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A Famous murder of its time in 1964, almost forgotten today. The case was famous for its forensic breakthrough. Recorded as usual in one take without editing.

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 This is the fourth podcast of what is proving to be an extraordinary case.  I was expecting this to be a one podcast  case.T his podcast concentrates on the events of week 7 of this case being heard in Court 5 of the Old Bailey in London. This is being posted before the expected start of week 8 on March 25 2024. 

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Recorded in lo fi without editing. I don't think you would have heard of this story from Portsmouth, UK in March 1973.

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I am posting this podcast after week 6  of the trial. The case is intriguing with many odd and unexplained aspects . Week 7 is about to commence with Constance Marten continuing her defence.
I am wondering how the jury are going to come to a verdict on which they all agree.

As usual, this podcast is posted without editing and the presentation is not of a professional standard.

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This is part 2 of the Constance Marten, Mark Gordon trial at the Old Bailey. Some reflections on the first five weeks of the trial. As always the podcast is recorded in one take with no editing.

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The Constance Marten and Mark Gordon trial is at present being held at  the Old Bailey, it started  January 2024 and is scheduled to finish on 8 March. It seems to have caused great interest and a number of podcasts have been commissioned by newspapers and the BBC. This podcast is lo-fi and is not a polished corporate effort.
 I have tried a different approach , concentrating on the background and events leading to the arrest of the couple in part 1. I will post a second podcast (part 2) after the trial, this will be the story of the trial.
What should be noted is that  Constance Marten and Mark Gordon believe that they have not done anything wrong, so it will be interesting to see how the trial plays out.

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This is a short podcast about a totally senseless murder last August in the West Sussex town of Crawley. Condolences to the family of Harrison Tompkins.

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Two characters with links to the Elephant and Castle area of South London. Alfred Hinds probably unjustly imprisoned in 1953 and determined to do something about it. Shirley Pitts born into poverty and determined to do something about it. 
Recorded in one take in lo-fi with a dog next to me.

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Cleator Moor is a small town near the East Coast of Cumbria in the North of England on the Eastern edge of the Lake District a few miles away.  It is an area quite isolated and probably quite dull for young people living there. 23  August 1974 there was a horrific crime committed there which seems totally forgotten now, 50 years later. Those involved seem totally forgotten. 

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This started as a podcast on the Bethnal Green Tube disaster in 1943. I was surprised to learn about other crowd crush disasters that I had never heard of before. I have gone into some detail on the Bethnal Green story but then give an overview on the other disasters. The last three  crowd crush disasters reported on here are exclusively child death disasters, so not a podcast for everyone.