Yahoo News BBC Two might have your next true crime obsession
BBC Two may have scored the year's next true crime obsession with the premiere of Conviction: Murder in Suburbia.
The two-part docu-series, which premiered on Tuesday (June 19), seems tailor-made for fans for Netflix's Making a Murderer and The Staircase with its re-examination of a mysterious cold case that that's only now resurfacing.
In March 2002, Linda Razzell, a mother-of-four from Swindon, disappeared on her way to work and has never been seen since. Her husband, Glyn, was arrested, convicted and jailed for life for her murder.
Yet, Glyn insists he didn't commit the crime and is convinced that Linda is very much alive and may have framed him for the crime by planting key evidence, including her blood in his car.
"She [may have] planned to turn up bloodied and bruised a couple of days later, bloodied and bruised, claiming I'd abducted her," he surmises in the BBC Two docu-series.
But why, then, has she never turned up? And what can we make of a possible connection between Linda and convicted killer Christopher Halliwell, who was arrested around the same time? And, is it possible police planted the blood in Glyn's car in order to secure a conviction?
Louise Shorter and her charity Inside Justice, the team behind the BBC's Conviction: Murder At The Station, reunited to re-investigate this unsettling case in order to figure out whether Linda is still alive, and if Glyn has truly been framed.
It's safe to say that viewers were on the edge of their seats throughout the hour:
The first series of #Conviction was an utterly brilliant and engrossing documentary. #Conviction2 shaping up to be even better.#MurderInSuburbia
- Paul Shaddock (@theonetrueshad) June 19, 2018
Love how #Conviction2 toys with you. You see the whole alley thing & think nobody could be stupid enough to abduct somebody from there in broad daylight & Glyn Razzell is definitely innocent. Then you hear the whole walking / his phone turned off stuff & he’s definitely guilty!
- Paul Shaddock (@theonetrueshad) June 19, 2018
Important lesson learnt over the yrs & good advice for others-If you don't find what you are looking for it doesn't necessarily mean its not there-Go back & start again, you will be amazed what you can spot @ 2nd/3rd time of asking. #murderinsuburbia #conviction2 @insidejusticeUK
- Mick Geen (@J4BenGeen) June 19, 2018
Gripping stuff #murderinsuburbia
- Lady Jacqueline (@welivere) June 19, 2018
Louise Shorter once more not shy of asking difficult & awkward questions. Really important to those investigating Miscarriages of Justice. Sometimes you need to ask questions that might not give you the answer that you would like. 👍#murderinsuburbia #conviction2 @insidejusticeUK
- Mick Geen (@J4BenGeen) June 19, 2018
....continues tomorrow, look forward to it, fascinating case 🤔 @insidejusticeUK #murderinsuburbia
- Leigh Sadler (@Sadler08) June 19, 2018
Cant wait for tomorrow #murderinsuburbia #Conviction
- (((Colin))) (@CoHesl) June 19, 2018
Viewers definitely have some questions and theories heading into tomorrow's finale as well:
How do we know Linda went missing in the alleyway - only 1 sighting & that witness could of been wrong. Maybe body moved later as blood found days later in car
HOW CAN THE POLICE PUT THE BLOOD IN THE CAR WHEN THERE IS NO BODY 🤔 #murderinsuburbia #Conviction2 @insidejusticeUK- vonnie fazza (@vonnie0101) June 19, 2018
#murderinsuburbia so if the Police did plant the blood, where did they get it from?
- peterB (@peterbailey88) June 19, 2018
#murderinsuburbia
So, the blood wasn’t in the car when it was first examined, but was the second time it was examined. He was on bail and the car wasn’t seized. Just a thought, maybe the body was moved after the first examination and before the second..rocket science!!- Ian Gould (@gould_i) June 19, 2018
The blood in the car, whose is it? If his wife's body has never been found, how would the police be able to obtain & plant it? Unless this is about to get really weird... #conviction2 #murderinsuburbia
- damo_war (@damo_war) June 19, 2018
Oh god, I was convinced he was innocent until the domestic violence claims - which is why it’s so important they’re left out of trials. Probably would have convicted based on the blood in the boot though, seems likely the body was moved inbetween searches? #MurderinSuburbia
- Rozi Jones (@rozijones) June 19, 2018
Conviction: Murder in Suburbia will conclude tomorrow night with its second part at 9pm on BBC Two.
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