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I welcome forensic scientist Ray Fysh to the show in this interview episode. Ray began working for the Met Police in the 1970s when a forensic investigation was seen as little more than a geeky sideshow, existing only to con...
In this off-season episode, I'm joined by Grace Cordell of REDRUM and HUMANS, who will tell me (and you) the story of the hijacking of EgyptAir Flight 648. On November 23, 1985, a Boeing 737-200 airliner was hijacked on its …
In the sixth volume of Killer British Murder Stories, Bobbie Holmes of Killer Stories tells me the story of Alexandra Pesic's murder. Former beauty queen and dental assistant Alexandra met a fellow Yugoslavian woman named Jel...
In this interview episode, I welcome Simon Farquhar to the show. Simon is a writer, broadcaster and playwright with extensive experience writing for digital platforms, the broadsheet press and magazines. He has made document...
In the season 7 special, I tell the story of Dr Harold Shipman, dubbed by the media as "Dr Death". Shipman was arrested on September 7, 1998, after police raided his home. The body of Kathleen Grundy, one of Shipman's …
In the season 7 special, I tell the story of Dr Harold Shipman, dubbed by the media as "Dr Death". Shipman was arrested on September 7, 1998, after police raided his home. The body of Kathleen Grundy, one of Shipman's …
In this interview episode, I welcome Dr Shahed Yousaf to the show. Dr Yousaf is a GP who works in prisons, in substance misuse and with the homeless community. He was shortlisted for the Bath Flash Fiction Prize 2016, commen...
In the tenth and final episode of season 7, I tell the story of Liam Naylor and Doreen Walker. On April 1, 2014, Naylor broke into the house of 75-year-old Doreen and murdered her before stealing the £104 pension money …
In the ninth episode of season 7, I tell the story of Mark Bridger and April Jones. On October 1, 2012, 5-year-old April Jones was abducted and murdered by 46-year-old Mark Bridger. April's disappearance sparked the biggest s...
In this interview episode, I welcome Kim Booth to the show. Kim spent 35 years in the Lincolnshire Police after joining as a cadet in the early seventies. He has been involved in investigating approximately 23 murders and is...
In the eighth episode of season 7, I tell the story of Luke Mitchell and Jodi Jones. This incredibly divisive case began on June 30, 2003, when 14-year-old Jodi Jones was brutally murdered on an isolated footpath in Dalkeith,...
In the seventh episode of season 7, I tell the story of Leigh Ann Sabine. In 1997, John Sabine disappeared after moving to a flat in Beddau, South Wales, with his wife, Ann, who also went by Leigh. Neighbours assumed …
In this interview episode, I welcome Robin Jarossi to the show. Robin is a London-based journalist and true crime author who contributes to documentaries such as Murder by the Sea , Voice of a Killer , The Real Prime Suspect...
In the sixth episode of season 7, I tell the story of Henry Gaskin. On February 19, 1919, 27-year-old Henry Gaskin murdered his 25-year-old wife, Elizabeth Gaskin, in a wooded area of Hednesford Hills, later dubbed 'Gaskin's ...
In this mid-season episode, I'm joined by Zevon Odelberg of Kinda Murdery, who will tell me (and you) the story of Hawley Harvey Crippen. Dr Crippen, or Dr Devil's Breath, was an American homoeopath charged with murdering his...
In this interview episode, I welcome Dr Joni Johnston to the show. Dr Johnston is a US-based forensic psychologist, private investigator and crime writer. As a practising psychologist, Dr Johnston has worked in a medium-maxi...
In the fifth episode of season 7, I tell the story of Peter Chapman. On October 25, 2009, 32-year-old Peter Chapman kidnapped, raped and murdered 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall and dumped her body in a farmer's field near Sedgefie...
In the fourth episode of British Murders Season 7, I tell the story of Colin Campbell. On August 28, 1981, Colin Campbell murdered 17-year-old Claire Woolterton and dumped her body by the River Thames. Three years later, in D...
In this episode of British Murders, I welcome Jackie Malton to the show. Jackie is a former senior police officer who worked in the Leicestershire and Metropolitan Police forces. She became one of only three female Detective...
In the third episode of British Murders Season 7, I tell the story of Lee Anstice. On August 26, 2011, Lee Anstice murdered his wife Tracy by stabbing her with a knife several times. Lee was in and out of …
In the second episode of British Murders Season 7, I tell the story of Marc Shillibier. In the early hours of March 6, 1999, Shillibier viciously murdered 18-year-old Rebecca Storrs with a hammer and knife after sexually assa...
In this episode of British Murders, I welcome Zoë Apostolides to the show. Zoë has worked as a journalist for ten years, covering lifestyle, literature, art and education for the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph ...
In the first episode of British Murders Season 7, I tell the story of Anthony Hardy. Between January and December 2002, Anthony Hardy murdered Sally White, Elizabeth Valad and Bridgette Maclennan in Camden Town, London. He in...
In the season 6 special of British Murders, I tell the story of Peter Manuel, "The Beast of Birkenshaw". Thought to be Scotland's first serial killer and one of the country's worst, Peter Manuel was convicted of killing seven...