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July 15, 2024

Interview #60 | Inside The Cult Vault: Deep Dives and Survivor Interv…

I welcome my friend and fellow podcaster Kacey to the show in this interview episode. Kacey is the creator and host of the award-nominated podcast 'The Cult Vault', and since the show's launch in May 2020, she has put a great...

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July 11, 2024

S14E04 | Linda Anderson (Edinburgh, South East Scotland, 1999)

In the early hours of January 1, 1999, 44-year-old Linda Anderson was subjected to a brutal assault in an Edinburgh tenement block which led to her subsequent death the following day. Two trials followed, with the same perpet...

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July 11, 2024

S14E04 | Linda Anderson (Edinburgh, South East Scotland, 1999)

In the early hours of January 1, 1999, 44-year-old Linda Anderson was subjected to a brutal assault in an Edinburgh tenement block which led to her subsequent death the following day. Two trials followed, with the same perpet...

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July 4, 2024

S14E03 | Kenneth Mackintosh (Monkseaton, Tyne and Wear, 1989)

On April 30, 1989, a 22-year-old man left his parent's home with his dad's double-barrelled shotgun and headed to a quiet part of Monkseaton in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear. Over the next twenty minutes, he walked the streets o...

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July 4, 2024

S14E03 | Kenneth Mackintosh (Monkseaton, Tyne and Wear, 1989)

On April 30, 1989, a 22-year-old man left his parent's home with his dad's double-barrelled shotgun and headed for a quiet Monkseaton area of Whitley Bay. Over the next twenty minutes, he walked the streets opening fire on al...

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July 1, 2024

Interview #59 | The Real Manhunter: Colin Sutton Discusses His Illust…

I welcome Colin "The Real Manhunter" Sutton to the show in this interview episode. Colin spent the last nine years of his three-decade-long police career as a Senior Investigating Officer for the Met Police’s Murder Squad. Du...

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July 1, 2024

Interview #59 | The Real Manhunter: Colin Sutton Discusses His Illust…

I welcome Colin "The Real Manhunter" Sutton to the show in this interview episode. Colin spent the last nine years of his three-decade-long police career as a Senior Investigating Officer for the Met Police’s Murder Squad. Du...

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June 27, 2024

S14E02 | Linda Maggs (Pontypool, Torfaen, 2021)

74-year-old Linda Maggs was in bed when her 70-year-old husband entered the room on the morning of February 6, 2021, holding a knife in his hand. With an acrimonious divorce about to finalise, Linda was stabbed to death by he...

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June 27, 2024

S14E02 | Linda Maggs (Pontypool, Torfaen, 2021)

74-year-old Linda Maggs was in bed when her 70-year-old husband entered the room on the morning of February 6, 2021, holding a knife in his hand. With an acrimonious divorce about to finalise, Linda was stabbed to death by he...

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June 24, 2024

Interview #58 | My Aunt and the Hitman: Wendy Cee Discusses Sharon Bi…

I welcome podcaster Wendy Cee to the show in this interview episode. In December 2007, Graham Birchwood orchestrated the murder of his wife, Sharon - Wendy's beloved aunt - by hiring a hitman named Paul Cryne. In this episode...

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June 24, 2024

Interview #58 | My Aunt and the Hitman: Wendy Cee Discusses Sharon Bi…

I welcome podcaster Wendy Cee to the show in this interview episode. In December 2007, Graham Birchwood orchestrated the murder of his wife, Sharon - Wendy's beloved aunt - by hiring a hitman named Paul Cryne. In this episode...

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June 20, 2024

S14E01 | Anne James (Walsall, West Midlands, 2018)

74-year-old Anne James had just returned from a quick shopping trip and was making soup at her home when a familiar face turned up at her door. Letting the man inside, Anne had no idea that within just a few minutes, her life...

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June 20, 2024

S14E01 | Anne James (Walsall, West Midlands, 2018)

74-year-old Anne James had just returned from a quick shopping trip and was making soup at her home when a familiar face turned up at her door. Letting the man inside, Anne had no idea that within just a few minutes, her life...

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June 13, 2024

British Murders Unsolved | Episode 1: Claudia Lawrence (York, North Y…

35-year-old Claudia Lawrence last spoke to her mum on her mobile phone at around half 8 in the evening of March 18, 2009, shortly after phoning her dad. The following morning, she didn't turn up for her shift at the Universit...

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June 13, 2024

British Murders Unsolved | Episode 1: Claudia Lawrence (York, North Y…

35-year-old Claudia Lawrence last spoke to her mum on her mobile phone at around half 8 in the evening of March 18, 2009, shortly after phoning her dad. The following morning, she didn't turn up for her shift at the Universit...

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June 6, 2024

S13E10 | The Murder of Megan Newborough (Coalville, Leicestershire, 2…

23-year-old Megan Newborough was captured on her family's Ring Video Doorbell getting into her car at 7.32 pm on Friday, August 6, 2021. Within an hour of that haunting footage, Megan was murdered by the very person she'd gon...

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June 6, 2024

S13E10 | The Murder of Megan Newborough (Coalville, Leicestershire, 2…

23-year-old Megan Newborough was captured on her family's Ring Video Doorbell getting into her car at 7.32 pm on Friday, August 6, 2021. Within an hour of that haunting footage, Megan was murdered by the very person she'd gon...

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May 30, 2024

S13E09 | The Murder of Arminda Perry (Higher Kinnerton, Flintshire, 1…

When Filipino native Arminda Ventura met a British man holidaying in her home country one summer, they immediately hit it off and soon got married. After emigrating to the UK and moving into the man's North Wales bungalow, Ar...

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May 30, 2024

S13E09 | The Murder of Arminda Perry (Higher Kinnerton, Flintshire, 1…

When Filipino native Arminda Ventura met a British man holidaying in her home country one summer, they immediately hit it off and soon got married. After emigrating to the UK and moving into the man's North Wales bungalow, Ar...

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May 27, 2024

Interview #57 | Jack the Ripper and Abraham Lincoln: Tony McMahon Dis…

I welcome investigative historian, author and journalist Tony McMahon to the show in this interview episode. With a background as a print, TV and online reporter and producer, Tony approaches history from an investigative ang...

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May 27, 2024

Interview #57 | Jack the Ripper and Abraham Lincoln: Tony McMahon Dis…

I welcome investigative historian, author and journalist Tony McMahon to the show in this interview episode. With a background as a print, TV and online reporter and producer, Tony approaches history from an investigative ang...

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May 23, 2024

S13E08 | The Murder of Susan Min (Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire…

When 29-year-old librarian Susan Min bumped into her ex-boyfriend around a year after they split up, she invited him to her house for a catch-up. She had no idea that doing so would lead to her death at the hands of her forme...

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May 23, 2024

S13E08 | The Murder of Susan Min (Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire…

When 29-year-old librarian Susan Min bumped into her ex-boyfriend around a year after they split up, she invited him to her house for a catch-up. She had no idea that doing so would lead to her death at the hands of her forme...

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May 20, 2024

Interview #56 | Death in the Theatre: Chris Wood Discusses His Second…

I welcome freelance writer and author Chris Wood to the show in this interview episode. As a student of criminology and psychology, Chris writes about true crime and non-fiction. He also writes regularly for the UK True Crime...

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