'Maura isn't here to defend herself from being shamed - that's my job now' - a conversation with Julie Murray

If you have any interest in the true crime genre, you will know the name Maura Murray. She's the internet's favourite missing person, and you probably think you have an idea of who she is - certainly who she was. These are the facts; Maura was an American woman who disappeared on the evening of February 9th, 2004, after a car crash on Route 112 near Woodsville, New Hampshire, a village in the town of Haverhill, USA. Her whereabouts remain unknown. She was a 21-year-old nursing student completing her junior year at the University of Massachusetts Amherst at the time of her disappearance.

Almost everything else is conjecture. And in the absence of facts, there is shame.

On the third episode of Shame, James McMahon talks to Maura's older sister, Julie, about her fight to protect the dignity of a woman who has no ability to do so herself. It's emotional and insightful stuff - and it asks big questions about the purpose of the true crime genre, and what happens to the people who are left behind.

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Watch the series trailer here: https://tinyurl.com/7r326hhc