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We are back to the city of Manchester in the mid-1970's this week on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, where we take a look back at a killer whose crimes were so savage that he earned himself the sobriquet "The Beast Of Manchester". Heard of him? You will have after this weeks episode…… Music used in this episode: "Wasn't What I Expected" by Lee Rosevere Available from Happy Puppy Records All mus...

On Saturday 30th September 1843, 28 year old William Stoltzer stabbed Peter Keim once in the stomach with a boot-maker’s knife, and even though he confessed to the murder; the life, the death and the trail of William Stoltzer is as strange and mysterious as both his past and future. Date:  Saturday 30th September 1843 Location:  Silver Street  (now Beak Street), Soho, London, W1 Vic...

A sleepy Warwickshire village near Nuneaton in 1994.  Carol Wardell and her husband Gordon lived a quiet life in a sleepy village where nothing much happened.  Then one day there was a robbery and a murder, which people still talk about today.  Was this related to Carol's job as a Manager at a Building Society, or were there other motives at play? Enjoy the podcast and want more? For just £3 per m...

The concluding part of a two-part episode as this week on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast we are once again back in London in 1993, and learn just who The Gay Slayer was, where he'd come from, and what happened next……. Link to the recommended podcast this week: The Unseen Podcast Music used in this episode: "Peaceful Mind" by Borrtex All music used is sourced from http://freemusicarchive.org/ an...

On 10th November 1946, a 26 year old club singer and prostitute Margaret Cook was brutally gunned down outside the Soho nightclub known as the Blue Lagoon, and although the murder remains unsolved, her life is even more mysterious than her death. Date: Saturday 10th November 1946 Location: 50 Carnaby Street  (now Ben Sherman), Carnaby Street, Soho, London, W1 Victims: 1 (Margaret Cook) Culpri...

August 2008, Shropshire. Chris Foster has it all - a beautiful wife and daughter, successful business and living in an amazing mansion with dogs and horses. But was everything as it seemed? Enjoy the podcast and want more? For just £3 per month listen to nine bonus episodes plus other exclusive content at www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Want to talk about the show or any other aspect of UK True Crime?...

In the first of a two-part episode, this week on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast we are back in London in 1993, and learn just how horrific one man's New Year resolution ended up being……. Link to the recommended website/blog this week: http://thetruecrimefiles.com/ Music used in this episode: "Wasn't What I Expected" by Lee Rosevere Available from Happy Puppy Records  All music used is sourced f...

The CONCLUDING PART of Dennis Nilsen and the Sleeping Bag of Death. On 23rd November 1981, 19 year old student Paul Nobbs met a man in The Golden Lion public house on Dean Street; here they drank, laughed and headed back to his place for more drink, a bite to eat, some sex and a sleep… but whether he’d ever wake-up again was not his decision, as he had just spent the night with one of Britain...

May 1997 in Hammersmith, West London. A 12 year old girl from Macedonia is brutally murdered in her own home. Who killed her and why? Six years on from the terrible crime, it appears that the answer could lie with the polish police. Enjoy the podcast and want more? For just £3 per month listen to nine bonus episodes plus other exclusive content at www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Want to talk about the...

So, it's Christmas. And as hinted in weeks gone by, I worked on a little bonus episode just to see out the year - I hope it entertains. See you all VERY early in 2018. TTCE Music used in this episode: "Wasn't What I Expected" by Lee Rosevere Available from Happy Puppy Records All music used is sourced from http://freemusicarchive.org/ and used under an Attribution Licence ( https://creativecommons...

On 23rd November 1981, 19 year old student Paul Nobbs met a man in The Golden Lion public house on Dean Street; here they drank, laughed and headed back to his place for more drink, a bite to eat, some sex and a sleep… but whether he’d ever wake-up again was not his decision, as he had just spent the night with one of Britain’s most infamous serial killers – Dennis Nilsen. Murder Mile is a true-cr...

It was approaching Christmas 2014. Just an ordinary day for a family of four in Falkirk, but one mans secret cocaine habit, growing debts and addiction to sex line and escorts lead to a night of utter terror. Enjoy the podcast and want more? For just £3 per month listen to nine bonus episodes plus other exclusive content at www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Want to talk about the show or any other aspec...

This week on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, we take a look back at a trilogy of horrific unsolved murders from the UK are of the West Midlands, in the city of Birmingham. A single, a double, and a triple..... Music used in this episode: "Wasn't What I Expected" by Lee Rosevere Available from Happy Puppy Records All music used is sourced from http://freemusicarchive.org/ and used under an Attri...

On 4th September 1974, Soho gangster Alfredo Zomparelli was shot to death as he played on a pinball machine in the Golden Goose amusement arcade on Old Compton Street, by two hitmen in what was supposedly a contract killing. But who ordered him killed? And why? Date: Wednesday 4th September 1974 Location: 36-38 Old Compton Street (now Muriel's Kitchen), Soho, London, W1 Victims: 1 (Alfredo Zompare...

This week we head to Northern Ireland in the run up to Christmas 2003. A retired librarian walks to church, but walking home disappears seemingly without trace. Just what happened? Enjoy the podcast and want more? For just £3 per month listen to nine bonus episodes plus other exclusive content at www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Want to talk about the show or any other aspect of UK True Crime? Join our...

Please join The True Crime Enthusiast back in 1989 for this week's episode - to London's Soho district. It was there that the evil and callous actions of one man were to have devastating and long reaching consequences for a number of people...... Music used in this episode:"Wasn't What I Expected" by Lee RosevereAvailable from Happy Puppy RecordsAll music used is sourced from http://freemusicarchi...

Who killed “Ginger Rae”? A warm, kind and sweet-natured Soho prostitute who didn’t seem to have any drug issues, debts or enemies? Was her death part of a turf-war between two rival pimps, a disagreement between jealous lovers, or was she murdered at the hands of a homicidal maniac? Date: Saturday 25th September 1948 Location: 46 Broadwick Street, Soho, London, W1 Victims: 1 (Rachel Annie Fennick)...

This week on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, we go back to the summer of 1998. A horrific and prolongued sex attack on a young girl was to open the floodgates and lead to the hunt for a serial rapist who is one of the most prolific sex attackers in British criminal history.     This week’s shoutout - truecrimefinand.squarespace.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hastings is a quiet seaside town on the south coast of England. In 1998 the town was rocked by two murders just eight days apart. Ten years later, the murders remained unsolved, but then detectives received information from a most unlikely source that changed everything. Enjoy the podcast and want more? For just £3 per month listen to nine bonus episodes plus other exclusive content at www.patreon...

On Saturday 25th September 1948, Rachel Annie Fennick (alias Ginger Rae), a veteran Soho sex-worker with a sweet smile and a kind heart was brutally murdered. And yet, her bloody death remains shrouded in so much mystery, that 70 years on, her murder may remain unsolved forever. Date: Saturday 25th September 1948 Location: 46 Broadwick Street, Soho, London, W1 Victims: 1 (Rachel Annie Fennick) Cul...

This week on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, we go back to the English city of Worcester in 1973 - where the actions of one man would leave so many people shocked and sickened by his horrific crimes, crimes that still affect even now, many years later…….     Facebook - The True Crime Enthusiast Twitter - @tc_enthusiast Instagram - truecrimeenthusiast Wordpress Blog - truecrimeenthusiast.wordpre...

We fast forward five years to October 1994 from the last episode. David Morley has moved from the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho to another bar in Earls Court. In late October, he goes for a night out with a friend near Waterloo station, unaware that a gang from South London are out that night, looking for a different sort of fun. And when David realises what is happening, it is too late.... Enjoy the...

On Friday 3rd March 1961, at 23 Cecil Court (London), 21 year old Edwin Bush would brutally murder 59 year old part-time shop assistant Elsie May Batten whilst attempting to steal a £15 ornamental dress sword. And as shocking as the case was, how the culprit was caught, would be a watershed moment in modern British murder investigations. Date: Friday 3rd March 1961 Location: 23 Cecil Court, off Ch...

Join The True Crime Enthusiast, as this week we look back at a groundbreaking case from Leicestershire in the early 1980’s. Two murders, 3 years apart. Two groundbreaking actions. Two legal firsts. And a chance conversation in a pub was to be the knot that would tie them all together…….   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Soho, April 1999. David Morley was working behind the bar at the Admiral Duncan pub when it was targeted by a bomb attack which left three innocent people dead. In this first episode of two, the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast follows the life of David Morley from 1999 as he is twice in the wrong place at the wrong time. With shocking results. Enjoy the podcast and want more? For just £3 per month li...