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urban genie said:
Just spat my water out reading that name..... very funny!
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Serial Killer at large in Manchester?
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Just spat my water out reading that name..... very funny!
I've posted on here before that it seems dodgy that so many bodies are being fished out of the canals of Manchester, but I was listening to some guy on the radio not too long ago who said that, given the length of canals in the area, the number of deaths is in line with the expected rate for water born fatalities.
That is all well and good, and it may well be a statistical fact, but I would question why so many people in Manchester wantonly leap to their deaths on their own.
There are so many coroners reports that don't have any logical reason why the deceased would want to kill themselves, and the families are at a loss to explain why it should happen.
Hardly a week goes by without a body being recovered from a stretch of water somewhere.
All the unfortunate people that die in our canals just fall in, with no suspicious circumstances!
Maybe they do. Maybe they don't.
That is all well and good, and it may well be a statistical fact, but I would question why so many people in Manchester wantonly leap to their deaths on their own.
There are so many coroners reports that don't have any logical reason why the deceased would want to kill themselves, and the families are at a loss to explain why it should happen.
Hardly a week goes by without a body being recovered from a stretch of water somewhere.
All the unfortunate people that die in our canals just fall in, with no suspicious circumstances!
Maybe they do. Maybe they don't.
whp.blue
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lots of very drunk people + lots of canals = coincidence
Some people need to watch less American cop shows on TV
And I am sure if you used Bird's Accident Ratio Triangle we are probably well down on the number of fatalities that you could expect
Some people need to watch less American cop shows on TV
And I am sure if you used Bird's Accident Ratio Triangle we are probably well down on the number of fatalities that you could expect
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I gave up on the idea of 'Jack The Dipper' a while ago, I would however be interested to see the comparison of 'dipper deaths' in the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s & 00s.
Ducado
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I know Birmingham has a few canals running through the City centre do they have the same problem?
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Ducado
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Blumers Bloomers said:
It is getting a bit serious now
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Won't walk my usual route to work from aldi tomorrow!
Ducado said:I know Birmingham has a few canals running through the City centre do they have the same problem?
Nothing like the same problems and the network is quite a bit bigger than Manchester. There's loads of bars, clubs & restaurants on the canals too so plenty of pissed up people around. I go there fairly frequently and can't recall ever seeing anyone fall in. I've never even seen anyone jump in when pissed (though I'm sure a few have). Also, I don't know of any deaths due to the canals (again, there's probably some that I don't know of though a quick search on Google doesn't bring any up).
Ducado said:Blumers Bloomers said:
It is getting a bit serious now
He says the decomposition of the bodies that have been dredged up is significant – 48 were so badly decayed as to be unidentifiable – as this links them together. So, too, does the fact that they were all male. “If this was a section of motorway and one person was being killed every month, it would be declared an accident black spot,” he adds. “I do think there has been a lack of action – whether these are accidents or suicides or something more ominous, or a combination of all three. There needs to be increased police presence; more CCTV; perhaps a public safety campaign.”
That's the biggest thing for me there. What is being done about it? Even if it is not a serial killer, there should be some sort of public safety campaign going on, at least talk of more CCTV/railings etc.
stony said:Over 60 potential murders but no one got away? Even the most competent serial killers make mistakes. Where are the ones who got away? Why aren't we hearing about someone who was pushed in but got out?
rather than murderers, think muggers who knock victims unconscious then push them into the water.
wireblue said:stony said:Over 60 potential murders but no one got away? Even the most competent serial killers make mistakes. Where are the ones who got away? Why aren't we hearing about someone who was pushed in but got out?
rather than murderers, think muggers who knock victims unconscious then push them into the water.
That would make them murderers.
Ducado said:Blumers Bloomers said:
It is getting a bit serious now
that academic got an absolute bollocking of epic proportions by the police.
wireblue said:Ducado said:Blumers Bloomers said:
It is getting a bit serious now
that academic got an absolute bollocking of epic proportions by the police.
I hope he told them to fuck off. Their job is fighting crime, not getting arsey about someone's opinion.
stony said:wireblue said:stony said:Over 60 potential murders but no one got away? Even the most competent serial killers make mistakes. Where are the ones who got away? Why aren't we hearing about someone who was pushed in but got out?
rather than murderers, think muggers who knock victims unconscious then push them into the water.
That would make them murderers.
yes it would. I'm just putting incidents into context. murders as a result of robbery rather than the murder being the actual motive of the attack.
Uncle Wally One Ball
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A couple of years in jail for street robbery or life for murder. Why would anyone risk that for the sake of pushing an already unconscious person into water? And who has said any of these poor buggers that have drowned had any head injuries, which they would have to have if they had been struck unconscious? In other words, what are you talking about?wireblue said:stony said:wireblue said:rather than murderers, think muggers who knock victims unconscious then push them into the water.
That would make them murderers.
yes it would. I'm just putting incidents into context. murders as a result of robbery rather than the murder being the actual motive of the attack.
http://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-goad/...ory-that-connects-40-college-students-deaths/
Just to kind of put it in context, people started talking about this serial killer theory after 40 deaths spread out over 11 states in 15 some years. The similarities between these two cases is what originally got me interested in this thread.
Just to kind of put it in context, people started talking about this serial killer theory after 40 deaths spread out over 11 states in 15 some years. The similarities between these two cases is what originally got me interested in this thread.