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I tell the story of Anxiang Du and the Ding family in this episode. On April 29, 2011, Anxiang Du left his Coventry home and headed for Northampton. It was in a house there that he murdered Jeff, Helen, Xing and Alice Ding. The apparent motive behind the massacre was Anxiang losing a decade-long legal battle against the Dings, his former business partners. On November 28, 2013, Mr Justice Flaux ha...

When Debbie Linsley boarded the London Victoria train that early afternoon at Petts Wood Station, she had everything to live for - life was good. But when just over half an hour later the other passengers left the train at Victoria, Debbie didn't. It was the British Rail guard who found her body. In this episode of the UK True Crime podcast, I look at just what happened to Debbie Linsley on that f...

I welcome forensic anthropologist Sam Rennie to the show in this interview episode.⁣ Sam is an academic with a background in biological and forensic anthropology. He has experience working as a certified forensic anthropologist (FA-III) in the UK and as a search and recovery specialist in DVI (Disaster Victim Identification) incidents. He is also a member of the UK - DVI Forensic Anthropology Cadr...

In this episode, I tell the story of Gordon and Carol Park. In July 1976, Gordon Park returned to his Leece home from a family trip to Blackpool with his three children to discover that his wife, Carol, was missing. In August 1997, 21 years after she went missing, Carol Park's body was found by amateur divers in Coniston Water, a lake in the Lake District. Gordon was arrested on suspicion of Carol...

Whitechapel, East London. Famous among many True Crime fans for the Jack the Ripper Murders where women on the very fringes of society were incredibly vulnerable to a murderer like Jack. In our modern-day story today, two women at the very edge of modern society - one selling sex, one selling counterfeit DVDs -  go missing from the streets of Whitechapel within weeks of each other. Are the disappe...

In the third episode of season 8, I tell the story of Graeme Neale and Lynn Goldingay. In March 1985, Radio Trent DJ Graeme Neale murdered his ex-girlfriend Lynn Goldingay after a heated argument following a Paul Young concert. Graeme had no idea that Lynn was seeing another man, Duncan McCracken, and wouldn't find out until hearing of Duncan's suicide on a prison radio in late May 1985. A week la...

How we enjoy a wedding reception in the UK. A chance to celebrate a very special day for the newly-married couple before they divorce. This wedding in Guilford, Surrey, was just like so many others until the Bride and Groom left the venue at about 10pm. It was then that the violence started.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I welcome journalist and author Jeremy Craddock to the show in this interview episode.⁣ Jeremy began his career in journalism as a trainee reporter for his hometown newspaper, the weekly Westmorland Gazette. Since then, he has worked on many newspapers across the north of England, done shifts on the nationals in Manchester, and written features for many magazines. Jeremy is now a lecturer in multi...

In the second episode of season 8, I tell the story of serial killer Peter Moore, The Man in Black. In late 1995, cinema owner Peter Moore killed four innocent men in North Wales. He murdered John Henry Roberts, Edward Carthy, Keith Randles and Anthony Davies between September and December that year. Moore was handed four life sentences in 1996 with a recommendation that he never be released from...

The National Crime Agency (NCA) received intelligence that a gang in Kent were potentially obtaining dangerous guns which they planned to sell on the streets of the UK. In this episode of the UK True Crime Podcast, we watch on as the gang continue their planning unaware that their telephones and satnav have been intercepted by the NCA....  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

In the first episode of season 8, I tell the story of Nathan Matthews, Shauna Hoare and Becky Watts. On February 19, 2015, Nathan strangled Becky, his step-sister, to death at her home in Bristol. He then transported Becky's body to his girlfriend's house and dismembered her using a circular saw. The body parts were then taken to one of Nathan's friend's houses and dumped in his shed. On November...

It was a dark, winters morning as the 10 men group carried out maintenance on the railway line near Tebay. The men wore their safety helmets to block out the noise of their machinery and there was no look-out as the line was closed in both directions. So when the 20 tonne wagon came hurtling down the track towards them at 40 miles per hour it was completely unexpected. As one fellow worker put it,...

I welcome forensic scientist Ray Fysh to the show in this interview episode.⁣ Ray began working for the Met Police in the 1970s when a forensic investigation was seen as little more than a geeky sideshow, existing only to confirm or eliminate evidence. By the mid-90s, Ray and his team had made huge progress in their field, contributing to the UK becoming a world-leading innovator in forensic techn...

In this off-season episode, I'm joined by Grace Cordell of REDRUM and HUMANS, who will tell me (and you) the story of the hijacking of EgyptAir Flight 648. On November 23, 1985, a Boeing 737-200 airliner was hijacked on its Athens-to-Cairo route by three terrorists - Salem Chakore, Omar Rezaq and Nar Al-Din Bou Said. The plane was forced to land at Luqa Airport in Malta due to serious pressurizati...

When at about 10.45pm the 999 call came through, the operator could never have known it was one they would never forget. The man was 29 year old Stephen Carson from Belfast who was calling from his downstairs toilet. He said: "Hurry up please, there are two people in my house trying to get me. Quick, quick, hurry up." Then there was silence....... Sources https://belfastmedia.com/killers-of-stephe...

As thank you to everyone for listening to and supporting Murder Mile, here's a Chrstmas Special featuring some very familiar faces. If you're new to the show, most of this won't make any sense what-so-ever :-) Murder Mile ill return on Thursday 9th February 2023. Stay safe Mx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is Part Two of Two of In Too Deep. On 12th March 1968, at 11:10am, a gang of incompetant robbers staged a home invasion of the Flat 35 at Falmouth House, the home of a wealthy stockbroker and his pregnant wife. Having badly under-estimated his wealth, they set about trying to sell the last item of his worth anything - his car. But what starts as a simple robbery, ends in a horrific double mur...

In the sixth volume of Killer British Murder Stories, Bobbie Holmes of Killer Stories tells me the story of Alexandra Pesic's murder. Former beauty queen and dental assistant Alexandra met a fellow Yugoslavian woman named Jelka Pesic whilst attending an open house with her mum in Vancouver, Canada. Alexandra was soon introduced to Jelka's son, Joe, and the pair went on to marry. Jelka was an overb...

I have managed to sit down with a spare hour or so and bring you the review of the 7th series of the show - one of my faves to have done. Big thanks to you all for getting the show to this point, and me and the Peaks wish you and yours all the very best for Christmas and the New Year - where I shall see you back very early in for Series 8. Much love out all - you make the show, simple as. Stay saf...

Harry was found downstairs in the utility room. He had been shot once, through the back, piercing his heart and killing him almost instantly. Nicola was upstairs in the main bedroom. She had been shot 4 times, three times down stairs, and a further shot as she had made her way into the bedroom, presumably to escape. The killer had placed the duvet over her head before carrying out the final fatal...

I welcome Simon Farquhar to the show in this interview episode. Simon is a writer, broadcaster and playwright with extensive experience writing for digital platforms, the broadsheet press and magazines. He has made documentaries, commentated on the arts, published books and had dramas presented on the stage. His first book 'A Dangerous Place: The Story of the Railway Murders' was shortlisted for t...

This is Part One of Two of In Too Deep. Back in 1968, Flat 35 on the fifth floor was an elegant and stylish two-bedroomed apartment owned by newly-weds; 53-year-old stockbroker Michael O’Carroll and 25-year-old model Janet Williams. Being a secure home, these flats have buzzers, intercoms, cameras, porters and service bells to ensure the residents safety. But on 12th March 1968 - as many homes hav...

In the season 7 special, I tell the story of Dr Harold Shipman, dubbed by the media as "Dr Death". Shipman was arrested on September 7, 1998, after police raided his home. The body of Kathleen Grundy, one of Shipman's former patients, was exhumed and examined after her daughter deemed it suspicious that her mother's will excluded her children but left a large sum to Shipman. Kathleen's body was fo...

It was late on a Thursday evening when neighbours heard the alarm and called the Fire Brigade, who arrived and made the terrible discovery of a dead body in the flat. This person was soon identified as 29 year old Andrea Waddell, but just who would have any motive to kill such a kind and gentle person as Andrea? Sources https://www.ornaverum.org/family/waddell-andrea/tribute-from-nick.html https:/...

Last time around, we heard of the horrific murder in August 1991 of Patricia O'Toole, who was left battered almost beyond recognition at the foot of the Dublin mountains - her seemingly having asked the wrong person for directions just hours before she was discovered. Just a few days into the investigation, two men were to approach Garda with information that would be the break in the case detecti...