<p>Series 2 - Episode 6</p><p><a href="">* Warning: Today’s episode contains descriptions ofharassment and stalking. We’ll explore themes related to verbal and emotional abuse, intimate partner abuse, highly offensive communications, and fraud.</a></p><p><a href="">Listener discretion is strongly advised, as some content may be distressing. *</a></p><p> </p><p>August 2020, Darlington, North East England. A woman begins to receive vast numbers of abusive messages, which she believes are coming from her ex-partner Stuart Bell. It was not a straightforward matter for the police to establish whether it was Bell who was behind the messages. </p><p>Investigating officer Kerris Dawson approached Dr Nicci MacLeod for help.</p><p> Join hosts Professor Tim Grant and Dr Nicci MacLeod in unravelling the linguistic features that contributed to determining the authorship of the abusive messages. </p><p> For a list of our sources and more information about this case, please visit <a href="https://www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs">https://www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs</a> </p><p> </p><p>Have a question for Nicci or Tim? Email us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> and we may answer it duringan upcoming episode!</p><p> </p><p>Check out the official AIFL blog for more forensic linguistic goodies here: <a href="https://medium.com/@AIFLblog">https://medium.com/@AIFLblog</a> </p><p> </p><p>If you have been affected by any of the themes in this week’s episode, please contact one of these free sources:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/">https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.helpguide.org/find-help">https://www.helpguide.org/find-help</a> </p><p> </p><p>Production Team: Mark Round, Jordan Robertson, Neus Alberich Buera, Karolina Placzynta</p><p>Sound: Mark Round</p><p>Visual design: George Grant</p><p>Additional Voices: Mark Round, Sam Guerin</p><p> </p><p>With special thanks to Robbie Love.</p><p> </p><p> Professor Tim Grant’s home page: <a href="https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/tim-grant">Tim Grant - Aston Research Explorer</a></p><p> </p><p>Dr Nicci MacLeod’s home page:<strong> </strong><a href="https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/nicci-macleod">Nicci MacLeod - Aston Research Explorer</a></p>