True Crime Britain

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature, including crimes against children. Listener discretion is advised** Lawrence Haggart was a popular and talented young man who lived in a two-story semi-detached house on Glenbervie Drive with his mother and two brothers. It was from his father that Lawrence got his passion and skills for football. Larry was not just an avid Celtic supporter...

***Content Warning*** This episode contains descriptions of a sensitive nature, including the death of children, and adult language at times*** Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the "Yorkshire Ripper." Many of us recognise this name - The serial killer who terrorised the North of England in the 1970s and early 1980s was all over the news as the public lived in fear while the police tried to pu...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature, including the death of children. Listener discretion is advised** Some of you may know Brooke Kinsella from her role as Kelly Taylor in the series EastEnders. The show has run since 1985 and is, with more than 6,500 episodes, one of the most watched soap operas in the UK. However, since 2008, Brooke has become known for a totally different...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature, including crimes against children. Listener discretion is advised** Logan Mwangi was a happy little schoolboy with a cheeky grin, brown curly hair, and kind eyes. Those who knew Logan during the first years of his life described him as a cheerful, chatty, polite, kind and caring—that kind child that could have grown up to be an amazing youn...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature. Listener discretion is advised** On Friday, April 15, 2016, the police showed up at a semi-detached house on Dawson Avenue in Spalding, Lincolnshire. It was the home of the Edwards family, 49-year-old Elizabeth and her two daughters, 13-year-old Katie and 14-year-old Kim, whom no one had seen for a couple of days. After receiving no respons...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature. Listener discretion is advised** When a few days had passed in October 2009, without anybody seeing 50-year-old Alan Wood at work or sitting at his favourite pub, his friends and colleagues began to worry. It was not like Alan to disappear like that, and so a friend and colleague drove to his house in Lound, Lincolnshire, to check on him. W...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature. Listener discretion is advised** Reynhard Sinaga is an unassuming man, barely 5ft 7 in tall, with a slim figure, a friendly smile and thick-rimmed glasses. His friends in Manchester described him as nice, meek and inoffensive—in fact, Reynhard was said to be so square it was hard to even imagine him getting a parking ticket. But it was unde...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature. Listener discretion is advised** 21-year-old Eve Stratford was an ambitious young woman with big plans for her future. She loved her job as a Bunny at a Playboy club in London but did not want to wait tables forever—instead, Eve pursued a career as a model and wanted to become a star. But just when it seemed that doors began to open for Eve...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature, including crimes against children. Listener discretion is advised** Many of us have heard about the horrible mass shooting that occurred on May 24 in Uvalde, Texas, United States, which left 19 students, and two teachers dead. What makes the situation even more tragic is the fact that this year alone, within just six months, there have been...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature. Listener discretion is advised** In August 2019, PC Andrew Harper and his colleague Andrew Shaw responded to the call of a burglary in West Berkshire, England, despite the fact they were already finishing their shift. Going beyond the call of duty was nothing unusual for these hardworking professionals—but this time, the decision to do over...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature. Listener discretion is advised** If you think about a midlife crisis, what comes to mind?  The fear of mortality and the desire to be young again are normal things that most of us will face at some point. Everyone reacts to getting older differently, and a midlife crisis may cause some to change their behaviour drastically, like wantin...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature, including crimes against children. Listener discretion is advised** When Kelly Ann Bates introduced her first boyfriend to her parents back in 1996, they took an instant dislike to the 'slightly older man'. Shortly after, Kelly Ann moved in with the man, but within a month, she was dead! When the true horror of what Kelly Ann had been subje...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature, including crimes against children. Listener discretion is advised** Back in 1987, two young women were murdered and sexually abused in separate attacks in Kent, England. The authorities were able to collect evidence from both crime scenes, but due to DNA analysis being still in its infancy, the killer remained unidentified for decades—likel...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature, including crimes against children. Listener discretion is advised** On the 2nd of July 2018, 6-year-old Alesha was taken from her bedroom in the middle of the night, and brutally murdered less than 15 minutes away from her home. Police quickly arrested a suspect, but as the hideous details of the crime come to light, it sends shockwaves thr...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature. Listener discretion is advised** Five decades ago, a body of an unknown male was found in a shallow grave in Burton. Without identification or matching missing person reports, the investigators were set on a long road trying to figure out who the so-called 'Fred the Head was'? I’d love you to share your feedback with me by leaving a review...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature, including crimes against children. Listener discretion is advised** The brutal murder of 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods in 2020 caused nationwide shock and found its way to international headlines due to the gruesome details of the crime. Right from the start, Gardai had two main suspects, but overall, more than ten people might have play...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature, including crimes against children. Listener discretion is advised** Losing your child suddenly and violently is heart breaking enough, but not having the possibility to lay them to rest is a different kind of torture. 5-year-old April Jones' parents know who took their daughter from them, but they still do not know exactly what happened to...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature. Listener discretion is advised** When a Metropolitan Police officer told 33-year-old Sarah Everard that she was being arrested for breaching COVID-19 regulations, she agreed to go with him. There was no way for Sarah to know, Wayne Couzens was not out that night as a police officer - but as a predator hunting for prey. I’d love you to share...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature, including crimes against children. Listener discretion is advised** Back in 2003, Charlene Downes was a 14-year-old schoolgirl living in Blackpool, England. Even though she had become somewhat of a truant and often hung around with the wrong crowd, Charlene's mother was comforted by the fact her daughter always returned home. But then, one...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature. Listener discretion is advised** Of all the crimes humans are capable of, there is perhaps none more unimaginable than a parent killing their own child—or the other way around. Parricide—when a child kills their own parent—is the rarest type of murder, accounting for only 3% of all homicides in England and Wales. But in many cases, authorit...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature, including crimes against children. Listener discretion is advised** The crime that took place on a Sunday morning in 1999, was so gruesome that it was described as an "orgy of savagery" by the prosecuting counsel. Four people from the same family lost their lives in the lower Swansea Valley during an attack that resulted in the most extensi...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature. Listener discretion is advised** Daniel Morgan was one of Britain's 10,000-odd registered private detectives until he met his untimely death. The discovery of his body in the car park of a pub in Sydenham, south London, in 1987 marked the beginning of a strange and complex case that would include allegations of drug networks and corrupt pol...

**This Episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature, including crimes against children. Listener discretion is advised** In February 2011, the body of a 19-year-old female was found inside a burning flat. As more details emerged, it soon became apparent that the fire was no accident, and the victim, Nikitta Grender - who was 38 weeks pregnant with a baby girl, had been brutally murdered, send...