# The Murder of Rachel Nickell | The Colin Stagg Honeytrap Scandal

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Podcast: [REDRUM true crime](https://stenobird.com/podcast/redrum-true-crime-586498)
Published: 2026-06-04T06:00:00+00:00
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In July 1992, 23 year old Rachel Nickell headed out for a morning walk across Wimbledon Common with her 2 year old son, Alex. But what should have been an ordinary summer morning turned into one of Britain’s most shocking and devastating crimes. In this episode of REDRUM, we uncover the brutal murder of Rachel Nickell, the nationwide panic that followed, and the investigation that spiralled into one of the most controversial police failures in modern British history. From the intense scrutiny placed on an innocent man, to undercover honeytrap operations, criminal profiling, missed warning signs, and the terrifying crimes of Robert Napper, this is a case filled with devastating mistakes, systemic failures, and lives forever changed. But as police became fixated on one suspect, a far more dangerous predator may have already been hiding in plain sight… Dwaine George INNOCENCE project case: ⁠https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/pro-bono/cardiff-university-innocence-project/dwaine-george⁠ Sign up for the free REDRUM newsletter, full of all things true crime, as well as a run down of all the latest REDRUM cases. This will only ever come to you once a month... I'm no fan of spam. ⁠⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W79H87S⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/redrumtruecrime/⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/redrumtruecrime/⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/redrumtruecrime⁠⁠ You can email me: ⁠⁠redrumtruecrimepodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠ SHOP MERCH: ⁠⁠redrumtruecrime.myshopify.com⁠⁠ Podcast versions of all episodes if you prefer to listen on the go: ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1FCoeRZQeDkEJ5i8bGuFpy?si=ec5c7c4c945c4952⁠⁠ Sources & Accuracy: Information in these videos is gathered from publicly available sources such as news reports, interviews, court documents, and online discussi…

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