In 1984 Joe Steele was sentenced to Life imprisonment for 6 murders during Glasgow’s ice-cream wars. He spent 18 years behind bars before evidence emerged which proved that he was in face innocent … He was eventually released in 2004. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld s1e6: Goodfellas? Quest 2014
Two people have died last night in a fire in Glasgow. Seven others were injured. The Ice Cream Wars I, BBC Breakfast news, Amazon 2014
Vicious gangsterism aimed at controlling at major sector of the city’s ice cream trade. ibid. reporter
Ice creams vans compensated for the lack of shops. ibid.
It was not only gangs who had become territorial. ibid.
TC Campbell: part of the Barlanark team … Tam McGraw was very very feared. ibid.
Rumours spread that criminals were using ice cream vans as a quick and mobile way to deal drugs. ibid.
Just three members of the Doyle family survived the fire. ibid.
The Secretary of State has decided to refer the cases of the so-called Ice Cream Wars murderers back to the Appeal Court. The Ice Cream Wars II, BBC news
Effectively the Campbell family were in the ice-cream business. ibid. reporter
Thomas Campbell and Joe Steele became known as the Glasgow 2. ibid.
This is Backend Street in Glasgow’s East End. Standing here it’s hard to believe but back in the 1980s this was the scene of a mass murder that transfixed and horrified the country, and this community which bears the scars to this day. The fire that engulfed and killed six members of the same family was a shocking crime that changed many lives for ever. It was said that the fire was ignited by a bitter turf war. Once Upon a True Crime s1e4: The Ice Cream Wars, CI 2022
‘At that time people were well aware that there were individual officers within Glasgow that were in the pay of serious organised crime.’ ibid. lawyer for Campbell
This one has no ending. Why did this happen? What lay at the heart of an innocent family? And who was really responsible? ibid.
The police case against Joe Steele and Thomas Campbell was built around two witness statements from two known criminals. ibid.
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Listen, roughness is everything. It’s more funnier than casual sex. Signs of a Psychopath s6e5: I Still Care About Her, Ryan records sexual encounter
Body Found in Orlando Apartment. ibid. News3 banner
Lora Fischer was a single mother of two young girls. She had been dating Ryan Doyle less than a month. ibid. captions
When Doyle is released from the hospital, he is brought in for questioning … March 18th 2013, Henderson County Sheriff’s Department, North Carolina. ibid.
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‘There was a video tape’ … ‘30 different stab wounds’ … Cassie-Jo’s stepfather reaches the den then stops cold … On the floor of the den is the bloody and lifeless body of Cassie-Jo Stoddart. Killer Kids s4e10: Ready, Set, Action & What Happens in Vegas, LMN 2015
The boys are brought into headquarters for further questioning; the FBI security cameras did not show Torey and Brian entering the movie theatre parking lot. ibid.
The tape begins the night before Cassie-Jo’s murder. ibid.
‘Our first victim is going to be Cassie Stoddart. She’s going to be alone in a big dark house out in the middle of nowhere. How perfect can you get.’ True Crime Recaps: Masked Teen Slashers Copied Horror Movie! Youtube 20.51, 2022
‘There’s nothing more dangerous than two teenage psychos with some serious issues and a major obsession.’ ibid.
They were planning to outdo the worst of the worst. ibid.
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Cults, polygamy and wild delusions. Her story seems to have it all. The only thing it’s missing is a compelling reason why this 24-year-old mother murdered her baby girl. She was sure she was pouring evil into her baby. She breastfed her. But the jury didn’t buy her insanity defense. Now Chloe Driver is looking at life in prison. True Crime Recaps: Dark Intentions: What Drives a Mother to Kill Her 13-Month-Old Daughter? Youtube 2025
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Abbotsford, British Colombia: Police investigate a crime scene on the banks below a canal. Behind the tapeline the victim of a brutal attack. Crime Stories s1e2: Terry Driver, Court TV 1998
October 1995: A 16-year-old girl stumbles out of the dark into MSA General Hospital. She is confused and covered in blood. Nurses discover a massive fracture in her skull that will be fatal if left untreated. The girl’s name is Misty Cockerill. ibid.
Fishermen gathering at Vedder canal between Abbotsford and Chilliwack spot the naked body of a young woman. ibid.
Within a week 85 investigators are on the case. ibid.
You have scientific proof that number one, he touched the letter that confesses to the murder; number two, the bite mark itself matched to him; and number three, his DNA was found in the bite mark. ibid. Mike Olsen, Abbotsford forensics
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Some very bad men kill for pleasure but they get an even bigger thrill leading others down the sadistic path. Very Bad Men s4e5: Thrill Kill
Hollandsburg, Indiana: a gang of four men storms into a rural home with loaded shotguns and malicious intent. ibid.
A marauding gang led by a bloodthirsty killer guns down four innocent young brothers … Roger Drollinger is convicted of murder and given four Life sentences. ibid.
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The fire brigade came quickly but it was already too late. The house – tinder dry, derelict, and scheduled for demolition – had gone up like a torch. No-one could be sure if the occupants had got out. They were a random shifting population of down-and-outs. Trial & Error: Mary Druhan, Channel 4 1993
Another homeless person was found guilty of setting the house on fire. That made Mary Druhan guilty of murder twice over, killing two men, a friend and a lover. ibid.
We believe that Mary Druhan, for ever one of life’s casualties, is now a victim of a miscarriage of justice. ibid.
Justice was uneasy about the conviction of Mary Druhan … ‘Absolutely no forensics.’ ibid.
How little and unreliable the evidence. ibid.