It’s Never A Mannequin

Apartment 1503 - The Murder of Lisa Harnum

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMT

This is It’s Never a Mannequin - True Crime Casefiles. Lisa Harnum had, from the outside, a perfect life. A lovely apartment in a great location, a handsome fiance and an easy lifestyle. But things are often not what they seem.

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Bonnie and Clyde - Infamous Outlaws

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT

This is It’s Never a Mannequin - True Crime Casefiles. Bonnie and Clyde terrorised Texas and surrounding states for several years - robbing stores and banks, stealing cars, staging prison breakouts and killing those who got in their way. They tended to shoot first, then ask no questions. Their life on the run was not a fun or glamourous one but one full of unpleasant campsites, boring days on the road and constantly looking over their shoulders.

Sources

Letter to Alice Sheppard describing the post-mortem condition of Bonnie Parker's body https://digitalcollections.smu.edu/digital/collection/gcd/id/155/

Historynet.com: Bonnie and Clydes Revenge on Eastham https://www.historynet.com/bonnie-clydes-revenge-on-eastham/

Milner, E.R: The LIves and times of Bonnie and Clyde

Treherne, J.E: The Strange History of Bonnie and Clyde

Barrow, Blanche Caldwell: My Life with Bonnie and Clyde

Gilmore, John: On the run with Bonnie and Clyde

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde

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The Crypto-Conwoman: The Disappearance of Ruja Ignatova

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Ruja Ignatova seemed to have it all - looks, brains and friends in all the right places. She also had money - lots and lots of money. Her business raked in somewhere between 4 and 15 billion US dollars in just a few years. The problem was, this business was all a scam - and the money was stolen from thousands and thousands of small time investors looking to improve their lives. And when the going got tough, Ruja got going.

Sources:

McAdams, Jennifer: Devil’s Coin - My Battle to Take Down The Notorious One Coin Cryptoqueen

Bartlett, Jamie: The Missing Cryptoqueen - the Billion Dollar Cryptocurrency Con and the Woman Who Got Away With It

BBC Podcasts - The Missing Cryptoqueen

Wikipedia: Ruja Ignatova https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruja_Ignatova

UK Anti-Slapp Coalition: Jen McAdam https://antislapp.uk/project/jen-mcadam/

Justice.gov https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/co-founder-multibillion-dollar-cryptocurrency-scheme-onecoin-sentenced-20-years-prison

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The Death of a Dancer - The Case of Rachel Barber

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:00:00 GMT

This is It’s Never a Mannequin - True Crime Casefiles. On 1st March 1999 Rachel Barber didn’t arrive home from school. Her worried parents immediately began to search, but there was no sign of their talented teenage daughter. Soon a tragic development took place.

Sources

Norris, Megan and Southall, Elizabeth: Perfect Victim

Supreme Court of Victoria Criminal Division https://www.scribd.com/document/1041084620/in-her-skin-court-transcrip

News.com.au https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/caroline-reed-robertsons-deadly-obsession-with-beautiful-dancer-rachel-barber-led-to-murder/news-story/ca370d6f83a0f9a2c37b8075cfef2913utm_source=Google&utm_medium=AOD&utm_campaign=DSA&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=143509073&gbraid=0AAAAADnTK2_Kt2rKdiEWF96WOpz6WOZRN&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7fvUzo62lQMVUhp7Bx0MZAACEAMYASAAEgJGgPD_BwE

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Bristol’s Angel - The Case of Becky Watts

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 22:00:00 GMT

This is It’s Never A Mannequin - True Crime Casefiles.

On the morning of February 19, 2015, Angie Goldsworthy left her home in Bristol, England, expecting it to be an ordinary day. She had no way of knowing it would be the last morning her family’s life would ever feel normal. When she arrived home, her happy and loving stepdaughter Becky Watts was nowhere to be found.

Galsworthy, Darren: Becky

Kay, John (2015, Nov.13) Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare Jailed for Becky Watts Killing BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-34812317

Parkes, Pamela (2015, Nov.11) Becky Watts ’was just beginning to enjoy life’ BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-34731336

Morris, Steven (2015, Nov.12) Becky Watts Murder Trial: Nathan Matthews Found Guilty The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/11/becky-watts-stepbrother-nathan-matthews-guilty-murder

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Becky_Watts

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Murder in Massachusetts- The Trial of Lizzie Borden

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

This is It’s Never A Mannequin - True Crime Casefiles.

In 1892 two prominent citizens were found hacked to death in their own home. Daughter of the house Lizzie Borden was arrested, dividing the community - could a small, Protestant single woman have done such a horrific deed?

Sources

Sullivan, Robert: Goodbye Lizzie Borden

Rebellion, Leonard: Lizzie Borden, Past & Present

Axelron-Contrada, Joan: The Lizzie Borden Axe Murder Trial - A Headline Court Case

Conforti, Joseph: How Lizzie Borden Got Away with Murder https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-lizzie-borden-got-away-with-murder-180972707/

Last Will and Testament of Lizzie Borden https://phayemuss.wordpress.com/source-documents/

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A City’s Fear - The Frankston Serial Killer

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

This is It’s Never a Mannequin - True Crime Casefiles. In 1993 the city of Melbourne Australia was gripped by fear - a monster was stalking the streets. 3 women were brutally murdered, 1 was attacked and another 2 had their homes broken into and violently damaged.

Sources

Petraitis, Vicki: The Frankston Murders

Casefile Presents: The Frankston Murders

Silvester, John (24/7/2022) Seven Weeks of Fear - The Serial Killer Who Terrorised Frankston The Age

Murderpedia.org: Paul Charles Denyer https://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/denyer-paul.htm

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Waiting for Sundance - The Life and Death of Adrienne Shelly

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

This is It’s Never a Mannequin- True Crime Casefiles.

2007 was a big year for rising star Adrienne Shelly. She seemed to have it all - a loving husband, an adorable daughter, a close family and a burgeoning career as a screen writer and director as well as an actress. But then it all came to a sudden and violent end. Police suspected suicide - but her husband and family refused to accept that conclusion.

sources

Guimil, Eva (22/2/22) The mysterious killing of indie actress Adrienne Shelly: How a suicide turned into a murder Elpais

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-02-22/the-mysterious-killing-of-indie-actress-adrienne-shelly-how-a-suicide-turned-into-a-murder.html

https://adrienneshellyfoundation.org

Horton, Adrian (1/12/21) She’s More Than Just A Murder Victim - The Life and Death of Filmmaker Adrienne Shelley The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/dec/01/adrienne-shelly-waitress-hbo-documentary

Ostroy, Andy (2021) Adrienne [Documentary] HBO

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