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Always True Crime
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Always True Crime is a network of gripping and unmissable true crime storytelling. Want to find your next true crime addiction? Subscribe here for new content from our network of shows as they drop. UK True Crime, Murder Mile, True Crime Enthusiast and much more, all in one feed! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Killer Who Escaped Prison : Episode 555
Shaun Walmsley was serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of Anthony Duffy when he managed to escape from custody during a hospital visit. In this episode of the UK True Crime Podcast, I look at the murder which led to Walmsley being sent to prison, and the remarkable circumstances...
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From The Archives - Strange Deaths
Death can be a very strange thing indeed - from death by doughnut to the bus driver who couldn't tell an antelope from a human being, via ghastly tales of the occult, cannibalism and extreme reasons for murder - from The Cosby Show to using too much toilet roll - for this time around on the...
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#371 - Rock, Paper, Scissors, Death (Adam Morrell, Loughborough, 2002)
On the 14th of November 2002. 14-year-old Adam Morrell of Loughborough in Leicestershire told his dad he was going to stay at his friends’ house, something that boys do every day in every city. But with the group growing bored, it said, that his death was decided by a childish game of Rock…
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A Betrayal of Police Trust: The Murder of Sarah Everard | Ep. 282
In March 2021, 33-year-old Sarah Everard disappeared while walking home from a friend’s house in south London. Her disappearance sparked a desperate search by her family and friends, as detectives worked to establish what had happened during the short journey she should have been able to make...
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A Hitchhike Home That Ended in Murder : Episode 554
Two teenage girls were snatched from the roadside in Berkshire. One managed to escape, but the other was subjected to a violent and terrifying attack. The cases remained unsolved, and the man responsible escaped justice. But years later, a horrific murder would reveal a chilling connection and...
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Wrongly Convicted: The Case of Sam Hallam and the Fight for Justice
Today I’m joined by Matt Foot, a criminal defence solicitor and Co-Director of APPEAL a legal charity that fights wrongful convictions as we discuss some of the cases that have raised serious questions about our criminal justice system. We begin with Sam Hallam, who was just seventeen when he was...
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The Truth Behind Closed Doors : Episode 553
In almost ten years of making the UK True Crime Podcast, I’ve only covered male victims of domestic abuse once before. The vast majority of domestic abuse victims are women abused by men, and that reality should never be overlooked. But in this episode I wanted to tell the stories of two men who...
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The Defiler - Part 3: A Monster On Trial
Concluding Series 11's opening tale, and in November 2021, David Fuller stood in the dock of Maidstone Crown Court to face trial for the murders of Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce back in 1987, the Tunbridge Wells 'Bedsit' murders, as well as charges relating to the harrowing, disturbing offences...
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#370 - The Biggest Gamble (Mabel Tattershaw & Herbert Mills, Nottingham)
On Friday the 3rd of August 1951, 49-year-old housewife, Mabel Tattershaw went out on a date with 19-year-old Herbert Mills. She was smitten with him, but as a chronic gambler who was obsessed with making an easy fortune, smashing the authorities and beating the odds, she had no idea that she…
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Three Men Murdered in Exeter: The Alexander Lewis-Ranwell Case | Ep. 281
In February 2019, three men were murdered in their homes in Exeter, Devon, in a series of attacks that appeared to have no obvious motive. Eighty-year-old Anthony Payne and 84-year-old twin brothers Dick and Roger Carter had lived ordinary lives, with no known connection to one another. So why…
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The Rumour Which Led To Murder : Episode 552
In this episode from Sunderland, I tell the story of Barry Sewell, a man whose life became caught up in a rumour with devastating consequences. The case raises important questions about the dangers of unsubstantiated allegations, how quickly rumours can spread, and what happens when people decide...
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20 Years Later: The Murder of Tilly Campbell | From the Archives
In October 2006, 77-year-old widow Tilly Campbell was found dead in her home in Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland. The fire brigade had been called to her property, but it soon became clear that Tilly’s death was not the result of a fire. She had been murdered, and what initially appeared...
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Interview with Tom Wood: 40 Years as a Senior Detective and Author
In this episode, I’m joined by one of my real true crime heroes in Tom Wood, a retired senior police officer who spent almost 40 years in policing, working on some of Scotland’s most significant murder investigations. Tom has worked on some of Scotland’s most infamous murders and was Officer in...
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A Bristol Gang : Episode 551
A gang of armed robbers terrorised Bristol for more than a year, targeting banks, building societies and post offices with shotguns and other weapons. But how did they operate, and how did police finally bring them down? In this episode, I look at the robberies, the victims and the remarkable...
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The Defiler - Part 2: A Monster Unmasked
Continuing the opening story of Series 11, and by 2007, the then 20 year cold cases of Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce, the Tunbridge Wells 'Bedsit' murders, had been definitively linked by DNA as being the work of the same killer. But - he wasn't on the National DNA database. Skip forward 13...
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#369 - Cracks in the Concrete (Anna Podedworna & Izabela Zablocka, Derby)
On Saturday the 28th of August 2010, 30-year-old Izabela Zablocka telephoned her mother and 9-year-old daughter, Kasia, as she did every few days without fail. That day, she vanished without a trace and would never be seen or heard from again. And although her killer thought they had got away…
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Rough Diamond - A New True Crime Series From Always True Crime
Very occasionally, I recommend a podcast series to you and this is a show I have found really interesting and I hope you will too. This is episode one of Rough Diamond, the new true crime series from Always True Crime. NOTE: I haven't been paid to promote this podcast It starts in the 1960s when...
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Three Girls Killed on Cannock Chase: The Murders of Margaret Reynolds, Diane Tift and Christine Darby | Ep. 280
In September 1965, six-year-old Margaret Reynolds disappeared while walking to school in Birmingham. Just a few months later, five-year-old Diane Tift vanished while making the short journey home from her grandma’s house in Walsall. Both disappearances sparked major searches, but neither girl was...
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The Friend Who Led Him To His Death : Episode 550
Today’s story takes us to Plymouth, where we look at the tragic story of Callum Hill and the events surrounding his death. At the heart of the story is a personal dispute between two men and the seemingly futile idea that problems can be settled by arranging a fight. What begins as an argument...
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What 40 Years of Investigating Murder Teaches You: An Interview with True Crime Writer Tom Wood
What does nearly 40 years of investigating serious crime teach you about murder? Tom Wood has spent almost four decades on the inside of Scottish policing, working as a detective on some of the country's most notorious cases before eventually becoming a senior-ranking police officer. Now a...
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The Solicitor & The Builder - Revisited
A building project that went badly wrong would lead to a lengthy and costly legal dispute between builder Michael Chudley and his customer, Christopher Sear. As the court case dragged on for years, the consequences for Chudley and his partner became increasingly serious, with both of them losing...
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Rough Diamond - a new true crime series by Always True Crime
This is episode one of Rough Diamond, the new investigative series from Always True Crime. It starts in the 1960s when London was in the grips of a crime spree…rare diamonds are being stolen. The latest is the Colenso diamond. It’s the world’s largest uncut diamond and one of the Natural History...
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True Crime Catch Up - October 2026
True Crime Catch Up is back! I'm delighted to say that True Crime Catch Up is back with a brand-new episode, as I sit down with Stuart Blues, host of the British Murders podcast, for episode one of our new monthly series. If you haven't listened before, it's a chance for the two of us to get...
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The Cases We Can’t Stop Thinking About | True Crime Catch Up
Some true crime cases stay with you long after you've finished researching them. Maybe it's the unanswered questions, the sheer brutality of what happened, the mistakes made during an investigation, or simply the feeling that there’s something about the case you just can't shake. In this…
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The Mystery Of Box Hill: Episode 549
Sixteen-year-old Ruth Wilson disappeared after travelling by taxi to Box Hill in Surrey. She had skipped school and, after being dropped off, was last seen standing alone in the rain on a quiet bridleway as darkness was falling. Ruth had been experiencing difficulties in her personal life, having...
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The Defiler - Part 1: The Beast Of The Bedsit
It is great to be back for a brand new series of The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, and I begin Series 11 with at first, a case that I covered before the podcast was even a podcast, when it was a simple blog. Back in 1987, the Kent town of Tunbridge Wells was gripped by fear, with the murders of...
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#368 - The Off Grid Killer (Colin Porter, Sylwester Krajewski, Aylesbury)
On Monday the 26th of April 2021 at 12:15pm, 63-year-old retired Police Constable, Clive Porter approached Lock 14 at Broughton on the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal. As a License Enforcement Officer, he placed a notice on an unlicensed boat... and then was brutally murdered by NOT the...
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time: The Murders of James Attfield and Nahid Almanea | Ep. 279
In March 2014, 33-year-old James Attfield was found brutally murdered in Castle Park in Colchester, Essex. Just a few months later, 31-year-old Saudi Arabian student Nahid Almanea was attacked and killed while walking along a secluded footpath on her way to the University of Essex. The two…
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Introducing - Rough Diamond
This is episode one of Rough Diamond, the new investigative series from Always True Crime. It starts in the 1960s, when London was in the grips of a crime spree…rare diamonds are being stolen. The latest is the Colenso diamond - the world’s largest uncut diamond, and one of the Natural History...
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The Secret in the Cellar : Episode 548
Carol Jarvis was a woman whose life was shaped by her family and, later, by a degenerative illness which left her increasingly dependent on others. As her health deteriorated, her husband took on the role of her carer, looking after her at home as she became less able to care for herself. But...
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The Police Sergeant's Wife: The Murder of Madallin Jones | Ep. 278
In January 1993, 37-year-old Madallin Jones was found dead beside a stream near Hawarden, North Wales, after what initially appeared to be a terrible road accident. But as detectives examined the scene and began looking more closely at the circumstances surrounding her death, they quickly…
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The Graveyard - Revisited
Note: This epiosde was originally released in February 2022. High Wycombe isn't somewhere you would necessarily associate with violent crime, but in this case an apparently ordinary churchyard became the setting for a brutal and completely unnecessary murder. Lee Gillespie found himself caught up...
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A Festival Tragedy : Episode 547
A weekend of music, mountain biking and entertainment at the impressive surroundings of Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire. But for one 18-year-old man with everything to live for, the weekend would end in tragedy. What happened during those final hours, and how did a celebration turn into a...
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#367 - The Serial Killer Handbook (Ian Halls & Michael Harvey)
From Saturday 20th of March 2004 to Friday 15th of May 2004, in numerous lakes and rivers, across several countries, the head, hands, thighs, lower legs and feet, but not the arms, torso and pelvis of 63 year-old Ian Halls was found. He wasn't a criminal and hadn't double crossed anyone, so why…
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A Fatal Betrayal: The Murder of Natalie Jarvis | Ep. 277
In the summer of 2012, 23-year-old Natalie Jarvis was enjoying life in Swanley, Kent. Outgoing, funny and hugely sociable, Natalie had a close family, a large circle of friends and a job she loved, but behind the scenes, she had become involved with a young man she had known for several years…
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Murder At The Wrong House : Episode 546
The story today is from Cheshire, when two childhood friends visit a family property, Boarded Barn, unaware that their lives are about to be caught up in a terrifying chain of events. This is a case involving mistaken identity, an extraordinary sequence of events and a murder investigation that...
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The Business Partner Who Wasn't Who He Seemed : Bonus Episode
In 2005, Jim Phillips co-founded a marketing company with his best friend. The business grew quickly, securing major contracts and working with high-profile international clients. But behind the success, Jim began to notice increasingly strange behaviour from his business partner. What followed…
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The Man Behind The Blindfold : Episode 545
She spent more than 100 hours with the man she believed she loved - but she never saw his face. Kye Fortune was, to the woman at the centre of this case, a real person. They had built a relationship online and eventually met in person, but only on the condition that she wore a blindfold. What...
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#366 - Dole Money (Tring, 1988)
Sunday the 7th of February 1988 was a typical day for Samantha, Colin and their family, residents of Kingsley Way in Tring, Hertfordshire. They went to church, they had dinner, they went to bed, and by the morning, Colin had brutally murdered his wife, cut up her body and hid it in the freezer…
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A Teenage Double Murderer: The Killing of Rosalyn Hunt and Desmond Thorpe | Ep. 276
In the summer of 2009, 15-year-old Lorraine Thorpe was living a life far removed from the childhood most people would recognise. Growing up around alcohol, drugs, homelessness and violence in Ipswich, Suffolk, Thorpe had become deeply involved with a group of vulnerable adults, including her dad,...
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The Last Journey : Episode 544
Rachel Thacker was just 21, with a new job, a new car and a future that seemed full of possibilities. A caring, outgoing and popular young woman, she had recently graduated with a degree in occupational therapy and was looking forward to beginning her career. After travelling to Manchester to...
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The Family Who Disappeared: The Chohan Family Murders | Ep. 275
In February 2003, Amarjit Chohan and his family appeared to vanish without a trace. Amarjit was a successful businessman living in west London with his wife Nancy, their two young sons, Devinder and Ravinder, and Nancy’s mum, Charanjit Kaur, but when the entire family disappeared, leaving behind...
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The Murder of an Identical Twin : Bonus Episode
What would it be like to lose your identical twin to murder? In this episode, I talk to Nick Dawson, whose identical twin, Simon, was murdered in the most dreadful attack in 1998. I found this conversation incredibly moving and, at times, very emotional. Nick takes us back to his brother’s...
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The Murder Behind The Lie : Episode 543
Dawn Rhodes was a 38-year-old mum whose attempt to leave an unhappy marriage ended in tragedy. After her murder, a disturbing version of events emerged in which Dawn was portrayed as a violent woman who had attacked her own child. But behind that story was a lie which would have devastating...
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#365 - The Foul Stench of Garlick (Carol Ann White, West Drayton)
Thursday the 11th of October 1962 at 4:20pm, off Cherry Lane, in Sipson’s Field in West Drayton, the body of 16 year old Carol Ann White was found; she had been brutally stabbed, but not sexually assaulted. Police believed it was connected to a string of other sex attacks in the area. But the…
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Killed by the People He Trusted: The Murder of Adam Vincent | Ep. 274
In early 2011, 33-year-old Adam Vincent was living in the shadow of a heroin addiction in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Vulnerable, in poor health and increasingly dependent on the people around him, Adam became involved with a group running a local drug operation, but when the people around him became...
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Held Captive By A Stranger : Episode 542
In Newport, South Wales, Martin Podmore met a woman at a party - nothing unusual there, and the two got on well. But it was the beginning of an encounter that would take a deeply disturbing turn when he later kept her captive against her will. She was trapped in a situation where her freedom was...
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Interview With Top Crime Reporter Martin Brunt : Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode, I chat with top crime reporter, Martin Brunt. Martin spent 36 years at Sky News and built such a reputation for contacts that, during the 2006 Ipswich serial murders, a police press officer reportedly told a rival journalist: 'Call Martin Brunt. He knows everything before…
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Judge, Jury - And Executioner
The feature-length Series 10 finale of The True Crime Enthusiast brings with it an almost surreal tale of abuse, murder, dismemberment, imprisonment, appeal, acquittal, mental illness, misguided revenge - and something called Project Tango. It was a tale that shook the county of East Sussex when…
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The Killer Next Door : Episode 541
When you move into a small flat in a new town, just how much can you really know about your neighbours? Melanie Sturton had only recently left home to work and study when she moved into a flat in Aberdeen. She could have had no idea that someone living nearby would ultimately play a part in a...
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Always True Crime is a network of gripping and unmissable true crime storytelling.
Want to find your next true crime addiction? Subscribe here for new content from our network of shows as they drop. UK True Crime, Murder Mile, True Crime Enthusiast and much more, all in one feed!
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