Bedste The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast-podcasts (2025)

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The Lost Girls: Part 10 - The Aftermath 1:14:52

4d ago1:14:52

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The Lost Girls multi-parter comes full circle this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast, as for the final part I housekeep the tale of Susan, Caroline, Sarah, Theresa and Jennifer. We look at the years following Black’s crimes for their families, at all developments in the tale overall, and ask the question: How many more Lost Girls are there o…

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The Lost Girls: Part 9 - Jennifer 1:35:04

9d ago1:35:04

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The new red bicycle had fast become her pride and joy, all of her friends had seen it, and one sunny afternoon in August 1981, nine year old Jennifer Cardy set off from her home in Ballinderry to cycle the short distance to show the first friend she had it again, so excited was she. As a small Datsun van passed her as she did, Jennifer had no idea …

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The Lost Girls: Part 8 - The Driver In The Dock 1:13:07

15d ago1:13:07

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In April 1994, Robert Black, laid bare in all of his foulness, was to face trial charged with the abductions of Susan Maxwell, Caroline Hogg, Sarah Harper and Teresa Thornhill, and the murders of the former three. Was justice in sight for the Lost Girls whose haunting stories we have heard throughout this tale? Well, this time around on The True Cr…

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The Lost Girls: Part 7 - The Soul That Matches The Surname 1:17:39

30d ago1:17:39

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On 1st April 1992, ten court summonses for crimes including multiple murder, abduction, prevention of a proper and lawful burial and kidnap were served on a 43 year old prisoner serving life at HMP Peterhead in Aberdeenshire - a prisoner serving life for the abduction and sexual assault of a six year old girl in July 1990. His name? Robert Black. C…

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The Lost Girls: Part 6 - Paper Chase 1:17:05

1M ago1:17:05

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'That's our man. I'd bet my life on it' These are the words of Assistant Chief Constable Hector Clark back in July 1990, moments after the initial, briefest of meetings with the man he was describing here, who just over a month later, was serving a sentence of life imprisonment for an almost carbon copy crime to the series he and his team had been …

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The Lost Girls: Part 5 - The Survivor 1:02:57

2M ago1:02:57

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It was a simple, quick detour to avoid prying eyes - and it was fortunate that it was just that too, a quick detour, for if it wasn't, then perhaps Teresa Thornhill wouldn't be here today. That evening in Nottingham in April 1988, she very certainly only narrowly escaped the clutches of death, thanks in part to the survivor she was. Because she was…

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The Lost Girls: Part 4 - Just Two Minutes Walk 1:08:01

2M ago1:08:01

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The corner shop was just 150 yards away from her home, and the journey was one that ten year old Sarah Harper had made countless times before - just two minutes walk away. Yet, on a cold and wet evening in March 1986, on that two minute walk back, Sarah was to disappear..... This is Sarah's story. The episode contains details and descriptions of cr…

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The Lost Girls: Part 3 - A Fatal Five Minutes Last Play 1:11:43

2M ago1:11:43

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Continuing with The Lost Girls series arc, and in the summer of 1983, almost a year to the day, the fear that Susan Maxwell's at large killer could strike again was suddenly realised, when on a warm Friday evening in July, a five year old girl didn't come back in from the final five minutes play she had been allowed before bedtime. This is Caroline…

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The Lost Girls: Part 2 - Susan's Story 1:09:58

2M ago1:09:58

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Continuing The Lost Girls Arc on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, we now go back to Northumbria in 1982, and a chance walk home for a young girl after a game of tennis... The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of a sexual nature, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discret…

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The Lost Girls: Part 1 - The Day The Roof Caved In 1:01:31

3M ago1:01:31

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The 9th Series multi episode arc begins this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, through which we shall timejump over a long period, and in which I bring you the full, in depth tale of who is/was very likely, Britain's most prolific child killer, one who if the cases he is suspected of are laid at his feet, will dwarf those of Brady a…

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Clown Masks And Crocodile Tears - Part 2 1:29:08

3M ago1:29:08

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Completing the two part tale concerning the murder in September 1994 of 38 year old Carol Wardell - abducted from home by a gang of raiders, who, after beating and drugging her husband Gordon, forced her to open the building society in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, where she was deputy manager, emptied the safe, and then suffocated Carol, dumping her bod…

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Clown Masks And Crocodile Tears - Part 1 1:03:22

3M ago1:03:22

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The discovery of a woman's body in a rural Warwickshire layby in September 1994 was the start of what would become to detectives one of the most complex investigations in Warwickshire Police history, and would ultimately lead them to a cold and calculating killer. This time and next on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, I shall bring you the story.…

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Houses Of Blood - Bloodbath On A New Year's Day 1:10:17

4M ago1:10:17

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"I have just murdered my wife in her bed. I have just stabbed them, and slit their throats. His name is Martin Griffiths. There is blood everywhere. This has just happened. My children are safe at my mother's house" This was the context of a call to an emergency services operator in the early hours of New Year's Day, 2020, the implications of which…

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The Failing Of Danielle Reid 1:26:19

4M ago1:26:19

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We head up to the Scottish Highland city of Inverness, and back to the early 2000's this time on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, for a harrowing tale of a crime that shocked Scotland to the core, a definition of cruelty, evil, and a hauling over the coals of a system that, so tragically, failed a little girl. 5 year old Danielle Reid. Hers is a …

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The Beast Of Farley Mount 1:12:17

4M ago1:12:17

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The Hampshire beauty spot of Farley Mount Country Park, located near the city of Winchester, is a popular destination in daylight hours for families, joggers and dog walkers, whilst of the evening, it takes on a different kind of visitor - couples, and the voyeuristic who enjoy watching these for their own gratification. During the 1990's, it was a…

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Revenge 1:19:36

5M ago1:19:36

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There is a saying, Revenge is a dish best served cold. For the tale this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, we head back to 1983, and over to Ireland's capital city of Dublin, for a bleak tale where revenge was served cold-blooded. Revenge which ended in triple murder. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and event…

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Captain Hogwash 1:13:27

5M ago1:13:27

1:13:27

Pilot, Cruise Ship Captain, successful businessman, gifted salesman, entrepreneur, property renovator, heir to a massive fortune, able to drop claims of rubbing shoulders with political figures, all whilst living a champagne lifestyle. Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? This time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, we meet an individual who w…

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You Deserve A Medal For That! 1:22:42

5M ago1:22:42

1:22:42

Rememberance Day - a day where we should each give thanks, respect and thoughts to those who through their sacrifices are why we have the freedoms we do today. To be proud. The countless former and serving members of the Armed Forces who each display the medals that they have earned do so with this in abundance, recognition of such sacrifices and b…

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Are You Sure You're Legal? 1:16:54

6M ago1:16:54

1:16:54

I used to watch a great sci-fi show back in the 90's called The Pretender, about a genius who could become anything he wanted to be, fit into any walk of life, which he used to do to help people. The people we will meet this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast are in no way geniuses though - for some people don't let trivialities such …

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The Farmer Wants A Better Wife 1:06:28

6M ago1:06:28

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"E AH A DE OH - The Farmer Wants A Wife" goes the old nursery rhyme. This time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, we head to Hertfordshire and back to 2018, where we will hear the tragic tale of a farmer who, if he could have, would have certainly wanted a better wife. One who, along with her lover, wanted nothing more than him dead. The …

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A Nightmare On May Street 1:00:56

6M ago1:00:56

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We head to the East Yorkshire city of Hull this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, where one bright April evening in 2016, the resident of number 9 May Street got the shock of her life as she peered into the garden of the neighbouring property.Amongst the various clutter and discarded rubbish in the garden was a duvet. Out of which, …

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Blood Feud 57:44

7M ago57:44

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If a person makes an enemy, the chances are that the circumstances or events that has led to such a thing will not extend further than a series of harsh words exchanged, occasionally a physical confrontation, and a years long, perhaps lifelong dislike of that person. This time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, we head to Liverpool and ba…

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Man With A Past 1:00:15

7M ago1:00:15

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Evil, once it is inside a person, never really goes away - it may remain dormant for many years, but it is always there. To the horror of a Peterborough family back in 2018, the evil that was dormant in one such individual stirred with the most horrific of consequences - at the same time, reactivating the nightmare that a Derbyshire family had spen…

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Text "M" For Murder 1:25:48

8M ago1:25:48

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Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 classic Dial M For Murder is a celebrated work that has been remade for both the big and small screen, and the stage, and which concerns the tale of a cheating wife, a scheming husband, and an elaborate murder plot. In 2007, a court in South Wales was to hear it's very own version, and just how life imitated art... The episo…

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Killer In Uniform 1:16:34

8M ago1:16:34

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There are countless memorials to the brave personnel of the Armed Forces scattered around the UK, but one of these, in Surrey, contains the names of several service personnel whose military service is overshadowed by one thing - the execution each faced for the heinous crimes they committed, not as an act of war, but as a case of murder. This time …

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The Girl In The Ground - Part 2 1:33:10

9M ago1:33:10

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Concluding the horrifying and tragic story of 10 year old Ursula Herrmann this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, the girl snatched whilst cycling home in Germany in 1981, only to be found 17 days later in the most nightmarish of circumstances. Though it was to take almost 27 years, in 2008 the wheels of justice finally began to turn…

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The Girl In The Ground - Part 1 1:07:39

9M ago1:07:39

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It was supposed to be a simple 10 minute cycle ride home, like she had done countless times before that late September evening of 1981 - but it was never to be. This time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, in the first of a two part story, I venture in a first for the show outside of the UK and Ireland and head to Germany, where I bring y…

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Last Ride. 1:24:01

9M ago1:24:01

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Hitchhiking brings with it countless dangers, as we have seen on screen countless times and with the exploits of killers such as the West's, but for many years it was a commonplace thing to do, the dangers not thought about, merely the destination. In the winter of 1995, one such hitcher, a 19 year old French student named Celine Figard, accepted a…

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The Girl Who Loved Horses 1:17:00

10M ago1:17:00

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Back in 1983, 14 year old Gillian Atkins had one love in her life - her horses, she was horse mad from a young age. Devoting her life to them, there were even rumblings of Gillian having a possible Olympic shot in her chosen field, so capable was she - until one April evening, that came to a crashing halt. As did Gillian's life. The episode contain…

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Prey 1:25:17

10M ago1:25:17

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Christine Lakinski, Brent Martin, and David Atherton. The accounts you will hear in this episode concern three people who never knew one another, and indeed, lived many miles apart, but who in the space of just a year, became part of the same sad and disturbing set of statistics. Each were vulnerable adults, and each became prey for, the only word …

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Cruelty Of The Cuckoo 1:23:19

11M ago1:23:19

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We head back to 2005, and to the town of St Austell in the beautiful UK county of Cornwall this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, for a disturbing tale that shows just how perverse and barbaric the actions of some are, how they prey upon and use the vulnerable for their own means, even those who have next to nothing. The cruelty tha…

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A Misplaced Sense Of Shame. 1:23:46

12M ago1:23:46

1:23:46

The loss of a child must be heartbreaking, devastating, surreal all at once - how can you even begin to define it? One morning back in November 2007, it was a nightmare that North Wales father Simon Hill was thrust into - but for Simon, there was an extra dimension to such a tragedy. For it was at the hands of his equal - the person supposed to lov…

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Monsters Of Greater Manchester 1:20:34

1y ago1:20:34

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This series' Monsters Of episode comes this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, where in a reach into the archives of Patreon, we head to Greater Manchester to meet two individuals capable of the most callous of crimes against a vulnerable adult. They tick the Monsters box all right. The episode contains details and descriptions of cr…

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My Brother, My Killer 1:13:59

1y ago1:13:59

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All families have squabbles from time to time - it's human nature. But sometimes, a squabble exists only in the mind of one family member, and when they become obsessed that they are right, wild horses cannot change their mind - sometimes, it borders on paranoia. The tale this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, a horrific tale from M…

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Neighbour From Hell 1:20:58

1y ago1:20:58

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"Everybody needs good neighbours" noted the theme tune of a popular 1980's Australian soap opera, and indeed, the majority of us do go on to have those good neighbours, that do become good friends - again, as the theme tune of the soap claimed. But not always. For one family living in Nottingham back in November 2022, there was to be nothing of the…

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Triangle Of Terror: Part 2 - Snared 1:30:59

1y ago1:30:59

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Concluding the opening tale of Series 9, with the account of "The Fox" - how back in 1984 one man brought a wave of terror with his horrific crimes, not just to his hunting grounds in the South of England - but to the country as a whole. How he was caught? I'll tell you in one of the most fascinating tales I have ever covered on the show. The episo…

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Triangle Of Terror: Part 1 - Foxhunt 1:03:57

1y ago1:03:57

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Back with the first of a two part tale to start the brand new 9th series of The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, and for it, we head back to the summer of 1984, where for three counties of the south of England - Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire - a cloud of fear hung over them. A simple yet prolific burglar was to over the space of fiv…

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TTCE's Series 8 - In Review 50:48

1y ago50:48

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Ahead of the upcoming Series 9 of the show, I sat down and waxed lyrical about the series I've just completed, a brief summary of each, how and why I choose the tales I do, and what to look out for in the upcoming Series 9. Couldn't do any of it without yourselves - you're the best in the world, and I thank you. Stay enthusiastic, me and the Peaks …

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Double Jeopardy 1:44:37

1+ y ago1:44:37

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The Series 8 feature length finale of The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast brings a vile individual, a true monster who literally got away with murder once. And yet, circumstances do denote that the wheels of justice may turn slowly - but they do turn. An individual whose actions you will never forget. The episode contains details and descriptions of …

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The Spectre Of The East Lancs Road 1:25:14

1+ y ago1:25:14

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A look at the unsolved comes this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, where we look at a trilogy of accounts which span six years, from the late 1980's to the mid 1990's, and two police forces. All separated by the East Lancs Road... The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving descriptions of injury d…

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A Job Well Done 1:11:39

1+ y ago1:11:39

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We all have relationships break down, some just run their course, and others end through the actions of one or the other person. The majority of people, whilst it may hurt at the time, do accept it is over, and eventually move on, learning from it. But there is also that share of people who struggle to do this, try as they might. And then, there ar…

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Horror On A Christmas Morning 1:06:42

1+ y ago1:06:42

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Christmas is traditionally a time of joy, that time of year where you catch up with friends and loved ones, enjoy the festivities, swap gifts and watch children bask in the excitement of it all. For most, it's a happy time of year, but for some, it can be the darkest. For one tragic family in County Kilkenny, in Ireland, Christmas time indeed is th…

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Four More From The Carstairs' Floors 1:08:29

1+ y ago1:08:29

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We return to The State Hospital in South Lanarkshire, the UK's fourth high security hospital known more recognisably as Carstairs this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, to hear more accounts of patients who have spent time behind it's walls. And the terrifying, horrific actions that have put them there. The episode contains details …

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Monster On Match 1:19:08

1+ y ago1:19:08

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Online dating is more massively popular than ever today, and the list of sites that you can join up in an attempt to find that special person who may be lacking from your life seems to constantly grow - Plenty Of Fish, Tinder, Grindr, Bumble to name just a few, and of course, Match.Com The drawback with these sites is, is that you never know who yo…

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The Mudding Of The Somerset Gimp 1:18:29

1+ y ago1:18:29

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Many areas around the UK have their own tales of a costumed resident - some are just harmless eccentrics, whilst others do it to send some goodwill out or to raise money for good causes. And then some, as the odd title of the episode will come to explain, and how the North Somerset area came to know from 2018 onwards, have a stranger reason - for t…

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A Mother's Love - Part 2 1:06:33

1+ y ago1:06:33

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Continuing the story that must be every parent's nightmare - the abduction of a newborn baby, just five hours old, from a hospital in Nottingham in July 1994. In an investigation that was parallelled with the likes of the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, or for the killers of James Bulger, this is a scope as to how the hunt for baby Abbie Humphries w…

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A Mother's Love - Part 1 57:09

1+ y ago57:09

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Arguably, the most precious moments between a parent and child are in that childs first minutes and hours on this earth, where the bond between parent and child is first made, and which strengthens each second. Imagine then, if that is ripped away from you by a stranger, with your child just hours old? In July 1994, Nottingham couple Karen and Roge…

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Manhunt 1:22:23

1+ y ago1:22:23

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A tale of savagery from the late 1990's, and the UK county of Hampshire comes this time around, as we hear of the horrors committed by an individual that simply, selfishly and deludedly, could not take rejection. So extremely dangerous was this individual considered, that it led to warnings to women across Europe - in this tale, you will hear why. …

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A Tale Of Two Sisters 1:18:23

1+ y ago1:18:23

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Anybody can make the wrong choices in life, the same as anybody can at some point in theirs find themselves on a path that they couldn't have envisaged, through no control of their own. And sometimes, the actions of an individual can highlight the former, and cause the latter - sometimes, as this tale from South Wales shows, due to the most horrifi…

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Birthday Bonus Tale - The Lost Girls Of Liverpool 1:47:49

1+ y ago1:47:49

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As a massive thank you for getting the show to it's 6th birthday, as has become tradition, I share a popular voted for Patreon tale for everybody to hear. Hope it's one you find interesting. I thank you each so much from the bottom of my heart for the friendship, support, advice and feedback that has gotten the show to this point - you each and eve…

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