The Student's Verdict

Emily Hodge
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The host, Emily, currently works in criminal defence in the UK and, as a true crime fanatic, started The Student's Verdict blog which focused on cults, horrifying criminal cases and miscarriages of justice. Now she is stepping into the world of podcasting with The Student's Verdict podcast which will focus on historic criminal cases from the archives, missing persons cases and unusual deaths.

  1. 02/01/2021

    Ep 22 The Perfect Crime

    On 4th March 1989, Shirley Gibbs Russell went missing from her officers’ quarters in Quantico, Virginia. She was a Captain in the US Marine Corps. She has never been seen since. A 26 step plan to commit the perfect murder would point officers in the direction of Shirley’s killer. This would be the first case in US history where a person was convicted in a federal court of first-degree murder without a body, a crime scene or a weapon. Website: https://thestudentsverdict.wixsite.com/mysite Email: thestudentverdict@gmail.com All Links: https://linktr.ee/thestudentverdict Merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/the-students-verdicts-first-collection/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thestudentverdict Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/studentverdict Music is Drumming in the Rain Instrumental by Chad Crouch Resources: http://www.missingveterans.com/1989/shirley-gibbs-russell/#:~:text=Shirley%20Gibbs%20Russell%2C%20a%20Captain,Base%20on%20March%204%2C%201989.&text=Foul%20play%20is%20suspected%20in,murder%20of%20Shirley%20Russell%20Gibbs. https://charleyproject.org/case/shirley-gibbs-russell https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2013/10/schuylkill_county_native_conti.html https://apnews.com/article/742c3dee2d2f6704c0df16b6fdf080d9 http://paoddities.blogspot.com/2020/02/marine-corps-murder-sensational-trial.html https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/971/1098/72087/

    42 min

  2. 01/18/2021

    Ep 21 The Kidnapping of Marita Veron

    Maria de los Angeles Veron was a 23 year old woman living in the Tucuman Province in the northwest of Argentina. On the 3rd April 2002 she left her mother’s home to attend a hospital appointment when, according to witnesses, she was kidnapped by a group of people who dragged her into a red car. Evidence would later suggest these were human traffickers whose aim was to force her into a life of prostitution. In today’s episode we will look at one mother’s crusade to save her daughter. Website: https://thestudentsverdict.wixsite.com/mysite Email: thestudentverdict@gmail.com All Links: https://linktr.ee/thestudentverdict Merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/the-students-verdicts-first-collection/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thestudentverdict Music is Drumming in the Rain Instrumental by Chad Crouch Ad: https://tsfuthepodcast.com/ Resources: https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-trafficking-in-persons-report/argentina/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Marita_Ver%C3%B3n https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-26950479 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20705751 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25429736 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25150428 https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/01/03/inenglish/1388761518_070066.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susana_Trimarco http://www.tipheroes.org/sara-susana-del-valle-trimarco-de-veron/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_Argentina#:~:text=Some%2064%25%20of%20court%20cases,male%2C%20and%204%25%20transgender.

    27 min

  3. 12/30/2020

    Ep 20 Larissa Schuster: The Acid Lady

    Mother of two, Larissa Schuster, was going through a bitter divorce from her husband, Timothy Schuster. She’d told friends that she wanted her soon to be ex-husband dead and that she could do it and get away with it. So when Timothy went missing without a trace, Larissa quickly became the prime suspect in his disappearance. When police questioned one of Larissa’s co-worker’s the truth began to spill out and officials were shocked and horrified. The media would go on to call her The Acid Lady. Website: https://thestudentsverdict.wixsite.com/mysite Email: thestudentverdict@gmail.com All Links: https://linktr.ee/thestudentverdict Merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/the-students-verdicts-first-collection/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thestudentverdict Music is Drumming in the Rain Instrumental by Chad Crouch Ad: Pineapple Pizza Podcast Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larissa_Schuster https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/schuster-larissa.htm https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-court-of-appeal/1557281.html

    45 min

  4. 12/14/2020

    Ep 19 The Deadly Drug Trial

    In February 2006, 8 men applied to take part in a three day clinical trial for a new experimental drug, called TGN1412. It was hoped that this drug would revolutionise the treatment of Leukaemia and some autoimmune diseases. The drug had passed the animal trials and so next was the first human trial. One volunteer later recalled how the doctor “activated the needle - injected me - then I began to feel cold” and this was just the start. Doctors would later describe what followed as “a mystery”. Medical staff had no way of predicting how severe the situation was going to get as these volunteers were left fighting for their lives. Episode 19 ‘The Deadly Drug Trial is out at 7pm on Monday 14th December. Website: https://thestudentsverdict.wixsite.com/mysite Email: thestudentverdict@gmail.com All Links: https://linktr.ee/thestudentverdict Merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/the-students-verdicts-first-collection/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thestudentverdict Music is Drumming in the Rain Instrumental by Chad Crouch Resources: https://youtu.be/a9_sX93RHOk - ‘Drug Trial Goes Terribly Wrong: Emergency At The Hospital’ - Real Stories https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9226-uk-drug-trial-disaster-the-official-report/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2894972/elephant-man-drug-trial-victims-disfigured/ https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-drug-trial-bbc-examines-what-went-wrong-in-the-infamous-elephant-men-case_uk_58ac3bd1e4b07028b703c926?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAD_4FqcGgZhcCtMCzi86Ew1RpnAvHyuRi1_eCieRdIhpfLizPbhT-3nnp1NDCARMR4F9hbdJfWtR_PA8UNzi0ypyJM2cGb5-mfsLB1pwbqS-dAIpYQm3zIGJevTT2LZQWDdaOQ0eE83tEWCmtjd0B2REuwhRUQi83xfuAlfYKr2- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35766627 https://www.newscientist.com/term/cytokine-storm/ https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/cytokine-storm

    35 min

  5. 11/30/2020

    Ep 18 Missing: Asha Degree

    Asha Jaquilla Degree went missing from the home she shared with her parents and her brother when she was just 9 years old. Witnesses reported seeing the little girl walking along the highway in the rain. Without realising at the time, these witnesses were the last people to see Asha. 2020 marks 20 years since Asha’s disappearance, her family still believe that their little girl is out there, somewhere. If you have any information in the case of Asha Degree please contact the FBI Charlotte Field Office on 704-672-6100 Website: https://thestudentsverdict.wixsite.com/mysite Email: thestudentverdict@gmail.com All Links: https://linktr.ee/thestudentverdict Merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/the-students-verdicts-first-collection/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thestudentverdict Music is Drumming in the Rain Instrumental by Chad Crouch Resources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Asha_Degree https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/20th-anniversary-of-asha-degree-disappearance-021420 https://www.dailyarmy.com/stories/the-story-behind-asha-degrees-disappearance-and-new-details-from-the-case/ https://youtu.be/Y-9FtGTRWnk https://www.shelbystar.com/news/20201116/inmate-says-he-knows-what-happened-to-asha-degree?template=ampart

    21 min

  6. 11/16/2020

    Ep 17 The Murder of Pensioner Edna Phillips

    Content Warning/Trigger Warning: Graphic descriptions of violence and torture 70 year old Edna Phillips lived a quiet and secluded life with her white terrier Chum on the Penywaun estate in South Wales. Unfortunately, this estate had become increasingly dangerous as unemployment rates rose leading to higher levels of crime. Miss Phillips herself became the target of abuse after she complained about a family on the estate. She was verbally abused, rubbish was dumped in her garden, she had stones thrown at her and faeces were smeared on her house. Despite all of this evidence to support her request to be moved off the estate, the council failed to do so. The abuse would peak on the 16th July 1992 when Miss Phillips was attacked in her own home, she was tortured and murdered in the most brutal and vicious ways. Website: https://thestudentsverdict.wixsite.com/mysite Email: thestudentverdict@gmail.com All Links: https://linktr.ee/thestudentverdict Merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/the-students-verdicts-first-collection/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thestudentverdict Music is Drumming in the Rain Instrumental by Chad Crouch Ad: Reverie True Crime Podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/reverie-true-crime Resources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Edna_Phillips https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tina-molloy-aberdare-murder-inquest-16982279 https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/brutal-killing-pensioner-two-teenage-15209482 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/despair-and-death-on-an-estate-without-hope-peter-dunn-looks-at-the-background-to-the-brutal-murder-1496695.html ‘THE MOB IS LOOKING FOR REVENGE’ 18th March 1993, Irish Independent British Newspaper Archives ‘THE END COLUMN’ 12th March 1993, Virginia Heath, Evening Sentinel (Opinions Page) British Newspaper Archive ‘SHE WOULDN’T HAVE HURT A FLY, SAYS PAL’ 9th March 1993, The Journal British Newspaper Archives http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3479709.stm

    30 min

  7. 11/05/2020

    Ep 16 "I Represented a Serial Killer": An Interview with Defence Solicitor Dylan Rhys Jones

    Peter Moore was a British serial killer who managed cinemas in Wales by day and became a terrifying monster by night. In this episode I’ll be speaking to Peter Moore’s defence solicitor, Dylan Rhys Jones, about what it’s like representing a man accused of murdering 4 men and committing sex attacks on 39 other men over a 20 year period. Website: https://thestudentsverdict.wixsite.com/mysite Email: thestudentverdict@gmail.com All Links: https://linktr.ee/thestudentverdict Merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/the-students-verdicts-first-collection/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thestudentverdict Music is Drumming in the Rain Instrumental by Chad Crouch Dylan Rhys Jones - https://twitter.com/drjdylan Unfortunately, we can only cover so much in a podcast episode so to hear the full story, please read 'The Man In Black': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Black-Peter-Serial-Killer/dp/191263127X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QIF39X952K2R&dchild=1&keywords=dylan+rhys+jones&qid=1603311916&sprefix=dyaln+rhys+jones%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-1

    1h 33m

  8. 10/31/2020

    Ep 15 Halloween Special: The Toolbox Killers

    TW/CW This episode is very graphic and deals with sexual assault, rape, torture, suicide and murder. Listener discretion is strongly advised. This Halloween, I'll be covering the case of The Toolbox Killers. These two American serial killers raped, tortured and killed 5 teenage girls in Southern California in 1979. One of the killers was described by former FBI Agent John E Douglas as the "most disturbing individual" for whom he had ever created a criminal profile. This is one of the most horrifying cases I have ever covered and the scariest part is it's all true. Website: https://thestudentsverdict.wixsite.com/mysite Email: thestudentverdict@gmail.com All Links: https://linktr.ee/thestudentverdict Merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/the-students-verdicts-first-collection/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thestudentverdict Music is Drumming in the Rain Instrumental by Chad Crouch Ad: Ye Olde Crime https://linktr.ee/yeoldecrime Resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTOr-U7oAaQ - Lawrence Bittaker during his trial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Bittaker_and_Roy_Norris https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-supreme-court/1774155.html http://charleyproject.org/case/lucinda-lynn-schaefer http://charleyproject.org/case/andrea-joy-hall

    1h 40m
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The host, Emily, currently works in criminal defence in the UK and, as a true crime fanatic, started The Student's Verdict blog which focused on cults, horrifying criminal cases and miscarriages of justice. Now she is stepping into the world of podcasting with The Student's Verdict podcast which will focus on historic criminal cases from the archives, missing persons cases and unusual deaths.

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  • Creator
    Emily Hodge
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Emily Hodge
  • Show Website
    The Student's Verdict