True Crime Forum 2025

Team Phoenix teaches Muay Thai, Shoot Wrestling, Kali, and Kids Ju-jitsu to a diverse community of people from all ages and backgrounds.
 

The workshop is beginner friendly.

Join our guest speaker Senior Lecturer in Journalism (Theory and Practice) and Director of Education at Newcastle University.

This workshop aims to end taboos and gently challenge both public and hidden narratives of death, dying and grief.
 

Dr Katy Vigurs and Lindsey Vigurs are award-winning death educators based in Sunderland.

Lee and Micala Trussler, the parents of Holly Newton who was tragically murdered by her ex, teamed up with Rosewood Independent School to educate on the signs of domestic abuse, what to do and where to go.

Kacey has a MS in the Psychology of Coercive Control, she distinguished herself in the field by co-developing the Extent of Coercive Control Universal Scale, a pioneering tool that measures coercive control across various contexts.

Join Jade and Lesley-Anne on a Live podcast recording of a unique vintage North Eastern crime. Prepare to meet strange and suspicious characters wearing inappropriate fashions and giving off unusual smells, enough about the hosts - What about the crime? Historic true crime comedy with a live audience - what's not to love? 

Magistrates Presentation campaigns on policy and practices relating to the magistracy, provides support and development guidance to magistrates, and informs the public about the magistracy and the justice system.

I am an Associate Professor in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at Durham University, Durham, UK. My research looks at the ways in which the law, culture, and wider social attitudes control and regulate women and their bodies.

This workshop will be delivered by experienced CSIs, Mass Disaster Response consultants and hosts of the new True Crime Podcast, The Crime Scene Insiders.

Angela Davies and Dionne Watson will take you under the barrier tape of real investigations, in this insightful and practical workshop. Get ready to get hands-on and a little bit mucky!