Jessica London
Bio
Lover of tea. Mother of two. Reader, writer & feminist. Interested in the wine, not the label. Former Tech CEO. Aspiring Crime Fiction author & MA student.
Writing passions include True Crime, Feminism, Social Commentary, Books & Wellbeing.
Stories (11/0)
The Facebook Killer
Peter Cartwright looked like a normal, attractive 19-year-old boy. That’s why, when 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall received an unexpected friend request from him, she accepted. Peter’s profile looked authentic. Not a new profile, with plenty of photographs, comments from friends, a local hometown, Peter Cartwright looked like the real deal.
By Jessica London4 months ago in Criminal
2022 Death Row — Who’s Scheduled to Die this Year, and Why?
12 men are currently scheduled to be executed in 2022. They are sitting on death row in five states: Ohio (4), Texas (3), Oklahoma (2), Tennessee (2), and Alabama (1). Some of these men have waited years for their execution, whereas others haven’t been on death row that long, comparatively speaking.
By Jessica London4 months ago in Criminal
Sunday School Mom on Death Row
Brenda Andrew was just 38 years old when she murdered her husband for $800,000 in insurance money. In partnership with her lover and fellow Church member, she lured her husband into her garage and the pair shot him twice. Brenda Andrew had previously failed to kill her husband when he noticed that his car’s brake line had been severed and reported to police that he believed he was being targeted in a murderous conspiracy.
By Jessica London9 months ago in Criminal
The Wimbledon Murder
On the 15th of July 1992, Rachel Nickell, her son Alex and their dog Molly went for a walk on Wimbledon Common. It was a bright, summer morning and plenty of Londoners were enjoying the natural space, completely unaware of the predator in their midst.
By Jessica London9 months ago in Criminal
The Tragedy of Pigeon Goldie
The Cecil Hotel is now globally renowned, and for all of the wrong reasons. The latest Netflix docu-series, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, highlights the hotel’s disturbing past and present, through an exploration of the sad case of Elisa Lam.
By Jessica London9 months ago in Criminal
The Poisoning of James Cameron and the Titanic Cast
It’s relatively well-known that the filming of Titanic was challenging; many cast and crew suffered illness and injury, including Kate Winslet herself who contract pneumonia, chipped bones, and almost drowned. Some people believe the production to have been ‘cursed,’ but it definitely wasn’t a supernatural activity that left approx 70 of the cast and crew suffering severely following a deliberate poisoning on-set.
By Jessica London9 months ago in Criminal
The World's Youngest Serial Killer
Mushahar is a small village in rural India. A village filled with playing groups of children, hard-working women chatting over chores and men out working the fields from dawn til dusk. People have very little money, but their sense of family and community is strong.
By Jessica London9 months ago in Criminal
How a 17-year-old Convinced a Serial Killer to Spare her Life
Lisa McVey had always been a survivor. Growing up a victim of abuse, daughter of a mother with drug and alcohol problems, Lisa was sexually assaulted on a regular basis between 14 and 17 years old. Forced deep into depression, even contemplating suicide, Lisa had no way of knowing that her experience with abusive men would one day save her life.
By Jessica London9 months ago in Criminal
The Deathly Female Contemporary of Jack the Ripper
Content warning: this article contains descriptions of the abuse and murder of children including genuine witness testimony from the 1800s which elaborates on the condition of the victims. Additionally, this article contains a discussion of capital punishment and extreme poverty.
By Jessica London10 months ago in Criminal
