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- What ACTUALLY Happens to Russell Brand Now? Criminologist Explains
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Supported by True Crime Channel.----Russell Brand’s conviction and prison sentence. The allegations against David Walliams. Professor David Wilson and journalist Martin Frizell discuss both stories in this episode of This Much Is True Crime.Following Brand’s conviction for rape and sexual assault and his sentence of 10 years and six months, we examine his case from a criminologist’s perspective.We also discuss the allegations against David Walliams reported by ITV News and The Guardian, following his unsuccessful legal bid to prevent publication. Walliams denies the allegations and any criminal wrongdoing.Join David and Martin as they unpack the reporting and the questions surrounding fame, power and accountability, distinguishing between the findings in Brand’s criminal case and the allegations against Walliams.Subscribe to This Much Is True Crime for more conversations with Professor David Wilson and Martin Frizell.Content note: Discussion of sexual assault and allegations involving minors.-------This Much Is True Crime is proudly sponsored by the TRUE CRIME channel.Watch TRUE CRIME on Sky 146, Freely 37, Freeview 67, Freesat 135 and Virgin 148.https://www.truecrime-tv.co.uk/-------Check out our Patreon for bonus weekly episodes and access to live recordings, plus monthly newsletters! Click here to join:https://www.patreon.com/c/ThisMuchisTrueCrime-------TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thismuchistruecrimeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thismuchistruecrime-------Produced by Podcast House.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
51 min - Colin Norris: Crime Expert on the Nurse Who Says He’s Innocent
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In 2008, Glasgow-born nurse Colin Norris was convicted of murdering four elderly women at two Leeds hospitals by injecting them with insulin, and of attempting to murder a fifth. None of the women were diabetic. He was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 30 years, has since changed his name to Colin Campbell, and has never stopped insisting he is innocent.
The case turned on 86-year-old Ethel Hall, whose blood showed synthetic insulin, and on Norris telling colleagues the time she would collapse. Since then, medical understanding has shifted: natural hypoglycaemic comas in elderly patients are now thought to be far more common than was believed at his trial. The foreman of the jury that convicted him has said that, knowing what he knows now, he would not have found him guilty.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission sent the case back to the Court of Appeal, but in 2025 the judges ruled that the evidence from his trial still outweighed the new science, and refused to let it go to the Supreme Court. His supporters are now looking to the European Court of Human Rights.
Research into 16 nurses who killed in hospital settings, co-authored by criminologist Professor David Wilson, found Norris showed the fewest of the warning signs they shared, and was the only one to target women alone. So how strong is the case against him, and what does the ruling mean for Lucy Letby? A former CCRC commissioner says it blows out of the water the idea that she will be released any time soon.
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49 min - Crime Expert on the Stalker Who Threatened to Bomb a TV Studio
"I know where you live. Be very afraid." Those were the words in the emails that began arriving at a regional newsroom, aimed at its main evening news presenter, Alexis Bowater. The stalking ran through both of her pregnancies, while she was visibly pregnant on air, and on through a year of maternity leave.
It was pure cyberstalking, so nobody knew who was behind it. As Alexis puts it, that made it everyone, all the time, everywhere. Outside broadcasts needed extra security. Police drove past her home three times a day, and she slept with a Home Office approved alarm wired to the local police station. When a credible threat was made to blow up the TV studios where she worked, some colleagues went home before the six o'clock news. She still remembers the countdown to going on air, not knowing what would happen at zero.Police eventually traced the stalker through his IP address, following it across internet cafés up and down the M5 corridor. He was a viewer. Even the court case became a way to control her: he pleaded guilty only the night before she was due to give evidence. He was jailed for four years and one month, one of the longest sentences ever handed down in Britain for pure cyberstalking, and given a lifetime restraining order.Alexis worked as a journalist for 15 years and has spent as long again campaigning against violence against women and girls, so she knows how stalking looks from the inside and how the system responds to it. There is also a first-hand account of being followed around a university campus by a stranger, and why even someone who had worked in high-security prisons waited before reporting it.In 2025, 143,000 stalking offences were recorded in England and Wales, yet there were only 3,409 convictions. 77% of victims experience more than 100 incidents before they tell anyone, and stalking comes before 94% of ex-partner murders. So why is stalking still not taken seriously at the start, and why do so many victims wait so long to ask for help? If you are affected, the National Stalking Helpline, the Suzy Lamplugh Trust and the Holly Gazzard Trust can help.This Much Is True Crime is proudly sponsored by the TRUE CRIME channel. Watch TRUE CRIME on Sky 146, Freely 37, Freeview 67, Freesat 135 and Virgin 148. https://www.truecrime-tv.co.uk/Check out our Patreon for bonus weekly episodes and access to live recordings, plus monthly newsletters: https://www.patreon.com/c/ThisMuchisTrueCrimeProduced by Podcast House.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 hr 4 min - Criminologist Explains the Twisted Mind of the Haircut Killer
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Supported by True Crime Channel.-------For years, women in Bournemouth reported finding locks of their hair mysteriously cut off. The man responsible would eventually be exposed as a double murderer.Danilo Restivo, nicknamed the 'Haircut Killer', was convicted of murdering 48-year-old Heather Barnett in her Bournemouth home in 2002. Investigators also linked him to the murder of 16-year-old Elisa Claps, who disappeared in Italy in 1993. Her remains were not discovered until 17 years later, hidden in the roof space of a church.Restivo's disturbing fascination with cutting women's hair became a crucial part of understanding his behaviour, but his crimes also raised serious questions about missed opportunities to catch him.How did a man suspected of involvement in a teenager's disappearance in Italy go on to murder again in Britain? What connected the two killings? And could Heather Barnett's death have been prevented?-------This Much Is True Crime is proudly sponsored by the TRUE CRIME channel.Watch TRUE CRIME on Sky 146, Freely 37, Freeview 67, Freesat 135 and Virgin 148.https://www.truecrime-tv.co.uk/-------Check out our Patreon for bonus weekly episodes and access to live recordings, plus monthly newsletters! Click here to join:/ thismuchistruecrime-------TikTok: / thismuchistruecrimeInstagram: / thismuchistruecrime-------Produced by Podcast House.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
55 min - A Murderer's Guide to Cleaning: What 25 Years Working With Criminals Reveals
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Supported by True Crime Channel.What is it really like to spend 25 years working with some of Britain's most troubled and dangerous offenders?
Former probation officer Elizabeth Baxter joins This Much Is True Crime to discuss her new book, A Murderer's Guide to Cleaning, and the extraordinary people she encountered throughout her career in Britain's probation service.
From violent offenders to some of the more bizarre characters she worked with, Baxter offers a different perspective on the criminal justice system and the people caught up in it. Among them is a convicted murderer who created a homemade cleaning solution in his prison cell using Marmite.
But beyond the unusual stories lies a serious question about the role of probation officers. Tasked with protecting the public while supporting offenders, they are often responsible for some of society's most vulnerable people, including survivors of domestic abuse and young asylum seekers.
What does it take to work with people who have committed serious crimes? And how do you balance public safety with the belief that people deserve a chance to change?
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1 hr 5 min - Criminologist on Britain's 'Sickest Child' Lies, Mum Faked Her Son's Illnesses
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-------Lisa Hayden-Johnson convinced the country that her young son Matthew was suffering from a series of life-threatening illnesses. But the truth was far more disturbing.From cerebral palsy and cystic fibrosis to diabetes and severe allergies, Matthew was subjected to hundreds of medical appointments, made to use a wheelchair and fed through tubes, despite not having the conditions his mother claimed.The story attracted national attention, with Matthew receiving a Child of Courage award and the family meeting figures including Tony Blair and the Duchess of Cornwall.But behind the public sympathy was a prolonged pattern of child abuse. Hayden-Johnson was eventually convicted of child cruelty and other offences, exposing a case of fabricated or induced illness, sometimes referred to as Munchausen syndrome by proxy.How could a mother fabricate her own child's illnesses for years? Why did so many people believe her? And how was the abuse eventually uncovered?-------Check out our Patreon for bonus weekly episodes and access to live recordings, plus monthly newsletters! Click here to join:https://www.patreon.com/c/ThisMuchisTrueCrime-------TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thismuchistruecrimeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thismuchistruecrime-------Produced by Podcast House.This Much Is True Crime is proudly sponsored by the TRUE CRIME channel.Watch TRUE CRIME on Sky 146, Freely 37, Freeview 67, Freesat 135 and Virgin 148.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
59 min - Criminologist breaks down botched Christa Pike Execution
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Christa Pike was supposed to become the first woman executed by Tennessee in more than 200 years. Instead, she survived her own execution.Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 torture and murder of 19 year old Colleen Slemmer. On September 30, Tennessee attempted to execute her by lethal injection, but after two doses of pentobarbital, Pike continued breathing and was eventually rushed to hospital in critical condition.The extraordinary failure has thrown Tennessee's execution system into turmoil. Governor Bill Lee has halted executions for the remainder of the year and ordered an independent review into what went wrong.How does an execution go this badly wrong? And after surviving an attempt by the state to kill her, what happens to Christa Pike now?Check out our Patreon for bonus weekly episodes and access to live recordings, plus monthly newsletters! Click here to join:https://www.patreon.com/c/ThisMuchisTrueCrimeTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thismuchistruecrimeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thismuchistruecrimeProduced by Podcast House.This Much Is True Crime is proudly sponsored by the TRUE CRIME channel.Watch TRUE CRIME on Sky 146, Freely 37, Freeview 67, Freesat 135 and Virgin 148.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 hr 1 min - The Welsh Vampire: Criminologist Explains What Drove Him to Murder
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In November 2001, 90 year old Mabel Leyshon was murdered inside her home on Anglesey in one of Wales's most disturbing murder cases.Her killer was 17 year old Mathew Hardman, a former paperboy who had developed an obsession with vampires and the idea that he could achieve immortality.
Mabel was stabbed 22 times before her body was subjected to a series of bizarre rituals. Hardman removed her heart, drank her blood and positioned two fire pokers at her feet in the shape of a cross.
The case became known as the ‘Welsh Vampire Murder’, but what drove a teenager to commit such an extraordinary crime? We look back at Mabel's murder, the evidence that led police to Hardman and the disturbing obsession behind the killing.
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55 min - Why Did Luigi Mangione Plead Guilty?
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https://simplisafe.co.uk/build-my-system?utm_code=TRUECRIMEThe case of Luigi Mangione has become one of the most closely followed criminal cases in America.
Mangione is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was shot dead in Manhattan in December 2024. The case has attracted extraordinary public attention, from the circumstances surrounding Thompson's death to the reaction to Mangione himself.
Professor David Wilson and Martin Frizell examine the case against Mangione, the evidence surrounding the shooting and the unusual legal questions emerging as the case progresses.
They also discuss the intense fascination with Mangione, why this particular case has captured so much attention and what could happen next as the legal proceedings continue.
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1 hr 2 min - Lucy Letby: Inside the Case with Author Chris Morris
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SimpliSafe: For an exclusive 35% OFF and a FREE outdoor camera, click the link below and use the promo code: TRUECRIMEhttps://simplisafe.co.uk/build-my-system?utm_code=TRUECRIMEBombshell new findings from the Thirlwall Inquiry have concluded that Lucy Letby could and should have been stopped sooner, potentially saving the lives of three of her victims.The inquiry found serious safeguarding failures at the Countess of Chester Hospital and concluded that the failure to alert police earlier to concerns about Letby's conduct had devastating consequences for children and their families.Professor David Wilson and Martin Frizell are joined by Christopher Morris, author of a new book examining the Lucy Letby case. They discuss the findings of the inquiry, the ongoing investigation into potential corporate manslaughter and gross negligence at the hospital, and the growing debate surrounding the safety of Letby's convictions.While the Thirlwall Inquiry made clear its position that Letby is responsible for the crimes for which she was convicted, Morris's book brings together experts who question whether her convictions are safe and explores the possibility of the case returning to the Court of Appeal.Check out our Patreon for bonus weekly episodes and access to live recordings, plus monthly newsletters! Click here to join:https://www.patreon.com/c/ThisMuchisTrueCrimeTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thismuchistruecrimeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thismuchistruecrimeProduced by Podcast House.This Much Is True Crime is proudly sponsored by the TRUE CRIME channel.Watch TRUE CRIME on Sky 146, Freely 37, Freeview 67, Freesat 135 and Virgin 148.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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About This Much is True Crime
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This Much Is True Crime is one of the UK's leading true crime podcasts, exploring the biggest crime stories making headlines in the UK and around the world every Wednesday.
Join Britain's leading criminologist, Professor David Wilson, and journalist and TV producer Martin Frizell as they examine the cases everyone is talking about, speak to the people at the heart of extraordinary crimes, and discuss the latest true crime documentaries and dramas.
Produced by Podcast House.
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