
About this episode
Season 5 – BONUS 3: CANCER UPDATE, BOOK RELEASE, LIVERPOOL ATTACK
This bonus episode of Stop the Killing is a deeply personal and powerful one.
🎧 Sarah shares her stage 4 cancer diagnosis and how she's navigating life on a new form of targeted therapy that’s giving her quality of life and a surprising amount of hope.📘 Katherine unveils her brand-new true crime book Women Who Talk to the Dead—an extraordinary story of 200 unidentified murder victims and the groundbreaking exhumation project led by female law enforcement officers.🚨 Plus, the pair break down the recent shocking car-ramming incident in Liverpool, and what it reveals about crowd safety and the role of public messaging during a crisis.
With honesty, wit, and compassion, Sarah and Katherine reconnect for an episode that’s equal parts inspiring, informative, and unmissable.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Back in the saddle: Sarah & Katherine return!
01:00 – Cancer update: Living with stage 4 and what’s changed
10:00 – Book release: “Women Who Talk to the Dead” — and yes, it’s true crime, not fiction
20:00 – Liverpool crash: Why fast public comms matter and the danger of social media rumours
34:00 – The power of kindness and being an “upstander” in the world
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