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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 11d

Your favourite forensic linguistics podcast is recording LIVE on 22nd October at the Steel House Lane Lock-up in Birmingham! Tickets are free here: tinyurl.com/58pfcjdz Listen to the trailer here: www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 11d

JOIN US on November 7th for the latest in our 'Forensic Linguistics AND...' symposium series. Next up is FL AND...History. Sign up for online or in person here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forensic-l...

Forensic Linguistics and History Symposium

The Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics invites you all to our interdisciplinary symposium on Forensic Linguistics and History

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 28d

The Derek Bentley Case 👇

In a gripping two-part series, the Writing Wrongs podcast investigates one of the UK’s most infamous miscarriages of justice: the tragic story of Derek Bentley, who was sentenced to death in 1953.

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Aug 29

🌟 Writing Wrongs Live! 🌟

We warmly invite you to our Writing Wrongs live event on the 22nd of October, 4-6pm at the Steelhouse Lane Lock-Up in Birmingham, UK!

You can now register following the link below 👇

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wr...

Writing Wrongs - LIVE!

Every sentence tells a story, every word leaves a trace. Join Tim and Nicci for a special recording in front of a live audience.

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Aug 1

‼️ Out now ‼️
🎙️ Writing Wrongs 🎙️ our Season One Series finale:
⁉️ The Questions and Answers Episode ⁉️

You can listen on Spotify 👉 t.co/fES8uEi14m Apple Podcasts or any podcast platform or direct from our webpages by going to 👉https://www.aston.ac.uk/research/forensic-linguistics/writing-wrongs

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Jul 31

🚨 What's on your dream MacLeod's Murder Tour? 🚨

@drniccimacleod.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social
answer your questions on the Series 1 finale of Writing Wrongs.

Listen TOMORROW on your usual podcast platform or tinyurl.com/4b2m36ny.

@astonpress.bsky.social

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Jul 29

🔊 Dropping this Friday, the Series 1 finale of Writing Wrongs, the AIFL podcast! 🔊

@timgrant123.bsky.social and @drniccimacleod.bsky.social will be answering some of the questions that have come in from listeners over the course of the past 7 episodes 👇👇👇

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Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Jul 4

🚨NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY🚨

🎙️Writing Wrongs podcast🎙️

A true crime forensic linguistics podcast from @aifl.bsky.social
- Every word leaves a trace

Season1️⃣ Episode7️⃣: "They Said, She Said: The Ayia Napa Rape Case"

👉 Listen 🎧 aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs 🎧

#truecrime
#podcast
#academicsky
#linguistics

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Jun 9

✴️ Episode 6 of 🎧 Writing Wrongs 🎧 podcast out now! ✴️

👉🎙️The Disputed Confessions of Darnell Rusan🎙️👈

A man confesses to murder - eleven times. But was it his story or the detective’s? @drniccimacleod.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social chat with Dr Marlon Hurt

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Dr Nicci MacLeod @drniccimacleod.bsky.social · Jun 5

Just over an hour before episode 6 drops! 👇

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Jun 5

✴️ New episode ✴️ of 🎧 Writing Wrongs 🎧 out tomorrow:

In🎙️ The Disputed Confessions of Darnell Rusan 🎙️ Writing Wrongs goes stateside and listens into a murder investigation in St Louis, Missouri.

Here’s a discussion of Miranda rights in the case.

#forensiclinguistics
#langsky
#academicsky

Dr Nicci MacLeod @drniccimacleod.bsky.social · May 27

Check out the work happening at @aifl.bsky.social looking at escalation online.

Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · May 27

Using systematic linguistic analysis, @drniccimacleod.bsky.social's project develops clearer definitions of escalation and radicalisation to increase our understanding within online contexts. www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr...

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · May 12

📢 Come work with us 📢
We're recruiting a new Research Assistant to work alongside @drniccimacleod.bsky.social on her project Talking Rape: Operation Soteria and the Police Interview, funded by a Leverhulme Fellowship 👇
jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Vacancy at Aston University: Research Assistant

The Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics is the leading hub for forensic linguistics worldwide. Set up as the Centre for Forensic Linguistics in 2008 by Malcolm Coulthard, it was expanded into a r...

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · May 2

The latest episode of our podcast 'Writing Wrongs' is out today.

@drniccimacleod.bsky.social explores her analysis on a covert recording between a group of men in the back of a police van. They have been accused of murder, but what they say isn’t all that clear

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Apr 29

Episode 5 of 'Writing Wrongs' will drop this Friday! In this episode, @timgrant123.bsky.social & @drniccimacleod.bsky.social discuss a murder case where Nicci was called upon to decode an obscure language game...

Follow/subscribe wherever you get your podcasts 👉 www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Apr 16

🎙 How are statements taken in police interviews?

@timgrant123.bsky.social & @drniccimacleod.bsky.social discuss this in the first episode of our podcast 'Writing Wrongs'.

📱 Listen now on all major platforms 👉 aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs

Do let us know what you think 👉 [email protected]

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Dr Nicci MacLeod @drniccimacleod.bsky.social · Apr 7

Here we are again!

Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Apr 6

In case you’d not had enough of Nicci MacLeod and myself on our own Writing Wrongs podcast, you can also hear us with Jim Fitzgerald and Ray Carr on their Cold Red podcast:

www.coldredpodcast.com

They were very kind to invite us to talk all things forensic linguistics with them.

Cold Red Podcast: Gripping True Crime Stories by Retired FBI Agents | Listen Now

Explore Cold Red, a true crime podcast hosted by retired FBI agents Raymond Carr and James Fitzgerald. Dive deep into untold stories of notorious criminals and the relentless pursuit of justice. Tune ...

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Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Apr 4

Out today!

The latest episode of Writing Wrongs our forensic linguistics true crime podcast.

Today’s episode is with Dr Elisabeth Carter and is a romance fraud case.

Listen or subscribe form here 👉 www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs
And let us know what you think.

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Apr 2

In this episode, @drniccimacleod.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social are joined by criminologist Dr Elisabeth Carter to unpack the manipulative language of romance scams, exploring how scammers build trust, how victims are drawn in, and how you can protect yourself

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Dr Nicci MacLeod @drniccimacleod.bsky.social · Mar 20

Hi Nic - thanks for reaching out. Could you email us at [email protected] to discuss? Thanks!

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Dr Nicci MacLeod @drniccimacleod.bsky.social · Mar 16

Write up of Episode 1 of our podcast @timgrant123.bsky.social @aifl.bsky.social www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

The 'confession' that doomed an innocent man after key parts dictated by police

Infamous case described by Aston University expert as 'origin story' for forensic linguistics and re-examined in new podcast

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Mar 11

The serial killer downstairs and the birth of forensic linguistics.

You can now listen to this and much more in our new 'Writing Wrongs' podcast 👉 www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs

Featuring @drniccimacleod.bsky.social & @timgrant123.bsky.social

#truecrime
#forensiclinguistics
#academicsky

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Mar 13

We're recruiting! New fully funded PhD studentship in Forensic Linguistics, starting October 2025: 'Conceptual mapping in psychiatric evidence'.

Would you like to work on a research project with @felicitydeamer.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social? Apply now 👇

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Conceptual mapping in psychiatric evidence at Aston University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Conceptual mapping in psychiatric evidence at Aston University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Dr Nicci MacLeod @drniccimacleod.bsky.social · Mar 9

Lots of us at @aifl.bsky.social - in fact we have a free event on rhis topic this Friday, online and in person Forensic Linguistics and the Law www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forensic-l...

Forensic Linguistics and the Law

The half-day symposium will showcase the links between Forensic Linguistics and legal studies

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Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · Mar 9

Seventy five years ago today, the 9th of March 1950, Timothy Evans was hanged having confessed to the murder of his wife Beryl and his baby Geraldine.

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#truecrime
#linguistics
#forensiclinguistics
#teamaston

Did Timothy Evans REALLY confess? #truecrime #linguistics #shorts

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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · Mar 7

OUT NOW!

You can now listen to the first three episodes of our new brand podcast Writing Wrongs. A new episode will be released the first Friday of each month, starting in April.

Here's a little sneak peak! youtube.com/shorts/Z2CFX...

#truecrime
#linguistics
#forensiclinguisitcs
#academicsky

The serial killer downstairs and birth of forensic linguistics! #linguistics #katesummerscale

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