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The Criminal Makeup

65: The EVIL 13 Year Old Who Did The Unthinkable – The Disturbing Case of Eric Smith

The Criminal Makeup

The Criminal Makeup

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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0:00.0

Hear that? It's a heat pump from British gas. You hardly know it's there until you see your heat in bills.

0:08.0

When you'll be blowing away by savings of up to £385 a year and they're not only cheaper to run,

0:14.0

they're now cheaper to buy as you could get a £5,000 government grant.

0:18.0

So why aren't we shouting about them from the rooftops? Well, we are.

0:23.0

So it's British gas heat pumps.

0:25.0

Exclusions like conditions apply. Government grant subject to eligibility.

0:40.0

Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing so well and welcome back to the Criminal Makeup Podcast.

0:45.0

Each episode we dive into the minds of some of the worst criminals in history.

0:50.0

And today we are going to be talking about the case of Eric Smith.

0:54.0

So today we are going to be talking about one of the most unthinkable crimes imaginable,

1:00.0

which is when a child kills another child.

1:05.0

Because at the age of just 13, Eric Smith carried out an absolutely horrific act.

1:12.0

And oh god, these cases are always just horrible.

1:16.0

And at the time, as these cases involving children so often do,

1:21.0

and usually because the brutality of the crime, it became a huge media sensation.

1:26.0

And Eric ended up making national headlines.

1:29.0

And we actually have a very similar case happen here in the UK,

1:33.0

which if you're from the UK, I'm sure you've heard of this,

1:36.0

which was the murder of two-year-old James Bulger.

1:40.0

And that murder was carried out by two 10-year-old boys.

1:44.0

But what is really strange about those two cases is that they happen at a very similar time to one another.

1:51.0

The cases took place less than six months apart.

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