What They Hide: Hidden Crimes in Plain Sight. A True Crime Podcast

https://buymeacoffee.com/whattheyhide For nearly two decades, one question has haunted investigators, journalists and millions of people around the world. What happened to Madeleine McCann? In the first part of this special two-part investigation, we leave the speculation behind and focus on what can actually be established. From the McCann family’s arrival in the quiet Portuguese resort of Praia...

The Disappearance of Shannon Matthews | The Search That Fooled Britain In February 2008, nine-year-old Shannon Matthews vanished during the short walk home from school in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. As the hours turned into days, one of the largest missing child investigations in British history unfolded. Hundreds of police officers, specialist search teams and thousands of volunteers searched despe...

https://buymeacoffee.com/whattheyhide On Easter Sunday 2015, Victoria Cilliers stepped from an aircraft over the Wiltshire countryside expecting an ordinary skydive. Moments later, her main parachute failed. Then her reserve parachute failed too. Falling from around 4,000 feet, Victoria should not have survived. Yet somehow she did. At first, it appeared to be a freak accident. A tragic equipment...

☕ Support the show: Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/whattheyhide   On 26 April 1999, one of Britain’s most recognisable television presenters was shot dead outside her home in Fulham, West London. Jill Dando had spent years bringing unsolved crimes into the nation’s living rooms through Crimewatch. Then, in a matter of seconds, she became the centre of one of the most baffling murder in...

☕ Support the Show If you enjoy What They Hide and would like to support future episodes, you can buy me a coffee here: https://buymeacoffee.com/whattheyhide Every contribution helps keep the podcast independent and supports the research, writing and production of future episodes.   On the morning of 14 September 2007, fourteen-year-old Andrew Gosden left his home in Doncaster and appeared to hea...

  ☕ Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee:  https://buymeacoffee.com/whattheyhide On 15 July 1992, 23-year-old Rachel Nickell took her two-year-old son for a walk on Wimbledon Common. She never came home. What followed was one of the most shocking murders in modern British history and one of the greatest investigative failures the UK has ever seen. As police faced intense public pressure to catch the...

☕ Support the show: Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/whattheyhide   THE ESSEX BOYS – PART 2: JUSTICE OR MYSTERY? In December 1995, Tony Tucker, Pat Tate and Craig Rolfe were found murdered inside a blue Range Rover on a remote farm track near Rettendon, Essex. The murders shocked Britain. But the controversy that followed would prove every bit as enduring as the crime itself. In Part Two...

☕ Support the show: Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/whattheyhide   THE ESSEX BOYS – PART 1: THE LAST RIDE On a cold December morning in 1995, a farmer made a discovery that would shock Britain. Parked on a remote farm track near Rettendon, Essex, sat a blue Range Rover. Inside were the bodies of Tony Tucker, Pat Tate and Craig Rolfe. All three had been killed in what appeared to be a ca...

☕ Support the podcast and help keep independent true crime storytelling alive: Buy Me A Coffee: http://buymeacoffee.com/Whattheyhidepod On the evening of 1 December 2018, 21-year-old British backpacker Grace Millane went on a Tinder date in Auckland, New Zealand. CCTV footage showed Grace laughing, drinking and enjoying a night out in the city centre before entering the CityLife Hotel with a man...

Support the podcast & help keep independent true crime storytelling alive: ☕ Buy Me A Coffee:  http://buymeacoffee.com/Whattheyhidepod In September 2016, 23-year-old RAF gunner Corrie McKeague vanished after a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. CCTV captured Corrie walking into a loading bay known as The Horseshoe at 3:25am. He was never definitively seen leaving. What followed became one...

http://buymeacoffee.com/Whattheyhidepod A luxury honeymoon in South Africa. A late-night taxi ride through Cape Town. A sudden hijacking. And within hours, a young bride was dead. In November 2010, Anni Dewani travelled to South Africa with her new husband Shrien Dewani for what should have been the beginning of their married life together. Instead, the trip became one of the most controversial in...

http://buymeacoffee.com/Whattheyhidepod In July 1986, 25-year-old estate agent Suzy Lamplugh left her office in Fulham, London, for what should have been a routine property viewing. The client’s name was written in the appointment diary as: “Mr Kipper.” She never returned. Her white Ford Fiesta was later discovered abandoned several streets away. There were no signs of a struggle. No confirmed cri...

http://buymeacoffee.com/Whattheyhidepod In the final chapter of our three-part series on Fred West and Rose West, we examine the trial of Rose West, the psychological collapse of the Cromwell Street investigation, and the lasting impact left behind by one of Britain’s most disturbing criminal cases. We explore how hidden abuse survived for years behind an ordinary front door in Gloucester, the una...

http://buymeacoffee.com/Whattheyhidepod The excavation of 25 Cromwell Street has begun. As investigators dig beneath the house in Gloucester, the scale of the crimes connected to Fred West and Rose West slowly begins to emerge. In Part Two of this three-part series, we examine the victims linked to the Wests, the methods used to groom and control vulnerable young women, and the atmosphere of fear...

http://buymeacoffee.com/Whattheyhidepod For years, 25 Cromwell Street appeared to be an ordinary family home in Gloucester. Behind its walls lived Fred West and Rose West — a married couple whose crimes would eventually shock Britain and transform a quiet residential street into one of the most infamous crime scenes in modern history. In Part One of this three-part series, we explore the early liv...

http://buymeacoffee.com/Whattheyhidepod In September 2017, 63-year-old former Royal Navy officer Tony Parsons set out on a solo charity cycle ride through the Scottish Highlands. A cancer survivor, Tony was riding home from Fort William to Tillicoultry to raise money for charity — a demanding journey across remote roads and open landscape. But somewhere along the A82… he vanished. No witnesses. No...

The shootings ended in October 2002. But for many, that was only the beginning. In the final part of this series, we move beyond the manhunt and into the aftermath—what happened after the arrests, the trials, and the headlines faded. We examine the execution of John Allen Muhammad, the ongoing imprisonment and legal challenges surrounding Lee Boyd Malvo, and the complex questions around justice, p...

The shootings had terrorised the Washington region for weeks. Then, in the early hours of October 24th, 2002, everything changed.   At a roadside rest stop in Maryland, police surrounded a dark Chevrolet Caprice and arrested John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo as they slept inside.   But the arrests only answered one question.   Who they were.   They did not answer why.   In Part Two of this th...

D.C. Sniper: Part One — The First Shots In October 2002, a series of seemingly random shootings began across Maryland, Virginia, and the Washington D.C. region. Victims were targeted in ordinary places—parking lots, petrol stations, pavements, and outside shops. The attacks came without warning. A single shot, often from a distance, followed by silence and confusion. With no clear suspect and no o...

As investigators searched Saddleworth Moor, the full scale of the case began to emerge. What had once been suspicion became certainty as search teams uncovered evidence linking Ian Brady and Myra Hindley to multiple missing children. With each discovery came answers for some families, while others were left to continue waiting. In the final part of this three-part series, we examine the searches o...

In October 1965, a single witness stepped forward with an account that would change everything. What began as a report of violence inside a house in Manchester quickly developed into something far more complex. As police responded, arrested Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, and began examining the evidence, the case expanded beyond a single crime. A suitcase left at a railway station. Photographs. Audio...

Title: The Making of Monsters | The Moors Murders (Part 1) Description: In 1960s Manchester, life moved to a familiar rhythm—factory shifts, quiet streets, and communities built on trust. Nothing about it suggested something darker was taking shape beneath the surface. In this first episode of our three-part series, we explore how two seemingly ordinary people— acast.com/privacy for more informati...

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PART 3 — THE RECKONING For decades, the image held. A trusted figure. A familiar voice. A man welcomed into institutions built on care. Then the truth began to surface. In Part 3 of this series, we confront the full scale of the case surrounding acast.com/privacy for more information.

PART 2 — THE SILENCE For decades, the image never cracked. A familiar face on television. A trusted presence in hospitals. A man welcomed into institutions built on care. But behind that image… A pattern was forming. In Part 2 of this three-part series, we move beyond the rise of acast.com/privacy for more information.