The New Yorker Radio Hour

From In the Dark: “Blood Relatives”

November 4, 2025·44 min·7-min readnarrativetrue crime
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This episode of In the Dark, hosted by New Yorker reporter Heidi Blake, investigates the 1985 White House Farm murders in Essex, England—a case long believed to be a tragic mass murder-suicide by a mentally ill sister, Sheila Caffell. The episode challenges the official narrative, sug

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Heidi Blake

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Heidi BlakeJeremy BamberSheila CaffellNeville BamberJune BamberBarbara WilsonDavid Woods

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The New Yorker

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Blood Relatives

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Cold CasesCriminal Justice ReformForensicsInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismTrue Crime

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