Qualla: Murder of James Bulger https://qualla.com/murder-of-james-bulger en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/b/murder-of-james-bulger-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Murder of James Bulger https://qualla.com/murder-of-james-bulger Murder of James Bulger: Introduction https://qualla.com/murder-of-james-bulger/ Photo credit Procolotor, CC BY-SA 3.0. James Patrick Bulger was born on 16 March 1990 and lived to be two years old. He had spent the morning of 12 February 1993 with his mother, Denise. They had gone shopping at the New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle - a perfectly ordinary errand for a Friday afternoon, the kind that happens in every town in the country, every day of the year. James never came home. The story of what was taken from his family - and what the country slowly learned about the boys who took him - became one of the most painful national reckonings in modern British history. This is a story that must begin with him.

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/b/murder-of-james-bulger-wp/gctb-murder-of-james-bulger-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Murder of James Bulger: A Boy from Kirkby https://qualla.com/murder-of-james-bulger/ Photo credit KAIDENBEARD10, CC BY-SA 4.0. James lived with his parents Denise and Ralph in the Merseyside town of Kirkby, about eight miles northeast of the Liverpool waterfront. The Sacred Heart Primary School in Kirkby - where he would have started his education had he lived - now holds a memorial garden in his name. A...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/b/murder-of-james-bulger-wp/gctb-murder-of-james-bulger-a-boy-from-kirkby.mp3 0:06 2 full Murder of James Bulger: 12 February 1993 https://qualla.com/murder-of-james-bulger/ Photo credit KAIDENBEARD10, CC BY-SA 4.0. It was an ordinary Friday at the shopping centre. Denise had stopped at A. R. Tym's butcher's shop on the lower floor to pay for her purchases. She let go of James's hand for a moment. When she looked back, he was gone. Two ten-year-old boys, who had skipped school that day and s...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/b/murder-of-james-bulger-wp/gctb-murder-of-james-bulger-12-february-1993.mp3 0:06 3 full Murder of James Bulger: The Two Days After https://qualla.com/murder-of-james-bulger/ Photo credit KAIDENBEARD10, CC BY-SA 4.0. James's body was found two days later, on 14 February, on a railway line in Walton, Liverpool. Forensic examination established that he had died from injuries inflicted by the boys before the passing of any train. The pathologist Alan Williams documented 42 separate injuries. The...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/b/murder-of-james-bulger-wp/gctb-murder-of-james-bulger-the-two-days-after.mp3 0:06 4 full Murder of James Bulger: Trial and Aftermath https://qualla.com/murder-of-james-bulger/ Photo credit KAIDENBEARD10, CC BY-SA 4.0. Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were charged on 20 February 1993. Their trial, which began that autumn at Preston Crown Court, was held in an adult courtroom open to the public - a procedure the European Court of Human Rights ruled in 1999 had denied them a fair trial, because n...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/t/b/murder-of-james-bulger-wp/gctb-murder-of-james-bulger-trial-and-aftermath.mp3 0:06 5 full Murder of James Bulger: What James's Family Carries https://qualla.com/murder-of-james-bulger/ Photo credit KAIDENBEARD10, CC BY-SA 4.0. Denise Fergus has spent decades campaigning - against the early release of her son's killers, against the dramatisation of his murder in plays, films, and a 2019 Oscar-nominated short, and against the streams of online trolling and false identification that have surrounded the ca...

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