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The weekly UK True Crime Podcast, hosted by Adam, is the home of UK true crime. With a new episode every Tuesday since 2016, it is where you discover lesser known UK cases and discover new perspectives and insight on stories you may already know.

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A Witness to Unimagined Hor...

03.28.2023

David Smith was married to Maureen Hindley, sister of Myra. On one night when Myra asked him to walk her home, he could never have imagined the scene of utter horror he would see at a normal house on the ...

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03.28.2023 A Witness to Unimagined Horror: Episode 332 David Smith was married to Maureen Hindley, sister of Myra. On one night when Myra asked him to walk her home, he could never have imagined the scene of utter horror he would see at a normal house on the ...
03.23.2023 The Predator: Episode 331 It was a normal Saturday night when 18 year old Sally-Anne Bowman, her sister Sally and some friends were planning a night out at Lloyds Bar on Croydon High Street. Her sister picked her up just after 6pm and as ...
03.14.2023 The Monk: Episode 330 Joseph Scalise, a member of The Mob, in Chicago, was nicknamed 'The Monk' as when he was younger he aspired to be a Priest. Somewhere along the line things went a bit wrong with that goal.... Today, we hear the ...
03.07.2023 Terror in the Solent: Episode 329 A shocking story from the south coast of England as a man is abducted in his own car from a busy car park in front of his 9 year old son. His body is found in the sea off Hurst ...
02.28.2023 A Glasgow Double Murder: Episode 328 This week, the UK True Crime podcast is from Cambuslang, about 6 miles southeast of the centre of Glasgow, as I look at a terrifying double murder. The body of 36 year-old taxi driver Cathy McChord was found with her ...
02.21.2023 The Arrogant Surgeon: Episode 327 Surgeon Anthony McGrath had developed a passion for antiques from his surgeon father, growing up in a beautiful Georgian Stately Home in County Meath. He amassed quite a collection for himself as an adult, but then one day, he called ...
02.16.2023 Live Interview with David Swindle: Bonus Episode On Sunday I watched the excellent live show, The Makings of a Murderer, with ex-detective David Swindle. This show is touring for the next year and will be at a theatre near you soon - I highly recommend buying a ...
02.14.2023 Fear & Loathing on Teesside, Part 2/2: Episode 326 This week we conclude our story about the repercussions of 22 hours of violence on Teesside that saw one innocent man murdered and others injured. As detectives search for the other gang members, the story this week takes us to ...
02.07.2023 Fear & Loathing on Teesside, Part 1/2: Episode 325 Husband and father, 41 year old Kalvant Singh had been out for the evening at a pub in Saltburn before arriving back in Middlesbrough by taxi. Although dropped at his house, he wanted to continue the night and so didn't ...
01.31.2023 The Train Journey: Episode 324 When Debbie Linsley boarded the London Victoria train that early afternoon at Petts Wood Station, she had everything to live for - life was good. But when just over half an hour later the other passengers left the train at ...
01.24.2023 Fringes of Society: Episode 323 Whitechapel, East London. Famous among many True Crime fans for the Jack the Ripper Murders where women on the very fringes of society were incredibly vulnerable to a murderer like Jack. In our modern-day story today, two women at the ...
01.17.2023 The Wedding Reception: Episode 322 How we enjoy a wedding reception in the UK. A chance to celebrate a very special day for the newly-married couple before they divorce. This wedding in Guilford, Surrey, was just like so many others until the Bride and Groom ...
01.10.2023 The Gun Smugglers: Episode 321 The National Crime Agency (NCA) received intelligence that a gang in Kent were potentially obtaining dangerous guns which they planned to sell on the streets of the UK. In this episode of the UK True Crime Podcast, we watch on ...
01.03.2023 Tragedy at Tebay: Episode 320 It was a dark, winters morning as the 10 men group carried out maintenance on the railway line near Tebay. The men wore their safety helmets to block out the noise of their machinery and there was no look-out as ...
12.27.2022 A Belfast Feud: Episode 319 When at about 10.45pm the 999 call came through, the operator could never have known it was one they would never forget. The man was 29 year old Stephen Carson from Belfast who was calling from his downstairs toilet. He ...
12.20.2022 The Iceman: Episode 318 Harry was found downstairs in the utility room. He had been shot once, through the back, piercing his heart and killing him almost instantly. Nicola was upstairs in the main bedroom. She had been shot 4 times, three times down ...
12.13.2022 A Fire at a Brighton Flat: Episode 317 It was late on a Thursday evening when neighbours heard the alarm and called the Fire Brigade, who arrived and made the terrible discovery of a dead body in the flat. This person was soon identified as 29 year old ...
12.06.2022 The Sailing Club: Episode 316 Southport Sailing Club, like many others around the UK, is a fun place to be a member where people enjoy the sailing and the social side which comes as part of the club. But in the story this week, Paul ...
11.29.2022 A Family Affair: Episode 315 Affairs often ruin lives and destroy families, but when the affair is between a man and his daughter-in-law, the mother of his grandchild, the feelings naturally run very deep. And this is the case in the story today from Stowmarket, ...
11.22.2022 A Corrupt Banker: Episode 314 Who do you trust in life - who do you really trust? If you are a small business you have to trust your bank which funds you as you grow. But in this episode of the UK True Crime, we ...
11.15.2022 Real Life Not Call Of Duty: Episode 313 This week the Uk true Crime podcast heads to a gang dispute in the north-west of London. A normal Saturday evening for 18 year old Jason Isaacs and his friends turns into absolute horror as they are chased by masked ...
11.09.2022 His Last Fare: Episode 312 All murder cases are dreadful, with the effects rippling widely, sometimes for generations. But today, from rural Derbyshire, I cover one of those stories almost impossible to comprehend. A random murder and more than this, a murder seemingly just for ...
11.01.2022 A Man on a Bus: Episode 311 So how many times have you been on public transport and somebody is behaving badly near you? Has it made you anxious, concerned or terrified? In the story today, we look at a bus travelling from Victoria in Central London ...
10.25.2022 The Remote Cottage: Episode 310 The peace and remoteness of The Fens, in the east of England is a big draw to many. And it was to Connie and Janice Fenn, who enjoyed their life of solitude breeding whippets. So just why would anyone want ...
10.18.2022 The Night Shift: Episode 309 Colleagues of 28 year old Samantha Eastwood were concerned when she failed to turn up for her night shift at the hospital in Stoke on Trent. When she had left them at 07:45 that morning she had been her normal ...
10.12.2022 The Walk Home: Part 2/2. Episode 308 Last week, we looked at the murder of 26 year old Jong-Ok Shin, who was walking home from a Bournemouth nightclub and just metres from the door of her home when she was attacked and she tragically died from her ...
10.12.2022 From Bad Women: The Blackout Ripper Stalks London’s War-Torn Streets Here’s a preview of Bad Women: The Blackout Ripper. Over a single week in February 1942, a depraved serial killer stalked London’s dark and WWII bomb-ravaged streets, hunting for victims in the city’s bars and clubs. But the victims of ...
10.08.2022 The Walk Home: Part 1/2. Episode 307 In warm weather, Bournemouth on the south coast of England is a nice place to spend some time. On the summer evening when we join the story, 26 year old Jong-Ok Shin was walking home from a Bournemouth nightclub, and ...
09.29.2022 Roundtable Discussion from CrimeCon Glasgow For International Podcast Day, something extra and a little different for you... CrimeCon Glasgow earlier this month was a lot of fun. Late on the Saturday afternoon I had the pleasure of sitting with some incredibly talented true crime podcasters ...
09.27.2022 Spiralling out of Control: Episode 306 This week from Swansea, South Wales. Danny Dykes had been a very promising rugby player until a succession of knee injuries forced his retirement whilst still only in his 20's. He stayed in the game as a physio, but one ...
09.20.2022 Missing in West London: Episode 305 When his wife didn't catch up with him in Soho after her meeting at the BBC, David Chenery-Wickens reported her missing to police. It was most unlike Diane not to let her know where she was, just where could she ...
09.13.2022 Lust at the Theatre: Episode 304 This week, we head to the north-west of England and a local theatre group. The theatre is a serious business here and the productions put on are of a very high quality, but it is also very sociable. In the ...
09.08.2022 Killers, Cults & Queens I would like to introduce you to a new true crime show from spooky expert Nikki Druce and Ru Paul's Drag Race alumni Cheryl Hole. Killers, Cults & Queens...Cheryl Hole and Nikki Druce are on a whistle stop tour of ...
09.06.2022 The Screaming Fox: Episode 303 Lyonshall is one of those picture perfect places, a caring rural community at its heart, and surrounded by glorious hilly countryside. Set in the north-west corner of Herefordshire, it lies close to the Welsh border. On a hot summers night, ...
08.30.2022 The Video: Episode 302 33 year old Mark McCann-Barrett was at home in Waltham Cross in Herts with his partner Amy. When Amy scrolled through Mark's phone, she found a intimate video of another woman. A video she didn't want to see on Mark's ...
08.23.2022 The Rolex Killer: Episode 301 It was early on a summers morning in the English Channel, not far from Exeter, when the fishermen pulled up their nets. They were heavy and they were excited by what they may have caught. They found themselves looking at ...
08.16.2022 The World Cup Massacre: Episode 300 The Heights Bar – or O’Tooles - is a small pub in LoughinIsland, a small, quiet village in County Down about 20 miles south of Belfast. As Ireland played in the world cup, it should have been a great night ...
08.09.2022 Her name was Jacqueline: Episode 299 Jacqueline Gallagher wanted to be a nurse, a profession where she could help others. But she became addicted to heroin and became involved in sex work to fund her habit. Then at just 26 year years old, her dreams were ...
08.03.2022 The Cambridge Rapist: Episode 298 Cambridge was a city full of terror. A masked man was on the loose violently sexually assaulting women in the City. And as the number of attacks increased, he was becoming ever more confident. He needed to be stopped....
07.26.2022 A Personal Battle: Episode 297 The robbery at a warehouse near Heathrow saw £1.75 million stolen by a well-prepared armed gang. But the man detectives believed was responsible for planning the heist had a long history with the Metropolitan police. He felt they were out ...
07.18.2022 The Christmas Party. Part 2/2: Episode 296 This is the second and final episode looking at the tragic death of Barry Wallace and the other crimes of of man responsible for his murder, William Beggs. 1, Please take a few moments to fill in this short survey ...
07.12.2022 The Christmas Party. Part 1/2: Episode 295 Do you remember what it was like to be 18? All those hopes and dreams that lay ahead of you? Barry Wallace, who lived near Kilmarnock in Ayrshire – just a few miles south of Glasgow, was 18 and he ...
07.06.2022 History Repeated: Episode 294 Just who killed Cassandra McDermott in South London? There was no obvious motive, but police had a suspect in her ex-boyfriend, Mario Celaire. He was charged with her murder but found not guilty. The Police were distraught that he left ...
06.29.2022 The Solicitor & The Builder: Episode 293 It was a dispute between between a builder, Michael Chudley and his customer Christopher Sear, when the building work didn't go to plan. The case went to court to try to settle the dispute, but the action dragged on for ...
06.21.2022 Lured to the Honeytrap: Episode 292 The farmer in Cumbria was confused by the noise of the truck going past the house in the early hours so went outside to investigate. Looking in the river he saw something there and as he got closer he saw ...
06.19.2022 Live Interview With Author Jason Wilson at CrimeCon London At CrimeCon London last weekend, I had the pleasure of interviewing author Jason Wilson about his excellent new book, 'The Old Man And Me'. In front of a live audience, we chatted about why he wrote his book about growing ...
06.14.2022 The Abduction: Episode 291 Andrew Ramsay was a 51 year old Accountant living with his partner Beverley in Glasgow. One evening, as the couple strolled back from the local pub, the police pulled up outside their house and took Andrew to the police questioning ...
06.08.2022 The Spree Killer: Episode 290 This week that most scary of stories. A man determined to kill and who chose his victims purely at random. A man who wanted the 'fame' of being a serial killer and when he began to kill, found the experience ...
05.31.2022 Sisters: Episode 289 In my second and final episode recorded with Bob from the Twisted Britain podcast, we look at the very strange relationship between two sisters and their parents. On the outside all looks very normal -whatever that means - but soon ...
05.24.2022 A Missing Mother & Child: Episode 288 A special episode this week, as I join Bob from the Twisted Britain podcast, to discuss a story from the north of Scotland. A story of a missing mother and child....

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