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The weekly UK True Crime Podcast is the home of UK true crime. We examine UK cases in depth, talk to true crime authors, review products/shows and interview other experts in the field of UK True Crime to offer you the very best insight and analysis. Whether it is murder, financial fraud or any other UK crime, we will be covering it on the weekly UKTrueCrime podcast.

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A walk in the woods: Episod...

11.19.2019

In September 1992, life was good for newly married Bob Wignall and his wife Sandra, as they strolled in the woods by their home on a beautiful autumn evening. But Bob was unaware that convicted murderer Terry Bewley was having ...

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11.19.2019 A walk in the woods: Episode 158 In September 1992, life was good for newly married Bob Wignall and his wife Sandra, as they strolled in the woods by their home on a beautiful autumn evening. But Bob was unaware that convicted murderer Terry Bewley was having ...
11.12.2019 Two Sisters in Luton: Episode 157 It was cosy in the 3 bedroom semi in Luton with Saima, her husband, their four children, her parents and sister, Sabah. But the close family got along well and all was going just fine until Sabah started an affair ...
11.05.2019 A Burglary in Hampshire: Episode 156 When you are woken in the middle of the night by a noise, you reassure yourself that it was nothing to worry about. Maybe a cat, or a fox. But in this episode of the UK True Crime Podcast from ...
10.29.2019 A night at the pub: Episode 155 A pub on the outskirts of Birmingham which catered for the older crowd. On Saturday night, a couple popped out to see friends, relax and enjoy themselves - like so many people across the UK. But it just takes one ...
10.21.2019 Murder at the Holiday Park: Episode 154 It was a busy weekend in Porthcawl as the holiday season was just starting to ramp up. Families and friends had arrived at the holiday park to relax and have fun. But not everybody, one man was agitated and had ...
10.14.2019 A Cambridge Disappearance: Episode 153 It was New Years Eve 2004 at popular student pub, The Avery, in Cambridge. The mood was good, the music was loud and everyone was having fun. But 22 year old forensics student Sally Geeson never made it home from ...
10.07.2019 Two Judges, One Cleaner: Episode 152 Sex tapes. Illegal workers. Two judges. In this episode of the UK True Crime weekly podcast from north London, I explore how they all came together in a perfect storm in 2005 and look at the effect his had on ...
09.30.2019 The Miami Showband: Episode 151 In July 1975, the Miami Showband were heading back home after a gig in Northern Ireland. As they headed south towards the border, they were pulled over at a temporary checkpoint. What happened next is almost beyond our comprehension.... Sources ...
09.23.2019 The Mild-Mannered Civil Servant - Episode 150 Dating at any stage is a tricky business, but once you are over a certain age and especially if you have children, it gets even more difficult. Kathleen Kirby-Jones, from North London, felt she had met someone worthy of her ...
09.16.2019 A Snowman in Grimsby: Episode 149 It was that period between Christmas and New Year in 2005 when there are lots of parties and people are having fun. After a night out, 30 year old Fraser Murray, who lived in Grimsby, decided at 2.30am to build ...
09.09.2019 The Cornerman (part two): Episode 148 Today’s episode continues my look at the life and crimes of Andy Baker, known as ‘The Cornerman’ for taking a cut of any deal. We look at his rise from working the doors in Surrey, through to murder trials, drugs ...
09.03.2019 The Cornerman: Episode 147 Today’s episode looks at the life and crimes of Andy Baker, known as ‘The Cornerman’ for taking a cut of any deal. We look at his rise from working the doors in Surrey, through to murder trials, drugs and extreme ...
08.27.2019 A Football Club Drama: Episode 146 Queens Park Rangers football club in West London has a loyal and forgiving supporter base. Success on the pitch has been hard to find, with the last trophy being won in 1967. In this episode of the UK True Crime ...
08.19.2019 A Mild Flirtation: Episode 145 I bet you see it at your work all the time. Work colleagues getting on well, maybe a little flirtation, all totally harmless. Or is it? This episode of the UK True Crime Podcast from Surrey in 2014, looks at ...
08.12.2019 The Motorway Service Station: Episode 144 It was a cold, December night in 1995 and Celine Figard was keen to get to the hotel in Hampshire, to join her cousin. She had so enjoyed spending the summer there. So when the truck driver offered her a ...
08.05.2019 Murder At The Marina: Episode 143 When the call came on the Saturday afternoon, 33 year old Warren Selkirk drove to Crosby Marina with his two young sons. He got out of the car, telling them he would be back soon, but he never returned. In ...
07.30.2019 A Sex Worker Murder In Leeds: Episode 142 It was December 2015 and many of us vaguely heard on the news that a sex worker had been murdered in the 'designated red light district' of Holbeck, to the south of Leeds City Centre. But who was this person ...
07.22.2019 Laura Bailey: Episode 141 Laura Bailey was murdered in Liverpool in 2006. With huge thanks to her brother William Bailey, this week I tell the story of her short life. And how she died a true hero. Links https://www.uktruecrime.com (https://www.uktruecrime.com/) https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime
07.15.2019 An Office Affair: Episode 140 The office affair, especially when one, or both, are married, can cause all sorts of problems. In the podcast this week, from Edinburgh, when Suzanne Pilley went missing they suspected the man from her office with whom she was having ...
07.08.2019 The Saturday Night Strangler (part two): Episode 139 We return to South Wales in 2002 as the body of Joseph Kappen is exhumed from the grave where he was buried 12 years earlier, after dying from lung cancer at age 48. Was he the serial killer who had ...
07.02.2019 The Saturday Night Strangler (part one): Episode 138 It was a strange experience for the detectives and forensics experts at dusk by the graveside as they began digging to exhume the body of the suspect. But the families of three young girls from the Swansea area, killed 30 ...
06.24.2019 A Life of Adventure: Episode 137 A stolen yacht was found drifting 12 miles from the coast from Senegal and it looked like it had been drifting for a month. Who had been sailing the boat and why was it here? In this episode of the ...
06.17.2019 Catching The Bus: Episode 136 This is an unusual episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast, as I look at the story of Louis Gillies, from Glasgow, who faced the charge that on a day between May 20 and June 7, 2002, at Eastbourne, ...
06.10.2019 A Halloween Obsessive: Episode 135 Control, domination, obsession. What makes someone exhibit these behaviours and then plan murder based on them? In today's story, from near Manchester in 2003, we look at a terrifying story of obsession that lead to an innocent man dying in ...
06.03.2019 A Naval Disappearance (part-two): Episode 134 This is the second part of a two part story. The story resumes with Allan Grimson revealing to detectives details of another horror murder carried our for the elation he felt experiencing total domination and control of another person. I ...
05.27.2019 A Naval Disappearance (part-one): Episode 133 In today's episode I look at two members of the Royal Navy who disappeared in very different circumstances. And we meet a murderer who describes killing someone as: "It was such a feeling. I have never, ever had that feeling. ...
05.20.2019 The Facebook Killer: Episode 132 The internet allows all of us to be whoever we want to be. Of course, this can be escapist fun, but in today's episode of the UK True Crime weekly podcast from the north-east in 2009 we look at a ...
05.13.2019 Margo Lafferty from Glasgow: Episode 131 The night of 28 February was chilly in Glasgow, with a bitter wind. But one sex worker was still on the streets, earning the money to pay for her heroin habit. In this episode of the UK True Crime Weekly ...
05.06.2019 A Double Abduction: Episode 130 Luck. Is staying safe just a matter of luck? In this episode, from North London in Christmas 1986 looks at two awful abductions and one terrible accident. A series of events caused by just one man which caused such misery ...
04.29.2019 Nikki Allan from Sunderland: Episode 129 Nikki Allan was born in Sunderland on 30 August 1985 and she lived in the City with her mum, Sharon and 3 sisters. There was nothing unusual about the night of 7 October 1992, but this was the night that ...
04.22.2019 A Double Murder: Episode 128 Stansted Mountfitchet is a quiet, pretty Essex village of around 6,000 people 35 miles north of London and close to Stansted airport. Not much happens here. But on a summers evening in July 2015 a brutal double murder rocked the ...
04.15.2019 Missing in Bournemouth: Episode 127 On the outside, they had everything. A beautiful home, the sports cars, holidays, great jobs. But beneath the surface, tension was building between Russell and Carole Packman, especially when Russell's younger lover moved into the family home in Bournemouth. Then ...
04.08.2019 The Scottish Vampire: Episode 126 Have you ever been obsessed by a film? I mean really obsessed? In todays story, we hear how one Scottish man watched one vampire film three times a day, every day, and began to believe in the characters. Then fiction ...
04.01.2019 Missing in Merseyside: Episode 125 When Paul Morson had been missing for two weeks, detectives feared that he may have been held against his will, harmed, or worse….A few years previously, he had been in jail for his part in assisting two men guilty of ...
03.26.2019 Murder in Rural Cornwall: Episode 124 Crime was almost unheard of in this peaceful village in the north of Cornwall. But in November 2003, all that changed when the violent murder of Joan Roddam rocked the rural community of Delabole. With two other brutal murders nearby, ...
03.19.2019 Held Against His Will: Episode 123 Here's the thing: you and I wouldn't fall for the wash-wash scam would we. Would we? In Leicester, as a group of men attempted to con local business associates over a property deal, the situation quickly escalated out of control ...
03.12.2019 The Blackpool Serial Killer: Episode 122 Just how well do you know your family and friends and what they could be capable of doing? The podcast this week looks at a man who killed three people. A 'normal' (whatever that means) guy who was popular, had ...
03.05.2019 The First Date: Episode 121 Their first date was due to take place at a trendy bar in Shoreditch, East London. Carl sounded great and Katie was incredibly excited as she travelled to their meeting on 23 December, 2015. How was Katie to know that ...
02.26.2019 Northern Ireland, October 1993: Episode 120 Northern Ireland, October 1993. It was a terrible week as violence surged leaving innocent people on all sides of the troubles dead or injured. I look at the reasons for two of the most horrendous attacks in the history of ...
02.19.2019 A Nightmare In Plymouth: Episode119 Some people have dark, twisted and violent sexual fantasies. So long as they stay just a fantasy and no innocent people are harmed, then it remains a fantasy. But when those feelings cross the line into into actions, especially when ...
02.12.2019 'Rolex' Dave: Episode 118 Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire 2003. 32 year old Dave King had just left the gym when the white transit van slowed down and the passenger carefully took aim and let fire a torrent of bullets from the AK47. In this episode of ...
02.05.2019 A Life of Privilege: Episode 117 Kilburn, North London. Two men. One a gentle, harmless eccentric gentleman living a peaceful, solitary life. The other, a rich playboy with every advantage possible for a successful life. Then early in 2000, their lives combined with terrible consequences. www.uktruecrime.com ...
01.29.2019 New Years Eve 1996: Episode 116 New Years Eve should be a night of celebration and excitement about what is in store for the following year. But in 1996, one 17 year old went out to celebrate with her friends in Sutton Coldfield, but tragically she ...
01.22.2019 Abduction In Reading: Episode 115 It was just another normal Friday night in Reading. Sixteen year old Mary-Ann and two friends were parked in the car park of a derelict pub close to her home, just chatting and laughing. But then they saw one, two ...
01.15.2019 Showing Off: Episode 114 Passing your driving test is a big deal and provides great freedom. But with that freedom, comes responsibility and risk. In 2007 one young man did what many do after passing his driving test and took his friends out for ...
01.08.2019 The Machine Gun Murders: Episode 113 Forest Gate, London, 2003\. One normal August afternoon on a suburban street people were busy going about their every day life. Then, after a minor traffic violation, three men decided they wanted to exact a terrible revenge completely out of ...
01.01.2019 The Perfect Marriage: Episode 112 The summer of 1987, Carnoustie, Scotland. Lynda Hunter had everything going for her. A wonderful husband, loving family, lots of friends, a job she adored and now she had just had the best news possible - that she was going ...
12.25.2018 Festering Hatred in the New Forest: Episode 111 The New Forest is a beautiful part of England. But one day in 2014, this quiet beautiful area was the scene of a brutal murder, as a mother of five tended her horses. In tis episode of the UK True ...
12.18.2018 Danger In The Woods: Episode 110 November 2000, Leeds, Yorkshire. Many teenagers were Christmas shopping in Leeds City Centre, excited about the upcoming holidays. Two friends took a bus to where they lived in the early evening, once they had bought their gifts, but one never ...
12.11.2018 Horror in Luton: Episode 109 The mutilated, headless torso of the body was recovered from the Blue Lagoon in Bedfordshire. Who was it and why were they murdered? In this episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast I tell a story of utter horror ...

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