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Lauren Layfield introduces Murder They Wrote on the series recommendation show, Your Next Podcast.

Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling love true crime - in fact, they're a little bit obsessed. And now they want to share that obsession with you.

Join Laura and Iain as they dive deep into some of the world's most jaw-dropping crime stories. Expect murder, mayhem, blackmail, betrayal, and more.

Each week, the pair choose a new crime and divulge all the details you're dying to know. They unpick the crucial moments and get to the heart of the whodunnit - all while making each other laugh along the way.

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Lauren Layfield introduces Worse than Murder on the series recommendation show, Your Next Podcast.

In the winter of 1969, Muriel McKay, the wife of Rupert Murdoch's deputy chairman at News Limited, was abducted from her home in Wimbledon, Southwest London. The kidnap was a shocking case of mistaken identity – the kidnappers claimed "We tried to get Rupert Murdoch's wife [Anna]. We couldn't get her, so we took [Muriel] instead".

Sadly, Muriel was never seen again.

‘Intrigue: Worse Than Murder’ is a new podcast from BBC Radio 4 which tells the story of what happened the night Muriel was taken, and in the days, months and years that followed.

It was an unprecedented case that obsessed the nation, baffled a police force, and led to the biggest manhunt of its day as the Metropolitan police raced against the clock to find Muriel. But the kidnapping of Muriel McKay was something else too: a story that helped make the British tabloid press into the kind of beast we know today.

Using intimate testimony from members of the McKay family and previously un-broadcast recordings of telephone conversations with the kidnappers, Worse Than Murder sensitively explores the impact the abduction has had on Muriel’s family for 54 long years, and what it tells us about the tabloid press at a pivotal moment in its history.

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Lauren Layfield introduces How to Write a Book on the series recommendation show Your Next Podcast.

Even if you're not writing anything but are simply passionate about books and storytelling, How To Write A Book offers a fascinating peek behind the curtain of the literary world.

Hosted by best-selling author, Sara Collins, leading agent, Nelle Andrew, and senior publisher, Sharmaine Lovegrove, the 12-week series guides listeners from conception to completion. The experts will offer practical knowledge and advice by shedding light on plot development, crafting compelling characters, and mastering convincing dialogue.

Regular listener exercises are provided along the way to help get creative juices flowing and hosts talk about their own influences too. From Tom Ripley to Gone Girl, Jane Austen to Jane Fallon, Peaky Blinders to Succession - episodes will break down how to find ideas and how best to execute them.

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Lauren Layfield introduces Harry and Paul Are... Devious on the series recommendation show, Your Next Podcast.

Join the country's two most loveable villains as they put their secretive scheming skills to the ultimate test.

Wicked, cunning and seriously entertaining, our favourite Anti-Heroes think they could’ve pulled off the biggest failed crimes in history.
In Harry and Paul Are Devious, the duo will bring listeners real crime fails that will send heads into hands and the boys into hysterics. Discover cringe-worthy blunders, like 24-year-old thief Christopher Wallace who posted his hiding location on Snapchat, or the
gang member who purchased ten luxury cars the day after executing the biggest
robbery in Brazilian history!

The devious double act is brimming with fool-proof ideas that these criminals missed...

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Lauren Layfield introduces Dangerous Memories on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast.

When Sarah watched her 23 year old daughter cycle away from her in Chelsea - a well-off corner of London - she had no idea it would be the last time they’d see each other for 6 years. What would make a loving child from a life of privilege suddenly sever ties with friends and family, and vanish? 

It turns out, Sarah wasn’t alone in losing a daughter. Something strange was happening to other young women, too.

And they all had one thing in common: a kind of therapist figure - a woman they were all seeing and sharing their problems, their secrets, their fears with. But it took years for the truth of what was happening behind closed doors to emerge, and the extraordinary things this woman led them to believe.

Dangerous Memories is the story of young women who wanted to be healed that became, for us, a story about the healer, and what we risk when we let someone else into our mind, and our memory.You can follow Dangerous Memories and listen to all of the episodes on Tortoise+, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Lauren Layfield introduces The Rest is Entertainment on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast.

The Rest Is Entertainment pulls back the curtain on television, movies, journalism and more with Richard Osman and Marina Hyde using their years of knowledge, enviable contact book and wit to bring you what’s hot, and what’s not in the world of entertainment. You can follow The Rest is Entertainment and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces Coatbridge on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast.

For decades, Sandra Brown’s life has been intertwined with someone she has never met: an eleven year-old girl named Moira Anderson – who disappeared from their hometown of Coatbridge, Scotland, in 1957. It became one of the oldest cold cases in Scottish history.

Sandra lived just around the corner from Moira. She grew up hearing about the missing girl, whose memory haunted the town. But she never imagined that, one day, she would be the one trying to uncover what happened. Or that her search for answers would reveal secrets and lies so close to home.

In her own words, Sandra tells the full story, of a lifetime spent confronting doubt and resistance. Can she break the silence and find the truth? And how much pain will it cause?

You can listen to Coatbridge on Audible: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Coatbridge-The-Disappearance-of-Moira-Anderson-Audiobook/B0D81JPDP6

Lauren Layfield introduces Boom! on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast.

Why are two old, unpopular men the main candidates for the world’s most demanding job? It’s the question John Prideaux, The Economist’s US editor, gets asked the most. And the answer lies in the peculiar politics of the baby boomers.
Since 1992, every American president bar one has been a white man born in the 1940s. That run looks likely to span 36 years - not far off the age of the median American. This cohort was born with aces in their pockets. Their parents defeated Nazism and won the cold war. They hit the jobs market at an unmatched period of wealth creation. They have benefitted from giant leaps in technology, and in racial and gender equality. And yet, their last act in politics sees the two main parties accusing each other of wrecking American democracy. As the boomers near the end of their political journey, John Prideaux, The Economist’s US editor, sets out to make sense of their inheritance and their legacy. 

You can subscribe to Boom and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or The Economist app.

Lauren Layfield introduces The Tiny Suit Case on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast.

For season 2, the investigative trio is back with a brand new mystery set in Sweden (Scandi Noir if you will) called The Case Of The Tiny Suit/Case. They now live by the phrase “when the cops say no, we say yes”. This season explores a serial act of reverse theft: a tiny three piece corduroy suit and a suitcase containing threatening items were planted on the victim’s veranda in the middle of nowhere. Our forensic experts are also back on board, not because they want to be, but because we asked really really nicely, (and Karen can be unnervingly persuasive).

You can follow The Tiny Suit Case and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lauren Layfield introduces The Story on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast.

The Story: the flagship podcast from The Times and Sunday Times. One remarkable story, told in depth, each day.

Hosts Manveen Rana and Luke Jones take you to the heart of the story you need to know with exclusive reports and investigations.

Plus, each month, William Hague hosts an agenda-setting interview with a key newsmaker or thinker.

Discover the story behind the story with world-class journalism from The Times and Sunday Times.

You can follow The Story and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.