Tales from the Closet

Ans van Dijk - Jew, lesbian, collaborator, traitor and some would argue...victim. She betrayed hundreds of people to the Nazis leading to their deportation to the concentration camps in order to save herself. Difficult moral dilemma, but her bosses all said that she enjoyed her work, and the more praise she got the harder she worked. Instagram - talesfromthecloset_1967

This episode looks at the crimes of Peter Moore, a gay man who committed four murders and a wave of vicious assaults in North Wales in the 1990s. He is often said to be Wales' worst serial killer and was known as The Man in Black. His crimes were sufficient to earn him a whole life tariff, meaning he'll die in prison. Instagram: @talesfromthecloset_1967

This episode looks at the deaths (murder and suspected murder) of two actors whose names might not mean anything, but you'll probably recognise their faces.......Peter Arne and Barry Evans. Both men were deep in the closet, both were loners, both met unnatural ends. Instagram: @talesfromthecloset_1967

This episode looks at the lives of two neo-Nazis from the 1970s through to the 1990s. One, a working class skinhead from the UK and the other, a middle class Catholic from Germany. They reached great heights in the far right world, but then had spectacular falls from grace once their homosexuality had been revealed. The episode also examines the relationship between the far right and homosexuality...

This episode looks at the social and political changes in attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community in the 1950s and then focuses on one particular case in 1953, where Sir John Gielgud's adventures in a gents' toilet almost cost him his career and his knighthood. Instagram: @talesfromthecloset_1967

William Bankes had the early 19th century world at his feet until an indiscretion with a young guardsman led to his fall from grace. With the threat of the noose hanging over him, he had little choice but to flee to Europe in a self imposed exile leaving his family and life's work behind him. The National Archives holds the records for Bankes' 1841 arrest. The Dorset History Centre holds t...

In 1948 Margaret Allen was to go down in history as Rawtenstall's first murderer and has since become known as the UK's first transgender killer. However, in this episode we will look at the actual police files and possibly show that there might be grounds to assign this case as having reasonable doubt. The National Archives holds the police records which were consulted extensively for the...