Podcast Investigates Potential Miscarriage of Justice in Infamous British Familyโ Massacre
LONDON – Aโค new investigative โคpodcast from The New Yorker, “Blood relatives,” is poised to re-examine the 1985 Whitehouseโค Farm murders, a case initially โขbelieved to be a murder-suicide that ultimately led to a life sentence forโ Jeremy Bamber.The six-part series, launching October โ28th, promises to โunveil previously unheard evidence and challenge theโ prosecution’s โขtheory of the โคcrime, raising โquestions about Bamber’s โฃconviction and the integrity of the British legal system.
The Whitehouse Farm killingsโ shocked Britain, claiming the โฃlives of jeremy Bamber’s parents, sister, and his six-year-old โขtwin nephews. โSheila Bamberโฃ was initiallyโ suspectedโ of the murders,but suspicion quickly shiftedโ to her brother,Jeremy,who was convicted the following โฃyear and remains one โขofโ the UK’s mostโ reviled convicts. Now, โnearly four decades later, a tip to New Yorker staff writer Heidi Blakeโ hasโฃ spurred a comprehensive reinvestigation.
“Blood Relatives” will presentโข evidence never โbefore โขshared with the jury and โfeature conversations โwith sources offering new perspectives on theโค events.New Yorker โฃ subscribers can access all episodes immediately and ad-free via the New Yorker app and Apple Podcasts. non-subscribers will have access to โขthe first โฃtwo episodes on โคall podcast platforms starting โฃOctober 28th, with subsequent episodes released weekly on Tuesdays.
This release marks the firstโ project from In the Dark โ since it’s third season won a Pulitzer Prizeโ in May for its reporting on โขthe killings of twenty-five civilians by U.S. forces in Iraq. โAs its 2016 debut, In the Dark has garnered three Peabody Awards and, in 2019, became the first podcastโ toโ receiveโฃ a George Polkโข Award – establishing โitself โas aโข leading โforce โคin long-form audio journalism. Listeners are โคencouraged to follow โ In the Dark to ensure they โdon’t miss an episode.
