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Story of Baddow double killer told in documentary
Essex Chronicle
|June 12, 2025
THE chilling tale of Virginia McCullough is the focus of Confessions of a Parent Killer, now streaming on Paramount Plus, which recounts the harrowing true story.
In September 2023, the bodies of Lois and John McCullough, aged 71 and 70 respectively, were discovered at their home in Great Baddow.
Their daughter, Virginia McCullough, who was 35 at the time, confessed to fatally poisoning her father and constructing a “homemade mausoleum” for him. She also admitted to stabbing her mother to death.
This story is from the June 12, 2025 edition of Essex Chronicle.
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