13 O’Clock Episode 295 LIVE: Jimmy Savile

14 Apr 202214 Apr 2022 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Jimmy Savile was once one of Britain’s most beloved celebrities; starting out as a dance-hall DJ, his larger-than-life personality and eccentric manner ensured that he soon rocketed to the forefront of the public consciousness, leading to long-term stints on Radio 1, Top of the Pops, and Jim’ll Fix It. He was also very active in charity work, raising copious sums for children’s hospitals and other causes, and he hobnobbed with the likes of Prince Charles, Margaret Thatcher, and even the bloody Pope. But even as far back as the 1950s, rumors and accusations circulated that Jimmy Savile had a much darker side, one that preyed upon vulnerable children and young people. Though he was never arrested during his lifetime, after his death in 2011, the floodgates opened, and hundreds of accusers came forward, some of whom had reported his abuse decades before, only to be ignored. Join Jenny and Tom on this appalling journey through the half-century rampage of this irredeemable sexual predator who, because of his wealth, fame, and connections, was able to operate almost out in the open without ever being called into account for his actions.

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13 O’Clock Episode 294 LIVE: Real Stories Behind Grimm’s Fairy Tales

7 Apr 20227 Apr 2022 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Most everyone is familiar with the fantastical tales we were told as children, or saw as relatively innocuous Disney cartoons. But there’s a lot more to those old fairy tales than meets the eye, including those compiled by the Brothers Grimm. Not only were most of them far darker and more gruesome than the versions most of us are familiar with, but several of them are based on real-life people and tragedies. Join Tom and Jenny as they delve into the histories behind the stories of Hansel & Gretel, Rapunzel, Beauty and the Beast, and Bluebeard on this grim and fanciful episode 294.

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13 O’Clock Episode 292 LIVE: Cold Cases Updated and Solved

24 Mar 202224 Mar 2022 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Here on 13 O’Clock, we’ve covered a lot of creepy disappearances and unsolved murders, but every now and then, some of these cold cases actually do get solved. On this installment, Tom and Jenny will be discussing updates to some of the missing persons cases we’ve talked about on prior shows, including the disappearances of Brandon Lawson, Alissa Turney, and Andrew Gosden. We’ll also talk about the bizarre case of Sherri Papini, which was recently solved, and get into the high-profile case of Gabby Petito, also cracked in 2021. And as a bonus, we’ll get into a horrific lover’s lane murder from 1956 — that of Patty Kalitzke and Duane Bogle — that was definitively solved with DNA after more than 65 years, as well as a gruesome murder from 1971 — that of Maureen Brubaker Farley — which was also finally cracked the same year. Get ready to solve some cold cases with Tom and Jenny on an update-heavy episode 292.

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13 O’Clock Episode 291 LIVE: The Grindr Killer & Other Online Murderers

17 Mar 202217 Mar 2022 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

The internet has changed the way the entire world functions in a relatively short amount of time, and it should be no surprise that, for as many benefits as the internet has brought us, there are many dark corners of cyberspace where serial killers search for (and find) their victims. On this installment of 13 O’Clock, Tom and Jenny delve into some true crime cases, and discuss a handful of serial killers who used the internet as a significant means of stalking their prey or bragging about it afterwards. We’ll talk about notorious “Internet Slave Master” John Edward Robinson, also known as The Internet’s First Serial Killer; the British murderer Stephen Port, called the Grindr Killer; Todd Kohlhepp, The Amazon Review Killer; and Hiroshi Maeue, The Suicide Website Murderer. Make sure you reinforce your firewalls and clear your browser histories, because we’re diving deep into the dark side of the web on episode 291.

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Episode 290 LIVE: The Death of Azaria Chamberlain (The Dingo Ate My Baby Case)

10 Mar 202210 Mar 2022 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Most people, particularly those who grew up during the 1980s, are familiar with the pop culture phrase, “A dingo ate my baby!” What many people may not know is that this line, often used as a joke, refers to a very real and unbelievably tragic event. Back in 1980, at Uluru in the Northern Territory of Australia, the Chamberlain family was on a camping trip when the unimaginable happened: a dingo apparently nosed its way into the tent where nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain was sleeping and carried the infant off. The body was never found, though some of the child’s clothing was eventually discovered. As if that event wasn’t horrible enough, the media, a large segment of the public, and the authorities came to believe that the baby’s mother Lindy had actually murdered the infant and used the dingo story as a coverup. This belief — later called into question — led to a conviction and a prison sentence, and might be perhaps one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in Australian legal history. Travel Down Under with Tom and Jenny as they look into this heartbreaking case on a wild and woeful episode 290.

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13 O’Clock Episode 288 LIVE: Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen

24 Feb 202224 Feb 2022 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

The mid to late 1970s were the heyday of punk rock, and one of the people who most embodied the nihilistic and self-destructive allure of the punk subculture was Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. A drug addict from a broken home, Sid’s anarchic attitude and unpredictable (and sometimes violent) behavior became synonymous with punk rebellion, but his already disordered life spiralled even further out of his control when he met American groupie and sex worker Nancy Spungen. The two became inseparable, and seemed to have exacerbated each other’s worst tendencies. It all ended in tragedy in October of 1978, when Nancy was found dead from a single stab wound in the infamous Chelsea Hotel in New York City; Sid was so far gone on drugs he couldn’t remember if he had killed her or not. Though he was arrested for her murder, he died of a heroin overdose before he was ever tried, and to this day, no one is entirely sure what exactly happened to Nancy Spungen. Pogo along with 13 O’Clock as we dive headfirst into the filth and the fury on a young, loud, and snotty episode 288.

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13 O’Clock Episode 286 LIVE: Fast Food Massacres

10 Feb 2022 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

When most people think of fast food, they either think of cheap, comforting convenience or questionable health choices, but one thing most people DON’T think of is mass murder. Sadly, though, fast food restaurants have seen their share of violence, and on tonight’s livestream, we’ll discuss a handful of these appalling cases, including the 1991 Luby’s massacre in Killeen, Texas; the 1984 McDonald’s massacre in San Diego, California; the infamous Fast Food Killer, Paul Dennis Reid, who murdered seven people across three restaurants, and more. You might not want to super-size that order as Tom and Jenny exlore the dark side of fast food on a grim and gruesome episode 286.

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Episode 285 LIVE: James Ruppert and the Easter Sunday Massacre

3 Feb 20224 Feb 2022 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

It was Easter Sunday, 1975, in Hamilton, Ohio. The Ruppert family was spending it as many families did, preparing a festive meal in the kitchen and having an Easter egg hunt on the front lawn. Suddenly, unassuming James Ruppert, who had spent the previous night drinking in his favorite bar, emerged from an upstairs bedroom bearing several firearms, and began to open fire on his celebrating family members, ultimately killing eleven people, including several children. What made this supposedly quiet man snap and wipe out his family? Join Tom and Jenny on this disturbing tale of mass murder on a tragic and terrifying episode 285.

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13 O’Clock Episode 281 LIVE: The Lindbergh Kidnapping

6 Jan 2022 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

In 1932, the baby son of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped from his nursery, a ransom note left in his place. Over the next several weeks, a series of further ransom notes arrived from the kidnapper or kidnappers, sending investigators and family members on a wild goose chase. Tragically, though the ransom was paid, the baby was found dead two months after his abduction. By tracking the ransom money, detectives were eventually able to arrest and convict a German carpenter by the name of Bruno Hauptmann, but over the years, some armchair theorists have come to believe that Hauptmann didn’t work alone, and that an organized gang lay behind the horrifying crime. Join Tom and Jenny as they delve into one of the most infamous cases of the 20th century on a sad and shocking episode 281.

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13 O’Clock Episode 278 LIVE: The Zodiac Killer Revisited

17 Dec 2021 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Easily one of the best known true crime cases in American history, the series of horrific murders committed by an unidentified serial killer known only as the Zodiac has baffled law enforcement and armchair investigators since the murders occurred in the late 1960s. 13 O’Clock originally did an episode about the case back in September of 2018. But just in the past several months, new allegations have come to light; not only has one of the previously unsolved and very famous Zodiac ciphers been decoded at last, but an independent team of investigators known as the Case Breakers has made the bold claim that they have finally identified the man responsible for at least five murders in northern California in 1968 and 1969, stating that the culprit was a man named Gary Francis Poste, a former house painter who had a previous arrest for domestic violence and died in 2018. Has the elusive Zodiac been unmasked after more than fifty years? Put on your best codebreaking pants and come along with Tom and Jenny as they dive into a fascinating follow-up on the Zodiac case on episode 278.

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