Devils in the Dark

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard turn back the clock to 1960s London to visit the East End and Britain’s infamous crime boss twins, The Kray Twins. It seemed almost inevitable that Ronnie and Reggie Kray would grow up to be the heads of one of the most famous crime rackets of all time, after all, they did spend their childhood beating eachother up and having brick fights with the local neighbourhoo...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard head to Paris to learn about the Monster of Montmartre, Theirry Paulin. After a textbook serial killer upbringing, Thierry travelled to Paris to indulge in a heady lifestyle of parties, drinking and drugs. Thierry was the ultimate night out buddy… but no one knew just where he was getting his money from… Expect terrible French accents, a truly horrible killer pair,...

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Helen Anderson and Danni Howard look into the seriously gruesome crimes of Dennis Nilsen. After a difficult upbringing in Fraserbrugh, Scotland, Dennis joined the Army as a chef, and not soon after leaving for the bright lights of London he puts those skills to use in a horrific way. Expect messed up beginnings, a tale of toilets from Danni and some of the most stomach churning details of all time...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard look into the complicated case of American serial killer Aileen Wuornos. After a tragic and abusive upbringing at the hands of her grandfather Lauri, Aileen found herself homeless and living in the woods at just fifteen years old. After meeting the love of her life, Tyria Moore, in her early twenties, a sinister spark is ignited, turning her into one of the most inf...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard are back for a whole new season of Devils in The Dark! In this episode, the girls travel back to 1970s America to learn about the vile serial killer duo, Leonard Lake and Charles Ng. After several stints in jail, Charles Ng manages to escape military detention in Hawaii to join pen pal Leonard Lake in California to enact his horrific “Miranda Plan”. Inspired by the...

We’re back baby!!! Devils in the Dark is back for Season 2 with a whole new season of wild crimes to get stuck into. Oh how we’ve missed you!  From sinister hidden bunkers to iconic undercover cops, we’ve got stories you will not believe. AND this season we’ll be travelling even further, looking into the most horrific cases in history, like the serial killer and torturer Madame La Laurie and the v...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard finish the series with a killer of enormous proportions… literally. At a staggering height of 6”7, ‘Big Ed’ is one of the most violent and messed up killers of the century. After murdering his grandparents aged just 15 years old, Edmund went on to kill dozens of University students before exacting revenge on his estranged mother in one of the worst ways imaginable....

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard travel back to 1990s America to learn about the horrific and infamous Milwaukee Cannibal, Jeffrey Dahmer. After his childhood obsession with animals took a very dark turn, Jeffrey channeled his love of gore and need for control to whole new levels in his one bedroom apartment on North 25th Street in Milwaukee. Expect serious grisly discoveries, a macabre shrine to h...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard turn back the clock to look into one of the most disgusting killers so far, the Bus Stop Killer, Levi Bellfield. After growing up into a woman hating thug, Levi took the lives of two women, one 13 year old girl and attempted to murder another woman in a violent attack involving a people carrier. Expect harrowing accounts from ex-partner Jo Collings, first hand accou...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard travel back to 1980s America to learn about the horrific crimes of The Night Stalker, Richard Ramirez. After growing up under the care of a convicted murderer, Richard Ramirez would go on to take at least 13 lives over the course of a terrifying 14 month killing spree that held the state of California in a constant panic. Expect details of a satan worshiping psychop...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard take a look at the case of Raoul Moat, the murderer on the run that had the UK glued to their TV screens. After getting out of prison, Raoul took his hatred of the police to a whole new level, murdering two innocent men and seriously injuring his ex-girlfriend before turning the gun on himself. Expect a terrifying meat head of a man, a vendetta against the police, s...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard take a look at one of the worst killers in history, the Dating Game killer, Rodney Alcala. After ‘reforming’ twice, Rodney was free to roam The United States, studying under Roman Polanski, and killing an unimaginable number of young girls and women… oh, and he had time to star on American reality TV dating show The Dating Game too. Expect the worst self defence sin...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard dive into the world of Britain’s most hated father, Mick Philpott. After serving only three years in prison after being found guilty for a grisly grievous bodily harm attack in his early twenties, famous ‘benefits scrounger’ Mick is living the high life in the noughties in England. Finding fame through touting his government funded lifestyle on daytime TV shows like...

After deep diving into Dorothea Puente’s cookery book from last week’s episode, Helen Anderson and Danni Howard explore the horrific world of the most infamous killer couple in history, Fred and Rose West. Meeting in a perfect storm, twisted Fred and Rose West would go on to murder at least 12 girls and women, two of whom were their own daughters. Expect grim discoveries, anger over missing women,...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard travel back to 90’s America to visit a boarding house for people down on their luck, run by sweet little old lady Dorothea Puente… but is Dorothea all that she seems? After discovering a body in her front garden, detective John Cabrera has a hunch that this kindly caretaker might not be all that she seemed to be… Expect grisly discoveries, missing teeth, and an OAP...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard take a look into the horrible crimes of Stephen Port, The Grindr Killer. After masquerading as a graduate from Oxford University, a member of the armed forces, and even a special needs teacher on online dating site Grindr, Stephen Port evaded police for months, going on a sick killing spree that spread fear and shock throughout the LGBTQ+ community. Expect ridiculou...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard travel back to just before the millennium to delve into the mind of Tracie Andrews, the femme fatale killer who tricked the nation. After murdering her partner Lee Harvey in a vicious and frenzied attack, she used her charm to lay blame on a ‘fat man with staring eyes’, promoting the police to launch a search for a man who never even existed. Expect arguments of vol...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard travel to 1970s Illinois, America to explore the twisted world of the sinister Killer Clown, John Wayne Gacy. Once a strong pillar of his community, John Wanye Gacy or “Pogo” the clown to the local children, his kind reputation was shattered after a search warrant for his home uncovered unspeakable horrors. Expect harrowing details from police on the scene, an incre...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard travel to 1970s Austria to dive into the world of famous writer and not so reformed murderer Jack Unterweger. After serving time in prison for one horrendous murder, Jack’s writing hobby spiralled into an illustrious career… so illustrious that he was let out of prison early… triggering one of the worst killing sprees modern Europe and America have ever seen. Expect...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard delve into the life and crimes of England’s most dangerous woman, Joanna Dennehy. With the help of criminologists, forensic psychologists and journalists from the scene, they’ll learn how Joanna Dennehy became one of Britain's most frenzied and dangerous murderers. Expect sad wannabe Bonnie and Clyde vibes, deranged behaviour, the story of the worst burglar in histo...

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard travel back in time to rural 1950s America to uncover the horrific crimes of Ed Gein, The Butcher of Plainfield. The infamous inspiration behind all your favourite horror movies, Ed Gein's horrendous crimes against humanity have gone down in infamy. After growing up in rural New Jersey with a puritanical and overbearing mother, Ed took his love for his mother to a w...

Coming soon... your new favourite true crime podcast, Devils in the Dark! From Audioboom Studios, join Helen Anderson and her hilarious best friend Danni Howard as they turn back the clock to explore some of the wildest, most gruesome and totally shocking true crime cases in history.  With the help of expert criminologists, pathologists and journalists who were on the scene at the time, they’ll le...