LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED: This episode has crimes against children, listen at your own discretion. This case opens up such an important discussion to be had about in the legal system and ethics in crimes committed by children.

In Memory of James Bulger

The case that continues to haunt us is the murder of James Bulger. What started as a normal shopping trip in February 1993 turned into every parent’s worst nightmare for Mother Denise Bulger. One moment her 2-year-old son James was right next to her as she paid for some groceries, & the next he was gone. Little did she know he had been taken by the hand by two boys who had intentionally set out that day to look for a victim. As a frantic search for James ensued, the youths were already leading him further away from his mother closer and closer towards a brutal & violent death.What was even more shocking is his abductors were only 10 years old.The two boys were caught & sentenced but spent just a few years behind bars before being handed new identities at the taxpayer's expense. People across Britain were outraged & the media openly expressed the uproar the lenient sentences had caused.With one of his killers Robert Thompson now free to live his life behind a secret identity & the other killer Jon Venables back in prison again for child exploitation offences, it leaves us asking important questions...Should child killers who were only children themselves at the time of the crime ever be freed to live amongst us? Or if a person is capable of killing at such a young age, then are they in-fact too dangerous to ever be released again?This is a case that was so heinous, so unbelievably wicked & cruel that it still haunts many of us even decades later as the nation continues to mourn for little James.

Connect with the Podcasters:
Links to Listen to Don't Blame the Mom
DBTM Instagram
DBTM TIK TOK
E-mail : [email protected]

Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/james-bulger-caseBy Daniel Rennie | Edited By John KuroskiPublished October 27, 2023Updated November 9, 2023For All that’s interesting
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/james-bulger-murder-jon-venables-parole-b2446946.htmlarticle by Joe Sommerlad for the Independent
https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2001/apr/27/socialcarearticle by Helen Carter for The Guardian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulgerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkbywiki
https://archives.knowsley.gov.uk/kirkby/history-of-kirkby/article for the Archive resources for Knowsley
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/13/james-bulger-killer-jon-venables-loses-parole-board-bid-to-be-freed-from-jailarticle by Nyima Jobe and agency for the Guardian
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/james-bulgerarticle for Crime and Investigation
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/robert-venables-james-bulger-parole-25263035article by Thomas George for the Manchester Evening Newshttps://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199798/ldjudgmt/jd970612/vandt01.htmwww.parliment .co.uk
https://www.bbcselect.com/watch/untold-the-murder-of-james-bulger/Untold: the murder of James Bulger on BBC Select
https://www.9now.com.au/60-minutes/2021/episode-2360 minutes season 2021Ep 23 Unforgettable & Unforgivable
https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/young/bulger/3.htmlDeath of James by Shirley Lynn Scott
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a43449502/maxine-carr-now/article by Chloe Bowen & Jade Biggs for Cosmopolitan
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/evil-killers-criminals-given-lifelong-27995520article by Amanda Bagdi for Birmingham Live
https://www.securechildrenshomes.org.uk/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bellhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soham_murders Wiki
https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/fury-after-james-bulgers-killer-jon-venables-had-sex-with-prison-guard-6385488.htmlarticle for The Standard
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jun/06/alantravisarticle by Alan Travis for The Guardian
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10943158/inside-abandoned-prison-james-bulger-killer-jon-venables/article by Nicola Stow for The Sun Newspaper
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/20/james-bulger-murder-25-years-on-mother-denise-fergusarticle by Simon Hattenstone for The Guardian
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/robert-thompson-where-is-now-31433618.amparticle by Saffron Otter for The Mirror
the guardian.com/ Wikipedia/ bbc.co.uk/ for James.org
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/you-should-be-here--6405928/support.