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This is the Omnibus Edition of The Soho Strangler - Parts Five to Seven, without Extra Mile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the Omnibus Edition of The Soho Strangler - Parts Five to Seven, without Extra Mile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the Omnibus Edition of The Soho Strangler - Parts One to Four, without Extra Mile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I tell the story of Craig Keogh and Jane Hings. On September 24, 2017, 72-year-old Jane Hings was sexually assaulted and murdered by 25-year-old Craig Keogh in her Fleckney bungalow. Craig then burgled Jane's home and sold what he could to help fund a lavish weekend of spending. He was arrested two days later in his caravan and subsequently handed a life sentence on March 20, 2018...

We head back to the early 1990's this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, and to the village of Marston-on-Dove in South Derbyshire, where I bring you an account of a crime that is as disturbing as it is senseless, and we meet a very dangerous individual, responsible for that most terrible of offences. Murder without motive. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and...

This week on the UK True Crime Podcast, a Serial Killer. When Police Constable David Haigh was asked to deliver a summons to a poacher, it was quite a routine procedure for a police officers covering such a rural area. However, when the officer failed to return and couldn’t be contacted, his colleague PC Mick Clipston was sent out to find the missing officer. As he approached the tree lined, picni...

This is Part Ten of Ten of The Soho Strangler. At the crime-scene of ‘French Marie’s murder, the culprit had left his fingerprints. At the pub and a nearby market, he was seen with the victim, just hours before ethe murder, by at least twenty eye-witnesses, some of whom he had spoken to, even giving them details about his life. As the case stalled, once again, a strangler had vanished into thin ai...

In this episode, I tell the story of Rocky Price and Lindsay Birbeck. On August 12, 2019, 47-year-old teaching assistant Lindsay Birbeck was murdered by 16-year-old Rocky Price in a seemingly random attack. Rocky then transported Lindsay's body to Accrington Cemetery using a wheelie bin - an act he was caught doing on CCTV - and buried her body. Mrs Justice Yip handed Rocky Price a life sentence w...

Carradale is a village on the east coast of Kintyre, off the west coast of Scotland and looking over the west coast of the Isle of Aaron in the Firth of Clyde. The harbour at Carradale is sheltered and looks out at the deep waters of Kibrannan Sound and then the towering mountains of Aaron. It is a beautiful, peaceful spot and if you look carefully, you will see a small memorial plaque on the harb...

The concluding part of a two part hometown tale for me, and in which I tell you what exactly made Jordan Davidson, who over a few weeks had become the scourge of the city of Wrexham, as wanted as he was - for he had "gone up a level", to use his own words. Gone up a level is an understatement.  The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events that some listeners may find disturbi...

I welcome private investigator David McKelvey to the show in this interview episode.⁣ David was formerly a Detective Chief Inspector in the Metropolitan Police with over 60 commendations, and in 2007, he formed TM Eye, one of the UK’s most active private investigation companies. In this episode, David and I primarily discuss the 1995 Rettondon murders, also known as the Range Rover murders or Esse...

This is Part Nine of Ten of The Soho Strangler. On Monday 16th August 1937, in the second floor lodging of a 48-year-old casual prostitute known as ‘French Marie’, a fourth French prostitute would strangled to death by an unknown assailant, and in a way which was as identical as the others. But unlike the others, her murderer would murder her was seen, not by one witness, but by at least twenty. D...

In this episode, I tell the story of Lewis Daynes and Breck Bednar. On the morning of February 17, 2014, 18-year-old Lewis Daynes murdered 14-year-old Breck Bednar by stabbing him in the neck. Breck met Lewis online and was lured to his flat the previous evening. Lewis Daynes was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 25 years on January 12, 2015, by Mrs Justice Cox at Chelmsford Crown Cour...

The first of an unplanned two-part episode drops this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, and a hometown tale for me as here and next time, I describe to you the crime spree of an individual that saturated the suburb of Caia Park in Wrexham - and which escalated to tragic, and horrific events. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events that some listeners may...

It was just another normal day at the Harvey Nichols flagship store in Knightsbridge.  As the day was drawing to a close at about 7.50pm, 22 year old Clare Bernal was finishing up her shift in the beauty department. With only 10 minutes to go there were a few customers still milling around, and Clare and her colleagues were looking forward to the end of another day. Nobody paid much attention to t...

This is Part Eight of Ten of The Soho Strangler. On Thursday 23rd January 1936 at 6:50pm, Red Max entered 35/36 Little Newport Street, the lodging of a petite French brunette known as ‘French Suzette’, who was the mistress of his rival, Roger Vernon. Within half an hour, there would be another killing in Soho. But was this the work of The Soho Strangler? Date: Thursday 23rd January 1936 from 6:50p...

In this off-season episode, I'm joined by Bobbie Holmes of Killer Stories, who tells me (and you) the story of American double murderer Larry Gene Bell. Larry Gene Bell kidnapped 17-year-old Shari Smith on May 31, 1985, and murdered her shortly after. He then taunted Shari's family by making several phone calls and forcing Shari to write them a letter before she was killed. A couple of weeks later...

David Smith was married to Maureen Hindley, sister of Myra. On one night when Myra asked him to walk her home, he could never have imagined the scene of utter horror he would see at a normal house on the outskirts on Manchester. David Smith later described Saddleworth Moor – the scene of such horror – as: ‘Hell’s garden, an abyss where devils play and souls can never rest. I hate the place with a...

It was a normal Saturday night when 18 year old Sally-Anne Bowman, her sister Sally and some friends were planning a night out at Lloyds Bar on Croydon High Street. Her sister picked her up just after 6pm and as she left her mum’s flat Sally-Anne waved goodbye and thanked her for letting her stay, saying a final ‘love you Mum’. Her mum could never have guessed it was the last time she would see he...

This is Part Seven of Ten of The Soho Strangler. With three women dead, no witnesses to their murders and no clues to their killer’s identity, although the Police still insisted that this was not the work of a serial-killer but three different murders with remarkable similarities, the press had a suspect… a ‘Soho crime boss’ who was a known strangler, who had the money and power to corrupt an inve...

In the season 8 special, I tell the story of Fred and Rose West, two of England's most infamous serial killers. Between 1967 and 1987, Fred and Rose tortured and killed a minimum of 12 women and girls, some of whom were their children. The couple were not apprehended until 1994, after which Rose received a whole life order. Fred escaped justice by taking his own life on January 1, 1995. In the fir...

A bit of a break from grisly murder of the week this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, with a more light-hearted selection of accounts that may make you smile in parts; have sympathy in others; but all that I hope you understand the context in which I have entitled the episode so. Show Sponsors Gousto -  'Head to gousto.co.uk and use code TRUECRIMEENTHUSIAST for 60% off your first...

I welcome investigative reporter Louise Shorter to the show in this interview episode.⁣ Louise is a former producer/director of BBC TV's long-running miscarriage of justice investigative series 'Rough Justice'. She founded 'Inside Justice' in 2010, a registered charity that has built a wholly unique advisory panel of world-renowned experts who work pro bono to strengthen the criminal justice syste...

This is Part Six of Ten of The Soho Strangler. By May 1936, three women had been strangled, by an unknown assailant, in their own homes in Soho. With the Police investigation drawing to a familiar terrifying conclusion, that – with no witnesses or suspects – once again, the murder of a Soho prostitute will go unsolved. With no suspect to pin the murder on, the press conjure up a name – The Soho St...

In the season 8 special, I tell the story of Fred and Rose West, two of England's most infamous serial killers. Between 1967 and 1987, Fred and Rose tortured and killed a minimum of 12 women and girls, some of whom were their children. The couple were not apprehended until 1994, after which Rose received a whole life order. Fred escaped justice by taking his own life on January 1, 1995. In the fir...