161. Jacqueline Bartlam - Fiction or Reality?

On this episode of MWMH, Payton and Garrett discuss 14-year-old Daniel Bartlam’s ability to murder his own mother for fun. 

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Case Sources:

BBC News, “Nottingham fire death: Boy ‘beat woman with hammer,’” no author provided, January 23, 2012

BBC News, “Nottingham fire death: Boy admits killing woman and burning body,” no author provided, January 31, 2012

BBC News, “Nottingham hammer death: Boy guilty of murder,” no author provided, February 9, 2012

BBC News, “Daniel Bartlam, 15, detained for mother’s hammer murder,” no author provided, April 2, 2012

Dailymail.co.uk, “Coronation Street killer was ‘fascinated by horror DVDs and violent games from age eight and it was all too easy for him to get hold of them,’ says victim’s former partner,” by Andy Dolan, April 2, 2012

Dailymail.co.uk, “Stepfather of Daniel Bartlam tells of teenager’s bizarre behavior before ‘Coronation Street’ killing,” by Ruth Styles, January 30, 2014

Mirror.co.uk, “Corrie copycat killer: Lad watched soap villain’s hammer murder then butchered mum the same way,” by Louie Smith, April 3, 2012

Mirror.co.uk, “Tragic mum beams as she’s pictured with Corrie killer son Daniel Bartlam – who would grow up to murder her,” by Ben Griffiths, February 14, 2013

Mirror.co.uk, “Mum of Coronation Street copycat killer could have been saved if she’d got son help,” by Martin Fricker, May 10, 2016

Nottinghampost.com, “The chilling story behind the Nottinghamshire boy who killed his own mum,” by Rebecca Sherdley, October 18, 2020

Nottinghampost.com, “Jacqueline Barlam murder: My agony over our grandson, 14, who killed his own mum,” by Nottingham Post, July 31, 2017

Nottinghampost.com, “When Nottingham’s most notorious criminals are due for release from prison,” by Rebecca Sherdley, August 14, 2021

The Evening Standard, “14-year-old boy charged with woman’s murder,” no author provided, April 28, 2011

The Guardian, “Teenager Daniel Bartlam jailed for killing mother with hammer,” by Sam Jones, April 2, 2012

Medium.com, “The Coronation Street Killer,” by Jacob Wilkins, January 7, 2021

Findagrave.com, Jacqueline Bryant Bartlam

Express.co.uk, “You were a special mum. I still miss you every day,” article by James Fielding, April 8, 2012

Crime Traveller, “Daniel Bartlam: A Teenage Boy Convicted of His Mother’s Murder,” by Fiona Guy, June 14, 2022

Dailystar.co.uk, “Fear Coronation Street ‘copycat killer’ who murdered mum at 14 could be FREED,” by Emily Hall, April 14, 2019

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Assisted research and writing by Diane Birnholz

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