We are back after the summer break with the terribly sad story of the murder and subsequent miscarriage of justice of Joanna Simpson.

On the evening of 31st October 2010, 46 year old mum of two, Joanna Simpson became yet another statistic. Another woman killed by the hand of the man she once loved and who had loved her. Robert Brown was her estranged husband and father of her kids who that afternoon, right in front of the children beat Joanna to death.

This violent act was the culmination of years of abuse and controlling behaviour. We explore how domestic abuse comes in many forms and how anyone from any walk of life can become a victim.

Sources for this month's episode are the brilliant podcast, the Crime Analyst and the ITV show, The British Airways Killer amongst others.

The Joanna Simpson Foundation

Our story - The Joanna Simpson Foundation Team & Our Mission

Refuge, the largest UK domestic abuse organisation for women

Domestic Violence: Types, Statistics, Laws, Shelters Search

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Hello everyone and welcome to the latest episode of Blue Murder Talks. We weren’t aware previously, but October is domestic abuse awareness month here in the UK and during Crimecon last month we had the pleasure of meeting Lucy Wade, a leading campaigner for domestic abuse awareness and we wanted to do our bit in raising awareness.

Lucy works tirelessly to raise awareness of the difficult subject of domestic abuse. Her business and website You Don’t Own Me or YDOM.co.uk , is a “one-stop shop” helping people find useful resources, support services and access to knowledge shared by professionals.

Lucy also has a cracking podcast, Dip in and Out With Lucy, where she has some fascinating chats with domestic abuse professionals and survivors, you will be engrossed, we promise.

We hope you enjoy this episode where we chat with Lucy about all the great work she does and learn all about this dark subject that affects many of us, how it doesn't discriminate between young and old, rich or poor, men and women, and how it affects the whole family.

Domestic Abuse Support – Discussion Inclusion Progression (ydom.co.uk)

Refuge, the largest UK domestic abuse organisation for women

Domestic abuse: how to get help - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Home - Women's Aid (womensaid.org.uk)

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Welcome back one and all. We have Stuart Blues from British Murders with us this week. British Murders is an independently produced true crime podcast focusing exclusively on listener suggested British murder cases. As a lifelong lover of horror movies and true crime documentaries Stuart decided to host a true crime podcast, written and produced by Stuart himself. With a backlog of 13 series check it out here :

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We're back with Blue Murder Talks our in-between series, Join Caz and Loz as we welcome back Kunt from Kunt and the gang! With the opening weekend of Shannon Mathews: The Musical last week Kunt talks us through the process of the sold out premiere of the movie. From where the idea came from to Edinburgh Fringe. Kunt is a dark musical comedy songwriter and has had four top twenty hits in the UK chart singles.

Find out more here www.kuntandthegang.co.uk

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This week on Blue Murder Talks we have the lovely Robin Warder from The Trail Went Cold podcast. Join host's Lauren and Carrie as we ask Robin questions all about true crime. The Trail Went Cold is a weekly true crime podcast which explores baffling unsolved mysteries and cold cases. Robin is an aspiring screenwriter who also loves to write about unsolved mysteries. With over 375 episode's under his belt why not check out Robin's podcast here:

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Join Caz and Loz for this Series Finale of Bloody Britain and are we going out on a big case, the case of Dennis 'Des' Nilsen.

For 4 years from 1979 Des killed up to 15 or 16 young men and boys and was eventually only stopped when he blocked up the drains in his flat by attempting to dispose of human remains down his toilet.

As the police investigated the crimes they discovered he had been getting away with murder for years and had killed so many people that he couldn't even remember the precise amount. Dennis had very rare kink in his sexuality, he was a necrophiliac, and was only sexually aroused by the dead.

Des was convicted of several murders and spent the rest of his life in prison.

We hope you have enjoyed this series of crimes that took place in the UK and we will be back for Series 7 soon.

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Hey y'all, welcome and join us, Cazza and Lozza as we take a look at when celebs screw up.

This week we are taking a light hearted look at the times some of the worlds biggest stars have ended up doing community service for misdemeanours. For instance, we look at the time when George Michael's Range Rover ploughed into a Snappy Snaps photo shop and the infamous events in the Hollywood hills, when Hugh Grant was arrested for getting a bit frisky in his car with a sex worker.

And who can forget the fashion show put on by Naomi Campbell at her designated community service destination - the New York City refuse department.

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