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Behind The Yellow Tape
by Podcast Radio Original (PRO-Show)
This is a podcast for those who are interested in the commission of a serious crime, particularly murder, and how they get solved by the Criminal Justice System.And for those interested in the fiction of crime, there is something here for you too.J.A. Lovelock is a Barrister-at-Law, an award-winning author, and an award-winning radio presenter. She has spent many years lecturing, training, examining, and adjudicating in the Criminal Justice and Legal System, but most importantly, she is a crime junkie.Welcome to her Podcast – where she takes you Behind The Yellow Tape.Have you ever been anywhere near a crime scene or seen the images on television and wondered, what happened behind that yellow tape? Oh yes, you have! Because you were curious. Nothing wrong with that. We are curious beings. If we were not, we would never learn – anything.And behind that yellow tape, quite a lot happens, more than a lot goes on…This podcast is part of Podcast Radio’s Original (PRO-Shows) programming.</
Episodes
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From Bench to Bestseller – The Legal Life of Nicola Williams [Part 2]
Continuing this engaging interview with Her Honour Nicola Williams, she opens up about her transition from real-life legal drama to fictional storytelling and how a lifetime in law sharpened her pen and fuels her fiction. Whether you're an aspiring author or a courtroom drama fan, Judge Nicola...
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From Bench to Bestseller – The Legal Life of Nicola Williams [Part 1]
In this episode, J.A. Lovelock speaks with Her Honour Nicola Williams, criminal law barrister-turned-judge and award-winning legal thriller author. Nicola shares highlights from her multifaceted career as she reflects on her early days and challenges at the Bar as well as her experiences as a…
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Pulling The Punches: Ending Domestic Abuse – Luke Daniels
Concluding this mini-series on domestic abuse, J.A. Lovelock meets Luke Daniels, a counsellor, activist and author working in the field of domestic violence. Luke Daniels shares insights from his work with perpetrators, emphasising the impact of childhood experiences, societal factors, and the…
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Male Victims of Domestic Abuse: Mark Brooks OBE on Breaking the Silence
Domestic abuse is often framed as a women’s issue, but men, too, can be victims of coercion, violence, and emotional abuse. In this episode of Behind the Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock speaks with Mark Brooks OBE, Chairman of ManKind Initiative, a leading UK charity that provides support for male...
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Here’s What Happened – Lisa Gerardy
Even though domestic abuse is still largely hidden and under-reported, it is probably more widespread than you think. Domestic abuse is not just about men beating and abusing women or women beating and abusing men. It is estimated that around 4.5% of children and young people experience domestic...
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Here’s What Happened - Ruchi Singh
Even though domestic abuse is still largely hidden and under-reported, it is probably more widespread than you think. It is estimated that that one in four women will experience domestic abuse at some point in their lives and on average two women are killed every week by their current or former...
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Fool Me Once. Fool Me Twice – Harold Greenwood
In 1922 a solicitor Herbert Rowse Armstrong was charged, convicted and hanged for the murder of his wife even though the evidence against him was insubstantial. But before that in 1920, another solicitor, Harold Greenwood was also charged with the murder of his wife Mabel. Two lawyers. Similar...
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CSI: Crime Scene Manager – Andrew Langley
You will have heard on a previous episode, J.A. Lovelock’s interview with Crime Scene Investigator (CSI/SOCO) Kate Bendelow discussing her work as a CSI. In this episode, J.A. Lovelock meets Andrew Langley, who for many years worked as a Crime Scene Manager. Andrew will recount real-life cases he...
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Episode 54: The Laundress of Temple Bar: Killer or Victim? - Sarah Malcolm
Step back into 18th-century London, where the cobbled streets of the historic Inns of Court witnessed a chilling murder. In this episode of Behind the Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock delves into the case of Sarah Malcolm, a laundress who found herself at the center of a brutal crime. Was she truly the...
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Keeping it Real with a Real CSI – Kate Bendelow (Part 2)
Back in the year 2000 and until late 2015 a new fictional television show about how crimes are solved blazed onto our screens. It so captured the imagination that every man and his dog believed, after watching the episodes, they had the tools and expertise to solve crimes. The show? CSI of…
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Keeping it Real with a Real CSI – Kate Bendelow (Part 1)
Back in the year 2000 and until late 2015 a new fictional television show about how crimes are solved blazed onto our screens. It so captured the imagination that every man and his dog believed, after watching the episodes, they had the tools and expertise to solve crimes. The show? CSI of…
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A Very Unsisterly Love – Catherine Kinrade
Fairy tales. Cinderella. Wicked Stepmothers and Evil Stepsisters. It’s one thing if your stepsister treats you mean but quite another when your own flesh and blood sister wants you dead. In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape J.A. Lovelock finds out why Catherine Kinrade would want her sister...
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They Know Not What They Do - Michelle Inniss
Concluding her series on knife crime and its effects and impact on families and the wider community, J.A. Lovelock catches up with award-winning playwright and author Michelle Inniss to talk about her new play in development They Know Not What They Do. A play whose central theme deals with...
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From One Mother to Another - Yvvette Edwards
Continuing her series on knife crime and its effects, J.A. Lovelock catches up with author Yvvette Edwards, whose teenage stepson, was the victim of a random non-fatal knife attack in 2009. Yvvette’s latest novel, The Mother, is largely based on that real-life experience where she explores the...
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A Mother’s Anguish – Michelle McPhillips (Part 2)
On the 25 th of February 2017 Michelle Phillips’s life changed forever. It was the day her 28-year-old son, Jonathan McPhillips was fatally stabbed while acting as a peacemaker in a brawl outside Islington Town Hall, in north London. In an emotional recollection she tells J.A. Lovelock what…
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A Mother’s Anguish – Michelle McPhillips (Part 1)
On the 25th of February 2017 Michelle Phillips’s life changed forever. It was the day her 28-year-old son, Jonathan McPhillips was fatally stabbed while acting as a peacemaker in a brawl outside Islington Town Hall, in north London. In an emotional recollection she tells J.A. Lovelock what really...
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Reverend John Selby Watson aka The Stockwell Murderer
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock considers the case of Reverend John Selby Watson, a man of the cloth who bludgeoned his wife of thirty plus years to death. Will this ‘man of God’ meet his maker via the hangman’s noose, or will divine intervention come to his aid?
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The Curious Case of the Poisoned Dumplings – Catherine Foster
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock considers the case of Catherine Foster, a teenage bride convicted of killing her husband of only three weeks by arsenic poisoning. But was she guilty or innocent?
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Vintage Crime. Ceylon Style – Harriet Steel (Part 2)
Former lawyer and crime fiction writer of the vintage age Harriet Steel has been described as a modern-day Agatha Christie. In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock catches up with Harriet to learn more.
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Vintage Crime. Ceylon Style – Harriet Steel (Part 1)
Former lawyer and crime fiction writer of the vintage age Harriet Steel has been described as a modern-day Agatha Christie. In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock catches up with Harriet to learn more.
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Crime Book Reviews. Summer Reads with GB Williams
Her comes summer! In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock is joined again by crime fiction author G.B Williams, who shares her recommendations of crime fiction novels that will keep you gripped and entertained all summer long.
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The Curious Case of the Two Henrys
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock considers the cases of two men called Henry: both accused of killing a widow called Alice: both killings included a hammer but which of the two Henry’s is the real murderer?
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An Inspector ReCalls – Steven Keogh (Part 2)
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock catches up with Steven Keogh, a former Scotland Yard detective inspector. In this two-part series he tells her of his experience investigating terrorism and murder cases and what it takes to catch killers and bring them to justice.
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An Inspector ReCalls – Steven Keogh (Part 1)
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock catches up with Steven Keogh, a former Scotland Yard detective inspector. In this two-part series he tells her of his experience investigating terrorism and murder cases and what it takes to catch killers and bring them to justice.
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Hell Hath No Fury – Ann Lawrence
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock assess the case of Ann Lawrence who in 1867, became the penultimate woman to be publicly hanged in Britain for the murder of her own child, but was she really guilty of such a heinous crime?
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London: The City of Gallows – Beverley Cook
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock meets Beverley Cook, curator of the Executions Exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, an exhibition covering over 700 years of public executions, to find out how and why London acquired this epithet: the City of Gallows.
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He Said He Would, But Did He Really? – William Reeves
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock considers the case of William Reeve, who told all and sundry that he was going to shoot and kill his wife Harriet Reeve. Not too long after that pronouncement, Harriet was found dead with gunshot wounds. Was Harriet murdered by some...
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Fake Alibi. Final Term. Without Trace – Leigh Russell (Part 2)
Since her first novel, Cut Short, hit the shelves in 2009, Leigh Russell, without expecting to, has become a prolific and international best-selling crime writer. In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock catches up with her to find out how she does it.
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Cut Short. Killer Plan. Dead End – Leigh Russell (Part 1)
Since her first novel, Cut Short, hit the shelves in 2009, Leigh Russell, without expecting to, has become a prolific and international best-selling crime writer. In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock catches up with her to find out how she does it.
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Evil Stepmothers Frances Kidder (Part 3)
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape J.A. Lovelock considers the case of Frances Kidder, as the third installment of this Evil Stepmothers series.
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Evil Stepmothers – Harriet Parker (Part 2)
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape J.A. Lovelock considers the case of Harriet Parker, a woman with a vengeance against her philandering and abusive partner and how her action against his children, her stepchildren, ended with dire and grave consequences.
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Evil Stepmothers – Betty Eccles and Eliza Joyce (Part 1)
Fairy tales. Pantomines. Evil stepmothers. All part of the festive season entertainment. But evil stepmothers are not confined to the pages of fairy tales. No. They do exist. In real life. In this episode of Behind the Yellow Tape and forthcoming episodes, J.A. Lovelock considers the cases of…
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Crime Book Reviews with GB Williams
It’s that time of the year. Yes, the bleak mid-winter gift-giving season. Christmas. In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock is joined by crime fiction author GB Williams who shares her recommendations of the crime fiction novels that might look particularly trendy and appealing...
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Locked Up. Locked In. Locked Down – GB Williams
GB Williams (Gail), is a writer whose crime novels have been described as complex and fast-paced. In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock catches up with her in her in her South Wales home, to find out more. And about her demanding cat!
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For She the Bells Toll – Priscilla Biggadyke
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock considers the case of Priscilla Biggadyke. Convicted of poisoning her husband to death, in 1868, she made history by becoming the first woman in Britain to be executed within the walls of a prison. But did she murder her husband or were the...
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Black ‘n’ Blue Special
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, and in celebration of Black History Month, J.A. Lovelock revisits her time with detective sergeant Janet Hills MBE of the Metropolitan Police Force, social change maker and performer Ashleigh Nugent and former police officer and dub poet Malachai Smith.
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‘Sally Arsenic’? – The Curious Case of Sarah Chesham
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock considers the case of farmer’s wife Sarah Chesham who was acquitted of the murders of three children including two of her own. Some felt she got away with murder. Then came the death of her young husband under suspicious circumstances.…
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The Canalside Murders
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock considers two separate canalside murders in the West Midlands, both involving the untimely deaths of two women. She follows the twists and turns of each, which may leave you wondering ‘whodunit’?
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Fusing Folklore and Murderous Goings On – Simon Corbin
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock catches up with Simon Corbin. Never hidebound by genre, Simon writes across a range of genres. Today he tells her about the folklore of the East Anglian Black Dog and how it made its way into his latest crime-supernatural chiller novels.
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The Corned Beef Killer - Ethel Major
Arthur Major led his wife Ethel a miserable existence. He continually quarrelled with her and constantly threatened to beat her. He deprived her and their young son food. Ethel was so afraid of staying in the house with him as she thought he might kill her. But Arthur is the one who is dead. J.A....
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Second Chances – Annys and Lisa
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock meets Annys and Lisa - who tells her about their relationship with the criminal justice system; the affect it had on them; and how they took advantage of their second chances.
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The Curious Case of the Poisoned Rice Pudding – Mary Lefley
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock considers the case of Mary Lefley, a Lincolnshire wife accused of killing her husband by lacing his rice pudding supper with arsenic.
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Murder at the Gallows - Jack Hewitt
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock considers, the case of Jack Hewitt, who at the age of 15, was convicted and detained at His Majesty’s Pleasure, for the brutal murder, of a pub landlady. But was he the real killer?
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Murder in Paradise – Paula Lennon
Fancy some tropical sunshine, mixed with some rum punch and the odd murder? In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock meets Jamaican based crime fiction writer Paula Lennon who tells her about murderous goings-on on this paradise island.
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Black ‘n’ Blue – Malachi Smith (Part 3)
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock meets Malachi Smith - who tells her about his time working as a police officer in Jamaica and Florida and what made him lay aside his handcuffs and baton to lay down some award-winning dub. Dub poetry that is! Think ‘Dub Poet Society’.
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Black ‘n’ Blue – Ashleigh Nugent (Part 2)
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock is joined by award-winning Ashleigh Nugent who tells her about his ‘bad boy’ days, his incredible experience of the criminal justice system, both in the UK and in Jamaica, and how he used his talent for rapping and the arts to transform his...
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Black ‘n’ Blue – Janet Hills MBE (Part 1)
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock meets Detective Sergeant Janet Hills of the Metropolitan Police Force to hear about her life on the beat and how she rose through the ranks to become the first female Chairperson of the Metropolitan Black Police Association. And President…
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It’s a Family Affair – Grace Duff (Part 2)
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, Lovelock takes the case of Grace Duff to its unexpected conclusion.
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It’s a Family Affair – Grace Duff (Part 1)
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, Lovelock evaluates the case of Grace Duff, who was considered to be the killer of three members of her family. But was she?
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The Medical Detective – Sandra Hempel
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, Sandra Hempel tells J.A. Lovelock about an horrendous epidemic that swept the world and killed millions of people. Nobody could understand it, or how it was spreading, and seemingly nobody could stop it…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This is a podcast for those who are interested in the commission of a serious crime, particularly murder, and how they get solved by the Criminal Justice System.And for those interested in the fiction of crime, there is something here for you too.J.A. Lovelock is a Barrister-at-Law, an award-winning author, and an award-winning radio presenter. She has spent many years lecturing, training, examining, and adjudicating in the Criminal Justice and Legal System, but most importantly, she is a crime junkie.Welcome to her Podcast – where she takes you Behind The Yellow Tape.Have you ever been anywhere near a crime scene or seen the images on television and wondered, what happened behind that yellow tape? Oh yes, you have! Because you were curious. Nothing wrong with that. We are curious beings. If we were not, we would never learn – anything.And behind that yellow tape, quite a lot happens, more than a lot goes on…This podcast is part of Podcast Radio’s Original (PRO-Shows) programming.</
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