Porchester Press

04/10/2025

Thought provoking insight.

The Perfect Storm: How America Became Home to Thousands of Serial Killers

The United States has given the world more serial killers than any other country—an unsettling fact backed by decades of data. 

But why?

In Part One of this two-part special, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell dig into the disturbing truth behind America’s dark reputation. From the rise of suburbia after WWII to the trauma of Vietnam, from law enforcement failures to the psychology of psychopaths in suits, we uncover the “perfect storm” that allowed killers like Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Samuel Little, and the Golden State Killer to thrive.

What makes America such fertile ground for serial killers?

How did suburbia and isolation hide monsters in plain sight?

And is the American Dream itself a mask for psychopathy?

https://open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/agmplwcq

02/10/2025

Ch ch ch ch chainges continue in Broadmarsh Nottingham.

28/09/2025

Robin Hood Half Marathon 2023

28/09/2025

Goose Fair 2023.

28/09/2025

Fingerprints may not grab headlines like DNA, but they’ve been solving crimes for over a century.
In this episode, Jacques Morrell shares stories from his detective career where fingerprints cracked cases ranging from burglary and cheque fraud to cold-blooded murder.

Simon and Jacques also trace the history of fingerprinting: from its discovery in the 19th century, to the first conviction in Argentina in 1892, and high-profile British murder cases where a single print made all the difference.

Join us as we reveal how fingerprints remain one of the most reliable—and sometimes overlooked—tools in forensic science.

https://open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/vnzdnk20

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28/09/2025

Calke Abbey has to be my favourite NT location. It's just 40 minutes from home and has everything, apart from an abbey, which I'm ok with.

26/09/2025

Cheer yourself by uploading an old school photograph of yourself to your AI app, then ask it for a cartoon version.
'Hey Presto' you've passed the audition for the Bash Street Kids.

26/09/2025

24/09/2025

23/09/2025

Even better than this depiction of Bendigo in Nottingham's Market Place in 1850, we'll take you back on a guided tour and show you some hidden gems from that time.

Here’s what was said about our
Guided Heritage Walk

“Fascinating! Absolutely fascinating walk/
story, told in an engaging and
accessible way"

NEXT TOUR

Sun, 5 Oct • 14:00

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-bendigo-story-tickets-127381011033

23/09/2025

Fiskerton is a quiet village in Nottinghamshire on the west bank of the River Trent.
On the other side of the river is East Stoke where in the summer of 1487 it witnessed bloodshed when the last battle of the infamous Wars of the Roses took place.
It saw bloodshed again in the summer of 1864 when Richard Thomas Parker murdered his mother. 
Parker was the last person to be publicly hanged at Nottingnam's Shire Hall, now the National Justice Museum.

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/46295364

21/09/2025

In a dark corner of Goose Gate two shadowy figures seem disturbed by my presence. Cracking artwork that seems to take a swipe at AI by creating a street-art caricature in AI style