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True Crime Episodes

April 9, 2025

S17E06 | Renee and Andrew MacRae (Dalmagarry, Scottish Highlands, 197…

In November 1976, 36-year-old Renee MacRae and her 3-year-old son Andrew vanished without a trace after leaving their Inverness home for what was meant to be a weekend away. What followed was one of the most baffling missing ...

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April 2, 2025

S17E05 | Susan Whiting (Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, 2015)

In August 2015, 20-year-old Susan Whiting vanished in Walsall after accepting an invitation to stay the night at a friend’s house. Susan, a kindhearted young woman with learning difficulties, was naturally trusting - somethin...

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March 26, 2025

S17E04 | Nikkita Grender-Brunnock, Kelsey-May and Missy (Newport, Sou…

In 2011, 19-year-old Nikkita Grender was just weeks away from becoming a mother when her life was cut short in the most horrifying way. A fire tore through her Newport flat in the early hours of February 5, and as the smoke c...

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March 21, 2025

The Crime Roundup: March 2025

In this monthly collaboration series, Adam from the UK True Crime podcast and I take a step back from individual cases to explore a curated selection of gripping crime stories that made headlines in March 2025. From chilling ...

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March 19, 2025

S17E03 | Alf Wilkins (Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 2001)

In February 2001, 67-year-old Alf Wilkins was killed in a fire deliberately set inside his Grimsby flat. But this wasn’t a random act of violence - it was the culmination of months of torment at the hands of his own neighbour...

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March 12, 2025

S17E02 | Julie Tennant (Ballymena, County Antrim, 2000)

In the early hours of August 5, 2000, Julie Tennant disappeared without a trace from her parents' home in Ballymena, Co Antrim. As days passed with no sign of the 21-year-old, a massive search effort was launched, but hopes o...

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March 5, 2025

S17E01 | Shafilea Ahmed (Warrington, Cheshire, 2003)

In September 2003, 17-year-old Shafilea Ahmed vanished from her home in Warrington, Cheshire, leaving behind a worrying trail of unanswered questions. A bright and ambitious student, she had dreams of independence, but those ...

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Feb. 22, 2025

The Crime Roundup: February 2025

In this monthly collaboration series, Adam from the UK True Crime podcast and I take a step back from individual cases to explore a curated selection of gripping crime stories that made headlines in February 2025. From chilli...

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Feb. 20, 2025

S16E10 | Robert Wilson (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, 2020)

When Robert Wilson went to work at the Thornton & Ross pharmaceutical plant in Linthwaite, Huddersfield on the evening of January 16, 2020, he had no idea that he would never return home. The 53-year-old was carrying out a ro...

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Feb. 13, 2025

S16E09 | Katie Rackliff (Farnborough, Hampshire, 1992)

In June 1992, 18-year-old Katie Rackliff was heading home after a night out in Farnborough, Hampshire, when she was savagely attacked and murdered. The case sent shockwaves through the community, but as the years passed with ...

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Feb. 6, 2025

S16E08 | Hilda Owen (Skegby, Nottinghamshire, 2007)

In March 2007, 71-year-old Hilda Brown was found dead in her home, the victim of a brutal attack. Her neighbour, who had positioned himself as her trusted helper, soon fell under suspicion, but the case was anything but strai...

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Jan. 30, 2025

S16E07 | Nicole Waterhouse (York, North Yorkshire, 2013)

When Nicole Waterhouse and Karen Browne attended a dating event in York, they couldn’t have known that one of the men they met would soon change their lives forever. Jeremy Green, an ex-Army officer with a dishonorable discha...

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Jan. 23, 2025

S16E06 | Brenda Venables (Kempsey, Worcestershire, 1982)

In May 1982, 48-year-old Brenda Venables seemingly vanished from the farmhouse she shared with her husband, David, in rural Worcestershire. Her husband claimed she had been struggling with her mental health and suggested she ...

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Jan. 20, 2025

The Crime Roundup: January 2025

In this new monthly collaboration series, Adam from the UK True Crime podcast and I take a step back from individual cases to explore a curated selection of gripping crime stories that made headlines in January 2025 . From ch...

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Jan. 16, 2025

S16E05 - Neomi Smith (Brechin, Angus, 2019)

In June 2019, 23-year-old Neomi Smith spent what should have been a carefree night out in her hometown of Brechin, Angus. Loved by friends and family for her warm, vibrant personality, Neomi had her whole life ahead of her. B...

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