True Crime Forum 2025
Last year’s True Crime Forum brought together an engaged audience for a day of expert-led talks, workshops, and community discussion.
Highlights
We had an amazing launch at Blackfriar's in 2025.
Forum 2025 schedule
10am - 11.30am
1st Seminar
Live Podcast Show
‘The CSI Effect’ - Reality Vs Drama!
The Crime Scene Insiders
Crisis Pregnancies and the Criminalisation of Abortion
Dr. Emma Milne
Get Mortal Party
Dead Good
12 - 1.30pm Lunch
Stotties and chips at the King's suite (included in the Daytime ticket)
1.30pm - 3pm
2nd Seminar
An Introduction to The Law
The Magistrates Association
Live Podcast Show
Newcastle-Upon-Crime
Cults & Coercive Control Talk
Kacey Baker (Cult Vault podcast)
3pm - 3.30pm Break
3.30pm - 5pm
3rd Seminar
Holly's Story and Recognising Signs of Domestic Abuse
Holly's Hope
The Ethics of True Crime in Social Media & Journalism Today Talk
Dr. Bethany Usher
Self-Defence Class
Team Phoenix Martial Arts
Workshops
Across the day, attendees heard from academics, forensic specialists, legal practitioners, campaigners, and storytellers, each offering a different perspective on how crime and justice shape our lives and communities.
Team Phoenix Martial Arts
Self-Defence Class
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.
Dr Bethany Usher
The Ethics of True Crime in Social Media & Journalism Today Talk
Join our guest speaker Senior Lecturer in Journalism (Theory and Practice) and Director of Education at Newcastle University.
DEAD GOOD
Get Mortal Party
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.
Holly's Hope
Recognising Signs of Domestic Abuse
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 Baker (Cult Vault podcast)
Cults & Coercive Control Talk
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.
Newcastle-Upon-Crime
Live Podcast
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
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.
Dr Emma Milne
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.
The Crime Scene Insiders
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!
Special Guest
Meet our special guests at the event.
Stuart Blues
British Murders Podcast
