True Crime Diary

In this episode we discuss the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Al Capone and 'Bugs' Moran, Some Like it Hot, Public Enemies, Syphillis, and our special guest talks about Alcatraz and the middle of nowhere. This episode features our special guest Will Roe, podcast producer at The Times and The Sunday Times.

In this episode we discuss the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst, when is an army not an army, urban guerrillas and urbane guerrillas, the past tense of diving, and John Wayne has the last word.

In this episode we discuss the murder of Elizabeth Short, the sensationalist press, miniature golf versus crazy golf, multiple Orsons, unlikely confessions and the unlikeliest of suspects.

In this short Season/Series introduction, we look back at why we started the podcast in the first place, we express gratitude and not a little surprise regarding our listeners, which episodes we like the most, and a little of what and who are coming up in the new Season/Series.

In this episode we discuss the 1963 Great Train Robbery, scuttling, a phone box full of money, scuttling, and that guy from Bugsy Malone who robbed a robber. And scuttling.

In this episode we discuss bank robber and killer John Dillinger, the Bonnie & Clyde parallel, cosmetic surgery, the woman in the red/orange dress, and the awesome power of a moustache.

In this episode we discuss Australia's Ned Kelly - Freedom fighter or murderous criminal, wearing a bucket on your head, the paradox of Back to the Future Part 3, the danger in tattoos, Mick Jagger, and Jed achieves a word.

In this episode we discuss a case or two, Spillsbury not Pillsbury, wooden trunks not woollen trunks, wheels or no wheels, and Jed struggles to get a handle on it.

In this bonus episode we discuss the inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers' famous escape, the Native American occupation of the island and Sean Connery's accent.

In this episode we discuss the Thames Torso Murders otherwise know as the Embankment Murders, thighs and pillows, that time Jed found a body in a river, that time Mark found a body in a river, and Rue probably put a body in a river. This episode was recorded during Lockdown and experienced some sound variation.

In this episode we discuss Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow, running around robbing banks, Georgie Fame and Serge Gainsbourg, and putting the 'ear' in souvenir. This episode was recorded during Lockdown and experienced some sound variation.

In this episode we discuss America's first serial killer H. H. Holmes and his poorly named Murder Castle, insurance scams, skeletons for sale, and all manner of devious shenanigans. Thankfully, Martin Scorsese hasn't made a movie about it. This episode was recorded during Lockdown and experienced some sound variation.

In this episode we discuss Australia's Shark Arm Case, the preferred tattoos of sea-farers, the buoyancy of shoes, how shooting yourself in the head can really give you a headache, and have right old shark's arm of a time. This episode was recorded in Lockdown and experienced some sound variation.

In this episode we discuss the theft of the Krupp Diamond, big guns, shaving fruit pastilles, one pound fish, and terrible Richard Burton impersonations. Oh, and the FBI are really great even if they say so themselves. This episode was recorded during Lockdown and experienced some sound variation.

In this episode we discuss the notorious highwayman Richard Turpin, the reinvention of the postal service, going off half-cocked, drunken shenanigans and horse-thievery but just the brown ones. This episode was recorded during lockdown and experienced some sound variation.

In this episode we discuss the miscarriage of justice which was the execution of Timothy Evans, the serial killer next door, friend of the podcast Albert Pierrepoint, and why you shouldn't redecorate your dingy rental flat. This episode was recorded during Lockdown and experienced some sound variation,

In this episode we discuss notorious killer and cat burglar Charles Peace, the merits of walnut juice whatever that is, and the movie that never was. Oh, and knob jokes. This episode was recorded during Lockdown and experience some sound variation.

In this episode we discuss the murder of shop keeper and rancher John Tunstall, the rise and fall of Billy the Kid, the way to Amarillo, the role of the Roman Empire in the American West, the shortest and worst word games ever created, and Jed can't remember the theme to The High Chaparral. This episode was recorded during Lockdown and experienced some sound variation.

In this episode we discuss Derek Bentley and Christopher Craig's rooftop shenanigans and the shooting of Sidney Miles, how guns work, Jed gets all poetic, Mark gets all controversial, and Rue knows a guy. This episode was recorded during Lockdown and experienced some sound variation.

In this episode we discuss the Great Brink's Robbery of 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts, and Rue gets a little muddled. Then there's fleeing. This episode was recorded during Lockdown and experienced some sound variation.

In this episode we discuss the murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman, conspiracy theories, gun bras and for some reason Lindsay Lohan. This episode was recorded during Lockdown and experienced some sound variation.

It's a new year and a new series, and we wanted to take a moment to say thank you very much for listening. This short 6:32min message includes a few outtakes from Season 1. This episode was recorded during Lockdown and experienced some sound variation. 

In this episode we discuss William Burke and William Hare the West Point murderers, Dr Robert Knox who suspiciously didn't know anything, graveyard security, and when is a bay not a bay. This episode was recorded during Lockdown and experienced some sound variation.

In this episode we discuss Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas the last people to hang in Canada, what can happen when hanging goes wrong, and how we would choose to be executed given the option. This episode was recorded during Lockdown and experienced some sound variation.

In this episode we discuss the holding to ransom of Flight 305 and subsequent mysterious disappearance of Dan Cooper in 1971, the logistics of storming a hijacked aircraft, and the likelihood of jumping out of a plane and landing in an outdoor pillow emporium.