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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 series of Murder Mile which returns in May 2019. In Mini Mile #6, this week we’ll ask are most murderers born under a full moon, can you be identified by a single strand of hair,...

The second of double True Crime Enthusiast Podcast episodes this week comes here, a chilling and horrific unsolved case from TTCE archives that takes us back to the UK city of Coventry in the early 1950's - and another case of where death comes knocking... 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...

On the outside, they had everything.  A beautiful home, the sports cars, holidays, great jobs.  But beneath the surface, tension was building between Russell and Carole Packman, especially when Russell's younger lover moved into the family home in Bournemouth.  Then in June 1985, Carole disappeared.   In this episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast I explore a quite extraordinary story stretch...

Cases from the archives of The True Crime Enthusiast feature in yet another week of double Enthusiast episodes, and this episode features two horrific crimes from the 1960's. We are off to the city of Liverpool, looking at an unsolved and a resolved one - but was the same killer responsible for both? Music used in this episode: "Chance" by Kai Engel from the album "The Run" All music used is sourc...

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 #5 we’ll ask how tall or short are serial killers, what occurs during an autopsy, which celebrities have b...

Have you ever been obsessed by a film?  I mean really obsessed?  In todays story, we hear how one Scottish man watched one vampire film three times a day, every day, and began to believe in the characters.  Then fiction merged with reality producing unimaginable horror…. 1, Please buy tickets for my event with top author Geoffrey Wansell on 16 April in Manchester and 20 May in London 'Inside the m...

The complex and disturbing case of The Corpse In Coniston Water is rounded off in this episode of The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast - showing why to this very day, it is one that continues to intrigue, cause controversy - and divide people's opinions. 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 unde...

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 #4 we’ll ask what are the favourite nibbles of serial killers, what happens during decomposition, is there...

The more celebrated case of the "Ladies Of The Lake" episodes drops this week on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, an intriguing, sad and controversial tale that spans a number of decades - and continues to divide opinion to this day. And as it's such a complex in-depth case, both parts will be released this week - just a day apart. Music used in this episode: "Chance" by Kai Engel from the album...

When Paul Morson had been missing for two weeks, detectives feared that he may have been held against his will, harmed, or worse….A few years previously, he had been in jail for his part in assisting two men guilty of a terrible racist murder.  Was his disappearance related to this, or was it due to other reasons?  This episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast looks at all elements of the story...

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 #3, we’ll ask what music do deranged killers listen to, what happens during rigor mortis, are you a necrop...

This week on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast sees the first part of a themed set of episodes - and the clue is pretty much in the title! The case concerned in part 1 spans a number of years, hundreds of miles, and is a perfect example of just how sometimes, you never know what you might find when you go looking for something else... Music used in this episode: "Chance" by Kai Engel from the albu...

Crime was almost unheard of in this peaceful village in the north of Cornwall.  But in November 2003, all that changed when the violent murder of Joan Roddam rocked the rural community of Delabole.  With two other brutal murders nearby, was there a serial killer loose in Cornwall?  And 10 years later, Joan's killer was still on the loose…. 1, Please buy tickets for my event with top author Geoffre...

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 #2 we’ll ask which infamous murderers loved their pets, we’ll investigate fingerprint powder, we’ll redefi...

Change to this week's planned episode, so this week on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast there comes a tale already familiar to Patreon subscribers - a savage case of a brutal killer stalking the English city of Lincoln, who was eventually brought to justice by the tiniest fragment of miniscule evidence.  Music used in this episode: "Chance" by Kai Engel from the album "The Run" All music used is...

Here's the thing: you and I wouldn't fall for the wash-wash scam would we.  Would we?  In Leicester, as a group of men attempted to con local business associates over a property deal, the situation quickly escalated out of control with terrible consequences. 1, Please buy tickets for my event with top author Geoffrey Wansell on 26 March in London here 'Inside the mind of a serial killer':  http://...

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 #1 we’ll ask what are the favourite drinks of murderers, what is luminal, how many different types of kill...

An infamous case from the Sussex town of Brighton in the 1980's is looked at on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast this week, a prime example of although it sometimes may take a substantial period of time, the wheels of justice do eventually turn.  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...

Just how well do you know your family and friends and what they could be capable of doing? The podcast this week looks at a man who killed three people.  A 'normal' (whatever that means) guy who was popular, had a range of interests and had a broad circle of friends.  But when under stress in life, he went to a very dark place and carried out the most dreadful of crimes. 1, An excellent source of...

We are back in the Birmingham district of Edgbaston at the end of the 1950's this week on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, to hear of the actions of a disturbed individual that was such a slow burning fuse, that the inevitable explosion was always going to be something. That something was the stuff of nightmares.  Music used in this episode: "Chance" by Kai Engel from the album "The Run" All mus...

Their first date was due to take place at a trendy bar in Shoreditch, East London.   Carl sounded great and Katie was incredibly excited as she travelled to their meeting on 23 December, 2015.   How was Katie to know that the man she had met on Plenty of Fish was a monster? www.uktruecrime.com         https://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430          www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Aca...

A sad case from mid-1980's East London this week on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, where we hear the tale of an individual who was willing to go to the most unimaginable means for self gain and preservation - regardless of who was hurt, and what the ultimate cost was. Music used in this episode: "Chance" by Kai Engel from the album "The Run" All music used is sourced from http://freemusicarchi...

Northern Ireland, October 1993.  It was a terrible week as violence surged leaving innocent people on all sides of the troubles dead or injured.  I look at the reasons for two of the most horrendous attacks in the history of Northern Ireland, what happened and why, and over 25 years later I remember the victims. www.uktruecrime.com          https://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430          ...

Some people have dark, twisted and violent sexual fantasies.  So long as they stay just a fantasy and no innocent people are harmed, then it remains a fantasy.  But when those feelings cross the line into into actions, especially when the fantasy is the abuse of children, the consequences are dire. This week, in the UK True Crime weekly podcast I look at just what happened at Little Ted's nursery...

The second collaboration between The Outlines Podcast and The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast comes to you this week, where in simultaneous episodes, myself and Jess Carter look at one of the grisliest, horrific, unsolved murders in British criminal history, The Tattingstone Suitcase Murder. Jess covers the case and what is known, whereas TTCE looks at theories and any possible suspects in the crime...