Synopsis
The weekly UK True Crime Podcast is the home of UK true crime. We examine lesser known UK cases in depth, talk to true crime authors, review products/shows and interview other experts in the field of UK True Crime to offer you the very best insight and analysis.
Episodes
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Introduction to 'Gone Fishing. The Unsolved Crimes of Angus Sinclair'
11/07/2021 Duration: 07minAs you may well know, I recently wrote a book about the solved and unsolved crimes of Angus Sinclair, which was published almost two weeks ago.When I started researching this book two years ago, I knew very little about Angus Sinclair. If you don't know too much about his crimes, I thought you might be interested in the opening chapter of the book. Here is it...You can buy 'Gone Fishing. The Unsolved Crimes of Angus Sinclair' as paperback or for kindle on Amazon:Gone Fishing: The Unsolved Crimes of Angus Sinclair: Amazon.co.uk: Chris Clark, Adam Lloyd: 9781914277221: Books Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Getting Away With Murder: Episode 243
05/07/2021 Duration: 23minGraham Boyne's first wife had left him for his best friend. So when he met Maria and they had two children together, he wanted a stable upbringing for his children with him and the wife he adored. But Maria didn't read the script......Please support my sponsorBest FiendsDownload best fiends free on the apple app store or google play. That friends without the r, best fiends.Please buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about the life and crimes of Angus Sinclair.Gone Fishing: The Unsolved Crimes of Angus Sinclair: Amazon.co.uk: Chris Clark, Adam Lloyd: 9781914277221: BooksCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/life-sentence-for-killing-husband-6915002.htmlhttps://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/4133770.erith-police-search-for-murder-weapon-on-mudflats/https://thecin
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The Plot: Episode 242
30/06/2021 Duration: 25minIn 1996, Richard Jan was convinced that everyone was against him. His family, the social workers, health workers and everyone else involved - they just wanted to get him sectioned. But he was not going to let them and he would teach them a lesson for the plot they had hatched....Please support my sponsor:StitchfixClaim your 20% discount at stitchfix.co.uk/truecrimeBuy my book 'Gone Fishing' about the life and crimes of Angus Sinclair.Gone Fishing: The Unsolved Crimes of Angus Sinclair: Amazon.co.uk: Chris Clark, Adam Lloyd: 9781914277221: BooksCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSources Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Restaurant: Episode 241
21/06/2021 Duration: 27minJune 1994, 'Love is all around us' was still number one. It was just an ordinary night in the Indian Restaurant in Kirkwall in The Orkneys, when at 7.15pm, the man entered wearing a balaclava. He walked up to the Restaurant Manager, 27 year old Shamsuddin Mahmood, and fired one bullet.... Please support my sponsor:Best FiendsDownload best fiends free on the apple app store or google play. That friends without the r, best fiends.Pre-order my book 'Gone Fishing' about the life and crimes of Angus Sinclair.GONE FISHING (PRE-ORDER) – Mango BooksCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourcesMICHAEL ALEXANDER ROSS v. HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE (scotcourts.gov.uk)So why is such a public murder still unsolved? In 1994 this waiter was shot dead in front of diners at an Orkney restaurant. Three years later an
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City Slickers: Episode 240
14/06/2021 Duration: 23minTodays story takes us back to the heady days of the dot com bubble around the turn of the century. In this episode of the UK True Crime podcast, I look at the behaviour of some of those working in the media at this time. It is a real tale of winners, losers, luck and coincidence. Pre-order my book 'Gone Fishing' about the life and crimes of Angus Sinclair.GONE FISHING (PRE-ORDER) – Mango BooksCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourcesA tale of two City Slickers | Money | The GuardianTech Stocks and the 2000 Dotcom Bust: 15 Years of Wall Street Lessons | TimeAnil Bhoyrul | PRESS GANG (press-gang.org)City Slickers found guilty | This is MoneyPiers Morgan wanted Viglen adviser to lie, court told | Media | The Guardian Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A Killing Spree: Episode 239
07/06/2021 Duration: 23minIn 2004, Mark Hobson carried out a number of terrible crimes within a matter of days. In this harrowing episode of the UK True Crime podcast, I talk about the crimes, and more importantly, the victims of Hobson.Please support my sponsorStitch FixClaim 20% discount at: www.stitchfix.co.uk/truecrimePre-order my book 'Gone Fishing' about the life and crimes of Angus Sinclair.GONE FISHING (PRE-ORDER) – Mango BooksCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSources Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Vigilante: Episode 238
31/05/2021 Duration: 23minOn Facebook crime sites, there always seem to be videos of 'stings', where a bewildered looking man is confronted by a group of people taking the law into their own hands - usually, when the man has travelled to meet face to face with someone he believed to be a young girl from the internet.The podcast this week, from Essex in 2015, looks at the activity of one young group of vigilantes. I look at how in their aim to out 'perverts', they ended up using extreme violence which left one innocent man dead.....Please support my sponsorsBest FiendsDownload best fiends free on the apple app store or google play. That friends without the r, best fiends.Beer52Go to www.beer52.com/truecrime now and pay just the £5.95 postage to get your free case of 8 craft beers, magazine and snack.Pre-order my book 'Gone Fishing' about the life and crimes of Angus Sinclair.GONE FISHING (PRE-ORDER) – Mango BooksCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced s
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A Campaign of Hate: Episode 237
25/05/2021 Duration: 25minManfield is a small, pretty village in North Yorkshire of under 100 houses. It is a sleepy place with a real sense of reality. But then in 1987 strange things began to happen and this would continue for another decade....Please support my sponsors:Best FiendsDownload best fiends free on the apple app store or google play. That friends without the r, best fiends.Beer52Go to www.beer52.com/truecrime now and pay just the £5.95 postage to get your free case of 8 craft beers, magazine and snack.Writing credit: Chris WoodYou can buy his debut book 'Famous Last Words' here: Pen and Sword Books: Titles by Chris Wood (pen-and-sword.co.uk)Pre-order my book 'Gone Fishing' about the life and crimes of Angus Sinclair.GONE FISHING (PRE-ORDER) – Mango BooksCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSources Hosted
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A Suicide Pact: Episode 236
18/05/2021 Duration: 22minBrian Darbyshire was diagnosed with MS at just 47, and his health continued to decline. After the death of his wife in 2008, his daughter Claire became his primary carer. In 2015, the pair decided that neither wanted to live any longer and agreed a suicide pact. Or did they?Writing creditHaze at Podcast She Wrote.Pre-order my book 'Gone Fishing' about the life and crimes of Angus SInclair.GONE FISHING (PRE-ORDER) – Mango BooksCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/convicted-murderer-living-streets-hounslow-17749464https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-me-to-move-on-with-my-life?utm_campaign=p_cp_url&utm_medium=os&utm_source=customerhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35774143https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/transgender-pri
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Facing the Consequences - part 2/2: Episode 235
12/05/2021 Duration: 24minIn this episode of the UK True Crime, I conclude the story of what happened to Lynda Spence, from Glasgow, in April 2011.Sponsored by TRIPGo to: www.drink-trip.com and use the code “CRIME” for 15% off your first orderPre-order my book 'Gone Fishing' about the life and crimes of Angus SInclair.GONE FISHING (PRE-ORDER) – Mango BooksCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourcesLynda Spence trial: Coats and Wade guilty of torture case murder - BBC News'Unimaginable' suffering and death of Lynda Spence - BBC NewsEvil killer Phillip Wade who tortured and murdered Glasgow accountant Lynda Spence urged to tell family where her body is (thescottishsun.co.uk)Lynda Spence: Two men jailed for life for murder and torture of missing businesswoman whose body has never been found | Daily Mail OnlineLynda Spenc
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Facing the Consequences - part 1/2. Episode 234
04/05/2021 Duration: 23minWe read about scams every day, don't we. In 2011, 27 year old Lynda Spence, from Glasgow, was an accomplished scammer. But as she got involved in bigger deals, the people she ripped off were becoming serious criminals, with a background of extreme violence. One of these was a man called Colin Coats. In this episode of the UK True Crime podcast, I cover the story of Lynda Spence and the consequences she faced for scamming dangerous people, like Colin Coats.Sponsored by TRIPGo to: www.drink-trip.com and use the code “CRIME” for 15% off your first orderPre-order 'The New Millenium Serial Killer' at a huge discount. Discover the further crimes of Christopher Halliwell.https://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/index.php/product/pre-order-new-millennium-serial-killer-by-chris-clark-bethan-trueman/UK True Crime Live - free ticketshttps://www.crowdcast.io/adamlloydCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingne
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CrimeConversation with Mark Williams-Thomas 'The Detective'
29/04/2021 Duration: 30minAhead of CrimeCon UK in September, I had a fascinating chat with top investigator Mark Williams-Thomas about his work. I hope you enjoy the conversation. Thank you to CrimeCon UK for arranging this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Cover Up : Episode 233
27/04/2021 Duration: 20minIn the summer of 2009, Civil Servant and father of two 51 year old Christopher Pratt went missing. It was most unlike him and detectives feared he had come to harm. And the prime suspect had already been convicted of murder in 1989. Had he struck again?Sponsored by Best Fiends. Download this game todayhttps://download.bestfiends.comPre-order 'The New Millenium Serial Killer' at a huge discount. Discover the further crimes of Christopher Halliwell.https://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/index.php/product/pre-order-new-millennium-serial-killer-by-chris-clark-bethan-trueman/UK True Crime Live - free ticketshttps://www.crowdcast.io/adamlloydCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimehttps://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/convicted-killer-tells-jury-lover-died-accident-1977966https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/
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A Responsible Child: Episode 232
20/04/2021 Duration: 22minThis episode of the UK true Crime Podcast comes from Guilford, Surrey. In a cramped house tensions were rising. A series of violent attacks made two young brothers, one being just 14, believe that the only way to keep the family safe was to kill their step-dad. And in August 2013, they made plans to do so....Writing creditHaze at Podcast She Wrote.Pre-order 'The New Millenium Serial Killer' at a huge discount. Discover the further crimes of Christopher Halliwell.https://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/index.php/product/pre-order-new-millennium-serial-killer-by-chris-clark-bethan-trueman/UK True Crime Live - free ticketshttps://www.crowdcast.io/adamlloydCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/neil-tulley-murder-teenager-jerome-3175644https://www.familyla
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A Strange Connection: Episode 231
14/04/2021 Duration: 26minAnglesey is a beautiful Island off the north coast of wales. Retired lecturer 74 year old Gerald Corrigan and his partner Marie, loved the remote position of their home. They both loved nature, peace and solitude so it really was the perfect spot. Then one night in April 2019, Gerald had problems with the satellite dish and headed outside. This week on the UK True Crime podcast, I discover just what happened to Gerald Corrigan.Sponsored by: betterhelp - claim your 10% discounthttps://www.betterhelp.com/truecrimePre-order 'The New Millenium Serial Killer' at a huge discount. Discover the further crimes of Christopher Halliwell.https://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/index.php/product/pre-order-new-millennium-serial-killer-by-chris-clark-bethan-trueman/UK True Crime Live - free ticketshttps://www.crowdcast.io/adamlloydCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreo
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The Guesthouse: Episode 230
05/04/2021 Duration: 23minBridlington, on the north-east Yorkshire coast, is an attractive seaside resort also well known for shellfish. There are lots of B&B's, hotels and guesthouses dotted through the small town. But in July 2014, horror struck Bridlington when the owner of one guesthouse, Bei Carter, was murdered in her own establishment.This week, on the UK True Crime podcast, I tell Bei's story.Sponsored by Best Fiends. Download this game todayhttps://download.bestfiends.comCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-31101148https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-31066990https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-31002925https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/bridlington-landlady-murderer-kills-himself-prison-while-jury-deliberates-1825041https://www.da
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The Freshwater Five: Episode 229
30/03/2021 Duration: 26minMay 2010. When the cocaine was found in the shallow waters off sleepy Freshwater Bay, in the southern Isle of Wight, it was valued at over £50M. Law Enforcement were confident the men they had arrested on the fishing boat were guilty of an elaborate importation. But were they? Today, in this episode of the UK True Crime podcast, I tell the story of the 'Freshwater Five'.CrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in June 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/apr/18/five-fishermen-a-stormy-night-and-53m-of-cocaine-were-the-freshwater-five-wrongly-convictedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44319526http://appeal.org.uk/freshwater-five https://www.islandecho.co.uk/freshwater-five-drugs-conspiracy-court-of-appeal-upholds-convictions-of-isle-of-wight-men/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9401585/Two
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Walking Home: Episode 228
23/03/2021 Duration: 23minLuton, September 1985. After a night at her local pub, 26 year old Avril Dunn left for the 15 minute walk to her home. But she never made it to her house. In this episode of the UK True Crime Podcast, I tell her story.Sponsored by: betterhelp - claim your 10% discount https://www.betterhelp.com/truecrimeUK True Crime Live - free ticketshttps://www.crowdcast.io/adamlloydCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in June 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTh1PTecVwg&t=15695shttps://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5a8ff7cb60d03e7f57eb2299https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2000/feb/03/onlinesupplement9http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/621172.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/600742.stmhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/extra-police-sent-to-riothit-estate-1590326.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWUOtorIy_k
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Text Murder To Me: Episode 227
16/03/2021 Duration: 23minWe hear it so often on this podcast. The perfect couple. But this couple who lived in Swansea, South Wales in the summer of 2006 were anything but perfect. Jaspal Marsh was a wonderful person and wife. But her husband Stephen Marsh wanted his lover to kill his wife with the same knife they used in their sexual games.....Sponsored by Best Fiends. Download this game todayhttps://download.bestfiends.comUK True Crime Live - free ticketshttps://www.crowdcast.io/adamlloydCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in June 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteshttps://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5b46f2042c94e0775e7f064fhttps://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/victim-a-unique-wonderful-person-2256060https://www.newssniffer.co.uk/articles/43576/diff/0/1http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/8424840.stmhttps://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wale
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The Sugar Daddy: Episode 226
09/03/2021 Duration: 24minPeter Morgan was a multi-millionaire used to getting everything he wanted. And when he fell for a much younger woman, he couldn't understand why she saw their relationship as sex for money and didn't feel the same about him. But then in 2015, events took a shocking turn.....Writing and ResearchHaze at 'Murder She Wrote' podcastUK True Crime Live - free ticketshttps://www.crowdcast.io/adamlloydCrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTChttps://www.crimecon.co.ukReferenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.crimepublishingnetwork.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSources:http://www.blackkalendar.nl/c/32642/Peter%20Morganhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/21/millionaire-peter-morgan-found-guilty-of-murdering-escort-georgina-symondshttps://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/313944/who-is-peter-morgan-multi-millionaire-who-strangled-escort-georgina-symonds-heres-what-we-know/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencoed_Castlehttps://www.thes