On July 1st 2010 Raoul Moat was released from Durham prison. 5 days later - after the largest manhunt in Northumbria Police history – he would be dead, having shot three people, declared war on the police, seen 35,000 people join a supportive Facebook group and had a football legend in a dressing gown turn up to take him fishing.
But he was an utter dullard and we couldn’t care less.
This week we instead take a look at a remarkably similar case from 100 years earlier which saw a man called Tommy Craig also leave prison with murderous vengeance against his former fiancée and the authorities on his mind – and also accumulating an alarming amount of fans as he carried out his awful acts.
We also take a look at Harry Roberts, another surprisingly popular cop killer, “creative” baker and maddeningly competent driver FROM WHOM THERE IS MERCH AVAILABLE
And because we have a format to stick to we also travel back to 2010, the year of the Icelandic Ash Cloud, Deepwater Horizon, Swine Flu and, worst of all, Nick Clegg. Along the way, there’s also time to remember the Myrka, an unconvincing monster from Doctor Who, and Cyril Smith, an actual monster.
Along the way: John checks a healthy child into intensive care so he can go for a Nandos! Gareth is a fox apologist! Claire kills another dog! Former Spurs midfielder David Howells swallows his tongue! One of British Sea Power falls out of a tree!
Ingrid Pitt trying to karate kick a pantomime horse https://youtu.be/jUCSlb-jhsU
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