Episodes

Laura interviews survivor, advocate and all-round inspiration Rachel Williams.Laura picks back up with Rachel – where she and Jack are running for their lives.

Laura interviews survivor, advocate and all-round inspiration Rachel Williams. In this episode, we continue our discussion about what was going on in the relationship and how Williams’s behaviour escalated and landed him in prison. But even from prison, he laid down the rules and regulations, dictating what Rachel could and couldn’t do.

Laura interviews survivor, advocate and all-round inspiration Rachel Williams.After 18 years of being in a relationship, Rachel was shot and severely injured by her violent partner, Darren Williams in 2011. Fortunately, Rachel survived due to her own determination and quick thinking. Williams then took his own life, as did her 16-year-old son Jack, shortly after the attack. This is Rachel’s story.

Laura continues her conversation with survivor, activist, campaigner and all-round warrior Zoe Dronfield. Zoe describes her fight for custody of her daughter, Sofia, in the Family Court whilst simultaneously fighting for justice in the Criminal Court at Smith’s trial.

Laura continues her conversation with survivor, activist, campaigner and all-round warrior Zoe Dronfield. In this episode, Zoe describes the night Smith almost killed her and Laura contextualizes the escalating risks leading up to the attack.

Laura interviews survivor, activist, campaigner and all-round warrior Zoe Dronfield. On February 14 2014, Zoe was meant to be dead – murdered by Jason Smith. Smith held Zoe hostage for eight hours and tortured her. Fortunately, Zoe survived due to her own determination and quick thinking. Laura and Zoe have been campaigning for serial domestic abusers and stalkers to be proactively identified and included on the same register as sex offenders. Please support our campaign by sharing this import...

In the final episode of the series, Laura concludes outlining the circumstantial evidence in the case. You won’t want to miss this. This episode is to commemorate Sophie and International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, November 25 2021 and the 16 Days of Activism. #HerNameWasSophieToscanDuPlantier #SophieToscanDuPlantier #JusticeForSophie #JusticeForSophieBouniol #WestCork #Stalking #CriminalBehaviouralAnalysis #Profiling #DomesticAbuse #Podcast #TrueCrime #CrimeAnalyst #Ad...

In the final episode of the series, Laura concludes outlining the circumstantial evidence in the case. You won’t want to miss this. This episode is to commemorate Sophie and International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, November 25 2021 and the 16 Days of Activism. #HerNameWasSophieToscanDuPlantier #SophieToscanDuPlantier #JusticeForSophie #JusticeForSophieBouniol #WestCork #Stalking #CriminalBehaviouralAnalysis #Profiling #DomesticAbuse #Podcast #TrueCrime #CrimeAnalyst #Ad...

In this episode, Laura weighs in on Marie Farrell as well as highlighting other key witnesses’ evidence and the Director of Public Prosecution’s assessment of each witness and their testimony. Laura also reveals that the DPP's report later ended up in Ian Bailey's possession with serious repercussions. You won’t want to miss this. #HerNameWasSophieToscanDuPlantier #SophieToscanDuPlantier #WestCork #Stalking #CriminalBehaviouralAnalysis #Profiling #DomesticAbuse #Podcast #TrueCrime #CrimeAnalyst...

Britney is FREE, finally. IN this special episode Laura is joined by legal expert and former LA prosecutor Loni Coombs who was at the courthouse today for this historical ruling by Judge Brenda Penny. We discuss what went on and some of the questions that still must be asked. You won’t want to miss this. #FreedBritney #BritneySpears #Women Matter #Trauma #Misogyny #Conservatorship #CoerciveControl #MaleViolence #Podcast #TrueCrime #CrimeAnalyst Clips https://twitter.com/variety/status/14592885...

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...