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Every sentence tells a story, every word leaves a trace. Writing Wrongs, from the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics, explores historic and contemporary forensic linguistic cases. Hosts Professor Tim Grant and Dr Nicci MacLeod, who've provided expert evidence in hundreds of cases, examine a specific case and its linguistic analysis each episode. Some episodes feature guest forensic linguists sharing their experiences as expert witnesses. The series highlights different case types, showcasing the strengths and limitations of forensic linguistics in criminal and civil investigations.

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Episode thumbnail for The multiple personas of an online child abuser

June 5, 2026

The multiple personas of an online child abuser

<p><a href="" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">* Warning: Today’s episode contains descriptions of child sexual abuse material. *</a></p><p> </p><p>In today’s episode, Dr Nicci MacLeod and Prof. Tim Grant are joined by Dr Emily Chiang, one of our Research Fellows at AIFL, about her research into identity performance in online child sexual abuse conversations. </p><p>By tracing 17 different personas from a single perpetrator, Dr Chiang explored linguistic differences in identity performance and online grooming strategies. Together, Dr Chiang and our hosts go over how her research may help future grooming and child sex abuse cases.</p><p> </p><p>Have a question for Nicci or Tim? Email us at <a href="mailto:writingwrongs@aston.ac.uk" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">writingwrongs@aston.ac.uk</a> and we may answer it during an upcoming episode!</p><p> </p><p>Check out the official AIFL blog for more forensic linguistic goodies here: <a href="https://medium.com/@AIFLblog" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">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 resources:</p><p> <a href="https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.helpguide.org/find-help" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">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>Editing: Nicci MacLeod</p><p>Visual design: George Grant</p><p>Additional Voices: Karolina Placzynta</p><p>With our thanks to Dr Emily Chiang and Dr Zoe Adams</p><p> </p><p>Professor Tim Grant’s home page: <a href="https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/tim-grant" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Tim Grant - Aston Research Explorer</a></p><p> Dr Nicci MacLeod’s home page:<strong> </strong><a href="https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/nicci-macleod" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Nicci MacLeod - Aston Research Explorer</a></p><p> Dr Emily Chiang’s home page: <a href="https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/emily-chiang/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Emily Chiang - Aston Research Explorer</a></p><p> </p><p>Both Tim and Emily are part of the Europewide Horizon SALVUS project looking at the investigation of online child abuse and exploitation across Europe. You can find out more about the SALVUS project here: <a href="https://salvusproject.eu" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://salvusproject.eu</a> </p><p> </p><p>Research Papers:</p><p><a href="https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/publications/deceptive-identity-performance-offender-moves-and-multiple-identi/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Deceptive identity performance: Offender moves and multiple identities in online child abuse conversations</a></p><p> <a href="https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/publications/online-grooming-moves-and-strategies/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Online grooming: moves and strategies</a> </p><p> <a href="https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/publications/do-perverted-justice-chat-logs-contain-examples-of-overt-persuasi/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Do Perverted Justice chat logs contain examples of Overt Persuasio</a><a href="https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/publications/do-perverted-justice-chat-logs-contain-examples-of-overt-persuasi/">⁠</a><a href="https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/publications/do-perverted-justice-chat-logs-contain-examples-of-overt-persuasi/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">n and Sexual Extortion? A research note respondingto Chiang and Grant 2017 and 2018.</a></p>

Episode thumbnail for Dhiren Barot Part 2: Al Qaeda's al-Britani

April 30, 2026

Dhiren Barot Part 2: Al Qaeda's al-Britani

<p><a href="https://truecrimeawards.co.uk/truecrimeawards2026/en/page/listenerschoice" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">VOTE FOR US IN THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2026!</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">*Warning: this episode contains descriptions of terrorist mass-casualty events, and torture *</a></p><p> </p><p>NOTE: This is Part 2 of a double episode. Please make sure you have listened to Part 1 before proceeding.</p><p> </p><p>---</p><p>These two episodes are dedicated to the memory of Dr Janet Cotterill (1968-2022) who contributed significantly to this case and to forensic linguistics more generally.  Her obituary can be found here <a href="https://iafll.org/2022/11/11/remembering-dr-janet-cotterill-1968-2022/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://iafll.org/2022/11/11/remembering-dr-janet-cotterill-1968-2022/</a></p><p>---</p><p> </p><p>August 2004. Dhiren Barot, a high-value terrorist, has been arrested in London, and police need to charge or release him within four days. To charge Barot, the police needed to prove to a criminal standard that he had indeed written the Gas Limos project, a document that contained the plot to attack underground carparks of landmark tourist destinations across London with multiple limousines filled with gas cylinders containing explosive gases.</p><p> </p><p>In this second part we are joined by Professor Jessica Woodhams from the University of Birmingham who, alongside Tim Grant, Janet Cotterill, and Janet’s PhD student, was rushed to New Scotland Yard in the summer of 2004 to carry out an analysis of The Gas Limos project.</p><p> </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" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">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:writingwrongs@aston.ac.uk" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">writingwrongs@aston.ac.uk</a> and we may answer it during an upcoming episode!</p><p> </p><p>Check out the official AIFL blog for more forensic linguistic goodies here: <a href="https://medium.com/@AIFLblog" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">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/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.helpguide.org/find-help" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.helpguide.org/find-help</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Production</strong></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>Editing: Nicci MacLeod</p><p>Additional voices: Professor Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, George Grant, Stephany Grant, Dr Graeme Hayes,  <a href="https://the-dots.com/users/greg-fraser-mclaren-630476" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Greg Fraser McLaren</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Resources</strong></p><p>Professor Tim Grant’s home page: <a href="https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/tim-grant" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">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" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nicci MacLeod - Aston Research Explorer</a></p><p> </p><p>Professor Jessica Woodham’s home page: <a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/psychology/woodhams-jessica" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Professor Jessica Woodhams - School of Psychology - University of Birmingham</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Research Resources</strong></p><p>Academic Sources</p><p>-              Andrew, C. (2012). The defence of the realm: The authorized history of MI5. Penguin UK.</p><p>-              Carlisle, D. (2007)  Dhiren Barot: Was He an Al Qaeda Mastermind or Merely a Hapless Plotter? Studies in Conflict &amp; Terrorism, 30:1057–1071 DOI: 10.1080/10576100701670979  </p><p>-              Grant, T.D. (2022) The Idea of Progress in Forensic Authorship Analysis CUP</p><p>-              Sean O’Neill and  Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and  the Finsbury Park Mosque(London: Harper Perennial, 2006) </p><p> </p><p>News sources </p><p>-              Guardian 2006 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/nov/07/usa.terrorism" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/nov/07/usa.terrorism</a></p><p>-              Times of India 2006 - <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/2168783.cms" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/2168783.cms</a></p><p> </p><p>Other Web sources</p><p>-              US Government 9/11 Commission Report <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-911REPORT/pdf/GPO-911REPORT.pdf" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-911REPORT/pdf/GPO-911REPORT.pdf</a></p><p>-              House of Commons library on pretrial detention of terrorists - <a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05634/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05634/</a></p><p><br /></p>

Episode thumbnail for Dhiren Barot Part 1: Al Qaeda's al-Hindi

April 30, 2026

Dhiren Barot Part 1: Al Qaeda's al-Hindi

<p><a href="https://truecrimeawards.co.uk/truecrimeawards2026/en/page/listenerschoice" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">VOTE FOR US IN THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2026!</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">*Warning: this episode contains descriptions of terrorist mass-casualty events, and torture *</a></p><p> </p><p>--- </p><p>These two episodes are dedicated to the memory of Dr Janet Cotterill (1968-2022) who contributed significantly to this case and to forensic linguistics more generally.  Her obituary can be found here <a href="https://iafll.org/2022/11/11/remembering-dr-janet-cotterill-1968-2022/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://iafll.org/2022/11/11/remembering-dr-janet-cotterill-1968-2022/</a></p><p>---</p><p>August 2004. Dhiren Barot, a high-value terrorist, has been arrested in London, and police need to charge or release him within four days. To charge Barot, the police needed to prove to a criminal standard that he had indeed written the Gas Limos project, a document that contained the plot to attack underground carparks of landmark tourist destinations across London with multiple limousines filled with gas cylinders containing explosive gases.</p><p> </p><p>In this first part, we explore Barot’s story and background. How did he get from an average upbringing in an Indian family in North London to becoming a radical Islamist authoring a plan for mass destruction?</p><p> </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" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">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:writingwrongs@aston.ac.uk" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">writingwrongs@aston.ac.uk</a> and we may answer it during an upcoming episode!</p><p> </p><p>Check out the official AIFL blog for more forensic linguistic goodies here: <a href="https://medium.com/@AIFLblog" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">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/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.helpguide.org/find-help" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.helpguide.org/find-help</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Production</strong></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>Editing: Nicci MacLeod</p><p>Additional voices: Professor Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, George Grant, Dr Graeme Hayes, Dr Madison Hunter, Aymun Yasin Khan </p><p><strong>Resources</strong></p><p>Professor Tim Grant’s home page: <a href="https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/tim-grant" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">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" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Nicci MacLeod - Aston Research Explorer</a></p><p> </p><p>Professor Jessica Woodham’s home page: <a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/psychology/woodhams-jessica" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Professor Jessica Woodhams - School of Psychology - University of Birmingham</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Research Resources </strong></p><p>Academic Sources</p><p>-              Andrew, C. (2012). The defence of the realm: The authorized history of MI5. Penguin UK.</p><p>-              Carlisle, D. (2007)  Dhiren Barot: Was He an Al Qaeda Mastermind or Merely a Hapless Plotter? Studies in Conflict &amp; Terrorism, 30:1057–1071 DOI: 10.1080/10576100701670979 </p><p>-              Grant, T.D. (2022) The Idea of Progress in Forensic Authorship Analysis CUP</p><p>-              Sean O’Neill and  Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and  the Finsbury Park Mosque(London: Harper Perennial, 2006) </p><p> </p><p>News sources </p><p>-              Guardian 2006 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/nov/07/usa.terrorism" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/nov/07/usa.terrorism</a></p><p>-              Times of India 2006 - <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/2168783.cms" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/2168783.cms</a></p><p> </p><p>Other Web sources</p><p>-              US Government 9/11 Commission Report <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-911REPORT/pdf/GPO-911REPORT.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-911REPORT/pdf/GPO-911REPORT.pdf</a></p><p>-              House of Commons library on pretrial detention of terrorists - <a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05634/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05634/</a></p><p><br></p>

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What is Writing Wrongs?

Every sentence tells a story, every word leaves a trace.

Writing Wrongs, from the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics, explores historic and contemporary forensic linguistic cases.

Hosts Professor Tim Grant and Dr Nicci MacLeod, who've provided expert evidence in hundreds of cases, examine a specific case and its linguistic analysis each episode.

Some episodes feature guest forensic linguists sharing their experiences as expert witnesses. The series highlights different case types, showcasing the strengths and limitations of forensic linguistics in criminal and civil investigations.

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This podcast updates daily.

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