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10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories

Killers By 10: The Murder of James Bulger

10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories

Joe Kuner

Entertainment News, True Crime, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4.8614 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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One of the most horrific cases in British history was committed by children and their victim was an innocent child who was barely shy of three years old.

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0:00.0

Discretion is advised.

0:16.0

This is 10-minute murder.

0:32.6

John Venables and Robert Thompson were released from a British detention facility in 2001,

0:40.9

when they were both 18 years old. A high court judge in London ruled that the media were not allowed to reveal where Venables and Thompson would be living once they were released.

0:46.7

They would more than likely be living under aliases, and those names could not be

0:52.1

published. Also, the media was forbidden to publish photos of the two that were taken from 1993

0:56.3

until 2001, and they were forbidden to release where the two were living. Venables and Thompson were living

1:02.0

in secrecy. Why? In 1993, John Venables and Robert

1:09.8

Thompson committed a murder. A murder carried out when they were both 10 years old. Their

1:15.9

victim was James Bulger, and he was only two years old. Venables and Thompson kidnapped James

1:22.9

from a shopping center at random. Britain and the rest of the world were shocked and outraged by the

1:29.6

crime. Venables and Thompson had been incarcerated for roughly eight years when released.

1:35.7

They were free. However, the High Court judge understood that both

1:42.0

Venables and Thompson were marked men. Their release was not a popular decision, especially

1:45.6

with the parents of James Bolger. There was no secrets that there were people willing to find

1:51.5

Venables and Thompson and avenge the murder of James. Ralph Bulger, the father of James, did at one time

1:56.6

vow to find them and kill them. One of the most horrific cases in British history was committed

2:03.4

by children, and their victim was an innocent child who was barely shy of three years old.

2:10.0

Denise Fergus was born and raised in Liverpool, England.

2:18.1

She always wanted to be a mother.

2:21.4

She gave birth to James Bulger in March of 1990.

2:23.5

He was remembered by her as being a wonderful child.

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