A bit of a break from grisly murder of the week this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, with a more light-hearted selection of accounts that may make you smile in parts; have sympathy in others; but all that I hope you understand the context in which I have entitled the episode so.



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S8 Ep6: They Really Do Walk Among Us

Welcome to The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, which started off life as a weekly written blog in 2016, and has now made the jump into a regular one man and his mic, matter of fact straight talking podcast. In it, the host Paul looks at and recounts in-depth true crime cases from the UK and Ireland - both solved or unsolved crimes, but more often than not the lesser known and obscure ones.

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This series' Monsters Of episode comes this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, where in a reach into the archives of Patreon, we head to Greater Manchester to meet two individuals capable of the most callous of crimes against a vulnerable adult.



They tick the Monsters box all right. 



The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving  a vulnerable adult, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.



Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)



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References


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1375061/Portrait-pitiless-murderer-Sarah-Davey-enjoys-nights-shopping-trips.html
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/lily-lilley-killer-sarah-davey-6382069
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/outrage-lily-lilleys-killer-sarah-6317452
https://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/34144/lily-relative-attacks-killer%E2%80%99s-namechange
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/LILY%2C+71%2C+MURDERED+AND+DUMPED+IN+WHEELIE+BIN%3B+Police+quiz+girls+aged...-a060560263
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/girls-15-guilty-of-wicked-murder-1109102.html
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/killer-sarah-davey-freed-prison-2807553
http://neilclark66.blogspot.com/2009/12/murder-of-lily-lilley-and-britains.html
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.true-crime/c/7lP54wk0PcI/m/vRDuUckV6foJ?pli=1
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20090403/281831459661476
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/teenagers-lose-murder-appeal-1.309304
https://www.examiner.com.au/story/641201/grief-for-brit-murder-victims-tasmanian-son/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5383123/Torture-woman-has-baby-with-man-she-met-in-prison.html
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19980929/038/0007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2362783.stm
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/4278673.lifer-lisa-healey-who-tortured-and-murdered-pensioner-is-due-to-give-birth/
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/gallery/teenage-faces-of-lilys-killers-849207
https://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/79344/new-bid-to-mark-lily%E2%80%99s-grave
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20090525/281943128844147
https://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/34078/lost-for-words

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/TEEN+GIRLS+HELD+OVER+WHEELIE+BIN+MURDER%3b+Frail+Lily%2c+71+found+in...-a060619766






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Remembering Lily. This episode is dedicated to her. 

S9 Ep5: Monsters Of Greater Manchester

All families have squabbles from time to time - it's human nature. But sometimes, a squabble exists only in the mind of one family member, and when they become obsessed that they are right, wild horses cannot change their mind - sometimes, it borders on paranoia.



The tale this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, a horrific tale from Manchester back in 2016, shows just what horrific consequenses paranoia can bring. 



The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving  descriptions of injury detail, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.



Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)



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References


Killer who burned his sister to death is jailed for life - Manchester Evening News
Stephen Archer found guilty of murdering sister with a petrol bomb after he was left out of father's will - Manchester Evening News
Man denies petrol bomb murder of sister and says he would have stabbed her if he wanted to kill her - Manchester Evening News
Who is Stephen Archer? Murderer who killed his sister Julie with homemade petrol bomb | The Sun
Manchester man who burnt sister alive jailed for 27 years | Daily Mail Online
Stephen Archer gets life for sister's petrol bomb murder - BBC News
Stephen Archer guilty of sister's petrol bomb murder - BBC News
Woman fire attack: Brother held on suspicion of murder - BBC News
Sister fire attack: Petrol stations warned in hunt for brother - BBC News
Hunt for brother over burned woman - BBC News
Manhunt launched in Manchester after woman set on fire - BBC News
Petrol bomb murderer Stephen Archer maintains sister's killing was 'horrific freak accident' in letter - Manchester Evening News
Man who denies petrol bomb murder of his sister says 'I'd stab her if I meant to kill' - Mirror Online
Man doused his sister in petrol and set her on fire   | STV News Archive
Man goes on trial accused of burning his sister to death | ITV News Granada
Man who burned sister alive with homemade petrol bomb jailed for 27 years | UK News | Metro News
(18) Judge Rinder Crime Stories Series 3 Episode 1 - YouTube
Manchester man burned sister alive with 'petrol cocktail' after being left out of father's will | IBTimes UK
Manchester police hunt Stephen Archer after woman is doused in petrol in Newton Heath | IBTimes UK
Manchester: Mother burnt alive in petrol bomb attack got her 'karma' brother gloated, court hears | IBTimes UK
UK: Man charged with murder after woman is doused in petrol | IBTimes UK
Man who killed sister by dousing her in petrol and setting her alight gets life sentence (thejournal.ie)
Manchester man 'murdered his sister with Pepsi cola bomb' | Daily Mail Online
Mum who died from 'horrific injuries' after being 'set on fire by brother' tried to rescue trapped daughter - Irish Mirror Online
Woman died from 95% burns after brother 'doused her in petrol from Pepsi bottle and set her alight' - Mirror Online
Petrol bomb murderer who turned sister into human fireball in row over dad's will jailed for life - Mirror Online
Life behind bars for man who set his sister on fire in Newton Heath. | News - Hits Radio (Manchester) (planetradio.co.uk)
Stephen Archer's mother made appeal to son before police found him | Daily Mail Online
Man sought over petrol attack on woman sent mother birthday card | UK news | The Guardian
Police hunt 'dangerous and unstable' fugitive who doused woman with petrol and set her alight in Manchester | The Independent | The Independent
Evil brother who burnt his sister alive with homemade petrol bomb after he was cut out of his dad's will is jailed for life | The Sun
Criminal sentence - Stephen Archer - Manchester Crown Court - Mr Justice Openshaw (thelawpages.com)
Bloke gets 27 years for petrol bomb murder of sister after blaming her for dad's death - Daily Star
Woman died from 95% burns after brother 'doused her in petrol from Pepsi bottle and set her alight' - Irish Mirror Online
Grieving children pay tribute to tragic mum Julie Archer - Manchester Evening News
Crowdfunding to for the family & burns unit at wythenshawe hospital ❤️ on JustGiving
Childhood friend pays tribute to tragic Julie Archer - Manchester Evening News
Manchester man who burnt sister alive jailed for 27 years | Daily Mail Online

Police launch manhunt after 'burning woman' left fighting for life following horror fire at Newton Heath home - Manchester Evening News






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Remembering Julie, and her family. This episode is dedicated to them. 








S9 Ep4: My Brother, My Killer

"Everybody needs good neighbours" noted the theme tune of a popular 1980's Australian soap opera, and indeed, the majority of us do go on to have those good neighbours, that do become good friends - again, as the theme tune of the soap claimed. 



But not always. For one family living in Nottingham back in November 2022, there was to be nothing of the sort next door, except a nightmare - and a killer. 



The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving  children, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.



Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)



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References


R-v-Barrow-Sentencing-Remarks-07072023.pdf (judiciary.uk)
Nottingham fire death family was planning new life in US - BBC News
Jamie Barrow: Man who murdered family jailed for at least 44 years - BBC News
Jamie Barrow: Man who murdered family by setting fire to their flat in Nottingham jailed for 44 years (inews.co.uk)
Neighbour who murdered mother and her two young daughters jailed for at least 44 years | Daily Mail Online
Updated for sentence: Nottingham neighbour jailed for house fire murder | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk)
Clifton arsonist Jamie Barrow convicted of triple murder of neighbour and her two children - Nottinghamshire Live (nottinghampost.com)
Man accused of triple murder accepts he is 'legally responsible' for the deaths - Nottinghamshire Live (nottinghampost.com)
Man accused of murder in Clifton flat blaze said fires ‘helped with stress’ - Nottinghamshire Live (nottinghampost.com)
Man guilty of murdering neighbour and her two young daughters in house fire over bin bags - Mirror Online
Clifton flat fire murder accused claims he thought home was empty and apologises | The Independent
Jury retires in trial of man accused of murdering mother and children in fire | Evening Standard
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/damning-evidence-caught-murderer-jamie-8581278?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm;_medium=referral&utm;_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/nottingham-murderer-jamie-barrows-victims-8584245?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm;_medium=referral&utm;_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/live-nottingham-court-updates-jamie-8575614?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm;_medium=referral&utm;_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/dad-mum-daughters-who-were-8584138?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm;_medium=referral&utm;_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/husband-says-jury-did-right-8574032
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/murderer-jamie-barrows-confession-police-8570875
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/live-nottingham-court-updates-jury-8560491?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm;_medium=referral&utm;_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/husband-father-nottingham-arson-victims-8566477?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm;_medium=referral&utm;_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/mums-heartbreaking-tribute-best-friend-7864987
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/face-clifton-jamie-barrow-who-7863508
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/police-launch-triple-muder-investigation-7850518
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/jamie-barrow-triple-nottingham-murderer-8563394?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm;_medium=referral&utm;_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/jamie-barrow-said-blowback-huge-8556295
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/clifton-arsonist-jamie-barrow-convicted-8563078?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm;_medium=referral&utm;_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/man-accused-killing-3-clifton-8540907?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm;_medium=referral&utm;_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/jamie-barrow-trial-live-updates-8532293?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm;_medium=referral&utm;_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop#1425773
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/jury-told-how-mum-two-8533307?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm;_medium=referral&utm;_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/mums-condition-hospital-did-not-8528764?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm;_medium=referral&utm;_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/clifton-jamie-barrow-live-murder-8526594
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/nottingham-man-jamie-barrow-facing-8480059?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm;_medium=referral&utm;_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/new-trial-date-nottingham-triple-8308721?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm;_medium=referral&utm;_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/neighbour-court-accused-murder-after-28583110

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Remembering Fatoumatta, Fatimah, Naeemah and their families. This episode is dedicated to them. 

S9 Ep3: Neighbour From Hell

Concluding the opening tale of Series 9, with the account of "The Fox" - how back in 1984 one man brought a wave of terror with his horrific crimes, not just to his hunting grounds in the South of England - but to the country as a whole.



How he was caught? I'll tell you in one of the most fascinating tales I have ever covered on the show. 



The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving  descriptions of a sexual nature, and descriptions of animal mistreatment, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.



Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)



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Thirteen Senses - Into The Fire
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References


Malcolm Fairley - Wikipedia
So, who was Malcolm Fairley - the Fox? (watfordobserver.co.uk)
Malcolm fairley - the Trial (stalbansreview.co.uk)
Malcolm Fairley AKA The Fox | Serial Rapist From Sunderland (wearsideonline.com)
35 years on from a crime spree that shook the region (archive.org)
People remember 'The Fox' criminal who broke into Buckinghamshire homes and built dens before attacking his victims - Buckinghamshire Live
Indelible Evidence S02E01 The Fox - YouTube
(1) Malcolm Fairley The Crimes of The Fox - YouTube
Islander buys sketches by UK’s ‘most violent’ inmate « Jersey Evening Post (archive.org)
Malcolm Fairley – The Forensics Library (aboutforensics.co.uk)
Malcolm Fairley case - Home (weebly.com)
Malcolm Fairley timeline | Timetoast timelines
The Case of Malcolm Fairley - Essay | Writessay.org
Background on rapist Malcolm Fairley · British Universities Film & Video Council (bufvc.ac.uk)
The Fox: Looking back on the evil rapist who terrorised Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. - Free Online Library (thefreelibrary.com)
Malcolm Fairley AKA "The Fox" by christo hami on Prezi
Malcolm Fairley aka 'The Fox' | The East Area Rapist (EAR) Original Night Stalker (ONS) Golden State Killer (proboards.com)
79 - The Fox (buzzsprout.com)
Liverpool Echo | Tuesday 26 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Malcolm Fairley Jgfr M ' | Aberdeen Press and Journal | Wednesday 27 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Malcolm Fairley Was The First Dangerous Criminal To Be Trapped In Britain By Computer. Out It •1111 Took An Olddashioned | Liverpool Echo | Tuesday 26 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Computer and Gut Feeling Shared Fiend Malcolm Fairley Was The First Dangerous Criml Nal To Be Trapped In Britain By | Aberdeen Evening Express | Tuesday 26 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Ex-Wife Of Shy | Newcastle Journal | Wednesday 27 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Takes A Summer Holiday | Daily Mirror | Wednesday 27 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Page 16 Daily Mirror, Wednesday, February 27, 7985 * . . In Just Five Months ?ttock. His Victims Shire, Buckinghamshire | Daily Mirror | Wednesday 27 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
It Was Touch | Sunday Mirror | Sunday 03 March 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Quitting? Not Me, Says Les | Sunday Mirror | Sunday 03 March 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Page 6 | Sunday Mirror | Sunday 03 March 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Footsteps | Sunday Mirror | Sunday 03 March 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
■rapist Admits Offences ■father-Of-Three That Brought Terror Appears In Court The Fox: Guilty | Reading Evening Post | Tuesday 26 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
By Peter Kane | Daily Mirror | Wednesday 27 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Page 2 Daily Mirror, Wednesday, February 27, 798, | Daily Mirror | Wednesday 27 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Pitman's Son Became Fiend | Newcastle Evening Chronicle | Tuesday 26 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
`We Cannot Ask Miners To Endure Still Further Pain and Sacrifice' | Daily Mirror | Saturday 02 March 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
3 1985 No 5376 Forward Britain 28p L1 A Monster Goes Batk To His Iair Finger Points and Ail Eyes | The People | Sunday 03 March 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Bittho4y:..:-....;....."..1..0.:...............:.....,.,...,...r.,......... For.'• ::..o:.t*:.:.- *-;:itim.: | Newcastle Journal | Wednesday 27 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Fox Stayed. At Pc's Home | Newcastle Evening Chronicle | Saturday 02 March 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Wednesday February 27 1 985 Price 16p Depraved Fox Gets Six Life Sentences Caged The Porn Vid Eo Rapist By | Liverpool Daily Post | Wednesday 27 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
For | Newcastle Journal | Wednesday 27 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Derby Evening Telegraph Tuesday February 26 1985 Evening Telegraph: First With The Background On The Brute They Called Movies Motivated | Derby Daily Telegraph | Tuesday 26 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Village Freed From Fear By Charles Miller A Pall Of Fear and Suspicion Hung Over The Pretty Buckinghamshire Village Of | Liverpool Daily Post | Wednesday 27 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
14 Evening Post Wednesday February 27 1985 The Men Who Caught The Fox Det Con Dick Henkes 31 (Left) and | Bristol Evening Post | Wednesday 27 February 1985 | British Newspaper Archive
Various assorted articles available from The British Newspaper Archive
"The Best New Crime Stories: Small Towns" (2020) - Mitzi Szereto. pp 95-110
"They Walk Among Us" - Benjamin and Rosanna Fitton (May 2019) pp185-207
"Indelible Evidence" - Hugh Miller (1991) pp 1-17
"Real Life Crimes..And How They Were Solved" Issue 24

"True Detective" Magazine - January 2021




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S9 Ep2: Triangle Of Terror: Part 2 - Snared

Back with the first of a two part tale to start the brand new 9th series of The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, and for it, we head back to the summer of 1984, where for three counties of the south of England - Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire - a cloud of fear hung over them. A simple yet prolific burglar was to over the space of five months evolve disturbingly in his criminality, and create near hysteria in these parts, a terrifying offender who came to be known as The Fox....



It's good to be back with you. 



The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving  descriptions of a sexual nature, and descriptions of injury detail, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.



Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)



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Remembering all those affected. 

S8 Ep6: They Really Do Walk Among Us

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