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A case back from the late 1980's here on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast this week, as we head to the South Wales city of Newport to look back at a sad case involving a young deaf woman, a savage and horrific sex murder, and a controversial case involving several trials, and a number of appeals.  Music used in this episode: "Chance" by Kai Engel from the album "The Run" All music used is sourced...

It was a strange experience for the detectives and forensics experts at dusk by the graveside as they began digging to exhume the body of the suspect. But the families of three young girls from the Swansea area, killed 30 years before, needed to be told for certain if this was the man who killed their daughters. This two-part episode of the UK True Crime looks at the terrible murders of Geraldine...

On Tuesday 20th July 1982, an IRA bomb exploded in Hyde Park. Ben and Freya Pedersen were the last two victims of the Hyde Park bombing, and yet their faces don’t appear in any photos and their names aren’t etched on the memorial plaque, and although they died thirty years after this terrorist attack, their deaths are no less tragic. Date: Tuesday 20th July 1982 Location: Hyde Park, London, W2 Vic...

 Music used in this episode: "Chance" by Kai Engel from the album "The Run" All music used is sourced from http://freemusicarchive.org/ and used under an Attribution Licence ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Promo Show Site: https://audioboom.com/channels/4990163 Playlist Tracks: "On Graveyard Hill" - Pixies "Titanic Vandalism" - The Go! Team Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime En...

A stolen yacht was found drifting 12 miles from the coast from Senegal and it looked like it had been drifting for a month. Who had been sailing the boat and why was it here? In this episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast, I track the events leading to this discovery in August 2006. https://www.uktruecrime.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Hos...

On 31st October 1917, Emilienne Gerard went missing, two days later her dismembered corpse was found. The Police suspected her killer was Louis Voisin; an experienced butcher who could kill a cow with a single blow, a conniving love-rat who carefully juggled his two secret mistresses and a romantic soul who would do anything for the woman he loved. But was he her killer? Date: Wednesday 31st Octob...

A bit of a different case than the norm on the show this week on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast. You have a newsreader, and you have a very keen fan of hers, who decided to get in touch...couldn't possibly go wrong, could it? Music used in this episode: "Chance" by Kai Engel from the album "The Run" All music used is sourced from http://freemusicarchive.org/ and used under an Attribution Licenc...

This is an unusual episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast, as I look at the story of Louis Gillies, from Glasgow, who faced the charge that on a day between May 20 and June 7, 2002, at Eastbourne, he aided, abetted, counselled or procured the suicide of Michael Gooden, contrary to the Suicide Act 1961.  I look at the background to the charges and follow events through to their shocking conclu...

This is a PART TWO of a TWO part special on the murder of Michael Barry Porter; a twenty-three year old scaffolder from King’s Cross, who was brutally murdered in a disreputable West End club, and yet, strangely, almost none of the forty witnesses could identify his killer. This is the investigation. Date: Sunday 26th September 1971 Location: The Rosendale Club, 9 Newport Place, Chinatown, London,...

This is a PART ONE of a TWO part special on the murder of Michael Barry Porter; a twenty-three year old scaffolder from King’s Cross, who was brutally murdered in a disreputable West End club, and yet, strangely, almost none of the forty witnesses could identify his killer. Date: Sunday 26th September 1971 Location: The Rose n Dale Club, 9 Newport Place, Chinatown, London, WC2 (first and second fl...

The premiere episode of Series 4 of The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast is a bit of a hometown case for TTCE, as we look back at the sad case of a woman who went mysteriously missing, and a calculating, devious killer who tried everything possible to cover up all aspects of the crime. It's damn good being back.  Music used in this episode: "Chance" by Kai Engel from the album "The Run" All music use...

Control, domination, obsession. What makes someone exhibit these behaviours and then plan murder based on them? In today's story, from near Manchester in 2003, we look at a terrifying story of obsession that lead to an innocent man dying in the street outside his own home. https://www.uktruecrime.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. S...

On Thursday 14th November 1872, the life of Charlie Chirgwin was ended; he was an innocent who wasn’t stabbed, beaten or shot; but his last few hours alive were decided by rules, red-tape and petty revenge, and yet Charlie would never know that, as he was only fourteen weeks old. Date: Monday 14th November 1872 Location: The Strand Union, W1 and St Giles' Workhouse, London, WC2 Victims: 1 (Charles...

**This is the second part of a two part story**.  The story resumes with Allan Grimson revealing to detectives details of another horror murder carried our for the elation he felt experiencing total domination and control of another person. I then explore other potential crimes carried out by this monster - did he kill as many as 15? https://www.uktruecrime.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTr...

On Monday 25th April 1966, Reginald Gordon West was murdered by three young men; he had never met them before, he had never seen them before and they had never spoken before. In fact, they had never met. So why and how did they kill him? Date: Monday 25th April 1966 Location: 23 Lisle Street, WC2 (now Beijing Dumpling) Victims: 1 (Reginald Gordon West) Culprit: Roger Hammond, Robert Alcock and Dav...

In today's episode I look at two members of the Royal Navy who disappeared in very different circumstances. And we meet a murderer who describes killing someone as: "It was such a feeling. I have never, ever had that feeling. It was a feeling of power. I would say it was better than sex."  https://www.uktruecrime.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime H...

On Monday 15th August 1949, a lovely but lonely lady with big dreams and a warm heart - who had struggled against the odds to build her own business from scratch - had finally succeeded. She should have been happy… but (unbeknownst to her) someone wanted her dead. Date: Monday 15th August 1949 Location: 157 High Holborn , Covent Garden, London, WC2 (now demolished) Victims: 1 (Daisy Edith Wallis)...

The internet allows all of us to be whoever we want to be. Of course, this can be escapist fun, but in today's episode of the UK True Crime weekly podcast from the north-east in 2009 we look at a man who posed as teenage boys for much more sinister reasons. https://www.uktruecrime.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

On Thursday 2nd November 1961, on the first floor of 3 Peter Street, a Soho sex-worker called Jacqueline Birri was bludgeoned to death… by a complete stranger. But why? Date: Thursday 2nd November 1961 Location: 3 Peter Street, Soho, London, W1 (now Supreme) Victims: 1 (Jacqueline Birri) Culprit: David Emery Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mil...

The night of 28 February was chilly in Glasgow, with a bitter wind. But one sex worker was still on the streets, earning the money to pay for her heroin habit. In this episode of the UK True Crime Weekly podcast we follow the life of Margo Lafferty. 1, Please buy tickets for my live events in London & Manchester here: www.uktruecrime.com 2, Other links mentioned in the show:   https://www.face...

Luck. Is staying safe just a matter of luck?  In this episode, from North London in Christmas 1986 looks at two awful abductions and one terrible accident.  A series of events caused by just one man which caused such misery and ruined so many lives. A huge thank you to Chris Clarke for his help with this story. He can be found on Facebook at The Armchair Detective. Chris chose to donate his fee fo...

Nikki Allan was born in Sunderland on 30 August 1985 and she lived in the City with her mum, Sharon and 3 sisters.  There was nothing unusual about the night of 7 October 1992, but this was the night that Nikki went missing and her body was found the next day.  Nobody has been convicted of her murder. If you have any information about Nikki’s death - however small or insignificant it might seem -...

The third season finale of The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast brings the tale of the hunt for one of the foulest, most prolific offenders in British criminal history. It's a complex, unreal tale, that will shock, sicken and anger - and it's one that you will certainly never forget. Music used in this episode: "Chance" by Kai Engel from the album "The Run" All music used is sourced from http://freem...

This is Mini Mile, a weekly compendium of UK true-crime facts and trivia designed to accompany Murder Mile True-Crime Podcast and to entertain and inform you whilst your host (Michael) is writing and researching the next multi-part series of Murder Mile which returns in May 2019. In Mini Mile #7 we’ll ask what jobs do most serial killers do, can stomach contents determine a time of death, we do a...

Stansted Mountfitchet is a quiet, pretty Essex village of around 6,000 people 35 miles north of London and close to Stansted airport.  Not much happens here.  But on a summers evening in July 2015 a brutal double murder rocked the community. In this episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast I look at exactly what happened.  And why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.