PLAUCHÉ, GARY: True Crime Recaps 2023 -
Linda Boyd was working as a bartender in the airport lounge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sitting on one of the bar stools Murray Curry nursed a triple Jim Beam while the two talked to Washington Post reporter Art Harris. ‘I’d have shot him too if he’d done what they say he’d done to my boys, only I’d have gut-shot him three or four times and he’d have suffered before he died,’ Linda said. Murray said, ‘He’s no killer. He’s a father who’d done it out of love for his child and for his pride.’ True Crime Recaps: Father Takes Revenge on Live TV! Jody Plauché Story, Youtube 6.30, 2023
On March 16th 1984 at around 9.30 p.m. Gary Plauché shot Jeff Douchet in the airport terminal across from Linda’s bar. And the reason why he pulled the trigger will make you ask yourself, What wouldn’t I do for someone I love?’ ibid.
He [Douchet] had just been arrested for kidnapping and abusing Gary’s ten-year-old son. ibid.
PLCH, VACLAV: Homicide: Hours to Kill TV -
Piscataquog River, Manchester, 20th July 1999: [rozzer]: When I opened the bag the first thing I saw was the torso of a woman. Homicide: Hours to Kill s1e10: Red River, Channel 4 2024
Mary Stetson was reported missing that morning. ibid.
She died of multiple stab wounds. The dismemberment was almost done surgically. ibid.
Detectives have proof Mary Stetson was inside Vaclav Plch’s apartment the night she disappeared. Now they are looking for evidence of murder. ibid.
PODOLA, GUENTHER FRITZ: Great Crimes & Trials TV - British Executions online -
Podola was found guilty and sentenced to death. He was hanged on 5th November 1959 at Wandsworth Prison: the last man to be executed in Great Britain for killing a policeman. Great Crimes & Trials s3e19: Browne & Kennedy & Other Police Killers, BBC 1996
Guenther Podola, the last person to be hanged for the murder of a policeman.
Guenther Fritz Erwin Podola (8 February 1929 – 5 November 1959) was a German-born petty thief, and the last man to be hanged in Britain for killing a police officer. His trial was notable and controversial because of his defence of amnesia and the use of expert witnesses to determine whether his illness was real ...
Podola moved to London on 21 May 1959. He assumed the alias of Mike Colato and pretended to be a gangster. He broke into the house of an American model, Verne Schiffmann, and stole jewellery and furs worth £2,000. He tried to blackmail her in return for her possessions, asking for £500, but she notified the police who attempted to arrest Podola on 12 July 1959 in Kensington. Podola shot one of the officers, Detective Sergeant Raymond Purdy, through the heart with a Radom 9mm semi-automatic pistol. He was later apprehended and Podola claimed he was beaten up by the police and that as a result he lost his memory of events. The police claimed that he was merely hit on the head when they broke down the door to his hotel room. British Executions online article
POLKINGHORNE, PHILIP: Polk: The Trial of Philip Polkinghorne
My wife’s dead. She’s hung herself. Polk: The Trial of Philip Polkinghorne I, Sky 2025
She [wife] never called back. ibid. private investigator Julia Moore
Pauline is survived by prominent eye surgeon, Philip Polkinghorne. ibid. news
There were only two people in that house. So he has to be a person of interest. ibid. Julia
Today her husband, 69-year-old Philip Polkinghorne, appeared in court charged with her murder. ibid. news
I have a story to tell, and I want to tell it. ibid. Polkinghorne to Julia
She was working 24/7. She took medication to help her sleep. ibid.
I wasn’t given my rights. Any of that stuff. ibid.
Drugs Discovered In Polkinghorne Property: In total, police found 37.7g of meth and another glass pipe in his multi-million-dollar home as they investigated how Pauline Hanna had died. ibid. newspaper article
I did know she’d used it on ocassions … I didn’t smoke it. ibid. Polkinghorne
And she said, I’m Philip Polkinghorne’s mistress. ibid. Julia
Nothing added up. I thought, what’s he up to? Polk: The Trial of Philip Polkinghorne II, brother
I am never good enough despite my efforts. ibid. Pauline’s note
He said he wanted to be my partner. ibid. mistress
He was way more interested in drugs. ibid.
High levels of methamphetamine contamination found at accused’s workplace. ibid. news headline
So did Pauline find something? And he killed her. ibid. Julia
I think his behaviour was changing. ibid. brother
There were also various other things that were at odds with Pauline Hanna taking her own life … The top sheet was entirely unexplained. ibid. prosecutor
He just transitioned into effortless lying. ibid. mistress
My stomach was just mashing itself into a knot. And I knew he’d done it [poisoned me]. Because I was thinking about his story kept changing. He couldn’t work out how he’d found Pauline. ibid.
Now I think he’s actually a guilty man pretending to be an innocent man. ibid.
Clearly, the whole thing is getting out of control. Polk: The Trial of Philip Polkinghorne III, deceased’s bother
I believe Pauline was in a relationship defined by coersive control. ibid. Julia
He thinks he’s the smartest man in the room. ibid. deceased’s brother
Friend of Pauline Hanna’s dramatic strangulation re-enactment. ibid. news headline
The pathology certainly favours suicidal hanging. ibid. pathologist
She had bruising on her back, on her shoulders and face. ibid. Julia
Not guilty. ibid. jury
POMPHRET, DAVID: Faking It: Tears of a Crime TV -
A mother murdered found by her husband. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s4e1: David Pomphret
Warrington, Cheshire, November 2018: The victim – his wife: Ann Marie Pomphret. The scene – the secluded stables where they kept horses, 2 miles from their £500,000 home. ibid.
The first clue – his reluctance to mention Ann-Marie’s name in the 999 call. ibid.
If this was genuine sadness, you would expect to see tears. ibid. Cliff
After murdering his wife, Pomphret moved quickly to cover his tracks. ibid.