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Jeremy Bamber: Five Murders. Is the Wrong Man Still in Prison? | Matthew Steeples
· 42 min · Episode 702
Episode Jeremy Bamber: Five Murders. Is the Wrong Man Still in Prison? | Matthew Steeples
Five family members murdered. One disputed phone call. Could Jeremy Bamber be serving life for a crime he didn’t commit?
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Matthew Steeples joins Andrew Gold on Heretics to examine the White House Farm murders, Jeremy Bamber’s conviction and the evidence Matthew believes demands a fresh investigation.
In 1985, five members of the Bamber family were killed at their farmhouse in Essex. Jeremy Bamber was convicted the following year and has consistently maintained his innocence. But a disputed account of a 6:09am emergency call raises an unsettling question: if Bamber was outside with police, who could have been calling from inside?
How did an apparent murder-suicide become a murder conviction? Why does the silencer remain so fiercely contested? And what happened to evidence that might have helped establish the truth?
We explore Sheila Caffell’s story, Julie Mugford’s testimony, questions about Essex Police’s handling of the crime scene, and the investigation by The New Yorker’s Heidi Blake, discussed in the Blood Relatives podcast. Matthew explains why he changed his mind about the case—and why he believes the fight over Bamber’s conviction is far from over.
Could this be a miscarriage of justice? Or do the doubts fall short of overturning the verdict?
Which detail deserves the closest scrutiny: the phone call, the silencer or the handling of the crime scene? Tell us in the comments, and subscribe to Heretics for more conversations with Andrew Gold.
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