Strange Stories UK

Send us Fan Mail Quite a complicated story which I have tried to simplify. This is a well known case in the North East, still just about in living memory (1967). It is a case of miscarriage of justice, organised crime and corruption in the Newcastle, County Durham area. This podcast is one man in his office putting out a story the way he understands it. I know that I am not very good at presenting...

Send us Fan Mail Jay Slater, a teenager has gone missing while on holiday in Tenerife. This is a story that has taken off in the media and social media. This concerns the first two weeks of a strange and fast moving  case that may well be solved by the time you have read this.  The story is told in one take  without any editing.. 

Send us Fan Mail I can't find any mention of these 1971 murders on the internet. The information is taken from police files and as information is scant, it is a short episode.

Send us Fan Mail This is a forgotten about story found in a Journal of the Society of Psychical Research.  Wivelsfield is a village in Sussex, the Volturno was an ocean liner, presumably named after the Italian river. Please be advised that this podcast is recorded in one take and is not edited.

Send us Fan Mail 1920s in the UK the Authorities were worried about the behaviour of some of the young people who were later called 'The Bright Young things'. The Establishment were worried about nightclubs, dancing and drinking and the Home Secretary was determined to do something about it. When he found out about a scandal at Eton College where boys were supposedly being seduced by act...

Send us Fan Mail I am posting  this short podcast as the podcasts that I have been working on have become rather complicated, I will finish and broadcast them later. One is about corruption in the Metropolitan police force in London during the 1970s, the other is a paranormal case.  I have started and completed this short podcast on a rainy Sunday in May 2024. The story comes from 1973 from Swanag...

Send us Fan Mail What is the largest fish caught in British freshwaters and are they dangerous? This episode is about a huge creature that lived in Martin Mere that was said to feed on swans!  Some of the podcast is rather silly but all of it true. There is a Slightly boring opening about geological features, folklore and drainage systems, this lasts about five minutes, so maybe  skip that part. ...

Send us Fan Mail This case was committed in Boscombe, part of Bournemouth during August 2023. The case has come to Winchester Crown Court this month, starting on April 11, it is expected to finish in late May, more likely early June 2024. I am not sure how to describe the case in a line or two. A gregarious extrovert couple with addiction and mental health problems commit an atrocious act. The tri...

Send us Fan Mail Confrontations and Closing Speeches. This is the fifth podcast on the Constance Marten and Mark Gordon trial. This one concentrates on the last month of the trial which only sat for a few days. The trial has again been delayed halfway through the Judge's summing up speech. I don't think that there will be a verdict until around 29 April 2024. The Strange Stories podcast...

Send us Fan Mail Please be aware, this podcast is recorded in one take without editing. This is a case that was heard at Winchester Crown Court between January 2024 and March 2024.

Send us Fan Mail I am posting this before the retrial of the  Nicholas Billingham / Fiona Beal case which is due to be heard at the Old Bailey in the late Spring of 2024.  This is a retrial of a case abandoned during June 2023 for no apparent reason.  I am giving the background to the original trial. It is told in one take without editing.  I will post another podcast when the case finishes probab...

Send us Fan Mail A Famous murder of its time in 1964, almost forgotten today. The case was famous for its forensic breakthrough. Recorded as usual in one take without editing.

Send us Fan Mail  This is the fourth podcast of what is proving to be an extraordinary case.  I was expecting this to be a one podcast  case. T his podcast concentrates on the events of week 7 of this case being heard in Court 5 of the Old Bailey in London. This is being posted before the expected start of week 8 on March 25 2024. 

Send us Fan Mail Recorded in lo fi without editing. I don't think you would have heard of this story from Portsmouth, UK in March 1973.

Send us Fan Mail I am posting this podcast after week 6  of the trial. The case is intriguing with many odd and unexplained aspects . Week 7 is about to commence with Constance Marten continuing her defence. I am wondering how the jury are going to come to a verdict on which they all agree. As usual, this podcast is posted without editing and the presentation is not of a professional standard.

Send us Fan Mail This is part 2 of the Constance Marten, Mark Gordon trial at the Old Bailey. Some reflections on the first five weeks of the trial. As always the podcast is recorded in one take with no editing.

Send us Fan Mail The Constance Marten and Mark Gordon trial is at present being held at  the Old Bailey, it started  January 2024 and is scheduled to finish on 8 March. It seems to have caused great interest and a number of podcasts have been commissioned by newspapers and the BBC. This podcast is lo-fi and is not a polished corporate effort.  I have tried a different approach , concentrating on t...

Send us Fan Mail This is a short podcast about a totally senseless murder last August in the West Sussex town of Crawley. Condolences to the family of Harrison Tompkins.

Send us Fan Mail Two characters with links to the Elephant and Castle area of South London. Alfred Hinds probably unjustly imprisoned in 1953 and determined to do something about it. Shirley Pitts born into poverty and determined to do something about it.  Recorded in one take in lo-fi with a dog next to me.

Send us Fan Mail Cleator Moor is a small town near the East Coast of Cumbria in the North of England on the Eastern edge of the Lake District a few miles away.  It is an area quite isolated and probably quite dull for young people living there. 23  August 1974 there was a horrific crime committed there which seems totally forgotten now, 50 years later. Those involved seem totally forgotten. 

Send us Fan Mail This started as a podcast on the Bethnal Green Tube disaster in 1943. I was surprised to learn about other crowd crush disasters that I had never heard of before. I have gone into some detail on the Bethnal Green story but then give an overview on the other disasters. The last three  crowd crush disasters reported on here are exclusively child death disasters, so not a podcast for...

Send us Fan Mail In January 2021 there was news reported that shocked the people of Brighton and Hove. Prominent and popular businesswoman Sue Addis was stabbed and killed in the bath while at home. This podcast is lofi, recorded in one take with no editing.

Send us Fan Mail This is a story that has not really been told with any accuracy before. Feckless youth struggling to find an identity, wanting to prove their worth to the skinhead group they identify with.  There is important information missing from police files although some interesting reports giving psychiatric reports on those involved.  These events took place during Easter 1972 when a fata...

Send us Fan Mail This a shorter and quirkier podcast  than usual. I read a book which moved me and I wanted to make a podcast about it. It is essentially about the life of a sparrow.  I suppose most of us had a time when we tried to rescue an infant or injured bird, usually with an unhappy outcome. In this story an interesting relationship develops between a special woman and a special sparrow. I...

Send us Fan Mail The first haunting considered is that of Hinton Ampner, then the podcast moves onto the East Riding and West ridings of Yorkshire for further cases of supposed paranormal activity. The Podcast is recorded in one take with animals in the room. I mispronounce words and stumble over words, so apologies for that. I wish anyone reading this a Happy Christmas and all the best for 2024.