The Real-Life Murder Clubs: Citizens Solving True Crimes

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What happens when ordinary citizens, in real-life murder clubs, set out to investigate crimes, both recent and cold cases

In 2019, Netflix had a hit with documentary series Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer. It was based on one of Canadas most infamous crimes: the 2012 murder of thirty-three-year-old Lin Jun by his porn-star boyfriend, Luka Magnotta, in Montreal. Magnotta filmed himself killing and (apparently) eating parts of his victim; he also mailed Juns feet and hands to two Canadian political parties and two elementary schools. Prior to Juns murder, though, Magnotta had anonymously posted online videos of himself killing kittens. Horrified Facebook sleuths worked tirelessly to uncover the kitten-killers identity and location. Armchair detective Deanne Thompson, a data analyst for a Vegas casino by day, spent countless hours researching Lithuanian doorknobs, among other things, to help identify items in Magnottas videos during her quest to unmask him.

Nicola Stow reveals the fascinating stories behind this and and similar cases in which ordinary citizens, in real-life murder clubs, as in Richard Osmans bestselling fiction, help to investigate crimes, both recent and cold cases. In some cases armchair sleuths have hindered investigations, and Stow explores some of these, too.

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Nicola Stowis the bestselling co-author of a number of books. She has over twenty years of experience as a national newspaper and magazine journalist.