Peak True Crime

I'm so sorry to have hoodwinked you. There's a new episode - a real episode - out next week. In the meantime... This analysis interrogates the key findings of research focusing on the profound and often contradictory experiences of young people serving community sentences in rural England. The discussion is grounded in the academic research paper Rurality and Crime: A Qualitative Study Exploring Y...

A body is found in a small family freezer at a recycling centre in Covemtry.  It is traced back to a Birmingham flat once rented by John Wainwright and Damion Johnson - a father and son. As detectives dig deeper, they discover that the truth can be hard to find. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=i7vvfh6jwko5&utm_content=pcf5bqa Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups...

Police and trading standards officers raid a food processing unit in Denby, Derbyshire in 2003. Once inside, they discover an all too clear explanation as to why the owner is known to friends and colleagues as "Maggot Pete" Instagram https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=i7vvfh6jwko5&utm_content=pcf5bqa Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/503422054656504 Twitter https://twitter.com...

"Child Sexual Exploitation", "Child Grooming" and "Asian Grooming Gangs" are all terms which, in the last couple of weeks, have been thrust back into the public consciousness as the Defacto Vice-President of the United States has decided it would be an effective stick with which to beat the Prime Minister Kier Starmer and his Labour government. His intervention has prompted me to delay the launch...

When the body of elderly man is found lay out on the side of a footpath on the Northern most tip of the Peak District, Greater Manchester Police begin an investigation that will take them across the globe. With nothing to identify who he is, the questions surrounding the man dubbed by the media "The Man on The Moor" is an investigation which combines cutting edge science alongside old fashioned an...

Old Whittington, 2020 When paramedics arrived at the home of Shannon Marsden and her boyfriend Stephan Boden in the early hours of Christmas Day 2020, it wasn't just the squalor of the place that shocked them. Initial reports suggested that their son, 10 month old Finley Boden, was struggling for breath; possibly as a result of a covid-19 infection. The reality of his situation however became clea...

Ilkeston 1962, Part 2 As 37 year old Sonia Wilson's story unfolds, the true horror of what she experienced is laid bare. Although a victim, she has to face-up to the part she played in it. More importantly though, in order to get justice, she is called upon to testify against her tormentor. https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=i7vvfh6jwko5&utm_content=pcf5bqa Facebook https://www.faceb...

Ilkeston 1962, Part 1 When 37 year old Sonia Wilson sat down in front of detectives at Ilkeston police station, neither they nor her knew where to begin. She had asked to speak to them about a crime she'd committed. Surprised that such a respectable middle-class woman was volunteering her own guilt, the shocking story she had to tell left the detectives doubting the truth of what she told them. Wh...

Christmas Episode. Great Longstone 1866 In this very special Christmas episode, we cover a case from 1866. Harriet has only been married to her husband Edward for a matter a weeks but when tragedy strikes on a cold Christmas Eve, it's not long before sympathy gives way to accusation and blame. Find us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=i7vvfh6jwko5&utm_content=pcf5bqa Fa...

St Helens, Lancashire, 1987 *******THIS EPISODE AS BEEN RE-UPLOADED TO ADDRESS SOME RECORDING ISSUES******* A departure from the usual Derbyshire and Peak District cases. As it's my wife's birthday, I have decided to tell you about a murder that she remembers from growing-up in Lancashire. In the dead of night teacher Philip Ashcroft, bloody and partially bound, bangs desperately on the door of a...

Derby 2016 A father and son (Geoff and Dan Seggie) from Mackworth in Derby hadn't been seen for days. When police discover a brutally murdered body in the home they shared, a week-long manhunt takes Derbyshire police the length and breadth country in search of a murdered and also a motive. Find us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=i7vvfh6jwko5&utm_content=pcf5bqa Facebo...

Derby 2020 The financial cost of arson in the UK runs at approximately one and a half billion pounds a year. When a series of fires are set across Derby in the last few months of 2020, both the police and fire services were forced to confront the dark reality that, unless the perpetrators were stopped, it was just a matter of time before harm would come to people, rather than just property. Find u...

Glossop, 2022 How was a teenage boy who lived with his grandad in a small flat in Glossop responsible for the killings of at least 15 people in the United States? What part did Daniel Harris play in the massacres perpetrated by Payton Gendron and Anderson Lee Aldrich? Aldrich? Find us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=i7vvfh6jwko5&utm_content=pcf5bqa Facebook https://ww...

Peak True Crime - Case Note The Baker of Repton A discovery in a graveyard while on a location recording sent me down a rabbit-hole. Did a poetic curse, penned by a murder victim's family, finally see his killer receive his punishment? Music by  orangery  from  Pixabay Follow and say hello on out social media https://linktr.ee/peaktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

The Boy from Repton School  The English Public School is seen as the epitomising all that good about the country. Loyalty, hard work, honesty and a sense of fair play are attributes parents expect that just such an education will instill in their sons and daughters. How then, does a former pupil of one of the leading public schools in the country go from being a shining star of the 1st XI cri...

Belper 1844 William Yeomans and his wife Sarah are dead on the floor of their parlor; blood pooling around their bodies Neighbours suspect they know what happened but for now, only one person does. The whole terrible scene played out before the eyes of a young boy whose chilling retelling of what he saw left everybody who heard it in no doubt as to the enormity of what had occurred and at who’s ha...

The Pigeon Champion of Pinxton In late April 2023, the remains of a man were discovered buried on farmland near Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire. After weeks of painstaking work at the site, and with the help of the public, the remains were identified as that of 52 year old Alfred Swinscoe, a Derbyshire miner who had been missing for over half a century.      &nb...

Rachael Slack warned the authorities about her son's father, Andrew Cairns. He had threatened to kill her and they knew that. Like Tania Moore five years previously, Derbyshire Police failed to act on these warnings. As a result, an entirely avoidable tragedy occurred. A tragedy that left a community shocked and a family scared by grief. Constant Craving by K D Lang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Rachael Slack warned the authorities about her son's father, Andrew Cairns. He had threatened to kill her and they knew that. Like Tania Moore five years previously, Derbyshire Police failed to act on these warnings. As a result, an entirely avoidable tragedy occured. A tragedy that left a community shocked and a family scared by grief. Music by Serge Quadrado https://pixabay.com/users/sergequadra...

Alkmonton, 2005 This episode sees the start of a weekly mini-series on Intimate Partner Homicide. When show jumper Tania Moore split from her fiance, she hoped and rightly expected to be able to move on with her life. She didn't envisage the campaign of intimidation that would be unleashed upon her or the extent to which she would be failed by the police. https://linktr.ee/peaktruecrime  Musi...

Chaddesden, 1922 When Maud discovered her husband Percy's secret, her life was turned upside down. Doubling down on the deceit, Percy finds himself backed in a corner. With his options limited, he decides on a fatal course of action. https://linktr.ee/peaktruecrime  Music by Serge Quadrado  https://pixabay.com/users/sergequadrado-24990007/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

This episode is somewhat of a departure For Peak True Crime. I interview Ken Davies, the creator of the incredible real-time investigative podcast The Mysterious Case of Fred The Head. The body of an unknown man was discovered in Burton, Staffordshire in 1971 . Ken explains the case -spoiler free - and the fact that along with his merry band of helpers the podcast is undertaking a real-time i...

*****My original post of this episode contained an uneasy silence of 15 minutes in the middle where I muted an audio track therefor a field recording was missing. I've put my mistake right now. Thank you those who let me know. I am so sorry. Buxton, 1982 A crime unsolved is justice denied; a murder unsolved is a tragedy compounded on tragedy. The murder of 20 year old Elaine Wakefield remains just...

Ilkeston, Derbyshire. 1861.   Since the death of his wife, Joseph Smith had worked hard to build a successful business and provide his children and extended family with a secure and comfortable future.   That one of them should be responsible for his murder not only leaves a family devastated but a community in shock.     https://linktr.ee/peaktruecrime   Music by Serge Qu...

Breadsall, Derbyshire. 1991. A quiet suburban village is rocked when a violent home invasion leaves a loving husband and father fighting for his life. With no obvious motive, the police's investigation takes a shocking turn with the discovery of a hidden photograph. https://linktr.ee/peaktruecrime Music by Serge Quadrado https://pixabay.com/users/sergequadrado-24990007/ Hosted on Acast. See acast....