DESCRIPTION:
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 5 - EPISODE 21’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE.
Throughout spring 1993, five men were murdered in London at the hands of the same killer. He had met them all in The Coleherne, a bar in Earl's Court. The murderer went back to the victims’ homes and strangled them while they were tied up. The killings were not initially linked by Scotland Yard, however, after the man responsible had called the police explaining that he wanted to be a serial killer, the metropolitan police went public with the information. A single fingerprint and a poorly recorded phone conversation were the only pieces of evidence detectives had until CCTV captured one of the victims making his final journey home in the company of a man that was likely the last person to see him alive. Following an appeal, surprisingly, that man came forward, but confidently denied he was the murderer. He was, however, unaware the police had found his fingerprint at one of the scenes, and the man was subsequently charged with multiple counts of murder. Following a court hearing, he eventually confessed to the string of killings.
So why had Colin Ireland made it his new year's resolution to be a serial killer?… (Part 2 of 2).
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Court documents and information from the following news organisations and magazines were referenced in this episode: The Guardian, The Observer, Pinner Observer, Aberdeen Press and Journal, Reading Evening Post, Newcastle Journal, Liverpool Echo, Sunday Independent (Dublin), Sunday Mirror, Independent, Staffordshire Sentinel, Sunday Life, Sunday World (Dublin), Evening Herald (Dublin), Kensington Post, Daily Express, BBC News, Daily Mail, Mirror and ‘Real-Life Crimes And How They Were Solved’ magazine.
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MUSIC:
Crystal Echoes by Sergey Cheremisinov
Decay by Kevin MacLeod
The Three Elements by I Think I Can Help You
The Six Realms by I Think I Can Help You
Labyrinth by Sergey Cheremisinov
Now You Are Here by Sergey Cheremisinov
The Four Masks by I Think I Can Help You
Maestro Tlakaelel by Jesse Gallagher
Midnight in the Graveyard by Twin Musicom
Torture by Coyote Hearing
Realization of a New Earth by I Think I Can Help You
Passing a Foreign Moon by I Think I Can Help You
Procession by Puddle of Infinity
The Long Ascent by Cooper Cannell
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
REFERENCES:
JUDICIARY
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Ireland-2014-0493.pdf
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
The Guardian - 16 Jun 1993, Wed - Page 4
The Guardian - 17 Jun 1993, Thu - Page 1
The Guardian - 17 Jun 1993, Thu - Page 3
The Guardian - 18 Jun 1993, Fri - Page 3
The Guardian - 19 Jun 1993, Sat - Page 7
The Observer - 20 Jun 1993, Sun - Page 2
The Guardian - 24 Jun 1993, Thu - Page 3
The Guardian - 02 Jul 1993, Fri - Page 3
The Observer - 04 Jul 1993, Sun - Page 14
The Guardian - 12 Jul 1993, Mon - Page 3
The Guardian - 21 Jul 1993, Wed - Page 18
The Guardian - 22 Jul 1993, Thu - Page 2
The Guardian - 24 Jul 1993, Sat - Page 5
The Observer - 25 Jul 1993, Sun - Page 6
The Guardian - 21 Aug 1993, Sat - Page 3
The Guardian - 15 Oct 1993, Fri - Page 2
The Guardian - 21 Dec 1993, Tue - Page 1
The Guardian - 21 Dec 1993, Tue - Page 3
The Guardian - 12 Jan 1994, Wed - Page 4
The Guardian - 19 Dec 1997, Fri - Page 3
The Guardian - 18 Jan 1999, Mon - Page 11
The Guardian - 31 Jan 2001, Wed - Page 38
Pinner Observer - Thursday 17 June 1993 - Page 1
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 17 June 1993 - Page 13
Reading Evening Post - Thursday 17 June 1993 - Page 1
Newcastle Journal - Friday 18 June 1993 - Page 4
Liverpool Echo - Friday 18 June 1993 - Page 3
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 19 June 1993 - Page 7
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 19 June 1993 - Page 9
Sunday Independent (Dublin) - Sunday 20 June 1993 - Page 10
Sunday Mirror - Sunday 20 June 1993 - Page 2
Sunday Mirror - Sunday 20 June 1993 - Page 2
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 21 June 1993 - Page 13
Liverpool Echo - Monday 21 June 1993 - Page 11
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 30 June 1993 - Page 13
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 21 July 1993 - Page 11
Independent - Saturday 24 July 1993 - Page 26
Pinner Observer - Thursday 29 July 1993 - Page 2
Newcastle Journal - Saturday 21 August 1993 - Page 5
Independent - Saturday 21 August 1993 - Page 24
Staffordshire Sentinel - Saturday 21 August 1993 - Page 2
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 21 August 1993 - Page 1
Newcastle Journal - Saturday 21 August 1993 - Page 7
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 21 August 1993 - Page 3
Sunday Life - Sunday 22 August 1993 - Page 17
Sunday World (Dublin) - Sunday 22 August 1993 - Page 6
Pinner Observer - Thursday 26 August 1993 - Page 5
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Monday 20 December 1993 - Page 2
Liverpool Echo - Monday 20 December 1993 - Page 5
Evening Herald (Dublin) - Monday 20 December 1993 - Page 11
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 21 December 1993 - Page 9
Newcastle Journal - Tuesday 21 December 1993 - Page 4
Newcastle Journal - Tuesday 21 December 1993 - Page 4
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 21 December 1993 = Page 9
Independent - Tuesday 21 December 1993 - Page 24
Kensington Post - Thursday 30 December 1993 - Page 3
Daily Express - Thu 17 Jun 1993 Page 12-13
Daily Express - Fri 18 Jun 1993 Page 12-13
Daily Express - Sat 19 Jun 1993 Page 19
Daily Express - Thu 24 Jun 1993 Page 16
Daily Express - Fri 2 Jul 1993 Page 12
Daily Express - Mon 12 Jul 1993 Page 13
Daily Express - Wed 21 Jul 1993 Page 3
Daily Express - Thu 22 Jul 1993 Page 1, 2
Daily Express - Fri 23 Jul 1993 Page 13
Daily Express - Sat 24 Jul 1993 Page 12
Daily Express - Sat 21 Aug 1993 Page 2
Daily Express - Tue 21 Dec 1993 Page 1, 2
Daily Express - Tue 21 Dec 1993 Page 4-5
Daily Express - Wed 22 May 2002 Page 4-5
Daily Express - Tue 22 Oct 2002 Page 22-23
Daily Express - Fri 5 Mar 2010 Page 36-37
MAGAZINES
Real-life Crimes… and how they were solved [Issue 103 / 109]
DIGITAL ARTICLES
BBC NEWS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6658863.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6222618.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17117441
THE GUARDIAN
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/dec/14/suffolkmurders.duncancampbell
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/may/15/gayrights.ukcrime
DAILY MAIL
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-454956/Gay-murder-inquiries-marred-homophobia.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2104572/Serial-killer-Colin-Ireland-tortured-gay-men-death-dies-jail.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5070423/Colin-Ireland-serial-killer-gay-men-famous.html
MIRROR
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/death-of-a-serial-killer-gay-slayer-737040
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gay-slayer-serial-killer-tortured-11512812
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