A Pivotal Moment: Episode 366

Disaster struck the family home when one of the daughters of the Stringer family, Karen, was just 10 years old. It was only due to Karen’s quick thinking and reactions that the family all were able to leave the house safely. Karen's heroic actions of that day made the papers, with headlines shouting out about Karen’s bravery and how she had saved her family from a very tricky situation.  However, this traumatic event caused a lifelong fascination with fire for Karen which caused many issues and eventually resulted in murder..... Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast:https://uktruecrime.comWriting Credit: Megan Grant. See Megan's work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megathachristie/?igshid=MmIzYWVlNDQ5Yg%3D%3DJoin me at Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrimeBuy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201Sources:1.      https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/arson-attacks-rise-england-wales-246855992.      https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-new-brain/201811/inside-the-mind-arsonist3.      https://www.thevalleycornwall.co.uk/news/ten-interesting-facts-about-truro/4.      https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/murders-rocked-cornwall-shootings-torture-87138175.      https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/show/nurses-who-kill6.      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dDVpYK8sKI7.      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-265582488.      https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2022663/woman-obsessed-with-fire-after-saving-her-family-from-blaze-is-jailed-for-27-years-after-becoming-a-serial-arsonist-and-killing-oap/ 9.      https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3862040/Serial-arsonist-developed-fascination-fire-saving-family-blaze-child-given-14-life-sentences-guilty-murdering-OAP-care-home-inferno.html10.  https://expansive.com/hero-syndrome-in-the-workplace/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.