Strange But True Crime

By BBC Local Radio

Dive into a world of bizarre crimes with brazen criminals that will leave you scratching your head for answers.

Rima Ahmed explores audacious heists, secret drugs bunkers and stolen identitie

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How many episodes does Strange But True Crime have?

The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.

Strange But True Crime episodes:

December 10, 2025 The Cannabis Martyr
Gary Youds senses that cannabis drug legalisation is imminent and opens up a cannabis café in Liverpool. The law change doesn’t happen, so police shut it down.
Gary goes to jail, however, he continues to fight for the right to keep his cannabis café open.
Get in touch at [email protected].
Presenter: Rima Ahmed.
Reporter: Mattha Busby.
Produced by Luke de Costa.
Researcher: Bethan Davies.
Social Media: Fede Marilotti.
Online Producer: Rachael Smith.
Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge.
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin.
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31min
December 03, 2025 Crossbow at the Castle
Jaswant Chail wants to bring down ‘the empire’ and his first act is to harm a British Royal.
Inspired by Star Wars and encouraged by his ‘girlfriend’, he puts his deadly plan into action.
Get in touch at [email protected].
Presenter: Rima Ahmed.
Reporter: Maria Zaccaro.
Written and produced by Luke de Costa.
Researcher: Bethan Davies.
Social Media: Fede Marilotti.
Online Producer: Rachael Smith.
Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge.
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin.
This programme contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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29min
November 26, 2025 Body of Proof
NHS surgeon Neil Hopper was hailed as a hero when he returned to work after having both his legs amputated, however, he hides a dark secret.
His secret? The damage to his legs was self-inflicted.
Get in touch via email: [email protected].
Presenter: Rima Ahmed.
Reporter: Tamsin Melville.
Written and produced by Luke de Costa.
Researcher: Bethan Davies.
Social Media: Fede Marilotti.
Online Producer: Rachael Smith.
Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge.
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin.
Details of information and support with body image are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline.
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30min
November 19, 2025 The Bitcoin Bandit
James Parker, from Blackpool in Lancashire stumbles upon a glitch on a cryptocurrency website that generates ‘free’ money.
He makes himself a millionaire, at a cost.
Wanna get in touch? Email us at [email protected].
Presenter: Rima Ahmed.
Reporter: Jane Downs.
Written and produced by Luke de Costa.
Researcher: Bethan Davies.
Social Media: Fede Marilotti.
Online Producer: Rachael Smith.
Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge.
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin.
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33min
November 12, 2025 Act of Tree-son
Farmer Walter Renwick finds himself in the eye of a social media storm after the famous Sycamore Gap tree is felled.
The tree had stood along Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland until September 2023.
Wanna get in touch? Email us at [email protected]
Presenter: Rima Ahmed.
Reporter: Jane Downs.
Written and produced by Luke de Costa.
Researcher: Bethan Davies.
Social Media: Fede Marilotti.
Online Producer: Rachael Smith.
Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge.
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin.
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33min
November 05, 2025 Death Pledge
Mark Christopher lured followers into his 'anti-establishment cult’ by promising to save them money. The movement quickly took a sinister turn.
Wanna get in touch? Email us at [email protected].
Presenter: Rima Ahmed.
Reporter: Lewis Adams.
Written and produced by Luke de Costa.
Researcher: Bethan Davies.
Social Media: Fede Marilotti.
Online Producer: Rachael Smith.
Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge.
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin.
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34min
June 24, 2025 Danger, High Voltage
A group of workmen dig up roads and pavements to re-connect derelict buildings to the UK power grid.
Local residents soon suspect that all is not as it seems and what‘s discovered is greater than they could have imagined.
Wanna get in touch? Email us at [email protected]
Presenter: Rima Ahmed.
Reporter: Jonny Humphries.
Written and produced by Luke de Costa.
Online Producer: Lee Macaulay.
Executive producer: Luke Eldridge.
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin.
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32min
June 10, 2025 The Sausage Factory Hitman
A man living in the quiet town of Fakenham, Norfolk is warned a hitman has been hired to kill him.
He discovers a story of obsession and revenge.
Wanna get in touch? Email us at [email protected]
Presenter: Rima Ahmed.
Reporter: Robby West.
Written and produced by Luke de Costa.
Online Producer: Rachael Smith.
Executive producer: Luke Eldridge.
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin.
For information and support for issues covered in this episode, visit bbc.co.uk/actionline.
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28min
June 03, 2025 Strangers on the Beach
People living in Newport, Pembrokeshire, start spying on some interesting, wealthy but slightly suspicious visitors.
Wanna get in touch? Email us at [email protected]
Presenter: Rima Ahmed.
Reporter: Matt Murray.
Written and produced by Luke de Costa.
Online Producer: Rachael Smith.
Executive producer: Luke Eldridge.
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin.
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32min
May 27, 2025 The Swiss Art Heist
£3m of Ming Dynasty treasures vanish from Geneva’s Museum of Far Eastern Art.
After what was a peculiar heist, suspicion falls on the Ahearne brothers who are being watched by police in the UK and Switzerland.
An undercover cop meeting is set in an attempt to recover the stolen artefacts, before they're gone for good.
Wanna get in touch? Email us at [email protected]
Presenter: Rima Ahmed.
Reporter: Thomas Mackintosh.
Written and produced by Luke de Costa.
Online Producer: Rachael Smith.
Executive producer: Luke Eldridge.
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin.
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34min

FAQs about Strange But True Crime:

How many episodes does Strange But True Crime have?

The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.

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