291: Two 10 Year Old Murderers - February 12 2020 - Today in True Crime History

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com Babies killing babies, it’s a crime you don’t hear about often so when it does happen it leaves you with that horrible pit in your stomach. On February 12th 1993 a 2 year old boy lost his life at the hands of two 10 year old boys. James Bulger Killed (1993) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the Silver Lake section of
0:03.8	We have a weird.
0:05.3	A weird crime is described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.
0:09.5	Morning.
0:09.8	Cuff of murder.
0:10.9	Babies killing babies.
0:12.7	It's a crime you don't hear about often.
0:15.3	So when it does happen, it leaves you with that horrible pit in your stomach.
0:19.8	On February 12, 1993, a two-year-old boy lost his life at the hands of two 10-year-old boys.
0:28.1	So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning
0:33.5	cup of murder.
0:37.9	On February 12, 1993, CCTV in Boodle, England caught the sight of two 10-year-old
0:45.0	boys wandering through the New Strand Center, looking at other children pass by.
0:51.3	Robert Thompson and John Venables spent their day, truant from school, stealing small items from
0:57.0	stores like a troll doll, batteries, and a can of blue paint, all while looking for the perfect
1:03.0	target. And that's exactly what they found when they passed two-year-old James Patrick Bollger,
1:10.3	shopping with his mother.
1:11.8	While she was distracted in a butcher's shop on the lower level of the center,
1:15.8	the boys approached James, took him by the hand, and simply led him away from the shopping center.
1:21.9	Between witnesses, CCTV, and later testimony, their actions were pretty well documented.
1:28.7	The boys led James about a quarter of a mile away before dropping him on his head and causing a
1:33.7	serious injury to his face.
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