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Crimelines True Crime

Carol Taggart | Prison of Control

Crimelines True Crime

Crimelines True Crime

True Crime

4.64.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

When Carol Anne Taggart went missing, it wouldn’t take long for the authorities to close the book on what happened to her. But due to a loophole in Scottish law, her killer would be controlling things for years to come. Carol’s family is trying to change that.

Contact your MSP: https://www.parliament.scot/msps

*This case is solved*

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0:00.0

It's another month and time for more patron birthday shoutouts. I do this as another way to thank my patron community for helping me build the show and keep going and be able to be a podcaster full time and everyone on Patreon and Apple subscriptions

0:16.5

is really playing a significant role in making my dream of being a full-time podcaster come true.

0:23.4

And so I really, really appreciate everybody and their support.

0:27.7

And I want to say, first, a belated happy birthday

0:30.7

from October to Doug, and then on to the November birthdays.

0:34.6

I want to say a very happy birthday to Megan, Susan, Hope, Rondier,

0:39.4

Norell, Anna, Justine, Leah, Mason, Ali, Jackie, Marie, Pam, Crystal, and Bree.

0:50.0

I hope this next year brings you endless joy and unforgettable moments and cheers to another

0:56.4

trip around the sun.

0:58.3

Happy birthday. When Carol Ann Taggart went missing, it wouldn't take long for the authorities to close at the book on what happened to her.

1:17.0

But due to a loophole in Scottish law, her killer would be controlling things for years to come.

1:23.4

And now Carol's family is trying to change that.

1:26.2

I'm Charlie and welcome to Crime Lines. I hope everyone listened to the three-parter I put out in the last two weeks on John Robinson. I really appreciate the people who

1:45.8

emailed me to discuss certain aspects of the case further because as I told

1:50.8

them sometimes it feels like I'm talking into the void, and I really do like discussing the cases I cover.

1:58.0

The time that I don't feel like I'm talking into the void is on my other podcast, Crime Lines and

2:03.6

Consequences where I talked to my co-host Eric about the cases. We recently

2:09.5

released an episode on The Disappearance of Diane August. She went missing after

2:15.0

dealing with severe mental illness for over a decade. We also have an episode

2:19.8

coming out later this month on the unsolved the murder of Lindsay Baum.

2:24.2

So go ahead and check that podcast out if you're interested in more content and with that

2:28.8

self-promotion out of the way, let's get into this case which takes place in Scotland and that means my editor

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