Introducing: The Murders at White House Farm: The Podcast

Published Sep 15, 2020, 4:15 PM

On the night of August 6th, 1985 in Essex, England, a shocking attack left five members – and three generations – of a family brutally murdered. At first, the police thought they were dealing with an open-and-shut case of murder-suicide, suspecting that it was Sheila Caffell – diagnosed with schizophrenia – who had shot her adoptive parents and her twin sons before turning the gun on herself. As one detective set out to prove, however, certain elements of that narrative that didn’t add up – and the spotlight turned onto Sheila’s brother, Jeremy Bamber.


In the new companion podcast to the HBO Max miniseries The Murders at White House Farm, host Lauren Bright Pacheco chats with the show’s creators, historical experts, and individuals affected by the White House Farm murders in real life. Each episode of the podcast springboards off of a particular episode of the series to take a deeper dive into one of six nuanced themes that contributed to the disturbing nature of this surprisingly complicated case. 

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Hi, I'm Lauren Bright Pacheco. You may know me as the host of I Heart Radio's Murder in Oregon, but I'm here now to tell you about a brand new podcast focusing on a similarly chilling case, this time one that unraveled across the pond. In the idyllic and usually sleepy village of Tol's Hunt Darcy in Essex, England, in the early hours of August seven, a family was brutally murdered at their farmhouse in the dead of night. Tragically, the victims spanned three generations, including two six year old twin boys. It was a case that shocked the nation for more reasons than one, and now it's been made into a gripping six part true crime drama premiering in the US on HBO Max. The Murders at White House Farm is a dramatized retelling of those events and the subsequent struggle to uncover the truth about that night. At first, police ruled the killing as an open and shut case of murder suicide, suspecting that Sheila ka Fell, diagnosed with schizophrenia, had shot her adoptive parents and two sons before turning the gun on herself. But one detective refused to accept that narrative, eventually forcing the spotlight onto a different member of the family. Join me on the show's official Companion podcast, where we'll take a deep dive into the heart of this tragedy and unpack the crime further from where each episode of the series leaves off. Not only will we examine the forensic evidence with Carol Anne Lee, author of the two thousand and fifteen book The Murders at white House Farm, which was basis for the HBO Max series, but we'll also talk with Colin Cafell, Sheila's ex husband and father of the two murdered boys. Other guests will include series director Paul Whittington, writer Chris Merksa, and executive producer Willow Grills, all of whom will offer their incredible insight into the events, psychology, and details of the botched investigation surrounding this horrific incident. Stream The Murders at Whitehouse Farm now on HBO Max and subscribe and listen to The Murders at Whitehouse Farm the podcast on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

The Murders at White House Farm: The Podcast

On the night of August 6th, 1985, just outside of the picturesque village of Tolleshunt D’Arcy in Es 
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