13 O’Clock Episode 528: Britain’s Wakefield Prison, aka Monster Mansion

1 Oct 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Wakefield Prison in West Yorkshire is one of Britain’s most notorious high-security prisons, known by the tabloid nickname “Monster Mansion” because of the number of infamous killers, sexual offenders and other high-risk prisoners who have been held there. Its history stretches back more than 400 years, from an Elizabethan house of correction to a modern long-term prison housing men serving some of the country’s harshest sentences. Over the decades, inmates have included Harold Shipman, Robert Maudsley, Levi Bellfield, Ian Huntley, Roy Whiting, Robert Black and atomic spy Klaus Fuchs. Beyond its notorious population, Wakefield also reflects the wider history of British punishment, including Victorian prison reform, political prisoners, extreme isolation, aging inmates and the challenges of managing dangerous and vulnerable prisoners within an aging institution.

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13 O’Clock Episode 527: Murderer Audrey Marie Hilley

24 Sep 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Audrey Marie Hilley was an Alabama murderer whose crimes involved arsenic poisoning, elaborate deception, and a bizarre attempt to assume a new identity. In 1975, she poisoned her husband, Frank Hilley, whose death was initially attributed to natural causes. Four years later, she began poisoning her teenage daughter, Carol, who survived after doctors discovered arsenic in her system. As investigators uncovered evidence of Audrey’s crimes, she fled Alabama, eventually resurfacing under an assumed identity and later pretending to be her own fictional twin sister. Her extraordinary scheme unraveled when she was recognized and arrested in Vermont in 1983. Convicted of her husband’s murder and the attempted murder of her daughter, Hilley received a life sentence plus 20 years. In 1987, she escaped while on a brief pass from prison and was found dead several days later after suffering from exposure to the elements.

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13 O’Clock Episode 526: Serial Killer Maury Travis

17 Sep 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Maury Travis was a St. Louis-area serial killer believed to have murdered multiple women between 2000 and 2002, primarily targeting vulnerable women involved in sex work or struggling with drug addiction. Investigators connected a series of killings in Missouri and Illinois through DNA evidence, but Travis remained unidentified until he mailed a taunting letter and computer-generated map to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, directing authorities to another victim’s remains. Investigators traced the online map activity back to Travis, leading to his arrest in June 2002. A search of his Ferguson, Missouri, home uncovered restraints, apparent blood evidence, newspaper clippings, and disturbing videotapes documenting the captivity and abuse of women. Travis claimed that one body was his seventeenth victim, although his true victim count remains uncertain. Just three days after his arrest, he died by suicide in jail, preventing a trial or full confession. Decades later, forensic advances have continued to identify previously unnamed women believed to have been among his victims, leaving the Maury Travis case an unsettling example of serial murder, digital forensics, and the long struggle to restore identities to forgotten victims.

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Episode 523: Lockerbie Disaster – The Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103

27 Aug 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988, remains one of the deadliest and most controversial terrorist attacks in modern history. A bomb hidden inside the Boeing 747 exploded at approximately 31,000 feet, killing all 259 people aboard and 11 residents on the ground. What followed was an enormous international investigation involving Scottish police, the FBI, intelligence agencies, forensic experts, and thousands of pieces of evidence scattered across hundreds of square miles. Suspicion initially focused on Iran and the PFLP-GC before investigators ultimately accused Libyan intelligence operatives of carrying out the attack. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted in 2001, although questions about eyewitness testimony, baggage evidence, and the bomb’s timer have fueled controversy ever since. Libya later accepted responsibility for the actions of its officials, while new charges against alleged Libyan bomb-maker Abu Agila Mas’ud have kept the case alive nearly four decades later. Lockerbie is not only the story of a terrorist bombing, but also of disputed evidence, international politics, aviation-security failures, grieving families, and a search for justice that has continued for generations.

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13 O’Clock Episode 520: The I-70 Killer

6 Aug 20267 Aug 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

For 29 terrifying days in the spring of 1992, an unidentified gunman traveled through Indiana, Kansas, and Missouri, targeting employees inside small retail stores near major interstate highways. Armed with a distinctive .22-caliber pistol, the man known as the I-70 Killer murdered six people—Robin Fuldauer, Patricia Magers, Patricia Smith, Michael “Mick” McCown, Nancy Kitzmiller, and Sarah Blessing—while stealing only small amounts of money. Witnesses described a thin, reddish-haired man with heavy or drooping eyelids, but despite composite sketches, ballistics evidence, possible links to later crimes in Texas and Indiana, and a renewed multiagency investigation, his identity remains unknown. More than three decades later, the I-70 Killer case remains one of America’s most disturbing unsolved serial-murder mysteries.

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13 O’Clock Episode 519: The Uvalde School Shooting

30 Jul 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

On May 24, 2022, a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, claimed the lives of 19 fourth-grade students and two teachers. Official investigations by the Texas House and the U.S. Department of Justice later documented major failures in the law enforcement response, including breakdowns in leadership, command structure, and adherence to active-shooter protocols that left victims trapped for over an hour. The Victims: Irma Linda Garcia, Eva Mireles, Nevaeh Alyssa Bravo, Jacklyn Jaylen Cazares, Makenna Lee Elrod, Jose Manuel Flores Jr., Eliahna Amyah Garcia, Uziyah Sergio Garcia, Amerie Jo Garza, Xavier James Lopez, Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, Tess Marie Mata, Maranda Gail Mathis, Alithia Haven Ramirez, Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, Layla Marie Salazar, Jailah Nicole Silguero, Eliahna Cruz Torres, Rojelio Fernandez Torres.

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13 O’Clock Episode 518: Dave Pelzer – A Child Called “It”

23 Jul 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Dave Pelzer is an American author and motivational speaker best known for his 1995 memoir A Child Called “It,” which chronicles the severe childhood abuse he says he endured before being rescued by child welfare authorities at the age of twelve. The memoir became an international bestseller, bringing widespread attention to the realities of child abuse and the long-term effects of trauma. Following his rescue, Pelzer spent time in foster care, served in the U.S. Air Force, and later built a career as an author and public speaker focused on resilience, perseverance, and personal growth. While A Child Called “It” has inspired millions of readers and has been widely used by educators and child welfare professionals, it has also been the subject of controversy, with some family members disputing aspects of Pelzer’s account. Despite these debates, the book remains one of the most influential memoirs on childhood trauma, encouraging greater awareness of child abuse, the importance of early intervention, and the possibility of recovery after profound adversity.

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13 O’Clock Episode 517: Joanna Dennehy – The Peterborough Ditch Murders

16 Jul 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Joanna Dennehy is one of the UK’s most notorious female serial killers, responsible for the 2013 Peterborough Ditch Murders in Cambridgeshire, England. Over the course of just ten days, Dennehy fatally stabbed three men—Lukasz Slaboszewski, John Chapman, and Kevin Lee—before dumping their bodies in roadside ditches around Peterborough. After fleeing the area with an accomplice, she traveled to Hereford, where she randomly stabbed two more men who survived their injuries. During the investigation, it emerged that Dennehy had spoken about killing for excitement and described murder as becoming “moreish,” shocking both investigators and the public. She pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder, and in February 2014 she received a whole-life order, ensuring she will never be released from prison. The case remains one of Britain’s most disturbing modern serial murder investigations because of the apparent lack of conventional motive, Dennehy’s chilling lack of remorse, and the calculated disposal of her victims’ bodies.

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13 O’Clock Episode 516: Wade Wilson – The Cape Coral Strangler (aka The Deadpool Killer)

9 Jul 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Wade Wilson, often referred to in the media as the “Deadpool Killer” because he shares a name with the fictional Marvel character, was convicted of the October 2019 murders of Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz in Cape Coral, Florida. Prosecutors presented evidence that Wilson killed Melton after meeting her in a bar, then later murdered Ruiz after a chance encounter, abandoning her body in a field. Investigators used DNA evidence, cellphone records, surveillance footage, witness testimony, and forensic analysis to build their case. In 2024, a Florida jury found Wilson guilty of multiple charges and unanimously recommended the death penalty. The court subsequently sentenced him to death for both murders, while his case entered the lengthy appellate process that accompanies all capital convictions in Florida.

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13 O’Clock Episode 515: The Stockholm Porn Murders

2 Jul 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

The Stockholm Porn Murders (Swedish: Porrmorden) refer to a series of three unsolved knife murders that occurred in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1989, all targeting men who worked at porn video shops. The victims were Rajandran “Chris” Chinakaruppan (35, murdered March 22 outside his home after closing a sex shop in Tensta), Francisc Kiraly (stabbed inside the XXX Rated store while customers were present), and Mats Engström (stabbed while closing Lunda Video late at night in December). The attacks were brutal, with no signs of robbery or sexual assault, and the lack of a clear motive—possibly linked to anti-porn sentiment—left the case unsolved despite the fear it spread across the city.

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