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True Crime with Elli Mac
Hosted by Elli Mac · EN
This is a True Crime podcast with me, Elli Mac.
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Poisoned By His Mother: The Murder Of Garnett Spears
May 15, 2023Tap to summarizeOn the 23rd January 2014, 5-year-old Garnett Spears sadly passed away in hospital due to swelling in his brain.He had been fatally poisoned by the one person who was meant to love him and protect him, the person in whose care he ought to feel the safest, and the person he should call family - his own mother, Lacey Spears.Why did Lacey Spears murder her own son in such a cruel and evil way? How could she do something so unspeakable to her own child?As the investigation unfolded, the true horror of what happened to Garnett and his mother’s motives behind his murder was revealed.This is the tragic tale of young Garnett Spears, whose life was untimely snatched from him by his own mother, all in a desperate attempt to gain sympathy and attention in the era of social media.
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What Happened to Janet Chandler?
Oct 6, 2022Tap to summarizeWhen 22 year old Janet Chandler was abducted whilst working her Night Shift at the Blue Mill Inn, detectives first believed it to be part of a robbery.However, when her naked body was found at 1am (2am?) in a wooded area buried in the snow, it would become clear to investigators that foal play was involved. Janet had died of strangulation, with clear evidence she had been bound and gagged for long periods before her death.Law enforcement would interview hundreds of people over years, chasing dead ends and finding no significant leads.The case would go cold for nearly 25 years. What happened to Janet Chandler in 1979? And how did what started out as just a documentary project for a film school class, lead to the world finally getting some answers.
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