Episode 7: Stephen Griffiths 'The Crossbow Cannibal'

He was a PHD student of Criminology who hero worshipped serial killers and studied their methods intently. In the late 2000s, women began disappearing in Bradford, UK, brutally murdered at the hands of the self styled killer who wanted to become the most famed murderer of all and was ultimately caught due to his own ego...

Sources:

https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/prostitution

https://www.city-journal.org/html/murder-most-academic-13387.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8216231/Crossbow-cannibal-serial-killer-Stephen-Griffiths-admits-murdering-three-prostitutes.html

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk/2010/dec/21/stephen-griffiths-crossbow-cannibal-profile

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/making-a-monster/articles/stephen-griffiths-the-crossbow-cannibal-hatred-bound-tightly-in#

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/who-crossbow-cannibal-killer-stephen-4985527

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bradford-west-yorkshire-11985080

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0078XGZB0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

http://www.mark-davis-photography.com/events/the-stephen-griffiths-bradford-murders-investigation-crossbow-cannibal/

A husband and wife team explore the dark side of human behaviour and try to understand why people stray so far from the norm, dressed with a pinch of profanity and very British gallows humour.

• No. of episodes: 9
• Latest episode: 2020-10-30
• Comedy True Crime

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