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Sounds,14 Nov 2025,1 min

Introducing... The Pitcairn Trials

The Pitcairn Trials

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Halfway between Peru and New Zealand is a tiny volcanic island, a little known British Territory. The community of Pitcairn is home to 37 people....and a terrifying scandal. In The Pitcairn Trials, British Journalist Luke Jones uncovers a story of historic abuse in a remote place where prosecuting secrets and challenging centuries of power has left deep scars on generations of women and girls, and brought a unique, lonely, pacific island to the brink of extinction. The Pitcairn Trials is a chilling lesson in what human beings can be capable of when they think no one is watching them.

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