in his case, a set of decisions that should alarm...

In this special report I interview Dr. Jessica Taylor, psychologist, CEO of Victim Focus and author of ‘Women Are Blamed for Everything: Exposing the Culture of Victim Blaming’ and her new book ‘Sexy But Psycho: Uncovering the Psychiatric Labelling of Women and Girls.’ Strap yourself in as Dr Jessica Taylor and I deconstruct how the criminal and civil justice systems and social and medical systems and models routinely position, demonize and pathologize women as ‘hysterical’ ‘unhinged’ ‘crazy’ ‘...

In this special report I interview former Los Angeles criminal prosecutor Loni Coombs, who was at the courthouse on Wednesday 28th June for Britney Spear’s testimony at a remote hearing about her conservatorship. Britney had specifically asked to address the Judge and for her testimony to be made public. No-one knew what Britney was going to say. Loni provides unique insight and legal analysis and I weigh in with analysis of events and behaviour and discuss the control over Britney in the cont...

In this episode, Laura deconstructs motivation, the ‘why dunnit’ which is important to understand regarding identification, culpability, diagnosis and risk management as well as learning opportunities for the future. Laura discusses an alarming discovery following PS’s conviction, which led to his transfer to Broadmoor High Security Psychiatric Hospital. Trigger Warning: This episode contains PS’s voice and narrative about motive and Laura’s analysis comparing and contrasting it with his crime...

In this episode, Laura outlines what was known about PS and compares and contrasts this to her analysis from his crime scene behaviour. Laura also answers the second, third and fourth most commonly asked questions about this case. After people get over the shock that PS was married, everyone wants to know what was his relationship like with his wife, Sonia? What was she like and what did she know? You won’t want to miss this. #Podcast #TheForgottenVictims #VictimsMatter #TrueCrime #CrimeAnaly...