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Over the next week, Crime Bites will focus upon the case of Damien Nettles, a 16-year-old boy who went missing from the Isle of Wight in the south of England in 1996. In the 21 years that have passed, no one has seen or heard from Damien. Today’s episode is an introduction to the case. I’ll tell yo…

In this episode, Elizabeth joins two criminologists from Birmingham City University – Donal MacIntyre (@donalmacintyre) and Jenna Page (@Page_jen) –  to discuss the Netflix crime drama series Alias Grace. To find out more about the Crime Culture and Contemporary Media research group at Birmin…

In this episode, Elizabeth joins Professor David Wilson (@ProfDavidWilson) and Dr Adam Lynes (@Lynesey89) of Birmingham City University to talk about the murders of Simon Martin, Thomas Kelly, David Hanson and David Grieff. These four boys were killed by one man in the North East of England between…

In this episode, Elizabeth joins Dr Tom Raymen of Plymouth University to discuss the drama series The Walking Dead. For more information about The Walking Dead, visit the show’s page. Tom’s paper about the series Living in the end times through popular culture: An ultra-realist analysis of The Walk…

This week, Elizabeth is joined by Dr Adam Lynes (@Lynesey89) and Kevin Hoffin (@KHriminology) from the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University to discuss crime comic books and the superheroes who have leapt out from the pages and onto our screens.  Why do we need superheroes? W…

On the show this week we’re talking about websleuths, or as we prefer to call them – “citizen detectives”. I join two colleagues from Birmingham City University – Emma Kelly (@crimemma) and Adam Lynes (@Lynesey89) – to discuss the research we carried out into this phenomenon. I also speak to Lance …

This week, Elizabeth joins Dr Victoria Silverwood (@SilverwoodVS) to discuss her research about legitimised violence in ice hockey. To find out more about Victoria’s work, check out her Birmingham City University staff page. Music for Crime Bites is by Lee Rosevere at Happy Puppy Records  (http://…

This week, Elizabeth is joined by Dr Adam Lynes (@Lynesey89) and Kevin Hoffin (@KHriminology) from the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University to discuss the Netflix series Mindhunter. Find out more about Elizabeth, Adam and Kevin’s work around crime, culture and contemporary m…

In this episode, Elizabeth joins two criminologists from Birmingham City University – Dr Adam Lynes, Senior Lecturer in Criminology (@Lynesey89) and Dr Victoria Silverwood, Lecturer in Criminology (@SilverwoodVS) to discuss the phenomenon of “killer clowns”.   Read Adam’s blog on killer clowns, “T…