British Murders with Stuart Blues

In the fifth episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the story of Christopher Farrow.⁣⁣⁣ On March 15, 1994, 33-year-old Christopher tricked his way into the home of 51-year-old divorcee Wendy Speakes in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Christopher sexually assaulted Wendy before stabbing her a total of 9 times, killing her. A shoe fetishist, Christopher forced Wendy to wear a pair of blue mule shoes...

In the fourth episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the story of Welsh child murderer Harold Jones.⁣⁣⁣ In June 1921, 15-year-old Harold was acquitted of murdering 8-year-old schoolgirl Freda Burnell.⁣⁣ Two weeks after being released from custody, Harold murdered 11-year-old schoolgirl Florence Little.⁣⁣ He served 20 years in prison after confessing to both murders and was released in 1941 at...

In the third episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the story of Colin Hatch.⁣   On July 19, 1993, 21-year-old paedophile Colin Hatch snatched 7/8-year-old Sean Williams outside Norfolk Close tower block.⁣   Colin sexually assaulted Sean in the bedroom of his flat before suffocating him to death with a plastic bag, placing his body inside two bin bags and leaving it in the tower block's eleva...

In the second episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the story of Brian Blackwell.⁣ On July 25, 2004, 18-year-old Brian Blackwell brutally murdered his parents, Sydney and Jackie Blackwell, with a claw hammer and a knife. ⁣He stabbed his parents a total of 50 times between them. After being diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) by three psychiatrists and two psychologists⁣, B...

I welcome criminologist and author Christopher Berry-Dee to the show in this interview episode. Christopher has written over 30 true crime books and frequently appears on TV documentaries as a leading authority on serial homicide. His 2003 book 'Talking with Serial Killers' has been translated into 8 languages and has sold over 1.5 million copies. Christopher was a researcher/interviewer for the a...

In the first episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the tragic story of the ‘Babes in the Wood’ murders.⁣ On October 9, 1986, a 20-year-old man named Russell Bishop sexually assaulted and strangled two 9-year-old girls named Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway.⁣ He was arrested, taken to trial and acquitted in 1987.⁣ In 1990, Bishop went on to sexually assault a 7-year-old girl, leaving her for...

In the fourth volume of Killer British Murder Stories, I am told the story of Mark Twitchell by Bobbie Holmes of Killer Stories Podcast. Twitchell was convicted of first-degree murder on April 12, 2011, for the murder of Johnny Altinger. He was handed a life sentence with a minimum term to serve of 25 years. This case is notorious because Twitchell claims to have been inspired by fictional serial...

In this off-season episode, I am once again chatting to my good friend Lorraine from the horror movie podcast 'Once Upon a Nightmare'.⁣⁣ This episode was actually recorded for Lorraine’s podcast, but we had such a fun time, so I thought I’d bring the episode across here so you can all give it a listen.⁣ This movie was a staple of my childhood and I still quote it daily.⁣ Lots and lots of laughs we...

I welcome American paranormal investigator Kristy Sumner to the show in this interview episode. In 2014, Kristy, her sisters and friends formed the Soul Sisters Paranormal team. The team has travelled all across America to investigate supposed haunted locations.⁣ In a unique combination of true crime and the paranormal, this episode sees Kristy tell me the stories of three infamous American murder...

In the season 4 special of British Murders, I'm telling the story of Levi Bellfield, aka “The "Bus Stop Killer”.⁣⁣ Bellfield was found guilty on February 25, 2008, of the murders of Marsha McDonnell and Amélie Delagrange and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment.⁣⁣ On June 23, 2011, Bellfield was found guilty of a third murder, 13-year-old schoolgirl...

In the season 4 special of British Murders, I tell the story of Levi Bellfield, aka “The Bus Stop Killer”.⁣ Bellfield was found guilty on February 25, 2008, of the murders of Marsha McDonnell and Amélie Delagrange and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment.⁣ On June 23, 2011, Bellfield was found guilty of a third murder, 13-year-old schoolgirl Amanda “...

In the tenth and final episode of British Murders Season 4, I tell the story of James Patterson Smith and Kelly-Anne Bates.⁣⁣⁣ On April 16, 1996, middle-aged James Smith drowned his 17-year-old girlfriend, Kelly-Anne, in the bath.⁣ Kelly-Anne had been brutally tortured by James for around 4 weeks prior to being murdered.⁣ Detective Sergeant Joseph Monaghan said he has never seen a case as horrific...

In the ninth episode of British Murders Season 4, I tell the story of Peter Reeve and PC Ian Dibell.⁣⁣⁣ On July 9, 2012, Reeve confronted his neighbour Trevor Marshall in Clacton-on-Sea and fired several handgun shots towards him.⁣ Trevor was hit once in the leg and survived, but the same can’t be said for heroic police officer Ian Dibell.⁣ Despite being off-duty at the time of the attack, PC Dibe...

In the eighth episode of British Murders Season 4, I tell the story of Euan Peters and Shafiul Islam.⁣⁣⁣ Peters, who also went by Sax Coke, was an underground UK hip hop artist who was well known to the police.⁣ On November 14, 2019, Peters visited Islam’s flat in Newport, South Wales, and proceeded to attack him multiple times with a glass Kopparberg cider bottle.⁣ Islam suffered severe brain inj...

In the seventh episode of British Murders Season 4, I tell the story of Lee James and Bijan Ebrahimi.⁣⁣⁣ Bijan arrived in the UK as a refugee from Iran in 2000 and settled in South Bristol.⁣ He received horrific abuse, both physical and verbal, from his neighbours at several different housing estates.⁣ On July 13, 2013, Bijan was kicked to death by his neighbour Lee James after incorrectly being b...

In the sixth episode of British Murders Season 4, I tell the story of Colin Cheetham and Stuart Ludlam.⁣⁣ Gun enthusiast Cheetham had always dreamed of committing the perfect murder with a complete stranger as his victim. On September 17, 2009, his dream came true as he shot and killed 43-year-old taxi driver Stuart Ludlam at Cromford Railway Station. Cheetham had zero connection to Ludlam, and mo...

In this mid-season break episode, I am joined by Sheffield-born composer David John Brady.⁣ Dave is a good mate of mine who I’ve known for years and he’s the one who created my intro music.⁣ We sat down recently and reviewed Danny Boyle’s 2002 British horror movie ‘28 Days Later’.⁣ To say this zombie horror movie is such a classic, you may be shocked to hear I’d never seen it before.⁣ Follow David...

In the fifth episode of British Murders Season 4, I tell the story of Ben Blakeley and Jayden Parkison.⁣⁣ A serial domestic abuser, Ben regularly beat up and strangled every girlfriend he had in his life.⁣ Sadly, 17-year-old Jayden Parkinson’s experience with Ben was no different⁣.⁣ Despite leaving her abuser in November 2013, Jayden discovered she was pregnant with Ben’s child.⁣ As they discussed...

In the fourth episode of British Murders Season 4, I tell the story of Stuart Hulse and Shirley Brown.⁣ In June 1996, Hulse attended a "sordid sex party" with ten other individuals.⁣ At the party, Hulse watched an extreme pornographic video and became frustrated when he was left on his own after everyone else coupled up and disappeared to different bedrooms.⁣ Hulse took a taxi home, snuck into Shi...

In the third episode of British Murders Season 4, I tell the story of David and Diane Chenery-Wickens.⁣ In January 2008, David reported Diane as missing to the police after the pair travelled by train from West Sussex to London.⁣ Diane was a makeup artist and had a meeting at the BBC’s headquarters, but she never showed up.⁣ It was later revealed that David had in fact made the trip to London alon...

In the second episode of British Murders Season 4, I tell the bizarre story of Anthony Antoniou and Walter McCarthy.⁣ In the early 1990s, Antoniou began a relationship with up-and-coming UK singer-songwriter Gabrielle.⁣ They were together for three years, but Antoniou decided to leave the R&B star on the same day their son was born - April 16, 1995.⁣ In December 1995, Antoniou and his friend T...

In the first episode of British Murders Season 4, I tell the tragic story of Olga Freeman and her son Dylan Freeman.⁣ During the UK's first Coronavirus lockdown, Olga Freeman, who had a history of suffering from depression and anxiety, had a complete mental breakdown.⁣ Her son, Dylan, who had been diagnosed with autism, global neurodevelopmental delay, progressive myopia and significant difficulti...

In the third volume of Killer British Murder Stories, I discuss the case of The Chicago Tylenol Murders with Bobbie Holmes of Killer Stories. The Chicago Tylenol murders were a series of poisoning deaths resulting from drug tampering in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1982. The victims had all taken Tylenol-branded acetaminophen capsules that had been laced with potassium cyanide. A total of seve...

In this episode, I am once again joined by my good friend Lorraine from the horror movie podcast 'Once Upon a Nightmare'. Lorraine and I are going through a phase of watching direct to video B-movie's, especially ones involving animals. Therefore, for this episode, we decided to discuss Ryan Bellgardt's 2018 movie 'The Jurassic Games'. You may have guessed from the title that this movie was market...

In this very special bonus episode of British Murders, I am joined by John from the 'Reddit On Wiki' podcast and my lifelong friend Dav as we discuss the double-murder suicide case of former WWE wrestler Chris Benoit.⁣ Over a three-day period from June 22 to 24, 2007, the former two-time world champion killed his wife Nancy Benoit and their 7-year-old son, Daniel, before finally hanging himself.⁣...