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Always True CrimeDanielle Reid and the Safeguarding Failures That Led to Her Death | Ep. 228
In the early 2000s, the death of five-year-old Danielle Reid became one of the most disturbing child murder cases in Scottish criminal history. What began as…
Always True CrimeMurder On The Isle Of Wight : Episode 479
During a beautiful summer, 15-year-old Camilla Petersen, a Danish exchange student, travelled to the Isle of Wight expecting a life-changing experience…
Always True CrimeDeath Comes To Derlwyn Farm
We head back to the 1950’s, and to rural West Wales this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, where I bring you an account of a couple who…
Always True Crime#331 - The Kindness of Strangers (Victoria Adams, Wynton Apapale Adoum, Shepherd’s Bush, W6)
On Friday 7th of February 2025, single mother of four children, Victoria Adams invited homeless ex-con Apapale Adoum arrived to stay at her home at 2 Coulter…
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Scotland’s Forgotten School Shooting: The Murder of Nanette Hanson | Ep. 227
In November 1967, a gunman walked into a classroom at St John’s RC High School in Dundee. What unfolded that afternoon left a young teacher fatally wounded, a…
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A Terrifying Kidnap : Episode 478
All the data tells us that we are most likely to be harmed by those we know. But for most of us our real nightmares are about being snatched by a total…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES | Harold Shipman and the Patients He Killed
Twenty-two years after Harold Shipman’s death, the consequences of his crimes still loom large over British medicine and public trust in GPs. In this…
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Dead Famous - A New Podcast I Think You Should Listen To
As you know, in the true crime world there might be an idiot or two....ok, maybe three...but in the nine years I have been involved in podcasting I have met…
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Bonus Episode: True Crime Catch Up - The Murder of John Lennon
You may have listened to the 'True Crime Round Up' this year, where me and Stuart, host of the British Murders Podcast, talked about all things true crime once…
Always True Crime#330 - The Slain Stylist (Andre Mizelas, Hyde Park, W2)
On Monday 9th of November 1970 at 8:42am, the TR5 sports car of celebrity hairstylist Andre Mizelas pulled up on South Carriage Drive in Hyde Park, London. It…
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A Fiancé Killed in Cold Blood: Tracie Andrews and the Murder of Lee Harvey | Ep. 226
On a winter’s night in December 1996, after a couple pulled into a lay-by in the West Midlands, the woman claimed they’d just been victims of a violent road…
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The Ultimate Traitor - Inside the Mind of Robert Hendy-Freegard : Episode 477
The Ultimate Traitor explores the chilling true story of Robert Hendy-Freegard — the conman who posed as an MI5 agent and manipulated his victims through fear…
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Revisited - A Naval Disappearance
Today I am re-releasing an episode I recorded in 2019 about Allan Grimson, a totally depraved excuse for a man who murdered at least two Royal Navy Sailors and…
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New Year's Evil - A Killer Downstairs
I round off this Horrors Over The Holidays selection of tales with a senseless story from New Year's Day in 2020, for which we head to the Stockbridge Village…
Always True CrimeCOMING SOON: the new series of Murder Mile
Murder Mile returns to your ears on Thursday 8th January, for more details listen to this short trailer, and for extra goodies, subscribe via Patreon. Follow…
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Inside the Fred West Case: A Conversation with Biographer Geoffrey Wansell
January 1, 2026 marks 31 years since Fred West took his own life while awaiting trial for a series of horrific crimes that shocked Britain. This special…
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New Year's Evil - Firestarter
The Hogmanay Party had been a great success, and returning to his parents home in Milngavie, in East Dunbartonshire, all then 23 year old Cameron Logan and his…
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New Year's Evil - A Tale Of Two Brothers
The Horrors Over The Holidays: New Year’s Evil this time around takes us back to New Years Eve 2013, and down to the county of Hampshire, to the start of what…
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Under The Radar : Episode 476
The story from this week looks at a massive seizure of heroin and cocaine from a gang based in the north-west of England and rural north Wales. But what hit me…
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New Years Evil - Horror On The Seafront
Sticking with this Horrors Over The Holidays season of daily tales, I now move onto those tales that take place over the turn of the year, beginning with a…
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Horrors Over The Holidays - The Tale Of Jake And Chloe:
This time around, for the last of the Horrors Over The Holidays to take place this year over the Christmas period, I bring perhaps the most tragic of these…
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Horrors Over The Holidays - Can A House Be Cursed?
We head back to the Christmas of 1972 for this Horrors Over The Holidays episode, where I account a strange, yet tragic story in which the question is posed -…
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Horrors Over The Holidays - Alan's Story
The only unsolved tale of this Horrors Over The Holidays season I have curated drops here with a tale of tragedy, cruelty, and an account of a truly horrific…
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Horrors Over The Holidays - Kirsty
The Horrors Over The Holidays season continues here with a tale from Christmas 2021 that highlights just how evil, violence and tragedy don't take a Christmas…
Always True CrimeMurder Mile Christmas Special 2025
This is the Murder Mile Christmas Special, written as a thank you to all of our loyal listeners. If you're new to the show, you probably won't get it. Listen…
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Bonus Episode: 'Q&A With Host, Adam'
Happy Christmas! I am often asked questions about the UK True Crime Podcast, including why I started, why am I interested in true crime, what trouble has the…
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A Yorkshire Christmas Message: The Pauper's Speech 2025
In place of a regular episode, this Christmas Day I’m sharing a short, heartfelt message - think of it as the Yorkshire version of the King’s Speech. This…
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Horrors Over The Holidays - A Christmas Interrupted
I bring a selection of tales of Horrors Over The Holidays this festive season, each day bringing a different tale, and beginning here with the tale of how on…
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A Fatal Power Struggle : Epiosde 475
Abdul Hadi Arwani’s life ended in a sudden burst of violence that left a community reeling and a trail of unanswered questions. This episode examines the time…
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One Punch Killings at Christmas | True Crime Catch Up | Ep. 8
Christmas parties are meant to be a time to unwind - a few drinks, familiar faces, and a break from the everyday routine - but the festive season also brings…
Always True CrimeBONUS CHAT with Murder Mile & True Crime Enthusiast - Patrick Mackay
This is a special one-off recording between myself, Mike at Murder Mile and Paul at True Crime Enthusiast about Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath. If…
Always True CrimePatrick Mackay: The Two Sides Of A Psychopath - Bonus Chat
Psychopath - The Two Sides Of Patrick Mackay, my collaboration with Mike from the fabulous Murder Mile, is now out in its full 10 parts. A few weeks ago…
Always True Crime#329 - Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath - Part F (Ivy Lillian Davies)
This is Part F of F of Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath, about the killing of Ivy Davies. On the night of Sunday 3rd of February 1975, between 10:30pm…
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The Willenhall Christmas Tragedy: Remembering Lisa, Keighley and Demmy Higgins | Ep. 225
On Christmas Eve 2003, a quiet residential street in Willenhall looked exactly how it should. Lights in the windows, presents under the tree, and two young…
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Friday Night At The Pub : Episode 474
For Kenneth Bastow, from Yorkshire, it was his usual Friday night routine. A few drinks with his old pal at the pub to round off the week and put the world to…
Always True Crime#238 - Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath - Part E (Sarah Ann Rodmell)
This is Part E of F of Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath, about the killing of Sarah Rodmell. On the night of Saturday the 21st of December 1974…
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A Christmas Tragedy in Cardiff: The Geraldine Palk Story | Ep. 224
In December 1990, a young woman walked the final few yards towards her home in Cardiff, but never made it through the front door. What happened in those final…
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Trusted | A Hidden Killer : Episode 473
It was the usual bus to college in Plymouth that 18 year old Alicia Eborne had caught so many times before. But this time, she had not made it to college or…
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Bonus Episode: Murder In A Small Community
I am again joined by Grace, host of the excellent RedRum Podcast as we talk about the murder of Michael O’Leary, a Welsh father who vanished after being lured…
Always True Crime#237 - Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath - Part D (Leslie Frank Goodman)
This is Part D of F of Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath, about the killing of Leslie Frank Goodman. Thursday 13th of June 1974, six months after…
Always True CrimePatrick Mackay: The Two Sides Of A Psychopath - Part 4
My final offering of Psychopath: The Two Sides Of Patrick Mackay comes this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, where I bring my side of the tale…
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A Troubled Home: The Murder of Eleanor Harrison | Ep. 223
In April 1996, a quiet council estate in Falkirk became the centre of one of Scotland’s most unsettling domestic murder investigations. When 35-year-old…
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Five-Year Anniversary Special: Listener Q&A
Five years ago today, on December 3, 2020, I released the first three episodes of British Murders. I had no idea what I was doing, no audience other than…
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A Dreadful Revenge : Episode 472
It was such a minor event to happen, totally irrelevant in the scheme of things. But 26 year old Robert Thacker was believed to have been responsible, so his…
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Revisited - My First Ever Episode
This week I am celebrating an amazing nine years of the UK True Crime Podcast. To mark this anniversary, I have released today the very first episode of the…
Always True Crime#236 - Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath - Part C (Stephanie Britton & Christopher Martin)
This is Part C of F of Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath, about the killing of Stephanie Britton and Christopher Martin. On the night of Friday 11th of…
Always True CrimePatrick Mackay: The Two Sides Of A Psychopath - Part 3
In the penultimate episode of my contribution to the ten part crossover series that myself and my friend Mike of the Murder Mile Podcast have joined forces to…
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An Unthinkable Crime: The Murder of Mabel Leyshon | Ep. 222
In November 2001, a crime unlike anything North Wales had seen before shattered the quiet Isle of Anglesey. Inside her cosy bungalow, 90-year-old Mabel Leyshon…
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A Murder With No Motive : Episode 471
Elizabeth Baxter had lived in Plaistow, East London for all of her 77 years and was, as you can imagine, well-known and liked in the area. So just who had…
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Anthony Hardy Revisited | True Crime Catch Up | Ep. 1
Five years ago, convicted serial killer Anthony Hardy died in prison while serving a Whole Life Order, a sentence he received after murdering Sally White…
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Bonus Episode: True Crime Catch Up - Latest Weekly Episode
You may have listened to the 'True Crime Round Up' this year, where me and Stuart, host of the British Murders Podcast, talked about all things true crime once…
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Bonus Episode: The Murder of Nikki Halpin
For this bonus episode, I am a guest once again on one of my favourite true crime shows, the excellent REDRUM Podcast with Grace. In this episode from the US…
Always True Crime#235 - Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath - Part B (Mary Brigid Hynds)
This is Part B of F of Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath, about the killing of Mary Hynds. On Friday the 20th of July 1973, a kind and frail…
Always True CrimePatrick Mackay: The Two Sides Of A Psychopath - Part 2
Continuing the ten part crossover series that myself and my friend Mike of the Murder Mile Podcast have joined forces to bring you, the two sides to the…
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An Easter Tragedy: The Shani Warren Story | Ep. 221
In April 1987, 26-year-old Shani Warren was last seen driving in Buckinghamshire during an ordinary Easter weekend. The next day, her body was discovered in a…
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A Fatal Grudge : Episode 470
It was just a normal Staurday afternoon in Merseyside as Graham McKenna and his son Michael made their way to the football match to watch Everton. But…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES | Peter Sutcliffe: 13 Forgotten Victims
Five years after Peter Sutcliffe’s death, his crimes continue to cast a long shadow over Northern England. In this remastered episode, I revisit a two-part…
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Revisited - The Monster of Medomsley
This week saw a report by the Prisons & Probation Ombudsman about the terrible abuse that occurred at Medomsley Detention Centre in County Durham. I covered…
Always True Crime#324 - Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath - Part A (Heidi Ann-Marie Mnilk)
This is Part A of F of Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath (Heidi Mnilk). On Sunday the 8th of July 1973, 17-year-old German tourist Heidi Mnilk boarded…
Always True CrimePatrick Mackay: The Two Sides Of A Psychopath - Part 1
One of Britain’s most infamous serial killers is a man you may never have heard of, he's spent fifty years behind bars, holding the distinction of being…