https://psycho-killer.co
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>enTrue CrimeCopyright Simon Fordhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/662770bad23243e801836bcb8166d739.jpghttps://psycho-killer.coMon, 23 Mar 2026 00:07:39 +0000Simon FordSimon Fordsimon@simonfordmedia.comPsycho Killer: The true crime podcast exposing serial killers, psychopaths, and the darkest minds.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>truetrueepisodicSupport the podcast!https://www.psycho-killer.coThe intelligence picture is never complete—but sometimes, what’s missing matters most.

Most people think policing starts with an arrest. In reality, it starts with intelligence. In this episode of Detective’s Files, Jacques Morrell explores how surveillance, information, and instinct combine to identify suspects and prevent crime. From the chaos of paper-based systems to today’s digital databases, we examine how intelligence is gathered—and where it can go wrong. Featuring real cases and hard questions about missed signals and information sharing, this is a fascinating look at the unseen side of policing.

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Most people think policing starts with an arrest. In reality, it starts with intelligence. In this episode of Detective’s Files, Jacques Morrell explores how surveillance, information, and instinct combine to identify suspects and prevent crime. From the chaos of paper-based systems to today’s digital databases, we examine how intelligence is gathered—and where it can go wrong. Featuring real cases and hard questions about missed signals and information sharing, this is a fascinating look at the unseen side of policing.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2434crime-analysis,crime-investigation,crime-podcast,crime-prevention,criminal-behaviour,criminal-profiling,detective-stories,forensic-intelligence,investigative-process,justice-system,law-enforcement,police-intelligence,police-procedural,public-safety,real-crime-stories,serial-killers,surveillance,true-crime,uk-policing,unsolved-casesfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coHow closely are we really being watched?

In this episode of Detective’s Files: True Crime Tales With Jacques Morrell, former detective Jacques joins Simon Ford to explore the hidden world of police surveillance. From Britain’s vast network of CCTV cameras to the painstaking craft of covertly following suspects, Jacques explains how surveillance works in real investigations—and why it’s far more complex than the movies suggest.

They also examine the legal framework governing covert operations, the psychology of criminals who think they’re being watched, and the training officers undergo to stay invisible.

Plus, Jacques shares a real-life surveillance story where patience, instinct, and a bit of clever thinking paid off.

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In this episode of Detective’s Files: True Crime Tales With Jacques Morrell, former detective Jacques joins Simon Ford to explore the hidden world of police surveillance. From Britain’s vast network of CCTV cameras to the painstaking craft of covertly following suspects, Jacques explains how surveillance works in real investigations—and why it’s far more complex than the movies suggest.

They also examine the legal framework governing covert operations, the psychology of criminals who think they’re being watched, and the training officers undergo to stay invisible.

Plus, Jacques shares a real-life surveillance story where patience, instinct, and a bit of clever thinking paid off.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>3019british-policing,cctv-surveillance,covert-operations,covert-surveillance,crime-investigation,crime-podcast,criminal-investigation,criminal-psychology,detective-stories,facial-recognition,investigative-policing,jacques-morrell,law-enforcement,police-surveillance,policing-uk,real-detective-stories,ripa-law,surveillance-techniques,true-crime,undercover-policefalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coDetective’s Files, former major crime detective Jacques Morrell reflects on the reality of firearms in British policing — from the culture of knives and blunt weapons in the late 1980s to rare but devastating firearm cases. We examine: 

• UK firearm homicide statistics (1980–present)
• Major British gun massacres — Hungerford, White House Farm, Dunblane
• The 2002 Nottingham RBS/Securicor robbery involving a machine pistol
• How media myths distort public perception of gun crime
• The design and history of the MAC-10 submachine gun
• The evolution of UK firearms legislation
• Why British society still sees guns as culturally alien.

We also explore the legal history behind the UK’s 1988 Offensive Weapons Order — including the infamous “ninja weapon” bans.

This is not sensationalism. It is lived experience, legal reality and forensic perspective. If you want insight grounded in operational truth, this is the podcast for you.

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• UK firearm homicide statistics (1980–present)
• Major British gun massacres — Hungerford, White House Farm, Dunblane
• The 2002 Nottingham RBS/Securicor robbery involving a machine pistol
• How media myths distort public perception of gun crime
• The design and history of the MAC-10 submachine gun
• The evolution of UK firearms legislation
• Why British society still sees guns as culturally alien.

We also explore the legal history behind the UK’s 1988 Offensive Weapons Order — including the infamous “ninja weapon” bans.

This is not sensationalism. It is lived experience, legal reality and forensic perspective. If you want insight grounded in operational truth, this is the podcast for you.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1832british-firearms-law,crime-history-uk,detective-interview,dunblane-shooting,firearms-legislation-uk,gun-control-uk,hungerford-massacre,jacques-morrell,mac-10,mac-10-submachine-gun,machine-pistol,nottingham-rbs-robbery-2002,offensive-weapons-act-1988,police-memoir,securicor-robbery,true-crime,uk-gun-crime,uk-policing,weapons-in-britain,white-house-farm-murdersfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coOn 15 April 1989, 97 Liverpool supporters were unlawfully killed during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield.

For decades, false narratives blamed the fans. In this episode of The Detective’s Files, former major crime detective Jacques Morrell reflects on public order policing in the 1980s — from riot training and football match duties to the catastrophic failures at Hillsborough.

What went wrong? Could it have been prevented? And how has public order policing changed since?

This is a measured, first-hand account from an officer who was there in the stands as a Nottingham Forest supporter and saw the tragedy unfold.

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For decades, false narratives blamed the fans. In this episode of The Detective’s Files, former major crime detective Jacques Morrell reflects on public order policing in the 1980s — from riot training and football match duties to the catastrophic failures at Hillsborough.

What went wrong? Could it have been prevented? And how has public order policing changed since?

This is a measured, first-hand account from an officer who was there in the stands as a Nottingham Forest supporter and saw the tragedy unfold.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>3059british-policing,crowd-management,david-duckenfield,emergency-response,football-crowd-control,hillsborough-1989,hillsborough-disaster,hillsborough-inquests,matchday-policing,operational-command,police-failures,police-leadership,police-support-unit,policing-by-consent,public-order-policing,sheffield-1989,sports-policing,stadium-safety,uk-police-history,uk-true-crimefalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coThe Zodiac didn’t just kill — he performed.

In this episode of A-Z of Psychopaths, we examine the crimes and communications of the Zodiac Killer, whose letters, cyphers, and taunts terrorised Northern California in the late 1960s and continue to fascinate investigators and psychologists today. 

Rather than focusing on suspect speculation, this episode analyses Zodiac’s behaviour through the lens of forensic psychology and criminal profiling. Using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist as a framework—while acknowledging its limitations—we explore whether Zodiac’s actions are consistent with psychopathy, narcissism, sadism, or a dangerous blend of traits driven by control and attention.

We also look at the role of media amplification, the psychology of anonymous offenders, and how unresolved cases evolve into cultural mythology. This is not a hunt for answers—but an examination of what the evidence actually supports.

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This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69758151Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:05:01 +0000trueSimon FordThe Zodiac didn’t just kill — he performed. In this episode of A-Z of Psychopaths, we examine the crimes and communications of the Zodiac Killer, whose letters, cyphers, and taunts terrorised Northern California in the late 1960s and continue to...The Zodiac didn’t just kill — he performed.

In this episode of A-Z of Psychopaths, we examine the crimes and communications of the Zodiac Killer, whose letters, cyphers, and taunts terrorised Northern California in the late 1960s and continue to fascinate investigators and psychologists today. 

Rather than focusing on suspect speculation, this episode analyses Zodiac’s behaviour through the lens of forensic psychology and criminal profiling. Using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist as a framework—while acknowledging its limitations—we explore whether Zodiac’s actions are consistent with psychopathy, narcissism, sadism, or a dangerous blend of traits driven by control and attention.

We also look at the role of media amplification, the psychology of anonymous offenders, and how unresolved cases evolve into cultural mythology. This is not a hunt for answers—but an examination of what the evidence actually supports.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.

This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>505a-z-of-psychopaths,behavioural-analysis,cold-cases,crime-analysis,crime-history,criminal-behaviour,criminal-investigation,criminal-profiling,forensic-psychology,forensic-science,killer-psychology,law-enforcement,media-and-crime,psychology-of-crime,psychopathy,serial-killers,true-crime-podcast,unsolved-murders,violent-offenders,zodiac-killerfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coContent warning: This episode discusses filicide, postpartum psychosis, severe mental illness, and religious delusion. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

Andrea Yates remains one of the most disturbing—and misunderstood—cases in modern criminal history.

This episode does not sensationalise her crimes. Instead, it examines postpartum psychosis, religious delusion, and the profound failures that preceded the deaths of her children. 

Crucially, we ask why Andrea Yates does not meet the criteria for psychopathy—and what her case teaches us about the dangers of oversimplification in true crime.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69724578Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:05:02 +0000Simon FordContent warning: This episode discusses filicide, postpartum psychosis, severe mental illness, and religious delusion. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Andrea Yates remains one of the most disturbing—and misunderstood—cases in modern criminal...Content warning: This episode discusses filicide, postpartum psychosis, severe mental illness, and religious delusion. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

Andrea Yates remains one of the most disturbing—and misunderstood—cases in modern criminal history.

This episode does not sensationalise her crimes. Instead, it examines postpartum psychosis, religious delusion, and the profound failures that preceded the deaths of her children. 

Crucially, we ask why Andrea Yates does not meet the criteria for psychopathy—and what her case teaches us about the dangers of oversimplification in true crime.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>435american-crime,andrea-yates,a-z-of-psychopaths,crime-and-medicine,criminal-insanity,filicide,forensic-psychiatry,hare-pcl-r,mental-health-awareness,mental-illness-and-crime,miscarriages-of-justice,not-a-psychopath,postpartum-psychosis,psychopathy-myths,psychosis,religious-delusion,systemic-failure,true-crime-ethics,true-crime-podcast,women-and-crimetruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coEight murders. One night. One man’s shocking killing spree.

In January 2009, a quiet town in Hubei Province, China, became the scene of one of the country’s most shocking acts of mass violence. Xiong Zhijun — also known in court records and media reports as Xiong Zhenlin — murdered eight people in less than 15 hours, including a toddler. The killings followed a pattern of personal grievance, rejection, and rage, culminating in an attack that stunned even seasoned investigators. In this episode of The A-Z of Psychopaths, we examine:

• The timeline of Xiong’s spree killings
• His background and psychological stressors
• Whether his actions suggest clinical psychopathy, or a grievance-fuelled violent collapse
• The role of capital punishment and mental health assessment in the Chinese legal system

This is not a story of genius or mystery — it is a study in resentment, entitlement, and catastrophic violence.

Listener discretion advised.

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In January 2009, a quiet town in Hubei Province, China, became the scene of one of the country’s most shocking acts of mass violence. Xiong Zhijun — also known in court records and media reports as Xiong Zhenlin — murdered eight people in less than 15 hours, including a toddler. The killings followed a pattern of personal grievance, rejection, and rage, culminating in an attack that stunned even seasoned investigators. In this episode of The A-Z of Psychopaths, we examine:

• The timeline of Xiong’s spree killings
• His background and psychological stressors
• Whether his actions suggest clinical psychopathy, or a grievance-fuelled violent collapse
• The role of capital punishment and mental health assessment in the Chinese legal system

This is not a story of genius or mystery — it is a study in resentment, entitlement, and catastrophic violence.

Listener discretion advised.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>396abnormal-psychology,a-z-of-psychopaths,china-true-crime,crime-and-justice,crime-behaviour,criminal-psychology,dark-psychology,death-penalty,forensic-psychology,global-true-crime,homicide-case,mass-murder,pcl-r-analysis,psychopath-profile,psychopathy,real-crime-stories,serial-killer-study,spree-killer,true-crime-podcast,violent-offenderstruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coShe was bad to the bone – a heartless, lying serial killer – but was Aileen Wuornos insane, too?

In this episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, we examine one of the most controversial figures in modern true crime. Aileen Wuornos was convicted of murdering seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990 and was executed in 2002 — but debate continues over how her crimes should be understood. 

Was Wuornos a psychopath in the clinical sense? Or was her violence the result of extreme trauma, abuse, and mental illness? Drawing on the Hare Psychopathy Checklist and Wuornos’s own recorded words, this episode explores psychopathy, gendered violence, media narratives, and the dangers of simplistic labels.

Listener discretion advised: this episode discusses sexual violence, murder, and execution.

Acknowledgements
This episode includes audio clips from 'Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer', directed by Nick Broomfield and produced by Lafayette Films for Channel Four (1994). 

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69705908Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:05:01 +0000Simon FordShe was bad to the bone – a heartless, lying serial killer – but was Aileen Wuornos insane, too? In this episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, we examine one of the most controversial figures in modern true crime. Aileen Wuornos was convicted of...She was bad to the bone – a heartless, lying serial killer – but was Aileen Wuornos insane, too?

In this episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, we examine one of the most controversial figures in modern true crime. Aileen Wuornos was convicted of murdering seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990 and was executed in 2002 — but debate continues over how her crimes should be understood. 

Was Wuornos a psychopath in the clinical sense? Or was her violence the result of extreme trauma, abuse, and mental illness? Drawing on the Hare Psychopathy Checklist and Wuornos’s own recorded words, this episode explores psychopathy, gendered violence, media narratives, and the dangers of simplistic labels.

Listener discretion advised: this episode discusses sexual violence, murder, and execution.

Acknowledgements
This episode includes audio clips from 'Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer', directed by Nick Broomfield and produced by Lafayette Films for Channel Four (1994). 

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>466aileen-wuornos,american-serial-killers,a-z-of-psychopaths,criminal-psychology,death-row,documentary-true-crime,ethical-true-crime,female-serial-killers,florida-crime,gender-and-crime,hare-psychopathy-checklist,pcl-r,psychology-of-crime,psychopathy,real-crime-stories,serial-killer-profile,trauma-and-violence,true-crime-analysis,true-crime-podcast,violent-offenderstruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.co“Eating people is like eating pears.”

Dorángel Vargas—known in Venezuela as El Comegente (“The People Eater”)—is one of the most disturbing figures in modern true crime. A homeless man living beneath bridges in the Andean state of Táchira, Vargas confessed to killing and eating multiple men during the late 1990s.

But this episode of The A-Z Of Psychopaths asks a question that most true crime podcasts avoid:

Was Dorángel Vargas actually a psychopath?

Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Vargas presents a serious challenge to simplistic labels. Using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R) as a clinical framework, this episode examines his behaviour, motives, and mental state—carefully distinguishing psychopathy from severe mental illness.

This is not a sensational account of cannibalism. It is a forensic and psychological analysis of where diagnosis, responsibility, and danger intersect—and why misclassifying offenders matters. 

Hosted by Simon Ford, The A-Z of Psychopaths explores one case per episode, questioning myths around serial killers, violence, and psychopathy through evidence-based analysis.

Listener discretion advised.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69663208Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:05:02 +0000Simon Ford“Eating people is like eating pears.” Dorángel Vargas—known in Venezuela as El Comegente (“The People Eater”)—is one of the most disturbing figures in modern true crime. A homeless man living beneath bridges in the Andean state of Táchira, Vargas...“Eating people is like eating pears.”

Dorángel Vargas—known in Venezuela as El Comegente (“The People Eater”)—is one of the most disturbing figures in modern true crime. A homeless man living beneath bridges in the Andean state of Táchira, Vargas confessed to killing and eating multiple men during the late 1990s.

But this episode of The A-Z Of Psychopaths asks a question that most true crime podcasts avoid:

Was Dorángel Vargas actually a psychopath?

Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Vargas presents a serious challenge to simplistic labels. Using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R) as a clinical framework, this episode examines his behaviour, motives, and mental state—carefully distinguishing psychopathy from severe mental illness.

This is not a sensational account of cannibalism. It is a forensic and psychological analysis of where diagnosis, responsibility, and danger intersect—and why misclassifying offenders matters. 

Hosted by Simon Ford, The A-Z of Psychopaths explores one case per episode, questioning myths around serial killers, violence, and psychopathy through evidence-based analysis.

Listener discretion advised.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>397a-z-of-psychopaths,cannibal-serial-killer,criminal-psychology,dorangel-vargas,el-comegente,ethics-of-diagnosis,extreme-crime-cases,forensic-psychiatry,hare-pcl-r,latin-american-crime,mental-illness-crime,psychology-of-killers,psychopath-myth,psychopathy-explained,schizophrenia-cases,serial-killer-profile,serial-killer-studies,true-crime-analysis,true-crime-podcast,venezuelan-serial-killertruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coSuave, urbane, and prone to strangling women with their underwear – Jack Unterweger fooled high society.

Jack Unterweger was once held up as a symbol of rehabilitation: a convicted murderer who became a celebrated writer, journalist, and cultural figure. 

Released early from prison, he was embraced by politicians, intellectuals and the media — and even invited to lecture on criminal reform. Then women began to die. Again. 

In this episode of The A-Z of Psychopaths, we examine how Unterweger used charm, intellect and social manipulation to deceive an entire system. We explore his crimes across Austria, Germany and the United States, and assess whether he fits the psychological profile of a psychopath — or something more unsettling still.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69642381Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:05:07 +0000Simon FordSuave, urbane, and prone to strangling women with their underwear – Jack Unterweger fooled high society. Jack Unterweger was once held up as a symbol of rehabilitation: a convicted murderer who became a celebrated writer, journalist, and cultural...Suave, urbane, and prone to strangling women with their underwear – Jack Unterweger fooled high society.

Jack Unterweger was once held up as a symbol of rehabilitation: a convicted murderer who became a celebrated writer, journalist, and cultural figure. 

Released early from prison, he was embraced by politicians, intellectuals and the media — and even invited to lecture on criminal reform. Then women began to die. Again. 

In this episode of The A-Z of Psychopaths, we examine how Unterweger used charm, intellect and social manipulation to deceive an entire system. We explore his crimes across Austria, Germany and the United States, and assess whether he fits the psychological profile of a psychopath — or something more unsettling still.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>423austria-crime,austria-serial-killer,a-z-of-psychopaths,bra-strangler,criminal-profiling,criminal-psychology,european-psychopath,european-serial-killers,forensic-psychology,jack-unterweger,knickers-strangler,manipulation,narcissism,psycho-killer,psychopath,psychopathy,serial-killer,true-crime,true-crime-podcast,violent-offendersfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coOttis Toole: the serial killer who confessed to almost everything. 

Ottis Toole is remembered as one of America’s most disturbing serial killers — a drifter, arsonist, alleged cannibal, and prolific confessor who claimed responsibility for dozens of murders, including some he almost certainly did not commit.

In this episode of The A-Z Of Psychopaths, Simon Ford examines the life and crimes of Ottis Toole, separating what is known from what is claimed. From his chaotic childhood and cognitive impairments to his close association with Henry Lee Lucas, Toole’s case raises an uncomfortable question at the heart of true crime: what happens when investigators want a confession more than the truth?

Using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R) as a framework — and with appropriate caveats — this episode explores whether Toole was a psychopath, a deeply damaged man, or a useful monster in a broken criminal justice system. This is not a story about how many people he killed.

It’s a story about why we believed him.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69618831Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:05:07 +0000Simon FordOttis Toole: the serial killer who confessed to almost everything.  Ottis Toole is remembered as one of America’s most disturbing serial killers — a drifter, arsonist, alleged cannibal, and prolific confessor who claimed responsibility for dozens of...Ottis Toole: the serial killer who confessed to almost everything. 

Ottis Toole is remembered as one of America’s most disturbing serial killers — a drifter, arsonist, alleged cannibal, and prolific confessor who claimed responsibility for dozens of murders, including some he almost certainly did not commit.

In this episode of The A-Z Of Psychopaths, Simon Ford examines the life and crimes of Ottis Toole, separating what is known from what is claimed. From his chaotic childhood and cognitive impairments to his close association with Henry Lee Lucas, Toole’s case raises an uncomfortable question at the heart of true crime: what happens when investigators want a confession more than the truth?

Using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R) as a framework — and with appropriate caveats — this episode explores whether Toole was a psychopath, a deeply damaged man, or a useful monster in a broken criminal justice system. This is not a story about how many people he killed.

It’s a story about why we believed him.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>5151970s-crime,american-serial-killers,a-z-of-psychopaths,confession-evidence,criminal-profiling,criminal-psychology,dark-history-of-crime,false-confessions,forensic-psychology,henry-lee-lucas,investigative-failures,miscarriages-of-justice,ottis-toole,pcl-r,psycho-killer-podcast,psychopathy,serial-killer-confessions,serial-killers,true-crime-podcast,violent-offenderstruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coA trusted family GP.
A reassuring bedside manner.
With a liking for lethal injections.

Harold Shipman is believed to have murdered more than 200 patients, making him the most prolific serial killer in British history. He didn’t stalk strangers or lurk in the shadows — he operated in plain sight, protected by professional status, routine, and trust.

In this episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford examines how Shipman exploited authority, medical knowledge, and the assumptions of those around him — and why his crimes represent a catastrophic failure not just of one man, but of an entire system.

This is a case that cannot be fully explored in five minutes — and one that deserves a much deeper, longer-form investigation.

🎧 Snack-sized true crime from Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories.

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A reassuring bedside manner.
With a liking for lethal injections.

Harold Shipman is believed to have murdered more than 200 patients, making him the most prolific serial killer in British history. He didn’t stalk strangers or lurk in the shadows — he operated in plain sight, protected by professional status, routine, and trust.

In this episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford examines how Shipman exploited authority, medical knowledge, and the assumptions of those around him — and why his crimes represent a catastrophic failure not just of one man, but of an entire system.

This is a case that cannot be fully explored in five minutes — and one that deserves a much deeper, longer-form investigation.

🎧 Snack-sized true crime from Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>310a-z-of-psychopaths,british-serial-killer,criminal-psychology,doctor-death,elderly-victims,forensic-psychology,harold-shipman,healthcare-abuse,medical-ethics,medical-murder,miscarriages-of-justice,murder-by-poisoning,nhs-scandal,pcl-r,psycho-killer-podcast,psychopathy,serial-killer,true-crime,true-crime-podcast,uk-true-crimefalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coRichard Ramirez didn’t stalk victims because they were chosen. He stalked them because they were there. 

Armed with no fixed pattern, no consistent victim type, and a worldview steeped in chaos, Ramirez terrorised California in the mid-1980s — breaking into homes at random, switching methods, and leaving behind scenes of extraordinary violence.

In this episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford examines what made Ramirez so uniquely frightening: his lack of boundaries, his thrill-seeking brutality, and the unsettling truth that chance — not planning — often decided who lived and who died. Because when a killer has no rules, everyone is at risk.

🎧 Snack-sized true crime from Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories.

Acknowledgements
Mike Watkiss, A Conversation with Richard Ramirez – The Night Stalker, 1993 YouTube.
CBS News, Night Stalker Strikes Again, 26 August 1985, YouTube.

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Armed with no fixed pattern, no consistent victim type, and a worldview steeped in chaos, Ramirez terrorised California in the mid-1980s — breaking into homes at random, switching methods, and leaving behind scenes of extraordinary violence.

In this episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford examines what made Ramirez so uniquely frightening: his lack of boundaries, his thrill-seeking brutality, and the unsettling truth that chance — not planning — often decided who lived and who died. Because when a killer has no rules, everyone is at risk.

🎧 Snack-sized true crime from Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories.

Acknowledgements
Mike Watkiss, A Conversation with Richard Ramirez – The Night Stalker, 1993 YouTube.
CBS News, Night Stalker Strikes Again, 26 August 1985, YouTube.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>3521980s-crime,1980s-serial-killers,america's-worst-serial-killers,a-z-of-psychopaths,california-crime,crime-psychology,criminal-minds,home-invasion-murders,killer-profiles,night-stalker,psychopaths,psychopathy,random-violence,richard-ramirez,sadistic-killers,serial-killers,true-crime,true-crime-community,true-crime-podcast,violent-offendersfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coWherever she went, death followed – but the authorities never had the evidence to convict her.

Marie Besnard was accused of murdering at least a dozen people over three decades, quietly dispatching husbands, relatives, and neighbours with arsenic while maintaining the image of a respectable provincial widow. 

But here’s the twist: after years of trials, scientific disputes, and forensic confusion, Besnard walked free. So was she a calculating serial poisoner — or the victim of flawed science, hysteria, and a justice system struggling to keep up with toxicology?

In this episode of The A–Z Of Psychopaths, Simon Ford explores one of the most unsettling cases in French criminal history: a woman surrounded by corpses, arsenic in the soil, and doubt everywhere else. Because when murder leaves no blood, no struggle, and no witnesses, certainty can be the first casualty.

🎧 Snack-sized true crime from Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69399405Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:05:08 +0000Simon FordWherever she went, death followed – but the authorities never had the evidence to convict her. Marie Besnard was accused of murdering at least a dozen people over three decades, quietly dispatching husbands, relatives, and neighbours with arsenic...Wherever she went, death followed – but the authorities never had the evidence to convict her.

Marie Besnard was accused of murdering at least a dozen people over three decades, quietly dispatching husbands, relatives, and neighbours with arsenic while maintaining the image of a respectable provincial widow. 

But here’s the twist: after years of trials, scientific disputes, and forensic confusion, Besnard walked free. So was she a calculating serial poisoner — or the victim of flawed science, hysteria, and a justice system struggling to keep up with toxicology?

In this episode of The A–Z Of Psychopaths, Simon Ford explores one of the most unsettling cases in French criminal history: a woman surrounded by corpses, arsenic in the soil, and doubt everywhere else. Because when murder leaves no blood, no struggle, and no witnesses, certainty can be the first casualty.

🎧 Snack-sized true crime from Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>304arsenic-poisoning,a-z-of-psychopaths,controversial-verdicts,crime-psychology,female-serial-killers,forensic-failures,french-murderers,french-true-crime,justice-system-failures,marie-besnard,poison-murders,psychopaths,queen-of-poisoners,serial-killer-debate,toxicology-history,true-crime,true-crime-mini-episode,unsolved-crimesfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coHe shot his girlfriend through a bathroom door. Discover why this grey-area case belongs in the A–Z of Psychopaths.

Oscar Pistorius is not a psychopath. He doesn’t fit the classic profile. No predatory patterns. No serial victims. And yet, the combination of fear, jealousy, and fragile self-esteem made him capable of lethal violence. 

In this episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, we explore why Pistorius represents a crucial grey area — an exception that sharpens the rule — and what his case teaches us about the limits of psychopathy, and the dangers of misjudging human volatility.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69338897Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:05:07 +0000Simon FordHe shot his girlfriend through a bathroom door. Discover why this grey-area case belongs in the A–Z of Psychopaths. Oscar Pistorius is not a psychopath. He doesn’t fit the classic profile. No predatory patterns. No serial victims. And yet, the...He shot his girlfriend through a bathroom door. Discover why this grey-area case belongs in the A–Z of Psychopaths.

Oscar Pistorius is not a psychopath. He doesn’t fit the classic profile. No predatory patterns. No serial victims. And yet, the combination of fear, jealousy, and fragile self-esteem made him capable of lethal violence. 

In this episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, we explore why Pistorius represents a crucial grey area — an exception that sharpens the rule — and what his case teaches us about the limits of psychopathy, and the dangers of misjudging human volatility.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>343celebrity-crime,criminal-behaviour,criminal-psychology,dangerous-people,domestic-violence,fear-and-violence,forensic-psychology,grey-area-crime,intimate-violence,legal-cases,mid-series-reset,non-psychopath-killers,oscar-pistorius,psychology-podcast,psychopaths,serial-killers,threatened-narcissism,true-crime,violence-in-relationships,violent-incidentsfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coLet's take stock of the catalogue of carnage to date.

We’ve reached the halfway point of The A–Z of Psychopaths — and before plunging headlong into the rest of the alphabet, it’s time to pause, reflect, and ask an uncomfortable question: Who is the worst psycho killer… so far?

In this special mid-series episode, I'll rank the most disturbing figures we’ve covered to date using a deliberately unscientific but brutally honest scoring system — weighing body count, cruelty, manipulation, remorse (or lack of it), cultural impact, and that indefinable “ick” factor.

From high-volume predators to sadists, cult leaders and killers who outsourced the violence, this is a top five nobody wants to top — with one name emerging as the most chilling presence we’ve encountered yet.

And just before we move on… a teaser for the next letter, involving fame, firearms, paranoia, and a conviction that didn’t end where it began. This is snack-sized true crime, with a warning label — and a reminder that some stories deserve a much longer, deeper reckoning.

🎧 Part of The A–Z of Psychopaths, from Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories.

Acknowledgement
Predator, 20th Century Studios, 1987. Directed by John McTiernan and written by Jim and John Thomas. Production by Joel Silver, Lawrence Gordon, and John Davis. Soundtrack by Alan Silvestri.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69337775Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:05:08 +0000Simon FordLet's take stock of the catalogue of carnage to date. We’ve reached the halfway point of The A–Z of Psychopaths — and before plunging headlong into the rest of the alphabet, it’s time to pause, reflect, and ask an uncomfortable question: Who is the...Let's take stock of the catalogue of carnage to date.

We’ve reached the halfway point of The A–Z of Psychopaths — and before plunging headlong into the rest of the alphabet, it’s time to pause, reflect, and ask an uncomfortable question: Who is the worst psycho killer… so far?

In this special mid-series episode, I'll rank the most disturbing figures we’ve covered to date using a deliberately unscientific but brutally honest scoring system — weighing body count, cruelty, manipulation, remorse (or lack of it), cultural impact, and that indefinable “ick” factor.

From high-volume predators to sadists, cult leaders and killers who outsourced the violence, this is a top five nobody wants to top — with one name emerging as the most chilling presence we’ve encountered yet.

And just before we move on… a teaser for the next letter, involving fame, firearms, paranoia, and a conviction that didn’t end where it began. This is snack-sized true crime, with a warning label — and a reminder that some stories deserve a much longer, deeper reckoning.

🎧 Part of The A–Z of Psychopaths, from Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories.

Acknowledgement
Predator, 20th Century Studios, 1987. Directed by John McTiernan and written by Jim and John Thomas. Production by Joel Silver, Lawrence Gordon, and John Davis. Soundtrack by Alan Silvestri.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>428albert-fish,a-z-of-psychopaths,charles-manson,crime-psychology,crime-ranking,criminal-minds,hare-psychopathy-checklist,israel-keyes,john-wayne-gacy,psycho-killer,psychopaths,psychopathy-explained,richard-kuklinski,serial-killers,true-crime,true-crime-analysis,true-crime-mini-episode,true-crime-podcast,violent-offenders,worst-serial-killerstruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coThanks for your support during a fantastic year!

Hi, it’s Simon here. On behalf of Jacques and me, we want to wish you a very merry Christmas and all the best for 2026!

This year has been huge — three new strands, a growing community of true-crime fans, and more ambitious plans ahead.

Listen in for a festive message and a glimpse of what’s coming in the New Year, including bonus content, Patreon perks, and our back catalogue for binge-worthy listening.

Become a Patreon supporter for more of the authentic, true-crime content you love!

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69182073Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:56:41 +0000Simon FordThanks for your support during a fantastic year! Hi, it’s Simon here. On behalf of Jacques and me, we want to wish you a very merry Christmas and all the best for 2026! This year has been huge — three new strands, a growing community of true-crime...Thanks for your support during a fantastic year!

Hi, it’s Simon here. On behalf of Jacques and me, we want to wish you a very merry Christmas and all the best for 2026!

This year has been huge — three new strands, a growing community of true-crime fans, and more ambitious plans ahead.

Listen in for a festive message and a glimpse of what’s coming in the New Year, including bonus content, Patreon perks, and our back catalogue for binge-worthy listening.

Become a Patreon supporter for more of the authentic, true-crime content you love!

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1182026-plans,ad-free-episodes,a-to-z-of-psychopaths,behind-the-scenes,binge-listening,christmas-message,detectives-files,early-access,festive-episode,holiday-greetings,it-takes-two,jacques-morrell-podcast,patreon-support,podcast-community,psycho-killer-podcast,simon-ford-podcast,stage-play-concept,true-crime-fans,true-crime-podcast,true-crime-storiesfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.co"The gun went off through the driver's window ... and he shouts, 'Call 999! We've got an armed man!' "

Paul Cullen was a teenager hanging out with a friend when a series of dramatic events catapulted him into the criminal history books. His actions on a cold December night in 1975 helped bring Britain's most wanted fugitive – the elusive and deadly Black Panther – to justice.

Neilson had hijacked a police car and was holding the occupants, PCs Stuart McKenzie and Tony White, at gunpoint. In a last, desperate attempt to escape, they crashed their patrol car outside the fish and chip shop where Paul, who was eighteen at the time, was eating a takeaway supper. 

With thirty years on the force, both in uniform and as a detective, I was keen to find out more about the ordeal of policemen in the car, and the reason why they chose the Junction chippie as their last resort for getting help.

Paul Cullen joined Psycho Killer's Jacques Morrell on location to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Black Panther's capture.



Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69057249Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:05:07 +0000Simon Ford"The gun went off through the driver's window ... and he shouts, 'Call 999! We've got an armed man!' " Paul Cullen was a teenager hanging out with a friend when a series of dramatic events catapulted him into the criminal history books. His actions..."The gun went off through the driver's window ... and he shouts, 'Call 999! We've got an armed man!' "

Paul Cullen was a teenager hanging out with a friend when a series of dramatic events catapulted him into the criminal history books. His actions on a cold December night in 1975 helped bring Britain's most wanted fugitive – the elusive and deadly Black Panther – to justice.

Neilson had hijacked a police car and was holding the occupants, PCs Stuart McKenzie and Tony White, at gunpoint. In a last, desperate attempt to escape, they crashed their patrol car outside the fish and chip shop where Paul, who was eighteen at the time, was eating a takeaway supper. 

With thirty years on the force, both in uniform and as a detective, I was keen to find out more about the ordeal of policemen in the car, and the reason why they chose the Junction chippie as their last resort for getting help.

Paul Cullen joined Psycho Killer's Jacques Morrell on location to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Black Panther's capture.



Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1254armed-robber,black-panther,britain's-most-wanted,british-crime,donald-neilson,jacques-morrell,junction-chip-shop,kidnap,lesley-whittle,nottinghamshire-crime,nottinghamshire-police,paul-cullen,pc-stuart-mckenzie,pc-tony-white,psycho-killer-podcast,rainworth-nottinghamshire,simon-ford,stoke-on-trent,true-crime-community,true-crime-podcastfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coHe built a torture bunker and videotaped acts of depraved cruelty.

Charles Ng is one half of one of America’s most disturbing criminal duos. Alongside Leonard Lake, he participated in a series of kidnappings, tortures, and murders carried out in a remote bunker in the foothills of California.

Their videotapes — cold, clinical, and horrifying — remain among the most chilling pieces of evidence in US criminal history. In this episode, Simon Ford examines Ng’s background, his manipulative personality, and the toxic partnership that allowed Lake’s violent fantasies to become reality.

We also look at Ng’s years-long legal battles, his shifting stories, and the forensic evidence that connected him to the crimes. 

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68796394Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:05:07 +0000Simon FordHe built a torture bunker and videotaped acts of depraved cruelty. Charles Ng is one half of one of America’s most disturbing criminal duos. Alongside Leonard Lake, he participated in a series of kidnappings, tortures, and murders carried out in a...He built a torture bunker and videotaped acts of depraved cruelty.

Charles Ng is one half of one of America’s most disturbing criminal duos. Alongside Leonard Lake, he participated in a series of kidnappings, tortures, and murders carried out in a remote bunker in the foothills of California.

Their videotapes — cold, clinical, and horrifying — remain among the most chilling pieces of evidence in US criminal history. In this episode, Simon Ford examines Ng’s background, his manipulative personality, and the toxic partnership that allowed Lake’s violent fantasies to become reality.

We also look at Ng’s years-long legal battles, his shifting stories, and the forensic evidence that connected him to the crimes. 

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2721980s-true-crime,california-crime,charles-ng,cold-case-study,crime-interview,criminal-behaviour,criminal-psychology,dark-history,forensic-analysis,killer-profile,leonard-lake,murder-investigation,pcl-r-scoring,psycho-killer-pod,serial-killer-duo,serial-offenders,torture-chamber,true-crime-podcast,us-crime-history,videotape-evidencetruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.co"There had been families going into the park during the day, dog walkers, you know, it was very well used, and she was there all at the time."

Fifty years ago, two boys were growing up on opposite sides of the English Midlands — unaware that a killer was shaping both their childhoods. 

One lived just yards from the place where Donald Neilson — the Black Panther — held kidnapped heiress Lesley Whittle in terrifying captivity.

The other grew up in the Nottinghamshire coalfield, where Neilson’s violent reign finally came to an end on 11 December 1975.

Those two boys were PC Andy Adams and Jacques Morrell. They later met at police training college in the 1980s, where Andy shared his memories of living in the shadow of Britain’s most wanted armed robber.

In this special episode of Psycho Killer, Andy joins Jacques to discuss the Black Panther, the fear he inspired, and the impact his crimes had on a generation.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68991435Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:05:07 +0000Simon Ford"There had been families going into the park during the day, dog walkers, you know, it was very well used, and she was there all at the time." Fifty years ago, two boys were growing up on opposite sides of the English Midlands — unaware that a killer..."There had been families going into the park during the day, dog walkers, you know, it was very well used, and she was there all at the time."

Fifty years ago, two boys were growing up on opposite sides of the English Midlands — unaware that a killer was shaping both their childhoods. 

One lived just yards from the place where Donald Neilson — the Black Panther — held kidnapped heiress Lesley Whittle in terrifying captivity.

The other grew up in the Nottinghamshire coalfield, where Neilson’s violent reign finally came to an end on 11 December 1975.

Those two boys were PC Andy Adams and Jacques Morrell. They later met at police training college in the 1980s, where Andy shared his memories of living in the shadow of Britain’s most wanted armed robber.

In this special episode of Psycho Killer, Andy joins Jacques to discuss the Black Panther, the fear he inspired, and the impact his crimes had on a generation.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>12531970s-uk-crime,andy-adams,black-panther-case,british-crime-story,british-true-crime,coalfield-history,crime-anniversary,donald-neilson,jacques-morrell,kidnapping-case-uk,lesley-whittle,midlands-true-crime,nottinghamshire-crime,police-history-uk,psycho-killer,simon-ford,true-crime-podcast,uk-armed-robber,uk-crime-podcast,uk-manhuntfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coJoin us live at 19.30 GMT, Thursday, 11 December 2025, from the exact location where the Black Panther was brought down.

For Lynn Dorling, Thursday, 11 December 1975, was just another day at the village school in Blidworth, where she was head teacher. But the next day, Friday, would be a day like no other.

Overnight, just down the road in Rainworth, another colliery community, Britain's most wanted fugitive had been arrested in dramatic circumstances. The children arrived bursting with the news – and bursting with pride at the bravery of the grown-ups who'd helped tackle an armed killer with their bare hands.

The police soon followed, conducting house-to-house enquiries, seeking witnesses, and looking for evidence to build the case against the armed robber, killer and kidnapper Donald Neilson – the infamous Black Panther.

When Simon Ford spoke to Lynn Dorling, he started by asking her what those coalfield communities were like – and the camaraderie, grit and courage that defeated Neilson on a winter's night 50 years ago.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68948500Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:05:07 +0000Simon Fordhttps://www.facebook.com/psychokillerpod, from the exact location where the Black Panther was brought down. For Lynn Dorling, Thursday, 11 December 1975, was just another day at the village school in Blidworth, where she was head teacher. But the...Join us live at 19.30 GMT, Thursday, 11 December 2025, from the exact location where the Black Panther was brought down.

For Lynn Dorling, Thursday, 11 December 1975, was just another day at the village school in Blidworth, where she was head teacher. But the next day, Friday, would be a day like no other.

Overnight, just down the road in Rainworth, another colliery community, Britain's most wanted fugitive had been arrested in dramatic circumstances. The children arrived bursting with the news – and bursting with pride at the bravery of the grown-ups who'd helped tackle an armed killer with their bare hands.

The police soon followed, conducting house-to-house enquiries, seeking witnesses, and looking for evidence to build the case against the armed robber, killer and kidnapper Donald Neilson – the infamous Black Panther.

When Simon Ford spoke to Lynn Dorling, he started by asking her what those coalfield communities were like – and the camaraderie, grit and courage that defeated Neilson on a winter's night 50 years ago.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>65150th-anniversary-black-panther,black-panther,blidworth-nottinghamshire,britain's-most-wanted,british-crime-1975,chip,crime-history,donald-neilson,junction-fish-and-chip-shop,kidnapping,lesley-whittle,lynn-dorling,nottinghamshire-police,police-hijack,psycho-killer-podcast,rainworth-nottinghamshire,simon-ford,true-crime-community,true-crime-podcast,uk-criminalsfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coTo mark 50 years since the capture of Britain's most wanted fugitive, Jacques and Simon retrace the Panther's movements on the night he was caught.

Donald Neilson, dubbed the Black Panther for his ruthless cunning and stealthiness, thought he was above the law. Invincible, even. So when a couple of Bobbies asked him what he was up to one night in December 1975, Neilson responded by hijacking their patrol car at gunpoint.

His plan? Nobody really knows, but we suspect it would have been curtains for the unfortunate cops. Then, providence threw them a lifeline.

In this special episode, presenters Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell drive the route taken by Neilson and his hostages, PCs Stuart McKenzie and Tony White, from the side street where they were seized to the fish-and-chip shop where the drama concluded.

Follow along with what3words

• Stainforth Street: translated.test.love
• Old Mill Lane/Leeming Lane: quite.mini.garage
• Oak Tree Lane junction (Forest Town): doll.stone.daring
• Blidworth Lane/Southwell Road: wished.compelled.elevator
• Junction Fish Bar: removed.plus.buckling

Don't forget to join our live stream on Thursday evening, 50 years to the day that the Panther was finally caged. We'll be live on location in the former colliery village of Rainworth – right where the action unfolded.



Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68943330Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:05:07 +0000Simon FordTo mark 50 years since the capture of Britain's most wanted fugitive, Jacques and Simon retrace the Panther's movements on the night he was caught. Donald Neilson, dubbed the Black Panther for his ruthless cunning and stealthiness, thought he was...To mark 50 years since the capture of Britain's most wanted fugitive, Jacques and Simon retrace the Panther's movements on the night he was caught.

Donald Neilson, dubbed the Black Panther for his ruthless cunning and stealthiness, thought he was above the law. Invincible, even. So when a couple of Bobbies asked him what he was up to one night in December 1975, Neilson responded by hijacking their patrol car at gunpoint.

His plan? Nobody really knows, but we suspect it would have been curtains for the unfortunate cops. Then, providence threw them a lifeline.

In this special episode, presenters Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell drive the route taken by Neilson and his hostages, PCs Stuart McKenzie and Tony White, from the side street where they were seized to the fish-and-chip shop where the drama concluded.

Follow along with what3words

• Stainforth Street: translated.test.love
• Old Mill Lane/Leeming Lane: quite.mini.garage
• Oak Tree Lane junction (Forest Town): doll.stone.daring
• Blidworth Lane/Southwell Road: wished.compelled.elevator
• Junction Fish Bar: removed.plus.buckling

Don't forget to join our live stream on Thursday evening, 50 years to the day that the Panther was finally caged. We'll be live on location in the former colliery village of Rainworth – right where the action unfolded.



Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>20371970s-crime,bathpool-park,black-panther,blidworth,british-crime,british-serial-killers,donald-neilson,english-true-crime,forest-town,kidsgrove,lesley-whittle-kidnap,mansfield-woodhouse,nottinghamshire,psycho-killer,rainworth-nottinghamshire,sherwood-forest,staffordshire,true-crime,true-crime-community,true-crime-podcastfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coA predator with a shotgun. A village that refused to let him escape.

On 11 December 1975, armed robber and murderer Donald Neilson — the Black Panther — was finally captured in the Nottinghamshire village of Rainworth. In this 10-minute on-location scene setter, presenter Simon Ford revisits the streets where it happened, explaining who the Panther was, why he was feared, and how the people of Rainworth helped bring him down.

The episode includes gripping eyewitness testimony from local man Paul Cullen, who, as a teenager, watched the dramatic struggle outside the village fish-and-chip shop.

On 11 December 2025, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell will return to Rainworth to retrace the final hours of Britain’s most wanted man. Follow us on our socials for livestream details, and join us as we revisit one of the most dramatic arrests in modern British criminal history.


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On 11 December 1975, armed robber and murderer Donald Neilson — the Black Panther — was finally captured in the Nottinghamshire village of Rainworth. In this 10-minute on-location scene setter, presenter Simon Ford revisits the streets where it happened, explaining who the Panther was, why he was feared, and how the people of Rainworth helped bring him down.

The episode includes gripping eyewitness testimony from local man Paul Cullen, who, as a teenager, watched the dramatic struggle outside the village fish-and-chip shop.

On 11 December 2025, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell will return to Rainworth to retrace the final hours of Britain’s most wanted man. Follow us on our socials for livestream details, and join us as we revisit one of the most dramatic arrests in modern British criminal history.


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Charles Manson never stabbed, shot, or strangled any of the victims in the Tate–LaBianca murders — yet he was the driving force behind every killing. Through psychological manipulation, apocalyptic ideology, and a cult-like hold on his followers, Manson created one of the most disturbing criminal networks of the 20th century. 

In this episode, Simon Ford examines the roots of Manson’s influence, the psychology that underpinned his control, and the crimes that cemented his place in true-crime history. From the counterculture backdrop to the forensic details of the investigations, we unravel the man behind the myth.

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Charles Manson never stabbed, shot, or strangled any of the victims in the Tate–LaBianca murders — yet he was the driving force behind every killing. Through psychological manipulation, apocalyptic ideology, and a cult-like hold on his followers, Manson created one of the most disturbing criminal networks of the 20th century. 

In this episode, Simon Ford examines the roots of Manson’s influence, the psychology that underpinned his control, and the crimes that cemented his place in true-crime history. From the counterculture backdrop to the forensic details of the investigations, we unravel the man behind the myth.

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Henri Désiré Landru was one of France’s most notorious killers — a polite, moustachioed gentleman who lured vulnerable women with promises of marriage during World War I. Once they entered his villas, they vanished forever. 

In this episode, Simon Ford examines Landru’s double life, his careful record-keeping, and the forensic evidence that shocked France. Was he a cunning predator shaped by wartime chaos, or a calculating psychopath hiding in plain sight?

We break down his crimes, his psychology, and the extraordinary trial that captivated the nation.

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Henri Désiré Landru was one of France’s most notorious killers — a polite, moustachioed gentleman who lured vulnerable women with promises of marriage during World War I. Once they entered his villas, they vanished forever. 

In this episode, Simon Ford examines Landru’s double life, his careful record-keeping, and the forensic evidence that shocked France. Was he a cunning predator shaped by wartime chaos, or a calculating psychopath hiding in plain sight?

We break down his crimes, his psychology, and the extraordinary trial that captivated the nation.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>278bluebeard-of-paris,cold-case-study,crime-archives,crime-interview,criminal-psychology,dark-history,european-crime,forensic-analysis,french-true-crime,henri-landru,historic-murder,killer-profile,missing-persons,murder-investigation,organised-crime,pcl-r-scoring,psycho-killer-pod,serial-killer,true-crime-podcast,world-war-onefalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coMob enforcer. Contract killer. Self-made legend.

Richard “The Iceman” Kuklinski is one of America’s most infamous contract killers — a man who claimed to have murdered more than 100 people while working for New Jersey and New York crime families. But behind the macabre legend lies a killer who blended real violence with outright invention. 

In this episode, Simon Ford looks at the psychology, the mob connections, and the mythmaking behind Kuklinski’s criminal career. From freezing bodies to confuse coroners to his chilling interviews with forensic psychologist Dr Park Dietz, Kuklinski remains a disturbing figure at the crossroads of true crime and dark folklore.

Acknowledgements
The Iceman – Millennium Entertainment, 2012.

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Richard “The Iceman” Kuklinski is one of America’s most infamous contract killers — a man who claimed to have murdered more than 100 people while working for New Jersey and New York crime families. But behind the macabre legend lies a killer who blended real violence with outright invention. 

In this episode, Simon Ford looks at the psychology, the mob connections, and the mythmaking behind Kuklinski’s criminal career. From freezing bodies to confuse coroners to his chilling interviews with forensic psychologist Dr Park Dietz, Kuklinski remains a disturbing figure at the crossroads of true crime and dark folklore.

Acknowledgements
The Iceman – Millennium Entertainment, 2012.

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In this 5-minute deep dive into criminal history, journalist and true crime storyteller Simon Ford revisits the most famous unsolved murder spree of all time.

Jack the Ripper murdered at least five women—Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly—in a frenzy of theatrical brutality that shocked Victorian London. But beyond the myth, the fog, and the fear… who was he? This episode explores:

• The killings and their escalating violence
• Why the identity of Jack the Ripper remains fiercely debated
• Our long-form investigation into prime suspect Robert D’Onston Stephenson
• The behavioural traits that strongly suggest psychopathy.

For the full investigation, listen to:
Jack the Ripper: Psycho or Satanist? 

Next in the series: K is for Kuklinski — The Iceman.

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In this 5-minute deep dive into criminal history, journalist and true crime storyteller Simon Ford revisits the most famous unsolved murder spree of all time.

Jack the Ripper murdered at least five women—Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly—in a frenzy of theatrical brutality that shocked Victorian London. But beyond the myth, the fog, and the fear… who was he? This episode explores:

• The killings and their escalating violence
• Why the identity of Jack the Ripper remains fiercely debated
• Our long-form investigation into prime suspect Robert D’Onston Stephenson
• The behavioural traits that strongly suggest psychopathy.

For the full investigation, listen to:
Jack the Ripper: Psycho or Satanist? 

Next in the series: K is for Kuklinski — The Iceman.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>295crime-investigation,criminal-mind,dark-history,east-end-killer,female-victims,foggy-london,forensic-history,historic-crimes,jack-the-ripper,london-crime,psycho-killer,psychopath-profile,ripper-case,robert-donston,serial-killer,simon-ford,true-crime-podcast,unsolved-murders,victorian-murders,whitechapel-killerfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coHe buried “kill kits” across America… but that was only the start of Israel Keyes’ monstrous planning.

Israel Keyes is one of the most terrifying killers in modern American history — not because of the crimes we can prove, but because of the ones we can’t. Keyes built “kill kits” years before he used them, travelled thousands of miles to find random victims, and prided himself on having no recognisable pattern.

In this episode, Simon Ford unpacks the forensic details, psychological insights, and chilling contradictions behind Keyes’ double life. From his calm, calculated interviews to the cold efficiency of his crimes, Keyes remains a disturbing reminder that the most dangerous predators are the ones you never see coming.

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Israel Keyes is one of the most terrifying killers in modern American history — not because of the crimes we can prove, but because of the ones we can’t. Keyes built “kill kits” years before he used them, travelled thousands of miles to find random victims, and prided himself on having no recognisable pattern.

In this episode, Simon Ford unpacks the forensic details, psychological insights, and chilling contradictions behind Keyes’ double life. From his calm, calculated interviews to the cold efficiency of his crimes, Keyes remains a disturbing reminder that the most dangerous predators are the ones you never see coming.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>313cold-case-study,crime-interview,criminal-behaviour,criminal-psychology,dark-history,fbi-investigation,forensic-analysis,homicide-case,israel-keyes,killer-profile,methodical-murderer,murder-investigation,pcl-r-scoring,psycho-killer-pod,psychological-horror,psychopathology,serial-killer,true-crime-podcast,unsolved-crimes,us-serial-killersfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coSometimes love is blind… and sometimes it’s deadly.

In 1958, Charles Starkweather and his 14-year-old girlfriend Caril Fugate embarked on a killing spree across Nebraska that left 11 people dead and America terrified. But was Caril a victim—or an accomplice? 

In this episode, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell dissect the couple’s toxic relationship, their violent road trip, and the long shadow the case still casts over true crime, youth culture, and media sensationalism.

Hear how the courts ruled, what happened to Caril, and why the debate over her guilt or innocence continues today. 

New to Psycho Killer? Prepare for deep dives into dark minds, flawed justice systems, and stories that linger long after the tape stops.

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In 1958, Charles Starkweather and his 14-year-old girlfriend Caril Fugate embarked on a killing spree across Nebraska that left 11 people dead and America terrified. But was Caril a victim—or an accomplice? 

In this episode, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell dissect the couple’s toxic relationship, their violent road trip, and the long shadow the case still casts over true crime, youth culture, and media sensationalism.

Hear how the courts ruled, what happened to Caril, and why the debate over her guilt or innocence continues today. 

New to Psycho Killer? Prepare for deep dives into dark minds, flawed justice systems, and stories that linger long after the tape stops.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>10691950s-true-crime,american-true-crime,caril-fugate,charles-starkweather,coercive-control,controversial-trials,criminal-duos,criminal-psychology,killer-couples,killing-spree,media-sensationalism,midwest-crime-history,murder-trial-analysis,nebraska-murders,psycho-killer-podcast,serial-killers,spree-killer-case,toxic-relationships,true-crime-podcast,youth-crimefalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coEnter the "Murder Castle" in our latest, chilling, bite-sized episode.

H.H. Holmes is often described as America’s first serial killer, but that title barely captures the scale of his crimes. A charming conman and medical swindler, Holmes built a three-storey “Murder Castle” in Chicago during the 1893 World’s Fair — complete with secret passages, soundproofed rooms, and hidden furnaces.

In this episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford explores Holmes’s chilling psychology. From pathological lying and manipulation to financial fraud, bigamy, and murder for profit, Holmes exhibited the hallmarks of a true psychopath decades before criminology had language for it.

Join Simon Ford as he uncovers how Holmes engineered a building — and a life — designed for deception and death.

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H.H. Holmes is often described as America’s first serial killer, but that title barely captures the scale of his crimes. A charming conman and medical swindler, Holmes built a three-storey “Murder Castle” in Chicago during the 1893 World’s Fair — complete with secret passages, soundproofed rooms, and hidden furnaces.

In this episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford explores Holmes’s chilling psychology. From pathological lying and manipulation to financial fraud, bigamy, and murder for profit, Holmes exhibited the hallmarks of a true psychopath decades before criminology had language for it.

Join Simon Ford as he uncovers how Holmes engineered a building — and a life — designed for deception and death.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>273american-serial-killer,az-of-psychopaths,chicago-murders,conman-killer,crime-documentary,criminal-history,hare-psychopathy,h-h-holmes,historical-true-crime,murder-castle,murder-investigation,psycho-killer-podcast,psychology-of-evil,psychopaths,real-crime-stories,serial-killer-profile,shocking-true-crime,simon-ford,true-crime-podcast,world-fair-1893truefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coBeneath the clown makeup, he hid 33 bodies — and the soul of a psychopath.

John Wayne Gacy — the “Killer Clown” — was one of America’s most horrifying murderers.
By day, he was a respected businessman and community volunteer. By night, he tortured and killed young men, burying thirty-three bodies beneath his suburban Chicago home.

In this chilling episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford examines Gacy’s double life and the psychological traits that made him such a dangerous predator. Using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, he uncovers how superficial charm, narcissism, and total lack of remorse transformed a pillar of the community into a monster.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68494204Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:05:08 +0000Simon FordBeneath the clown makeup, he hid 33 bodies — and the soul of a psychopath. John Wayne Gacy — the “Killer Clown” — was one of America’s most horrifying murderers. By day, he was a respected businessman and community volunteer. By night, he tortured...Beneath the clown makeup, he hid 33 bodies — and the soul of a psychopath.

John Wayne Gacy — the “Killer Clown” — was one of America’s most horrifying murderers.
By day, he was a respected businessman and community volunteer. By night, he tortured and killed young men, burying thirty-three bodies beneath his suburban Chicago home.

In this chilling episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford examines Gacy’s double life and the psychological traits that made him such a dangerous predator. Using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, he uncovers how superficial charm, narcissism, and total lack of remorse transformed a pillar of the community into a monster.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>256american-serial-killer,az-of-psychopaths,chicago-murders,crime-documentary,criminal-minds,criminal-profile,death-row,forensic-psychology,hare-psychopathy-checklist,john-wayne-gacy,killer-clown,psycho-killer-podcast,psychology-of-evil,psychopaths,real-crime-stories,serial-killer-analysis,shocking-true-crime,simon-ford,true-crime-community,true-crime-podcastfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coWhen Bonnie met Clyde, a myth began — but what actually drove them to kill?

Step into the story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow — but not as you know it. This isn’t a simple love-and-crime saga. It’s a study of two personalities colliding, of fear and fascination, of power and vulnerability. In this episode of It Takes Two, journalist Simon Ford and former major-crime detective Jacques Morrell bring you:

• The historical backdrop of 1950s America — from juvenile delinquency panic to the lure of the motor-car getaway.
• An in-depth look at the personal dynamic of Bonnie and Clyde: the 14-year-old girl, the 19-year-old man, and the deadly path they shared.
• A new angle: how culture, violence and identity merged in one of the most notorious outlaw romances of the 20th century.

Whether you’re a true-crime enthusiast or interested in the psychology of partnership and coercion — this one is for you.

Acknowledgements
The sound effects of the 1936 Ford Flathead V8 are courtesy of AutoEsoterica on YouTube.

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Step into the story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow — but not as you know it. This isn’t a simple love-and-crime saga. It’s a study of two personalities colliding, of fear and fascination, of power and vulnerability. In this episode of It Takes Two, journalist Simon Ford and former major-crime detective Jacques Morrell bring you:

• The historical backdrop of 1950s America — from juvenile delinquency panic to the lure of the motor-car getaway.
• An in-depth look at the personal dynamic of Bonnie and Clyde: the 14-year-old girl, the 19-year-old man, and the deadly path they shared.
• A new angle: how culture, violence and identity merged in one of the most notorious outlaw romances of the 20th century.

Whether you’re a true-crime enthusiast or interested in the psychology of partnership and coercion — this one is for you.

Acknowledgements
The sound effects of the 1936 Ford Flathead V8 are courtesy of AutoEsoterica on YouTube.

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Albert Fish was every parent’s worst nightmare. A kindly old man on the outside, but beneath the surface — a sadist, cannibal, and predator of children. 

In this deeply disturbing episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford examines the twisted psychology of “The Brooklyn Cannibal” — a man whose crimes shocked America and still haunt the true-crime world today.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68122101Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:05:07 +0000Simon FordHe called himself “a real-life boogeyman.” Albert Fish was every parent’s worst nightmare. A kindly old man on the outside, but beneath the surface — a sadist, cannibal, and predator of children.  In this deeply disturbing episode of The A–Z of...He called himself “a real-life boogeyman.”

Albert Fish was every parent’s worst nightmare. A kindly old man on the outside, but beneath the surface — a sadist, cannibal, and predator of children. 

In this deeply disturbing episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford examines the twisted psychology of “The Brooklyn Cannibal” — a man whose crimes shocked America and still haunt the true-crime world today.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>261albert-fish,american-serial-killer,brooklyn-cannibal,cannibalism,child-murder,criminal-psychology,dark-psychology,forensic-analysis,killer-profiles,murder-history,psychoanalysis,psycho-killer,psychopathy,real-crime-stories,sadism,serial-crimes,shocking-true-crime,the-a-z-of-psychopaths,true-crime,true-crime-podcasttruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coPolice speak in code — but what does it really mean when a detective says ‘ABH gone wrong’?

When a detective says “ABH gone wrong,” what do they really mean? Is it code, cold detachment — or something darker? Behind every headline and police press briefing lies a secret language: blunt, efficient, and sometimes brutal. In this episode of The Detective’s Files, Simon Ford and former detective Jacques Morrell decode the jargon of murder investigations — uncovering how words can reveal, conceal, and even distort the truth. It’s a rare glimpse inside the mind of the police and the media they feed — and a chilling reminder that in the world of crime, language can be as deadly as the act itself.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68415159Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:05:07 +0000Simon FordPolice speak in code — but what does it really mean when a detective says ‘ABH gone wrong’? When a detective says “ABH gone wrong,” what do they really mean? Is it code, cold detachment — or something darker? Behind every headline and police press...Police speak in code — but what does it really mean when a detective says ‘ABH gone wrong’?

When a detective says “ABH gone wrong,” what do they really mean? Is it code, cold detachment — or something darker? Behind every headline and police press briefing lies a secret language: blunt, efficient, and sometimes brutal. In this episode of The Detective’s Files, Simon Ford and former detective Jacques Morrell decode the jargon of murder investigations — uncovering how words can reveal, conceal, and even distort the truth. It’s a rare glimpse inside the mind of the police and the media they feed — and a chilling reminder that in the world of crime, language can be as deadly as the act itself.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2421behind-the-scenes,british-crime,crime,crime-podcast,criminal-psychology,detective,investigation,investigative-journalism,jacques-morrell,law-enforcement,media-and-crime,murder,police-investigation,police-jargon,police-language,psycho-killer,real-crime-stories,simon-ford,the-detectives-files,true-crimefalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coGrave robber and the real-life inspiration for Norman Bates and Leatherface.

Ed Gein, the mild-mannered handyman from Plainfield, Wisconsin, shocked the world when police discovered what lay behind his farmhouse walls: human remains, skin masks, and grisly trophies made from corpses. But beneath the horror lies a deeper psychological question — what drove him to do it? 

In this episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford dissects the life and crimes of Ed Gein, the so-called “Butcher of Plainfield.” They explore his twisted devotion to his mother, Augusta, his macabre “projects” inspired by loneliness and delusion, and his lasting influence on horror icons from Psycho to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Finally, we use three key traits from the Hare Psychopathy Checklist to examine whether Ed Gein really fits the profile of a psychopath — or whether he was something even more disturbing.

The A–Z of Psychopaths is a Psycho Killer production.

Special Mention: Laurie Metcalf’s extraordinary performance as Augusta Gein in Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix) brings chilling realism to one of the most controlling maternal figures in criminal history. In our view, she deserves an Emmy. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.

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Ed Gein, the mild-mannered handyman from Plainfield, Wisconsin, shocked the world when police discovered what lay behind his farmhouse walls: human remains, skin masks, and grisly trophies made from corpses. But beneath the horror lies a deeper psychological question — what drove him to do it? 

In this episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford dissects the life and crimes of Ed Gein, the so-called “Butcher of Plainfield.” They explore his twisted devotion to his mother, Augusta, his macabre “projects” inspired by loneliness and delusion, and his lasting influence on horror icons from Psycho to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Finally, we use three key traits from the Hare Psychopathy Checklist to examine whether Ed Gein really fits the profile of a psychopath — or whether he was something even more disturbing.

The A–Z of Psychopaths is a Psycho Killer production.

Special Mention: Laurie Metcalf’s extraordinary performance as Augusta Gein in Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix) brings chilling realism to one of the most controlling maternal figures in criminal history. In our view, she deserves an Emmy. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.

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She looked like everyone’s favourite grandmother — smiling, baking, and always laughing.
But Nanny Doss’s laughter hid a terrible secret. Over three decades, she poisoned, smothered, and strangled 11 members of her own family — husbands, children, her mother, even her sister.

Her motive? A twisted mix of romance, resentment, and control. Known as The Giggling Granny, Doss confessed with a smile — and kept on giggling as she described each killing in detail.

In this episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford uncovers the monstrous psychology behind the apron and the smile. Was Nanny Doss simply a product of her time… or something far more chilling?

Like and share with your psychopathically inclined friends — and tell us which psycho you’d like to hear next because we can always start again at A. There’s no shortage of psychopaths in our sick, sad world… is there?

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She looked like everyone’s favourite grandmother — smiling, baking, and always laughing.
But Nanny Doss’s laughter hid a terrible secret. Over three decades, she poisoned, smothered, and strangled 11 members of her own family — husbands, children, her mother, even her sister.

Her motive? A twisted mix of romance, resentment, and control. Known as The Giggling Granny, Doss confessed with a smile — and kept on giggling as she described each killing in detail.

In this episode of The A–Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford uncovers the monstrous psychology behind the apron and the smile. Was Nanny Doss simply a product of her time… or something far more chilling?

Like and share with your psychopathically inclined friends — and tell us which psycho you’d like to hear next because we can always start again at A. There’s no shortage of psychopaths in our sick, sad world… is there?

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>236american-psychopaths,a-z-of-psychopaths,black-widow-killer,crime-podcast,family-killer,female-psychopathy,female-serial-killer,giggling-granny,hare-psychopathy-checklist,jacques-morrell,murder-confession,nanny-doss,poison-murders,psycho-killer-podcast,psycho-killer-true-crime-stori,psychopath-profile,serial-killer-analysis,shocking-true-crime,simon-ford,true-crimefalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coShe was convinced her children would die unless she made a human sacrifice.

In Episode 3 of The A-Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford delves into one of Italy’s most macabre murderers: Leonarda Cianciulli — the Soap-Maker of Correggio.

During the chaos of World War II, Cianciulli murdered three women and used their remains to make soap and teacakes.

But behind the horror lies a deeper question: what twisted psychology drove a superstitious mother to kill in the name of protection?

Discover the disturbing blend of delusion, ritual, and maternal obsession that defined her crimes.

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In Episode 3 of The A-Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford delves into one of Italy’s most macabre murderers: Leonarda Cianciulli — the Soap-Maker of Correggio.

During the chaos of World War II, Cianciulli murdered three women and used their remains to make soap and teacakes.

But behind the horror lies a deeper question: what twisted psychology drove a superstitious mother to kill in the name of protection?

Discover the disturbing blend of delusion, ritual, and maternal obsession that defined her crimes.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>254criminal-psychology,criminology,female-killer,forensic-psychology,horror-history,human-behavior,italian-serial-killer,leonarda-cianciulli,macabre-history,mind-of-a-killer,narrative-podcast,psychological-profiling,psychopath,psychopathology,ritual-killer,soap-maker,the-az-of-psychopaths,true-crime,true-crime-podcast,wwii-crimefalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coShe lured peasant girls to her castle, and they were never seen again.

In the second episode of The A-Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford investigates the legend — and the truth — behind Countess Elizabeth Báthory, often called “The Bloody Countess.”

Accused of torturing and killing hundreds of young women, Báthory’s story sits at the crossroads of myth, misogyny, and madness.

Was she a sadistic noblewoman or a victim of political intrigue? We separate fact from folklore in this haunting mini-episode.

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In the second episode of The A-Z of Psychopaths, Simon Ford investigates the legend — and the truth — behind Countess Elizabeth Báthory, often called “The Bloody Countess.”

Accused of torturing and killing hundreds of young women, Báthory’s story sits at the crossroads of myth, misogyny, and madness.

Was she a sadistic noblewoman or a victim of political intrigue? We separate fact from folklore in this haunting mini-episode.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>263bloody-countess,criminology,elizabeth-bathory,forensic-psychology,historical-crime,myth-vs-reality,psychological-profiling,psychopath,serial-killer,serial-killers-alphabetically,true-crime,true-crime-community,true-crime-podcast,women-in-historyfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coHe really did go on TV in the middle of his murder spree.

In the first episode of The A-Z of Psychopaths, we explore the chilling crimes of Rodney Alcala, infamously known as “The Dating Game Killer.” 

Join Simon Ford as he unpacks Alcala’s manipulative personality, his methodical approach to murder, and the psychological patterns that made him one of America’s most notorious serial killers.

This episode sets the stage for our A-to-Z exploration of history’s most disturbing minds.

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In the first episode of The A-Z of Psychopaths, we explore the chilling crimes of Rodney Alcala, infamously known as “The Dating Game Killer.” 

Join Simon Ford as he unpacks Alcala’s manipulative personality, his methodical approach to murder, and the psychological patterns that made him one of America’s most notorious serial killers.

This episode sets the stage for our A-to-Z exploration of history’s most disturbing minds.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2611970s-serial-killer,alcala,american-serial-killer,criminology,dating-game-killer,forensic-psychology,macabre-history,mind-of-a-killer,narrative-podcast,psychological-profiling,psychopath,rodney-alcala,serial-killer,true-crime,true-crime-community,true-crime-podcastfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coWhen love turns lethal: the Ken and Barbie Killers.

In this episode of It Takes Two…, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell explore Canada’s most chilling criminal couple: Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. 

Were they partners in evil — or a manipulator and his victim? A gripping, psychological deep dive into love, power, and shared psychopathy.


References & Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the following sources that informed this episode:
Radio-Canada Interview with Karla Homolka (Joyce Napier, 2005) — Parts 1 & 2 available on YouTube:
Part 1
Part 2
This rare interview features Homolka shortly after her release, as she reflects on rehabilitation and public perception.


Martin DeCoder – “Paul Bernardo Case Study | Police Interview Statement Analysis” — in the Criminals playlist on YouTube.
Watch here

“The Effect of Embedded Lies on the Verbal Quality of …” (Maastricht University Study, 2020) — analysing deceptive language in criminal interviews, including those with Bernardo.
Read the study


Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68122952Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:05:07 +0000Simon FordWhen love turns lethal: the Ken and Barbie Killers. In this episode of It Takes Two…, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell explore Canada’s most chilling criminal couple: Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka.  Were they partners in evil — or a manipulator and...When love turns lethal: the Ken and Barbie Killers.

In this episode of It Takes Two…, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell explore Canada’s most chilling criminal couple: Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. 

Were they partners in evil — or a manipulator and his victim? A gripping, psychological deep dive into love, power, and shared psychopathy.


References & Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the following sources that informed this episode:
Radio-Canada Interview with Karla Homolka (Joyce Napier, 2005) — Parts 1 & 2 available on YouTube:
Part 1
Part 2
This rare interview features Homolka shortly after her release, as she reflects on rehabilitation and public perception.


Martin DeCoder – “Paul Bernardo Case Study | Police Interview Statement Analysis” — in the Criminals playlist on YouTube.
Watch here

“The Effect of Embedded Lies on the Verbal Quality of …” (Maastricht University Study, 2020) — analysing deceptive language in criminal interviews, including those with Bernardo.
Read the study


Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2004canadian-serial-killers,coercive-control,criminal-couples,criminology,it-takes-two,jacques-morrell,karla-homolka,ken-and-barbie-killers,manipulation,murder-podcast,paul-bernardo,psycho-killer-podcast,psychological-crime,psychopathy,serial-killer-analysis,simon-ford,toxic-relationships,true-crime,true-crime-community,true-crime-seriestruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coMurder Was The Glue That Bound Them

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are remembered as the Moors Murderers. But beyond the horror, their story forces us to ask: how does a psychopath recruit a partner, and what happens when love and loyalty become tools of murder? 

In this episode of Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell explore the dark synergy between Brady and Hindley — complementary fit, closed-world isolation and the momentum of co-offending.

We revisit psychiatrist Jeremy Coid’s insight that Brady may have been “born evil,” and hear Alan Bennett’s moving account of meeting Hindley in prison as he searched for his brother Keith’s body.

Lastly, was Hindley coerced, complicit or both? And why does her name still provoke outrage decades after her death?

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Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are remembered as the Moors Murderers. But beyond the horror, their story forces us to ask: how does a psychopath recruit a partner, and what happens when love and loyalty become tools of murder? 

In this episode of Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell explore the dark synergy between Brady and Hindley — complementary fit, closed-world isolation and the momentum of co-offending.

We revisit psychiatrist Jeremy Coid’s insight that Brady may have been “born evil,” and hear Alan Bennett’s moving account of meeting Hindley in prison as he searched for his brother Keith’s body.

Lastly, was Hindley coerced, complicit or both? And why does her name still provoke outrage decades after her death?

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1410alan-bennett,born-evil,british-serial-killers,child-murder,coercion,complicity,criminal-psychology,folie-a-deux,ian-brady,it-takes-two,killer-couples,lord-longford,lucy-letby-comparison,media-representation,moors-murders,myra-hindley,psycho-killer-podcast,psychopathy,sadddleworth-moor,true-crime-uktruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coThe victims never stood a chance against their combined cruelty.

Some killers act alone. Some form a partnership so toxic and unstoppable that the results are catastrophic.

In this episode of It Takes Two, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell examine Fred and Rose West, Britain’s most infamous killer couple. We explore Fred’s early life and pre-existing crimes, Rose’s abusive upbringing, and how two damaged people fused into a dark partnership.

From their home in Gloucester to the courtroom, discover the psychological dynamics that made them so lethal, and the lessons learned for law enforcement and social services.

It Takes Two is the brand-new Autumn 2025 series from Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories, soon to be followed by the bite-sized companion series The A–Z of Psychopaths.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67984842Sun, 05 Oct 2025 23:05:07 +0000Simon FordThe victims never stood a chance against their combined cruelty. Some killers act alone. Some form a partnership so toxic and unstoppable that the results are catastrophic. In this episode of It Takes Two, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell examine Fred...The victims never stood a chance against their combined cruelty.

Some killers act alone. Some form a partnership so toxic and unstoppable that the results are catastrophic.

In this episode of It Takes Two, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell examine Fred and Rose West, Britain’s most infamous killer couple. We explore Fred’s early life and pre-existing crimes, Rose’s abusive upbringing, and how two damaged people fused into a dark partnership.

From their home in Gloucester to the courtroom, discover the psychological dynamics that made them so lethal, and the lessons learned for law enforcement and social services.

It Takes Two is the brand-new Autumn 2025 series from Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories, soon to be followed by the bite-sized companion series The A–Z of Psychopaths.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1340a-z-of-psychopaths,crime-history,criminal-behaviour,criminal-minds,criminal-psychology,dark-history,forensic-psychology,fred-west,gloucester-crime,history-of-crime,it-takes-two-podcast,killer-couples,murder-podcast,psycho-killer,psychological-analysis,psychopathy,rose-west,serial-killers,true-crime-podcast,true-crime-storiestruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coIt Takes Two to Kill: Leonard Lake & Charles Ng

Serial killers usually act alone. But sometimes, two broken personalities collide — and the result is catastrophic. 

In the launch episode of our new series, It Takes Two, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell investigate Leonard Lake and Charles Ng, a sadistic duo who turned a remote cabin in California into a chamber of horrors.

We explore their warped backgrounds, the psychology of killer partnerships, and the devastating human toll of their crimes. What happens when one man’s fantasies meet another’s lack of restraint? Together, Lake and Ng became far deadlier than either would have been alone. 

👉 This autumn, It Takes Two uncovers the world’s most infamous killer couples. And don’t miss our new companion series, The A–Z of Psychopaths — bite-sized deep dives into the darkest minds in history.

Glossary of Key Psychological Terms

Folie à deux (Shared Psychotic Disorder): A rare condition where two people share the same delusional belief. Usually, one is the dominant “inducer” and the other the more dependent “acceptor.” The belief often weakens when the pair is separated.

Interpersonal Complementarity: The way people naturally “fit” together along dominance and submission lines. A controlling, dominant personality often attracts and sustains a submissive, dependent one. In killer pairs, this can stabilise and reinforce violent behaviour.

Moral Disengagement: The mental tricks people use to excuse cruelty. These include diffusing responsibility (“we did it together”), using euphemisms (“the Miranda Project”), or dehumanising victims so empathy is switched off.

Closed-World Effect: When a pair isolates itself socially, shutting out external reality checks. In this closed environment, their beliefs and fantasies intensify unchecked.

Mutual Radicalisation: Each person’s worst idea sounds normal when the other repeats it back. This echo effect accelerates extremism, reinforcing violence as “shared purpose.”

Co-offending Momentum: Research shows that once people commit violence together, they’re far more likely to do it again. Each successful crime lowers the psychological barrier to the next.

PCL-R (Hare Psychopathy Checklist): A 20-item scale used by forensic psychologists to assess psychopathy. Traits include grandiosity, manipulation, lack of empathy, impulsivity, and criminal versatility. A score of 30 or more (out of 40) indicates psychopathy in the U.S.

Acknowledgeements
Song, Oh, California!, by David Ackles, provided to YouTube by Rhino/Elektra.

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Serial killers usually act alone. But sometimes, two broken personalities collide — and the result is catastrophic. 

In the launch episode of our new series, It Takes Two, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell investigate Leonard Lake and Charles Ng, a sadistic duo who turned a remote cabin in California into a chamber of horrors.

We explore their warped backgrounds, the psychology of killer partnerships, and the devastating human toll of their crimes. What happens when one man’s fantasies meet another’s lack of restraint? Together, Lake and Ng became far deadlier than either would have been alone. 

👉 This autumn, It Takes Two uncovers the world’s most infamous killer couples. And don’t miss our new companion series, The A–Z of Psychopaths — bite-sized deep dives into the darkest minds in history.

Glossary of Key Psychological Terms

Folie à deux (Shared Psychotic Disorder): A rare condition where two people share the same delusional belief. Usually, one is the dominant “inducer” and the other the more dependent “acceptor.” The belief often weakens when the pair is separated.

Interpersonal Complementarity: The way people naturally “fit” together along dominance and submission lines. A controlling, dominant personality often attracts and sustains a submissive, dependent one. In killer pairs, this can stabilise and reinforce violent behaviour.

Moral Disengagement: The mental tricks people use to excuse cruelty. These include diffusing responsibility (“we did it together”), using euphemisms (“the Miranda Project”), or dehumanising victims so empathy is switched off.

Closed-World Effect: When a pair isolates itself socially, shutting out external reality checks. In this closed environment, their beliefs and fantasies intensify unchecked.

Mutual Radicalisation: Each person’s worst idea sounds normal when the other repeats it back. This echo effect accelerates extremism, reinforcing violence as “shared purpose.”

Co-offending Momentum: Research shows that once people commit violence together, they’re far more likely to do it again. Each successful crime lowers the psychological barrier to the next.

PCL-R (Hare Psychopathy Checklist): A 20-item scale used by forensic psychologists to assess psychopathy. Traits include grandiosity, manipulation, lack of empathy, impulsivity, and criminal versatility. A score of 30 or more (out of 40) indicates psychopathy in the U.S.

Acknowledgeements
Song, Oh, California!, by David Ackles, provided to YouTube by Rhino/Elektra.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1510a-z-of-psychopaths,california-crime,charles-ng,crime-history,crime-psychology,criminal-minds,criminal-psychology,dark-history,forensic-psychology,history-of-crime,it-takes-two-podcast,killer-couples,leonard-lake,murder-podcast,psycho-killer,psychological-analysis,psychopathy,serial-killers,true-crime-podcast,true-crime-storiestruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coJacques Morrell shares stories from his detective career where fingerprints cracked cases ranging from burglary and cheque fraud to cold-blooded murder.

Simon and Jacques also trace the history of fingerprinting: from its discovery in the 19th century, to the first conviction in Argentina in 1892, and high-profile British murder cases where a single print made all the difference.

Join us as we reveal how fingerprints remain one of the most reliable—and sometimes overlooked—tools in forensic science.

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Simon and Jacques also trace the history of fingerprinting: from its discovery in the 19th century, to the first conviction in Argentina in 1892, and high-profile British murder cases where a single print made all the difference.

Join us as we reveal how fingerprints remain one of the most reliable—and sometimes overlooked—tools in forensic science.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1721biometric-crime-detection,crime-scene-investigation,criminal-investigation-techniq,criminal-justice-history,detective-true-crime,fingerprint-crime-solving,fingerprint-dna-comparison,fingerprint-identification,fingerprint-murder-cases,fingerprints-forensics,forensic-evidence-analysis,forensic-science-history,history-of-fingerprinting,jacques-morrell-podcast,police-detective-files,simon-ford-true-crime,solving-crimes-with-fingerprin,true-crime-storytelling,true-crime-uk,unsolved-to-solved-casesfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coWhy Bureaucracy, Hollywood, and the NRA Helped Serial Killers Thrive

Why does America remain the global epicentre of serial killers? In Part Two of Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell uncover how bureaucracy, pop culture, and gun culture shaped the rise of American serial murderers.

From the FBI’s behavioural profiling to the National Rifle Association’s influence, from Hollywood’s romanticisation of killers to the chilling question of whether Millennials and Gen Z will break the cycle, this episode digs deeper into America’s darkest shadows.

We examine cases where red tape let killers roam free, the dangerous glamorisation of Bundy and Dahmer, and how easy access to firearms made serial murder uniquely lethal in the United States.

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Transcript

What if the system that's meant to protect you is the very thing that lets a killer slip through the cracks? What if the weapons are legally bought and the warning signs ignored? What if Hollywood's obsession with serial murder isn't just entertaining, but prophecy? In Part Two of 'Why Does The United States Have More Serial Killers Than Any Other Country On Earth?' we ask: has America created the perfect breeding ground for serial murderers and psychopaths? And as we race towards 2030, is there still time to stop the next one? But before we dive in, a quick shout out to our friends at Podcast Today, that's podcast dot today. They featured our Ian Huntley episode, 'A Psychopath at School', in their Quick Listens category. If you love discovering new true crime stories, head to podcast dot today and see what else they've lined up. It's free, it's daily and it's curated just for you. Welcome back to Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories. I'm Simon Ford and I'm Jacques Morrell. If you haven't heard part one yet, hit pause and listen to that first. We explored the growth of suburbia, the aftershocks of war, and the cracks in American policing. Today, in part two, we widen the lens. Bureaucracies that enable killers. Pop culture that glorifies them, guns that empower them, and a generation that might just change everything. Welcome to NBC News Daily. This Tuesday, we're going to start with breaking news. Quadruple murder suspect Austin Drummond is in custody after an intense days long manhunt in Tennessee. Drummond was wanted for the killings of four people, all members of the same family. We've talked about fragmented law enforcement. We've examined the challenges of jurisdictional chaos and under-resourced police departments. But there's another, less visible force at play in the story of America's serial killers. Something deeper, something colder. Bureaucracy? Yeah. Killer bureaucracy. It might sound like the title of a dystopian novel, but in real life, it's one of the quiet enablers of mass murder. Behind many of America's most notorious cases, you'll find crucial opportunities missed, not through lack of intelligence or even intent, but because the gears of the system ground too slowly or didn't turn at all. I think Mr. Little will get his final judgment. Before he died at 80 year old Samuel Little sketched the faces of the women he killed. And I'm sure these jurisdictions will go and try to connect the dots to deal with what he's come to. Take Samuel Little, for example. Officially recognised as America's most prolific serial killer. 89 confirmed victims, possibly over 90. He operated across state lines from the 1970s into the 2000s, murdering vulnerable women, mostly women of colour. And yet, for decades, law enforcement agencies failed to connect the dots. Why? Well, part of it is what we've already discussed decentralised policing. But even what agencies did have the information, there was no unified system compelling them to share that information in a usable way. For much of Little's killing spree. His victims weren't even being recorded as linked cases. And here's the irony. In 1985, the FBI launched ViCAP, the violent criminal apprehension program designed specifically to catch serial offenders by identifying patterns in unsolved cases. But ViCAP was optional. Local departments weren't required to use it. Many didn't. There are 60 confirmed victims so far. Authorities will continue the hunt for the dozens of others. It won't stop, even though little is dead. You know, you just take in for what it's worth. And people like me live with that. And that's bureaucracy for you. A powerful tool. Locked in a cupboard. Because nobody mandate the key. The FBI is still actively searching for information to connect the dots in several of Little's murders. If you have any information, call this number one 800. Call FBI. The weekend I picked up a woman backpack, I weighed. And Matthew was next to me in the seat, and she hopped in. And then two and three. And my son was there, and I killed her. They'll. Sure my son didn't see it, but that only happened one time. So why didn't you do it again? I didn't want my son to see it. And that brings us to something that should chill. Anyone listening to this? In the case of Gary Ridgeway, the green River killer, dozens of women died while multiple police departments worked in silos hoarding information. Detectives even suspected Ridgeway early on. But internal politics and procedural rigidity meant he slipped through their fingers. He kept getting interviewed, kept passing polygraphs. He even gave a cheek swab DNA sample in 1987, but they didn't have the resources to process it properly. Not until the early 2000. That delay. It wasn't because no one was working the case. It was because the system was working exactly as designed, just too slowly. And there's something tragic about that. These weren't rogue officers. This wasn't corruption. This was paperwork. Process. Budgetary constraints. Misalign and incentives. In short, bureaucracy. Now, let's be fair. There have been improvements.   ViCAP is more widely used now. DNA databases are better integrated, but there's still no national mandate for data sharing in violent crime investigations. You've still got over 18,000 separate law enforcement agencies in the United States, and no centralised leadership structure. Compare that to the U.K., where a single body like the National Crime Agency can operate across the country. Or Canada's RCMP. In the US, you've got sheriff's departments, city police, state bureaus, federal agencies all working side by side, just not always together. And it's the gaps in those seams where monsters slip through. The killer may be holding the knife. But too often the system is holding the door. So what can be done? That's the million dollar question. Reform, decentralisation,  improved training, cross-agency collaboration. These are all part of the conversation. But until bureaucracy becomes more nimble, more coordinated, and more accountable, serial killers will keep finding places to hide. And we'll keep digging into the stories. The stories that reveal just how much damage can be done when no one is steering the ship. It's a firearm in the course of that murder, which is a violation of Penal Code section 12-0-22.5. Do you admit or deny that? I admit. It is further legend in counts 2 through 13... Now we're going to talk about the elephant in the room. The Second Amendment. It's just 27 words long and ratified in 1791. A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. At the time, the fledgling United States didn't have a standing army. The founders feared tyranny from without and within. The idea was that every able bodied citizen could take up arms to protect the Republic. But here in the 21st century, bearing arms has morphed into something far more removed from that original context. You don't need to be in a militia. You don't need to register your guns. In many states, and in some places, you don't even need a background check at a gun show. That's not what George Washington had in mind. And if you think we're anti-gun, then hold that thought, because there is an irony here. In a country with a disproportionate number of serial killers, maybe owning a .38 revolver for home defence is, well, just plain common sense. Let's get forensic. Do serial killers actually use guns? Statistically, no. Most serial killers prefer up close and personal methods. Strangulation, blunt force knives. Because for many of them, it's not about killing. It's about control. Exactly. Ted Bundy used a crowbar. Jeffrey Dahmer drugged his victims, then strangled them. John Wayne Gacy, he used rope, torture and pain. A lot has happened in just the past 24 hours as the sniper manhunt literally went nationwide. It began with a task force phone tip from someone claiming responsibility for the sniper killings. One of the few exceptions was the D.C. sniper case. In 2002, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo. They used a Bushmaster .223 rifle hidden inside the trunk of a blue Chevy Caprice. Random, distant, terrifying but isolated. Don't forget that most serial killers want that proximity. They want intimacy. And that's what makes them so disturbing. They're not looking to pick off targets at a distance. They want to look you in the eye. Police in Nashville are releasing this chilling surveillance video showing the terrifying moments the shooter blasted their way into the small, private Presbyterian school. But while serial killers themselves rarely rely on guns, the wider epidemic of gun violence in America is impossible to ignore. The video also shows the armed person entering a church office and later stalking the halls with an AR-style weapon drawn. 

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Why does America remain the global epicentre of serial killers? In Part Two of Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell uncover how bureaucracy, pop culture, and gun culture shaped the rise of American serial murderers.

From the FBI’s behavioural profiling to the National Rifle Association’s influence, from Hollywood’s romanticisation of killers to the chilling question of whether Millennials and Gen Z will break the cycle, this episode digs deeper into America’s darkest shadows.

We examine cases where red tape let killers roam free, the dangerous glamorisation of Bundy and Dahmer, and how easy access to firearms made serial murder uniquely lethal in the United States.

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What if the system that's meant to protect you is the very thing that lets a killer slip through the cracks? What if the weapons are legally bought and the warning signs ignored? What if Hollywood's obsession with serial murder isn't just entertaining, but prophecy? In Part Two of 'Why Does The United States Have More Serial Killers Than Any Other Country On Earth?' we ask: has America created the perfect breeding ground for serial murderers and psychopaths? And as we race towards 2030, is there still time to stop the next one? But before we dive in, a quick shout out to our friends at Podcast Today, that's podcast dot today. They featured our Ian Huntley episode, 'A Psychopath at School', in their Quick Listens category. If you love discovering new true crime stories, head to podcast dot today and see what else they've lined up. It's free, it's daily and it's curated just for you. Welcome back to Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories. I'm Simon Ford and I'm Jacques Morrell. If you haven't heard part one yet, hit pause and listen to that first. We explored the growth of suburbia, the aftershocks of war, and the cracks in American policing. Today, in part two, we widen the lens. Bureaucracies that enable killers. Pop culture that glorifies them, guns that empower them, and a generation that might just change everything. Welcome to NBC News Daily. This Tuesday, we're going to start with breaking news. Quadruple murder suspect Austin Drummond is in custody after an intense days long manhunt in Tennessee. Drummond was wanted for the killings of four people, all members of the same family. We've talked about fragmented law enforcement. We've examined the challenges of jurisdictional chaos and under-resourced police departments. But there's another, less visible force at play in the story of America's serial killers. Something deeper, something colder. Bureaucracy? Yeah. Killer bureaucracy. It might sound like the title of a dystopian novel, but in real life, it's one of the quiet enablers of mass murder. Behind many of America's most notorious cases, you'll find crucial opportunities missed, not through lack of intelligence or even intent, but because the gears of the system ground too slowly or didn't turn at all. I think Mr. Little will get his final judgment. Before he died at 80 year old Samuel Little sketched the faces of the women he killed. And I'm sure these jurisdictions will go and try to connect the dots to deal with what he's come to. Take Samuel Little, for example. Officially recognised as America's most prolific serial killer. 89 confirmed victims, possibly over 90. He operated across state lines from the 1970s into the 2000s, murdering vulnerable women, mostly women of colour. And yet, for decades, law enforcement agencies failed to connect the dots. Why? Well, part of it is what we've already discussed decentralised policing. But even what agencies did have the information, there was...]]>1624american-pop-culture,criminal-psychology,ed-kemper,fbi-behavioral-analysis-unit,forensic-psychology,future-of-serial-killers,jeffrey-dahmer-media,john-wayne-gacy,law-enforcement-failures,millennials-gen-z-crime,netflix-true-crime,nra-and-crime,psycho-killer-podcast,serial-killers-america-part-tw,ted-bundy-pop-icon,true-crime,true-crime-community,us-gun-culture,vietnam-war-and-crime,washington-sniperfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coA CID Detective Relives His First UK Murder Case — 1989

Step inside the world of real homicide investigation with The Detective’s Files: Episode 3. In this gripping instalment, former CID officer Jacques Morrell takes us back to 1989, when he faced his very first murder case.

With 30 years of policing experience, Jacques reveals the reality of moving from the beat into CID, the pressures of working homicide over the Christmas period, and the shocking discovery that forced his team to live at work while chasing down a killer. This is not fiction. These are the real stories behind the uniform — long hours, emotional strain, and the painstaking work of solving violent crime in 1980s Britain.

If you’re fascinated by true crime, murder investigations, and the hidden world of UK policing, this episode takes you inside the case that changed everything for Jacques Morrell. 

Subscribe to Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories for more authentic detective insights, real case files, and chilling explorations into the minds of killers.

00:00 Intro – Detective’s Files with Jacques Morrell
01:00 Life in uniform and move to CID
03:00 First murder case: the call that changed everything
05:00 Inside a real UK homicide investigation
08:00 Reflections on a detective’s first case

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Step inside the world of real homicide investigation with The Detective’s Files: Episode 3. In this gripping instalment, former CID officer Jacques Morrell takes us back to 1989, when he faced his very first murder case.

With 30 years of policing experience, Jacques reveals the reality of moving from the beat into CID, the pressures of working homicide over the Christmas period, and the shocking discovery that forced his team to live at work while chasing down a killer. This is not fiction. These are the real stories behind the uniform — long hours, emotional strain, and the painstaking work of solving violent crime in 1980s Britain.

If you’re fascinated by true crime, murder investigations, and the hidden world of UK policing, this episode takes you inside the case that changed everything for Jacques Morrell. 

Subscribe to Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories for more authentic detective insights, real case files, and chilling explorations into the minds of killers.

00:00 Intro – Detective’s Files with Jacques Morrell
01:00 Life in uniform and move to CID
03:00 First murder case: the call that changed everything
05:00 Inside a real UK homicide investigation
08:00 Reflections on a detective’s first case

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Why does the USA have more serial killers per capita than any other country?

From Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer to the Golden State Killer and Samuel Little, the United States has produced almost 70% of all known serial murderers—despite making up less than 5% of the world’s population. 

In this episode of Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell uncover the data, the history, and the psychology that explain America’s dark reputation.

We explore post-war suburbia, the impact of Vietnam, the failures of fragmented policing, and how psychopaths hide in plain sight. Is the American Dream itself a breeding ground for killers? Tune in to Part One: The Perfect Storm to find out.

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Why does the USA have more serial killers per capita than any other country?

From Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer to the Golden State Killer and Samuel Little, the United States has produced almost 70% of all known serial murderers—despite making up less than 5% of the world’s population. 

In this episode of Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell uncover the data, the history, and the psychology that explain America’s dark reputation.

We explore post-war suburbia, the impact of Vietnam, the failures of fragmented policing, and how psychopaths hide in plain sight. Is the American Dream itself a breeding ground for killers? Tune in to Part One: The Perfect Storm to find out.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1357american-dream-dark-side,american-serial-killers,fbi-behavioral-science-unit,golden-state-killer,jeffrey-dahmer,john-wayne-gacy,law-enforcement-failures,psycho-killer-podcast,psychopaths-in-society,samuel-little,serial-killers-usa,suburbia-and-serial-killers,ted-bundy,true-crime-stories,vietnam-war-crimefalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coBehind every sudden death, there’s a story—and a detective who has to uncover it.

In this second episode of The Detective’s Files, Jacques Morrell sits down with Simon Ford to explore how the police investigate unexpected deaths.

From natural causes to cases of suicide, Jacques reflects on his time in uniform—sharing first-hand experiences with the deceased and their families, and explaining the vital roles of the police surgeon and coroner.

While procedures have changed over the years, Jacques reveals that professionalism is always defined by calmness, compassion, and respect in the face of life’s most difficult moments.

If you or someone close to you is struggling, support is available. In the UK and Ireland, you can call Samaritans on 116 123. In the US, dial 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. For immediate emergencies, call 999 in the UK or 911 in the US.

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In this second episode of The Detective’s Files, Jacques Morrell sits down with Simon Ford to explore how the police investigate unexpected deaths.

From natural causes to cases of suicide, Jacques reflects on his time in uniform—sharing first-hand experiences with the deceased and their families, and explaining the vital roles of the police surgeon and coroner.

While procedures have changed over the years, Jacques reveals that professionalism is always defined by calmness, compassion, and respect in the face of life’s most difficult moments.

If you or someone close to you is struggling, support is available. In the UK and Ireland, you can call Samaritans on 116 123. In the US, dial 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. For immediate emergencies, call 999 in the UK or 911 in the US.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1932behind-the-badge,bereavement-support,compassion-in-policing,crisis-support,law-enforcement-stories,mental-health,mental-health-matters,podcast-community,police-investigation,psycho-killer-podcast,suicide-awareness,suicide-prevention,the-detectives-files,true-crime-podcast,true-crime-stories,uk-policing,unexpected-deathstruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coOsama Bin Laden masterminded 9/11, evaded the world’s most powerful armies, and reshaped global politics. But who was he, really?

In this second episode of Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell go beyond the headlines to explore Bin Laden’s psychology — from fugitive years and obsessive micromanagement to the chilling revelations in the Abbottabad files.

Using the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP), we ask: Was Bin Laden a prophet, a prisoner of his own ideology, or a psychopath? We examine his messianic self-image, emotional detachment, and controlling dominance, alongside his death in Abbottabad and the fractured legacy of al-Qaeda and ISIS.

This is not just the story of one man, but of the world he made — and the fear, violence, and divisions that still echo today. Was Osama Bin Laden mad, bad, or something far more dangerous? Listen now and decide for yourself.

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In this second episode of Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell go beyond the headlines to explore Bin Laden’s psychology — from fugitive years and obsessive micromanagement to the chilling revelations in the Abbottabad files.

Using the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP), we ask: Was Bin Laden a prophet, a prisoner of his own ideology, or a psychopath? We examine his messianic self-image, emotional detachment, and controlling dominance, alongside his death in Abbottabad and the fractured legacy of al-Qaeda and ISIS.

This is not just the story of one man, but of the world he made — and the fear, violence, and divisions that still echo today. Was Osama Bin Laden mad, bad, or something far more dangerous? Listen now and decide for yourself.

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Using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R) and the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP), Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell apply two clinical tools to Bin Laden’s life and legacy. The result? More than one conclusion — and a portrait of a man whose blend of belief, power, and manipulation shaped the world we live in today.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67539544Sun, 31 Aug 2025 23:05:07 +0000Simon FordThis month marks 24 years since the 9/11 attacks on America — the deadliest terror strike since Pearl Harbour. To mark the anniversary, Psycho Killer investigates the rise and fall of Osama Bin Laden. Was he a religious zealot, a freedom fighter, or a...
Using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R) and the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP), Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell apply two clinical tools to Bin Laden’s life and legacy. The result? More than one conclusion — and a portrait of a man whose blend of belief, power, and manipulation shaped the world we live in today.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>150724-years-since-9-11,9-11-anniversary,9-11-attacks,al-qaeda-history,bin-laden-biography,bin-laden-psychopath,cult-leaders-vs-terrorists,forensic-psychology-podcast,hare-psychopathy-checklist,jacques-morrell,jihadism-explained,osama-bin-laden,pcl-r,psycho-killer-podcast,psychopathy-and-terrorism,psychopathy-traits,simon-ford,terrorism-and-psychopathy,terrorism-psychology,true-crime-podcastfalsefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coExplicit – contains surgery details.

Walter J. Freeman II thought he was a revolutionary. And in a way, he was. He operated during three revolutionary decades of the twentieth century – years that saw the coming of nuclear power, antibiotics and mankind's first tentative steps into space. But his technique was more medieval than post-modern. The cutting edge of his trademark instrument was the point of an icepick – or at least, a wicked-looking tool derived from one. Yet, here was an individual who convinced himself he was doing humanity a service, while all around, patients were wheeled away on gurneys with their humanity neutralised. 

Was Freeman mad, bad, psychopathic... or just deluded? And where does the dividing line fall that separates those traits? Indeed, can they be separated, or do they seep into each other, like blood seeping into bandages, until all we see is crimson? The red mist of a horror too awful to comprehend – a physician sworn to not harm, acting with official sanction in a way that no physician should.

In the second part of The Lobotomist, we answer that question as dispassionately as we can, despite the trail of bodies and tortured souls the good doctor left in his wake. What tools do we have to comprehend the incomprehensible paradox of Walter J. Freeman II? Was he well-meaning, misguided, or something much darker? Ladies and gentlemen, take your seats, because the jury is in.


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Walter J. Freeman II thought he was a revolutionary. And in a way, he was. He operated during three revolutionary decades of the twentieth century – years that saw the coming of nuclear power, antibiotics and mankind's first tentative steps into space. But his technique was more medieval than post-modern. The cutting edge of his trademark instrument was the point of an icepick – or at least, a wicked-looking tool derived from one. Yet, here was an individual who convinced himself he was doing humanity a service, while all around, patients were wheeled away on gurneys with their humanity neutralised. 

Was Freeman mad, bad, psychopathic... or just deluded? And where does the dividing line fall that separates those traits? Indeed, can they be separated, or do they seep into each other, like blood seeping into bandages, until all we see is crimson? The red mist of a horror too awful to comprehend – a physician sworn to not harm, acting with official sanction in a way that no physician should.

In the second part of The Lobotomist, we answer that question as dispassionately as we can, despite the trail of bodies and tortured souls the good doctor left in his wake. What tools do we have to comprehend the incomprehensible paradox of Walter J. Freeman II? Was he well-meaning, misguided, or something much darker? Ladies and gentlemen, take your seats, because the jury is in.


Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>993dark-history-podcast,history-of-lobotomy,history-podcast,ice-pick-lobotomy,lobotomy-history,lobotomy-podcast,medical-ethics,medical-true-crime,mental-health-history,psychiatry-scandals,psycho-killer-podcast,psychology-podcast,psychopath-doctors,psychopathy,shocking-true-crime,true-crime-podcast,true-crime-stories,unethical-medicine,unethical-psychiatry,walter-freeman-lobotomytruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coAimee Betro, from Wisconsin, flew to the UK in August 2019 and spent more than two weeks in the country before trying to shoot the man outside his home in Birmingham—Simon Ford reports.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67487512Sat, 23 Aug 2025 10:29:15 +0000Simon FordAn American “hitwoman” is starting a 30-year prison sentence in the United Kingdom for trying to murder her lover's business rival. Aimee Betro, from Wisconsin, flew to the UK in August 2019 and spent more than two weeks in the country before trying...Aimee Betro, from Wisconsin, flew to the UK in August 2019 and spent more than two weeks in the country before trying to shoot the man outside his home in Birmingham—Simon Ford reports.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>157aimee-betro,aimee-betro-birmingham,aimee-betro-case,american-hitwoman,attempted-murder-birmingham,attempted-murder-uk,birmingham-revenge-plot,crime-podcast,criminal-psychology,failed-hit-plot,gun-jam-saved-a-life,hitwoman-case,psycho-killer-podcast,revenge-plot,shocking-true-crime,true-crime,true-crime-stories,true-crime-uk,uk-true-crime,us-hitwomanfalsebonushttps://www.psycho-killer.coExplicit – surgery details

The story of Walter J. Freeman II is as disturbing as it is bizarre. He pioneered the transorbital lobotomy, a radical and, to modern minds, barbaric form of brain surgery. Freeman left behind him a trail of devastation – shattered lives and a body count that reached the hundreds. Yet it took the authorities two decades to come to their senses and stop him. 

During those years, he worked with official approval at institutions across the United States. He even became a travelling sales-surgeon, peddling his procedure like snake oil, driving from state to state in a vehicle that came to be known as the 'lobotomobile'. His patients, which we would now call victims, included the rich and famous. Some gave consent. Others did not. 

Until his death, Freeman insisted he had altruistic intentions. He wanted to cure the incurable with his ground-breaking surgical technique. He tried to send people back to their families the way they used to be, before mental illness took hold. That is the case for the defence. The prosecution alleges that Walter J. Freeman II was something darker. That his motives were far from selfless. That he was, in fact, a psycho killer of the first order. 

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The story of Walter J. Freeman II is as disturbing as it is bizarre. He pioneered the transorbital lobotomy, a radical and, to modern minds, barbaric form of brain surgery. Freeman left behind him a trail of devastation – shattered lives and a body count that reached the hundreds. Yet it took the authorities two decades to come to their senses and stop him. 

During those years, he worked with official approval at institutions across the United States. He even became a travelling sales-surgeon, peddling his procedure like snake oil, driving from state to state in a vehicle that came to be known as the 'lobotomobile'. His patients, which we would now call victims, included the rich and famous. Some gave consent. Others did not. 

Until his death, Freeman insisted he had altruistic intentions. He wanted to cure the incurable with his ground-breaking surgical technique. He tried to send people back to their families the way they used to be, before mental illness took hold. That is the case for the defence. The prosecution alleges that Walter J. Freeman II was something darker. That his motives were far from selfless. That he was, in fact, a psycho killer of the first order. 

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Landru, known as the “Bluebeard of Gambais,” was convicted of murdering at least ten women and a teenage boy during World War I. But what happened to his head after the blade fell is a mystery tangled in rumour, lost records, and bizarre twists.

Was it preserved for science, smuggled as a macabre trophy, or simply passed from collector to collector? Join us as we explore the historical trail, the ethical questions, and the unsettling fascination with turning killers into curiosities.

Acknowledgements
KCAL News (2015). 'The Museum of Death is filled with lively exhibits – if you don't faint.' Available on YouTube.

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Landru, known as the “Bluebeard of Gambais,” was convicted of murdering at least ten women and a teenage boy during World War I. But what happened to his head after the blade fell is a mystery tangled in rumour, lost records, and bizarre twists.

Was it preserved for science, smuggled as a macabre trophy, or simply passed from collector to collector? Join us as we explore the historical trail, the ethical questions, and the unsettling fascination with turning killers into curiosities.

Acknowledgements
KCAL News (2015). 'The Museum of Death is filled with lively exhibits – if you don't faint.' Available on YouTube.

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The case became known as "the bodies in the barrels" serial killings, because the dismembered bodies of the victims were found in barrels of hydrochloric acid in the vault of a disused bank in Snowtown, a remote community 93 miles north of Adelaide.  

As Simon Ford reports, Vlassakis was jailed with three other men after one of the longest and most publicised trials in Australian legal history.

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The case became known as "the bodies in the barrels" serial killings, because the dismembered bodies of the victims were found in barrels of hydrochloric acid in the vault of a disused bank in Snowtown, a remote community 93 miles north of Adelaide.  

As Simon Ford reports, Vlassakis was jailed with three other men after one of the longest and most publicised trials in Australian legal history.

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In this new true crime series, Jacques opens his casebook to reveal gripping stories from a lifetime investigating murders, cold cases, and criminal minds. From serial killers to psychopaths, he shares behind-the-scenes insights into real police work and the psychology of killers.

The Detective’s Files offers a rare glimpse into the dark heart of crime, told by someone who’s seen it all. Subscribe now for must-hear true crime stories, interviews, and expert analysis from the front lines of justice.

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In this new true crime series, Jacques opens his casebook to reveal gripping stories from a lifetime investigating murders, cold cases, and criminal minds. From serial killers to psychopaths, he shares behind-the-scenes insights into real police work and the psychology of killers.

The Detective’s Files offers a rare glimpse into the dark heart of crime, told by someone who’s seen it all. Subscribe now for must-hear true crime stories, interviews, and expert analysis from the front lines of justice.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1857behind-the-crime-scene,british-crime-stories,cold-case-files,crime-and-behaviour,criminal-investigations,criminal-psychology,former-police-detective,jacques-morrell,murder-mystery-podcast,must-listen-true-crime,new-true-crime-podcast,profiling-criminal-minds,psycho-killer-podcast,psychopath-analysis,real-police-stories,serial-killers,the-detectives-files,true-crime-interviews,true-crime-podcast,uk-true-crimefalse1fullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coExplicit

In our last episode, we met Henri Désiré Landru: serial seducer, swindler, and killer — a man who lured lonely women to his villa at Gambais and turned them into ash.

Now, the net is closing. In this second instalment of The Bluebeard of Gambais, we follow the tenacious detective who pursued Landru across a war-torn France — and finally brought him to justice.

We’ll take you inside the courtroom where Landru stood trial for eleven murders — and the public couldn’t look away.

With forensic precision and historical rigour, we examine the evidence, the gender politics, and the media frenzy that gripped a nation. From the witness box to the guillotine — this is true crime at its most shocking.

You'll find our back-catalogue of gripping episodes on Spreaker and wherever you get your true-crime podcast fix.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67104813Sun, 03 Aug 2025 23:05:07 +0000Simon FordExplicit In our last episode, we met Henri Désiré Landru: serial seducer, swindler, and killer — a man who lured lonely women to his villa at Gambais and turned them into ash. Now, the net is closing. In this second instalment of The Bluebeard of...Explicit

In our last episode, we met Henri Désiré Landru: serial seducer, swindler, and killer — a man who lured lonely women to his villa at Gambais and turned them into ash.

Now, the net is closing. In this second instalment of The Bluebeard of Gambais, we follow the tenacious detective who pursued Landru across a war-torn France — and finally brought him to justice.

We’ll take you inside the courtroom where Landru stood trial for eleven murders — and the public couldn’t look away.

With forensic precision and historical rigour, we examine the evidence, the gender politics, and the media frenzy that gripped a nation. From the witness box to the guillotine — this is true crime at its most shocking.

You'll find our back-catalogue of gripping episodes on Spreaker and wherever you get your true-crime podcast fix.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1518bluebeardofgambais,coldcasefiles,crimeinvestigation,criminalpsychology,forensichistory,frenchserialkiller,frenchtruecrime,guillotineexecution,henrilandru,historicjustice,historicmurders,landrutrial,lonelyheartskiller,misogynyinhistory,murderpodcast,psychokiller,serialkillers,shockingtruecrimestories,truecrimepodcast,worldwaronecrimetruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coExplicit

This is the chilling true story of Henri Désiré Landru — France’s most infamous serial killer. He posed as a lonely hearts suitor… but behind the doors of his villa at Gambais, women disappeared without a trace.

It took one of the most painstaking investigations in French criminal history — and a detective who refused to give up — to expose the horror Landru was hiding in plain sight.

At Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories, we don’t just recount the crimes. We go deeper. With forensic accuracy and historical integrity, each episode is crafted by veteran journalist Simon Ford and former major crime detective Jacques Morrell. Subscribe now — and discover why, over 60 episodes in, Psycho Killer has become true crime’s most addictive descent into darkness.

Slake your thirst for intelligent true-crime coverage at our website.

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This is the chilling true story of Henri Désiré Landru — France’s most infamous serial killer. He posed as a lonely hearts suitor… but behind the doors of his villa at Gambais, women disappeared without a trace.

It took one of the most painstaking investigations in French criminal history — and a detective who refused to give up — to expose the horror Landru was hiding in plain sight.

At Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories, we don’t just recount the crimes. We go deeper. With forensic accuracy and historical integrity, each episode is crafted by veteran journalist Simon Ford and former major crime detective Jacques Morrell. Subscribe now — and discover why, over 60 episodes in, Psycho Killer has become true crime’s most addictive descent into darkness.

Slake your thirst for intelligent true-crime coverage at our website.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1426bluebeardofgambais,coldcasefiles,crimeinvestigation,criminalpsychology,forensichistory,frenchserialkiller,frenchtruecrime,guillotineexecution,henrilandru,historicjustice,historicmurders,landrutrial,lonelyheartskiller,misogynyinhistory,murderpodcast,psychokiller,serialkillers,shockingtruecrimestories,truecrimepodcast,worldwaronecrimetruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coUpdate

Lori Vallow Daybell, the doomsday cult follower who killed two of her children, has been handed two additional life sentences for a plot that led to her ex-husband's murder and the attempted murder of her niece's ex-husband. 

It marked the end of the road for the Arizona mother with doomsday religious beliefs who claimed evil spirits had possessed her family members. Simon Ford has the details.

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Lori Vallow Daybell, the doomsday cult follower who killed two of her children, has been handed two additional life sentences for a plot that led to her ex-husband's murder and the attempted murder of her niece's ex-husband. 

It marked the end of the road for the Arizona mother with doomsday religious beliefs who claimed evil spirits had possessed her family members. Simon Ford has the details.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>181arizona-cult-crime,crimepodcast,criminalpsychology,darkminds,death-cult-mom,jjvallow,justiceserved,lorivallow,lorivallowdaybell,lorivallowdaybelltrial,mormon-crime,murdermystery,psychokiller,psychokillerpodcast,realcrime,serialkillerstories,shockingstories,truecrime,truecrimecommunity,tylee-ryanfalsebonushttps://www.psycho-killer.coUpdate

Police in Cornwall have quashed speculation that multiple bodies have been found in woods near the town of St Austell.

The County’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Alison Hernandez, has apologised for misleading remarks she made during an online meeting.  

On Friday, 25 July, Alison Hernandez told a streamed meeting of Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Panel that “dead bodies” had been found in Paramoor Woods near the village of Sticker, approximately three miles southwest of St Austell.

Simon Ford has more details.

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Police in Cornwall have quashed speculation that multiple bodies have been found in woods near the town of St Austell.

The County’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Alison Hernandez, has apologised for misleading remarks she made during an online meeting.  

On Friday, 25 July, Alison Hernandez told a streamed meeting of Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Panel that “dead bodies” had been found in Paramoor Woods near the village of Sticker, approximately three miles southwest of St Austell.

Simon Ford has more details.

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As Simon Ford reports, Dshawn Crawford disguised himself as a wrestler known as The Undertaker to carry out the attacks in 2023.


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As Simon Ford reports, Dshawn Crawford disguised himself as a wrestler known as The Undertaker to carry out the attacks in 2023.


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Love true crime with a psychological twist?
Explore dozens more gripping episodes in the Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories archive — from infamous serial killers to criminal minds you’ve never heard of.
👉 Listen now on Spreaker.

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Love true crime with a psychological twist?
Explore dozens more gripping episodes in the Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories archive — from infamous serial killers to criminal minds you’ve never heard of.
👉 Listen now on Spreaker.

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A murderer who cut up his victims, packed their remains into suitcases and threw the remains off Clifton Bridge in Bristol, has been told to expect a life sentence.

Yostin Andres Mosquera, of Scotts Road, Shepherd’s Bush Green, was found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court of the murders of Paul Longworth and Albert Alfonso.

The pair were killed at their Shepherd’s Bush flat on 8 July last year in what police described as a "brutal and callous" attack – as Simon Ford reports.


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A murderer who cut up his victims, packed their remains into suitcases and threw the remains off Clifton Bridge in Bristol, has been told to expect a life sentence.

Yostin Andres Mosquera, of Scotts Road, Shepherd’s Bush Green, was found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court of the murders of Paul Longworth and Albert Alfonso.

The pair were killed at their Shepherd’s Bush flat on 8 July last year in what police described as a "brutal and callous" attack – as Simon Ford reports.


Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>190bristol,bristolcrime2025,bristoldoublemurder,bristolsuitcasekiller,cliftonsuspensionbridgemurders,colombianmurdereruk,suitcasemurdercase,trendingnow mustlisten viralpo,truecrime,truecrime serialkillers crimep,ukcourtcase2025,yostinmosquera,yostinmosquerapodcasttruebonushttps://www.psycho-killer.coExplicit

In the final part of our Ian Huntley trilogy, Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories asks: can a psychopath ever truly feel remorse? And if they can’t be cured—can they at least be taught to reform?

We explore Huntley’s prison behaviour and recorded expressions of regret, set against the pioneering research of British forensic psychologist Dee Anand. His group, Beyond Diagnosis, argues that even psychopathy can be addressed—if we ask not “what’s wrong with you?” but “what happened to you?”

Featuring real psychological insight, forensic rigour, and professional expertise, Psycho Killer continues to set the standard for intelligent true crime storytelling.

🎧 Catch up on Parts 1 & 2 now, and support the show on Patreon.

🔗 Discover 70+ gripping episodes at psycho-killer.co

Acknowledgements & Source Material

• BBC 10 O'clock News (2003). Huntley and Carr sentenced – Duncan Kennedy reports. Watch on YouTube

• BBC Six O'clock News (2002). Police retrace the last-known steps of the missing ten-year-olds – Clarence Mitchell reports from Soham. Watch on YouTube

• CNN (2002). News report on Soham murders: police announcement that two bodies had been found. Watch on YouTube

• Good Morning Britain/The Sun (n.d.). Huntley 'apologises' for Soham murders. Watch on YouTube

• The Independent (2022). Journalist Brian Farmer recalls the Soham killer’s suspicious answers 20 years on. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2013). Soham 10 Years On – includes Jeremy Thompson's interview with Maxine Carr. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2010). Ian Huntley recovers after prison attack. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News at 10 (2002). Ian Huntley will stand trial next summer. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2002). Jeremy Thompson's interview with Ian Huntley. Watch on YouTube

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66839753Sun, 20 Jul 2025 23:05:07 +0000Simon FordExplicit In the final part of our Ian Huntley trilogy, Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories asks: can a psychopath ever truly feel remorse? And if they can’t be cured—can they at least be taught to reform? We explore Huntley’s prison behaviour...Explicit

In the final part of our Ian Huntley trilogy, Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories asks: can a psychopath ever truly feel remorse? And if they can’t be cured—can they at least be taught to reform?

We explore Huntley’s prison behaviour and recorded expressions of regret, set against the pioneering research of British forensic psychologist Dee Anand. His group, Beyond Diagnosis, argues that even psychopathy can be addressed—if we ask not “what’s wrong with you?” but “what happened to you?”

Featuring real psychological insight, forensic rigour, and professional expertise, Psycho Killer continues to set the standard for intelligent true crime storytelling.

🎧 Catch up on Parts 1 & 2 now, and support the show on Patreon.

🔗 Discover 70+ gripping episodes at psycho-killer.co

Acknowledgements & Source Material

• BBC 10 O'clock News (2003). Huntley and Carr sentenced – Duncan Kennedy reports. Watch on YouTube

• BBC Six O'clock News (2002). Police retrace the last-known steps of the missing ten-year-olds – Clarence Mitchell reports from Soham. Watch on YouTube

• CNN (2002). News report on Soham murders: police announcement that two bodies had been found. Watch on YouTube

• Good Morning Britain/The Sun (n.d.). Huntley 'apologises' for Soham murders. Watch on YouTube

• The Independent (2022). Journalist Brian Farmer recalls the Soham killer’s suspicious answers 20 years on. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2013). Soham 10 Years On – includes Jeremy Thompson's interview with Maxine Carr. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2010). Ian Huntley recovers after prison attack. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News at 10 (2002). Ian Huntley will stand trial next summer. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2002). Jeremy Thompson's interview with Ian Huntley. Watch on YouTube

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1245amygdala-brain-scan,beyond-diagnosis,can-psychopaths-change,child-protection,criminal-neuroscience,dee-anand,forensic-psychologist,grey-matter-deficits,ian-huntley-prison,ian-huntley-remorse,mental-health-and-crime,prison-psychology,psycho-killer-podcast,psychopaths-in-prison,psychopathy-treatment,reform-or-relapse,rehabilitation-or-ruse,true-crime-podcast,true-crime-psychology,uk-criminal-casestruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coRobert Parrington Jackson case — Bristol’s oldest unsolved murder — we pick up where we left off: a dead cinema manager, a bullet fired in perfect sync with a wartime film reel, and a suspect so slippery he makes Keyser Söze look chatty.

We’ll explore false leads, post-war paranoia, deathbed confessions, and one very suspicious newspaper. And we ask: why has this case remained unsolved for nearly 80 years? In a story this cinematic, the ending should’ve been scripted by now.

Of course, if you’re a Psycho Killer Patreon member, chances are you’ve already heard this episode — ad-free, early, and possibly with a smug smile. Because Patreon is where you’ll find all our bonus content, exclusive behind-the-scenes episodes, and a complete absence of mattress ads or meal-kit pitches.

Simon Ford is your narrator-in-chief, bringing years of documentary experience, narrative insight, and just a dash of existential dread to every murder file.

Jacques Morrell, meanwhile, is the former copper with a memory like a steel trap and the bedside manner of a pathologist — perfect for guiding us through murky motives, missing firearms, and motives muddier than the Avon. If you haven’t already joined us on Patreon, this might just be the perfect time. Because while the suspects in our stories tend to disappear into the shadows, our best content doesn’t have to.

Subscribe, support, and above all —
Keep your wits sharp. The killer usually has.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66857329Thu, 17 Jul 2025 23:05:07 +0000Simon FordIn this second and final part of our deep dive into the Robert Parrington Jackson case — Bristol’s oldest unsolved murder — we pick up where we left off: a dead cinema manager, a bullet fired in perfect sync with a wartime film reel, and a suspect so...Robert Parrington Jackson case — Bristol’s oldest unsolved murder — we pick up where we left off: a dead cinema manager, a bullet fired in perfect sync with a wartime film reel, and a suspect so slippery he makes Keyser Söze look chatty.

We’ll explore false leads, post-war paranoia, deathbed confessions, and one very suspicious newspaper. And we ask: why has this case remained unsolved for nearly 80 years? In a story this cinematic, the ending should’ve been scripted by now.

Of course, if you’re a Psycho Killer Patreon member, chances are you’ve already heard this episode — ad-free, early, and possibly with a smug smile. Because Patreon is where you’ll find all our bonus content, exclusive behind-the-scenes episodes, and a complete absence of mattress ads or meal-kit pitches.

Simon Ford is your narrator-in-chief, bringing years of documentary experience, narrative insight, and just a dash of existential dread to every murder file.

Jacques Morrell, meanwhile, is the former copper with a memory like a steel trap and the bedside manner of a pathologist — perfect for guiding us through murky motives, missing firearms, and motives muddier than the Avon. If you haven’t already joined us on Patreon, this might just be the perfect time. Because while the suspects in our stories tend to disappear into the shadows, our best content doesn’t have to.

Subscribe, support, and above all —
Keep your wits sharp. The killer usually has.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>17901946-shooting,bristol-true-crime,british-cold-case,cold-case-files,colt-1911-case,dark-crime-podcast,deathbed-confession,film-noir-mystery,forensic-reconstruction,jacques-morrell-investigator,patreon-true-crime,postwar-crime-uk,robert-parrington-jackson,simon-ford-podcast,true-crime-aficionados,true-crime-investigation,uk-police-history,unsolved-british-murder,unsolved-cinema-murder,unsolved-homicide-uktruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/david-fuller-bedsit-killer-morgue-monster-update--66985887Breaking | Explicit

An inquiry into the case of necrophiliac killer  David Fuller has concluded that offences such as those he committed could happen again because hospital mortuary security in England is ineffective.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66985887Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:49:11 +0000Simon FordBreaking | Explicit An inquiry into the case of necrophiliac killer  David Fuller has concluded that offences such as those he committed could happen again because hospital mortuary security in England is ineffective.Breaking | Explicit

An inquiry into the case of necrophiliac killer  David Fuller has concluded that offences such as those he committed could happen again because hospital mortuary security in England is ineffective.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>148crimesagainstthedead,criminaljusticeuk,darktruecrime,davidfuller,forensicfailures,hospitalhorror,justiceforvictims,morguemonster,mortuarysecurity,murderandabuse,necrophiliacase,nhsscandal,psychokillerpodcast,psychokillerstories ``,serialkillerpodcast,spreakertruecrime,truecrimeinvestigation,truecrimestories,truecrimeuk,tunbridgewellscrimestruebonushttps://www.psycho-killer.coExplicit

In the second part of our deep dive into the Soham murders, Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Podcasts examines Ian Huntley’s disturbing psychological profile through the lens of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist (Revised). What does his score reveal about his mind—and his motives?

We also explore the complex role of Maxine Carr: was she a willing accomplice, or a victim of coercive control? With forensic storytelling, gold-standard journalism, and insight from a real former detective, Psycho Killer goes beyond the headlines to uncover the uncomfortable truths behind this notorious case. 

🎧 Listen now—and don’t forget to support the podcast on Patreon.

🔗 Explore 70+ gripping episodes at psycho-killer.co

Acknowledgements & Source Material

• BBC 10 O'clock News (2003). Huntley and Carr sentenced – Duncan Kennedy reports. Watch on YouTube

• BBC Six O'clock News (2002). Police retrace the last-known steps of the missing ten-year-olds – Clarence Mitchell reports from Soham. Watch on YouTube

• CNN (2002). News report on Soham murders: police announcement that two bodies had been found. Watch on YouTube

• Good Morning Britain/The Sun (n.d.). Huntley 'apologises' for Soham murders. Watch on YouTube

• The Independent (2022). Journalist Brian Farmer recalls Soham killer’s suspicious answers 20 years on. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2013). Soham 10 Years On – includes Jeremy Thompson's interview with Maxine Carr. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2010). Ian Huntley recovers after prison attack. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News at 10 (2002). Ian Huntley will stand trial next summer. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2002). Jeremy Thompson's interview with Ian Huntley. Watch on YouTube

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66839801Sun, 13 Jul 2025 23:05:07 +0000Simon FordExplicit In the second part of our deep dive into the Soham murders, Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Podcasts examines Ian Huntley’s disturbing psychological profile through the lens of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist (Revised). What does his score...Explicit

In the second part of our deep dive into the Soham murders, Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Podcasts examines Ian Huntley’s disturbing psychological profile through the lens of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist (Revised). What does his score reveal about his mind—and his motives?

We also explore the complex role of Maxine Carr: was she a willing accomplice, or a victim of coercive control? With forensic storytelling, gold-standard journalism, and insight from a real former detective, Psycho Killer goes beyond the headlines to uncover the uncomfortable truths behind this notorious case. 

🎧 Listen now—and don’t forget to support the podcast on Patreon.

🔗 Explore 70+ gripping episodes at psycho-killer.co

Acknowledgements & Source Material

• BBC 10 O'clock News (2003). Huntley and Carr sentenced – Duncan Kennedy reports. Watch on YouTube

• BBC Six O'clock News (2002). Police retrace the last-known steps of the missing ten-year-olds – Clarence Mitchell reports from Soham. Watch on YouTube

• CNN (2002). News report on Soham murders: police announcement that two bodies had been found. Watch on YouTube

• Good Morning Britain/The Sun (n.d.). Huntley 'apologises' for Soham murders. Watch on YouTube

• The Independent (2022). Journalist Brian Farmer recalls Soham killer’s suspicious answers 20 years on. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2013). Soham 10 Years On – includes Jeremy Thompson's interview with Maxine Carr. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2010). Ian Huntley recovers after prison attack. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News at 10 (2002). Ian Huntley will stand trial next summer. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2002). Jeremy Thompson's interview with Ian Huntley. Watch on YouTube

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1625child-killer-profile,coercive-control,criminal-profiling,forensic-psychology,hare-psychopathy-checklist,ian-huntley-psychology,manipulative-behaviour,maxine-carr,maxine-carr-accomplice,mental-state-assessment,psycho-killer-podcast,psychopath-checklist,psychopath-profile,soham-investigation,soham-murders,soham-trial,true-crime-analysis,true-crime-deep-dive,true-crime-psychology,uk-true-crimetruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coExplicit

When 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman vanished from the quiet town of Soham in 2002, Britain was gripped by a tragedy that quickly spiralled into one of the most disturbing child murder cases in modern history. In this first episode of a three-part investigative series, Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories examines the early signs, missed red flags, and manipulative behaviours of Ian Huntley—the school caretaker who inserted himself into the heart of the investigation… while knowing exactly what had happened to the girls.

🎧 Expect meticulous research, forensic detail, and professional insight. This isn’t just another retelling — it’s a deep, intelligent dive into a killer’s psychology and the systemic failures that allowed him to remain hidden in plain sight. 🔍 What makes us different?

• Gold-standard journalism
• Authenticated historical and psychological analysis
• Real-world experience: one presenter is a former police detective; the other has worked in child protection education
• Best-in-class true-crime storytelling with integrity and depth

👉 Support our work on Patreon to help us keep producing intelligent, meaningful true-crime content: https://www.patreon.com/PsychoKillerPodcast

🌐 Explore 70+ gripping episodes on notorious criminals — from Jimmy Savile to Jack the Ripper — at https://psycho-killer.co

🔗 Listen to Part 1 now — and subscribe so you don’t miss Parts 2 and 3, where we explore the media’s role in unmasking Huntley, Maxine Carr’s disturbing involvement, and the psychological profile that puts him squarely on the psychopathy spectrum.

Acknowledgements & Source Material

• BBC 10 O'clock News (2003). Huntley and Carr sentenced – Duncan Kennedy reports. Watch on YouTube

• BBC Six O'clock News (2002). Police retrace the last-known steps of the missing ten-year-olds – Clarence Mitchell reports from Soham. Watch on YouTube

• CNN (2002). News report on Soham murders: police announcement that two bodies had been found. Watch on YouTube

• Good Morning Britain/The Sun (n.d.). Huntley 'apologises' for Soham murders. Watch on YouTube

• The Independent (2022). Journalist Brian Farmer recalls Soham killer’s suspicious answers 20 years on. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2013). Soham 10 Years On – includes Jeremy Thompson's interview with Maxine Carr. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2010). Ian Huntley recovers after prison attack. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News at 10 (2002). Ian Huntley will stand trial next summer. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2002). Jeremy Thompson's interview with Ian Huntley. Watch on YouTube

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66725414Sun, 06 Jul 2025 23:05:07 +0000Simon FordExplicit When 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman vanished from the quiet town of Soham in 2002, Britain was gripped by a tragedy that quickly spiralled into one of the most disturbing child murder cases in modern history. In this first...Explicit

When 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman vanished from the quiet town of Soham in 2002, Britain was gripped by a tragedy that quickly spiralled into one of the most disturbing child murder cases in modern history. In this first episode of a three-part investigative series, Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories examines the early signs, missed red flags, and manipulative behaviours of Ian Huntley—the school caretaker who inserted himself into the heart of the investigation… while knowing exactly what had happened to the girls.

🎧 Expect meticulous research, forensic detail, and professional insight. This isn’t just another retelling — it’s a deep, intelligent dive into a killer’s psychology and the systemic failures that allowed him to remain hidden in plain sight. 🔍 What makes us different?

• Gold-standard journalism
• Authenticated historical and psychological analysis
• Real-world experience: one presenter is a former police detective; the other has worked in child protection education
• Best-in-class true-crime storytelling with integrity and depth

👉 Support our work on Patreon to help us keep producing intelligent, meaningful true-crime content: https://www.patreon.com/PsychoKillerPodcast

🌐 Explore 70+ gripping episodes on notorious criminals — from Jimmy Savile to Jack the Ripper — at https://psycho-killer.co

🔗 Listen to Part 1 now — and subscribe so you don’t miss Parts 2 and 3, where we explore the media’s role in unmasking Huntley, Maxine Carr’s disturbing involvement, and the psychological profile that puts him squarely on the psychopathy spectrum.

Acknowledgements & Source Material

• BBC 10 O'clock News (2003). Huntley and Carr sentenced – Duncan Kennedy reports. Watch on YouTube

• BBC Six O'clock News (2002). Police retrace the last-known steps of the missing ten-year-olds – Clarence Mitchell reports from Soham. Watch on YouTube

• CNN (2002). News report on Soham murders: police announcement that two bodies had been found. Watch on YouTube

• Good Morning Britain/The Sun (n.d.). Huntley 'apologises' for Soham murders. Watch on YouTube

• The Independent (2022). Journalist Brian Farmer recalls Soham killer’s suspicious answers 20 years on. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2013). Soham 10 Years On – includes Jeremy Thompson's interview with Maxine Carr. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2010). Ian Huntley recovers after prison attack. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News at 10 (2002). Ian Huntley will stand trial next summer. Watch on YouTube

• ITV News (2002). Jeremy Thompson's interview with Ian Huntley. Watch on YouTube

9342002-soham-case,british-true-crime,child-murder-case,child-protection-failure,criminal-red-flags,forensic-storytelling,holly-wells,ian-huntley,jessica-chapman,maxine-carr,missing-children-case,psycho-killer-podcast,psychopath-behaviour,real-crime-podcast,school-caretaker-killer,soham-documentary,soham-murders,true-crime-investigation,true-crime-series,true-crime-uktruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coPsycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories — the podcast that peers into the darkest corners of the human psyche, dusts off cold cases, and gives them a hard stare.

This week, we’re delving into Bristol’s oldest unsolved murder — the mysterious shooting of cinema manager Robert Parrington Jackson in 1946. A real-life whodunnit with a cinematic twist: the killer timed the shot to coincide with gunfire in the film playing next door. All very Hitchcock meets hardboiled noir — minus the tidy ending.

This is Part One of a two-part investigation. Part Two drops next Friday… unless, of course, you’re a Psycho Killer Patreon member — in which case it’s already waiting for you, ad-free and smugly ahead of the crowd. And speaking of what lurks behind the curtain — this episode was originally created as a Patreon exclusive: a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse inside the Psycho Killer engine room — or, if you prefer, the minds of your hosts. Enter if you dare.

👤 Simon Ford is a veteran documentary-maker who’s spent decades interviewing the disturbed and the dangerous — though some would say his riskiest move was inviting former detective Jacques Morrell onto the show in the first place.

🕵️‍♂️ Jacques Morrell (yes, spelled the French way, but don’t hold that against him) is a retired copper with a dry wit, a long memory, and a very particular set of skills — many of which come in handy when rummaging through Britain’s unsolved cases, or just winding up Simon.

Together, they bring experience, intelligence and just enough gallows humour to keep the darkness at bay. If you're enjoying the show, join us on Patreon. You’ll get early access to all our episodes, exclusive bonus content, and ad-free listening — because let’s face it, nothing kills the mood in a murder story like a mattress commercial. Subscribe, review, and remember — when the killer’s unknown, the mind fills in the blanks.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66852450Thu, 03 Jul 2025 23:05:08 +0000Simon FordWelcome to Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories — the podcast that peers into the darkest corners of the human psyche, dusts off cold cases, and gives them a hard stare. This week, we’re delving into Bristol’s oldest unsolved murder — the...Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories — the podcast that peers into the darkest corners of the human psyche, dusts off cold cases, and gives them a hard stare.

This week, we’re delving into Bristol’s oldest unsolved murder — the mysterious shooting of cinema manager Robert Parrington Jackson in 1946. A real-life whodunnit with a cinematic twist: the killer timed the shot to coincide with gunfire in the film playing next door. All very Hitchcock meets hardboiled noir — minus the tidy ending.

This is Part One of a two-part investigation. Part Two drops next Friday… unless, of course, you’re a Psycho Killer Patreon member — in which case it’s already waiting for you, ad-free and smugly ahead of the crowd. And speaking of what lurks behind the curtain — this episode was originally created as a Patreon exclusive: a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse inside the Psycho Killer engine room — or, if you prefer, the minds of your hosts. Enter if you dare.

👤 Simon Ford is a veteran documentary-maker who’s spent decades interviewing the disturbed and the dangerous — though some would say his riskiest move was inviting former detective Jacques Morrell onto the show in the first place.

🕵️‍♂️ Jacques Morrell (yes, spelled the French way, but don’t hold that against him) is a retired copper with a dry wit, a long memory, and a very particular set of skills — many of which come in handy when rummaging through Britain’s unsolved cases, or just winding up Simon.

Together, they bring experience, intelligence and just enough gallows humour to keep the darkness at bay. If you're enjoying the show, join us on Patreon. You’ll get early access to all our episodes, exclusive bonus content, and ad-free listening — because let’s face it, nothing kills the mood in a murder story like a mattress commercial. Subscribe, review, and remember — when the killer’s unknown, the mind fills in the blanks.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>24331940s-true-crime,bristol-cold-case,britains-oldest-cold-case,cinema-murder,colt-1911,crime-reconstruction,crime-scene-investigation,film-noir-murder,historic-murder-case,jacques-morrell,murder-mystery-podcast,patreon-true-crime,postwar-britain,psychopathology,robert-parrington-jackson,simon-ford,true-crime-community,uk-true-crime,unsolved-homicide,unsolved-uk-murderfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-double-life-of-jimmy-savile-part-2--66566022Explicit

In the second part of our investigation into Jimmy Savile, we go deeper into one of the most disturbing cover-ups in British criminal history. How did a man accused of hundreds of sexual assaults operate with impunity for decades—inside hospitals, children’s homes, and even the BBC itself? Who protected him? And why did it take so long for victims’ voices to be heard?

With exclusive insight from veteran detective Jacques Morrell and gold-standard journalism from Simon Ford, this episode dissects the systemic failures, psychological profile, and chilling manipulation that made Savile Britain’s most prolific sexual predator. We score him against the Hare Psychopathy Checklist to ask the critical question: Was Jimmy Savile a psychopath? If you thought Part One was shocking, Part Two is essential listening. 

Subscribe now and support the Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories on Patreon. You can also explore 70+ other gripping true crime cases on our website at psycho-killer.co.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66566022Sun, 29 Jun 2025 23:05:07 +0000Simon FordExplicit In the second part of our investigation into Jimmy Savile, we go deeper into one of the most disturbing cover-ups in British criminal history. How did a man accused of hundreds of sexual assaults operate with impunity for decades—inside...Explicit

In the second part of our investigation into Jimmy Savile, we go deeper into one of the most disturbing cover-ups in British criminal history. How did a man accused of hundreds of sexual assaults operate with impunity for decades—inside hospitals, children’s homes, and even the BBC itself? Who protected him? And why did it take so long for victims’ voices to be heard?

With exclusive insight from veteran detective Jacques Morrell and gold-standard journalism from Simon Ford, this episode dissects the systemic failures, psychological profile, and chilling manipulation that made Savile Britain’s most prolific sexual predator. We score him against the Hare Psychopathy Checklist to ask the critical question: Was Jimmy Savile a psychopath? If you thought Part One was shocking, Part Two is essential listening. 

Subscribe now and support the Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories on Patreon. You can also explore 70+ other gripping true crime cases on our website at psycho-killer.co.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1958bbccoverup,britain’sbiggestpredator,britishtruecrime,crimesofthebbc,exposingjimmysavile,harepsychopathychecklist,howdidsavilegetawaywithit,institutionalabuse,jimmysavile,jimmysavilevictims,mediascandalsuk,operationyewtree,psychokillerpodcast,psychopathanalysis,savileinvestigation,savilescandal,serialsexualoffenders,truecrimedocumentary,truecrimeuk,uncoveringinstitutionalfailuretruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coExplicit

Jimmy Savile was one of Britain’s most famous celebrities — a beloved TV presenter, tireless charity fundraiser, and knight of the realm. But behind the tracksuits, cigars, and catchphrases lay something far darker.

After his death in 2011, hundreds of victims came forward, revealing him to be one of the most prolific sexual predators in British history. In this first episode of Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories, we dig beneath the surface to explore how Savile groomed an entire nation.

How did he hide in plain sight for decades? Why did no one stop him? And what does his story tell us about power, celebrity, and institutional failure?

We’ll uncover chilling evidence, confront uncomfortable truths, and hear from experts who’ve studied his case in forensic detail, including how he measures up against the Hare Psychopathy Checklist.

Whether you remember Jimmy Savile or are hearing his name for the first time, this story will shock you to your core. Subscribe now, and join us as we expose the mind — and the crimes — of a man who fooled the world.

Part 2 is available now on Spreaker, and wherever you get your true-crime podcast fix.

Acknoweldgements

• BBC/slackbacker24, 2012. Jimmy Savile & Margaret Thatcher. [video] YouTube. 
• BBC – Top of The Pops, 2025. The Most Vile Disturbing Jimmy Savile video. [video] YouTube Shorts. 
• BBC – Radio 4, 2011. Jimmy Savile Death Announcement. [video] YouTube.
• BBC – The News Agents, 2023. Meirion Jones on Steve Coogan’s portrayal in 'The Reckoning'. [video] YouTube. 
• BBC – Jim’ll Fix It, 2023. Disturbing Clip of Jimmy Savile and Gary Glitter... You Couldn't Make It Up!. [video] YouTube Shorts. 
• BBC – Jim’ll Fix It, 2025. Creepy Jimmy Savile encourages guests to kiss and grab girls. [video] YouTube.
• BBC/MusicalMemoryLane, 2010. The Jim’ll Fix It theme tune. [video] YouTube.
• Channel 4 News, 2012. Broadmoor: Savile was 'a lunatic in charge of the asylum'. [video] YouTube.
• Channel 5 News, 2013. Savile victim speaks out. [video] YouTube.
• ITN, 2020. Sir Jimmy Savile, Charles and Princess Diana open the Stoke Mandeville Hospital. [video] YouTube.
• ITN/On Demand News, 2011. GOODNESS GRACIOUS: Jimmy Savile's golden farewell. [video] YouTube.
• ITV News/TVS, 2012. Allegations against Jimmy Savile increase. [video] YouTube.
• ITV News/The Telegraph, 2012. Jimmy Savile 'gave me cigarettes for sex'. [video] YouTube. 
• Netflix, 2022. Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story | Official Trailer. [video] YouTube. 
• Sky News, 2015. Gary Glitter Found Guilty Of Sex Offences Against Underage Girls. [video] YouTube. 
• Surrey Constabulary/Alfred James Stewart, 2024. Sir Jimmy Savile Police Interview 1/09/2009. [video] YouTube.
• TvFilmMedia, 2025. Full Disturbing Fix-It Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris from 1976. [video] YouTube.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66412177Sun, 22 Jun 2025 23:05:07 +0000Simon FordExplicit Jimmy Savile was one of Britain’s most famous celebrities — a beloved TV presenter, tireless charity fundraiser, and knight of the realm. But behind the tracksuits, cigars, and catchphrases lay something far darker. After his death in 2011,...Explicit

Jimmy Savile was one of Britain’s most famous celebrities — a beloved TV presenter, tireless charity fundraiser, and knight of the realm. But behind the tracksuits, cigars, and catchphrases lay something far darker.

After his death in 2011, hundreds of victims came forward, revealing him to be one of the most prolific sexual predators in British history. In this first episode of Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories, we dig beneath the surface to explore how Savile groomed an entire nation.

How did he hide in plain sight for decades? Why did no one stop him? And what does his story tell us about power, celebrity, and institutional failure?

We’ll uncover chilling evidence, confront uncomfortable truths, and hear from experts who’ve studied his case in forensic detail, including how he measures up against the Hare Psychopathy Checklist.

Whether you remember Jimmy Savile or are hearing his name for the first time, this story will shock you to your core. Subscribe now, and join us as we expose the mind — and the crimes — of a man who fooled the world.

Part 2 is available now on Spreaker, and wherever you get your true-crime podcast fix.

Acknoweldgements

• BBC/slackbacker24, 2012. Jimmy Savile & Margaret Thatcher. [video] YouTube. 
• BBC – Top of The Pops, 2025. The Most Vile Disturbing Jimmy Savile video. [video] YouTube Shorts. 
• BBC – Radio 4, 2011. Jimmy Savile Death Announcement. [video] YouTube.
• BBC – The News Agents, 2023. Meirion Jones on Steve Coogan’s portrayal in 'The Reckoning'. [video] YouTube. 
• BBC – Jim’ll Fix It, 2023. Disturbing Clip of Jimmy Savile and Gary Glitter... You Couldn't Make It Up!. [video] YouTube Shorts. 
• BBC – Jim’ll Fix It, 2025. Creepy Jimmy Savile encourages guests to kiss and grab girls. [video] YouTube.
• BBC/MusicalMemoryLane, 2010. The Jim’ll Fix It theme tune. [video] YouTube.
• Channel 4 News, 2012. Broadmoor: Savile was 'a lunatic in charge of the asylum'. [video] YouTube.
• Channel 5 News, 2013. Savile victim speaks out. [video] YouTube.
• ITN, 2020. Sir Jimmy Savile, Charles and Princess Diana open the Stoke Mandeville Hospital. [video] YouTube.
• ITN/On Demand News, 2011. GOODNESS GRACIOUS: Jimmy Savile's golden farewell. [video] YouTube.
• ITV News/TVS, 2012. Allegations against Jimmy Savile increase. [video] 1201bbcscandal,britishcrime,celebrityscandal,crimepodcast,darksideoffame,harepcl,jimmysavile,justiceforvictims,powerandabuse,predatorexposed,psychokillerpodcast,psychopathychecklist,savilecoverup,savilescandal,serialpredator,stopthesilence,truecrime,truecrimecommunity,tvmonster,unmaskingeviltruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/andrei-chikatilo-the-butcher-of-rostov-part-2--66405440Expicit
  
  It took over a decade and more than fifty brutal murders before Soviet authorities finally captured Andrei Chikatilo. Dubbed The Butcher of Rostov, his cold, clinical detachment stunned even the most hardened investigators.
  
  In this second part of our deep dive, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell follow the hunt to its chilling conclusion – the arrest, trial, and execution of the USSR’s most prolific serial killer. 
  They perform a psychological autopsy of a man who sodomised, tortured, and cannibalised his victims – most of them women and children. What made him? How did he slip through the cracks for so long? And the most disturbing question of all: could it happen again – in a democracy, in our own time?
  
  Footage of Andrei Chikatilo’s death sentence – the monster meets his fate.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66405440Sun, 15 Jun 2025 23:05:07 +0000Simon FordExpicit It took over a decade and more than fifty brutal murders before Soviet authorities finally captured Andrei Chikatilo. Dubbed The Butcher of Rostov, his cold, clinical detachment stunned even the most hardened investigators. In this second...Expicit
  
  It took over a decade and more than fifty brutal murders before Soviet authorities finally captured Andrei Chikatilo. Dubbed The Butcher of Rostov, his cold, clinical detachment stunned even the most hardened investigators.
  
  In this second part of our deep dive, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell follow the hunt to its chilling conclusion – the arrest, trial, and execution of the USSR’s most prolific serial killer. 
  They perform a psychological autopsy of a man who sodomised, tortured, and cannibalised his victims – most of them women and children. What made him? How did he slip through the cracks for so long? And the most disturbing question of all: could it happen again – in a democracy, in our own time?
  
  Footage of Andrei Chikatilo’s death sentence – the monster meets his fate.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1329andreichikatilo,butcherofrostov,chikatilomurders,chillingcrimes,crimeobsessed,darkhistory,justiceforvictims,killerpsychology,psychokillerpodcast,psychopathnextdoor,russianserialkiller,serialkillerstories,serialkillersunmasked,soviettruecrime,truecrimeaddict,truecrimecommunity,truecrimedocs,truecrimejunkie,truecrimepodcast,twistedmindstruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coExplicit
  
  He looked harmless—bookish, quiet, almost invisible.
  But behind the thick glasses and timid manner, Andrei Chikatilo was a sadistic predator who haunted the Soviet Union for over a decade.
  
  Nicknamed The Butcher of Rostov, Chikatilo lured women and children, especially vulnerable runaways, with false promises of food, warmth and safety. What followed was unspeakable. His crimes were brutal, methodical... and astonishingly prolific.
  
  How did one of history’s most savage serial killers slip through the cracks for so long?
  The answer lies in the secrecy, dysfunction and decaying infrastructure of the late USSR — a system so broken it let a monster roam free.
  
  In this chilling episode, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell go beyond the headlines to ask two disturbing questions:
  Could a killer like Chikatilo strike again today?
  And more unsettling still — could it happen in a modern Western democracy?
  
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66405041Sun, 08 Jun 2025 23:05:07 +0000Simon FordExplicit He looked harmless—bookish, quiet, almost invisible. But behind the thick glasses and timid manner, Andrei Chikatilo was a sadistic predator who haunted the Soviet Union for over a decade. Nicknamed The Butcher of Rostov, Chikatilo lured...Explicit
  
  He looked harmless—bookish, quiet, almost invisible.
  But behind the thick glasses and timid manner, Andrei Chikatilo was a sadistic predator who haunted the Soviet Union for over a decade.
  
  Nicknamed The Butcher of Rostov, Chikatilo lured women and children, especially vulnerable runaways, with false promises of food, warmth and safety. What followed was unspeakable. His crimes were brutal, methodical... and astonishingly prolific.
  
  How did one of history’s most savage serial killers slip through the cracks for so long?
  The answer lies in the secrecy, dysfunction and decaying infrastructure of the late USSR — a system so broken it let a monster roam free.
  
  In this chilling episode, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell go beyond the headlines to ask two disturbing questions:
  Could a killer like Chikatilo strike again today?
  And more unsettling still — could it happen in a modern Western democracy?
  
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1048andreichikatilo,butcherofrostov,chikatilomurders,crimeobsessed,darkhistory,historicalcrime,infamouskillers,killerpsychology,psychokillerpodcast,psychopathnextdoor,realcrime,russianserialkiller,serialkillerstories,soviettruecrime,truecrimeaddict,truecrimecommunity,truecrimedeepdive,truecrimejunkie,truecrimenation,truecrimepodcasttruefullhttps://www.psycho-killer.coWarning: strong language, suicide and genocide.
  
  Dive into the twisted psyches of Jeffrey Dahmer and Adolf Hitler in the latest episode of Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories—the true crime podcast that dares to ask why. Hosted by a veteran journalist and a former detective, we go beyond the headlines to explore the psychological roots of evil. Is psychopathy nature or nurture? What makes a killer? Packed with forensic insight, historical depth, and chilling clarity, this is true crime for minds that crave more.
  
  Subscribe now—because understanding evil is the first step to surviving it.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66018931Sun, 11 May 2025 23:05:07 +0000Simon FordWarning: strong language, suicide and genocide. Dive into the twisted psyches of Jeffrey Dahmer and Adolf Hitler in the latest episode of Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories—the true crime podcast that dares to ask why. Hosted by a veteran...Warning: strong language, suicide and genocide.
  
  Dive into the twisted psyches of Jeffrey Dahmer and Adolf Hitler in the latest episode of Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories—the true crime podcast that dares to ask why. Hosted by a veteran journalist and a former detective, we go beyond the headlines to explore the psychological roots of evil. Is psychopathy nature or nurture? What makes a killer? Packed with forensic insight, historical depth, and chilling clarity, this is true crime for minds that crave more.
  
  Subscribe now—because understanding evil is the first step to surviving it.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2975adolfhitler,arepsychopathsbornormade,criminalpsychology,dahmerdocumentary,darkhistory,darkmindspodcast,forensicpsychology,historyofevil,hitlerandpsychopathy,insidethemindofakiller,jeffreydahmer,psychokillerpodcast,psychopaths,psychopathyexplained,serialkillerprofiles,serialkillers,truecrime,truecrimeanalysis,truecrimecommunity,truecrimepodcastaddicttruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bogdan-nawrocki-a-murder-without-a-body--65030641How do you solve a murder when the most crucial piece of evidence—the victim’s body—is missing?
  
  That was the chilling challenge faced by detectives in Nottingham, England, when Polish street drinker Bogdan Nawrocki vanished without a trace. Forensic evidence pointed to a brutal and violent end, but without a body, could they prove it was murder? To this day, Nawrocki’s remains have never been found. What happened to him—and how did investigators pursue justice without the one thing that could confirm his fate?
  
  Watch the video on YouTube.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65030641Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:05:07 +0000Simon FordHow do you solve a murder when the most crucial piece of evidence—the victim’s body—is missing? That was the chilling challenge faced by detectives in Nottingham, England, when Polish street drinker Bogdan Nawrocki vanished without a trace. Forensic...How do you solve a murder when the most crucial piece of evidence—the victim’s body—is missing?
  
  That was the chilling challenge faced by detectives in Nottingham, England, when Polish street drinker Bogdan Nawrocki vanished without a trace. Forensic evidence pointed to a brutal and violent end, but without a body, could they prove it was murder? To this day, Nawrocki’s remains have never been found. What happened to him—and how did investigators pursue justice without the one thing that could confirm his fate?
  
  Watch the video on YouTube.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2650bogdan-nawrocki,bogdan-nawrocki-disappearance,bogdan-nawrocki-murder,immigrant-murder,murder-without-a-body,nottingham-crime,nottingham-murder,nottingham-reward,patricia-hall-missing,patricia-hall-pudsey,patricia-hall-the-confession,podcast,polish-murder-nottingham,radford-nottingham,robert-marcinkiewicz-szurkowsk,truecrimefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-andrew-and-dawn-searle-killings--64454770Listener discretion advised
  
  As French police continue to investigate the violent deaths of British ex-pats Andrew and Dawn Searle, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell discuss the possible behind-the-scenes developments of the inquiry.
  
  This podcast is also available as a video on YouTube.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64454770Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:09:54 +0000Simon FordListener discretion advised As French police continue to investigate the violent deaths of British ex-pats Andrew and Dawn Searle, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell discuss the possible behind-the-scenes developments of the inquiry. This podcast is...Listener discretion advised
  
  As French police continue to investigate the violent deaths of British ex-pats Andrew and Dawn Searle, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell discuss the possible behind-the-scenes developments of the inquiry.
  
  This podcast is also available as a video on YouTube.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2735andrew-searle,aveyron,barclays-bank,bbc-news,callum-kerr,dawn-kerr,dawn-searle,death-scots-mum-husband,ella-searle,france-murder,hollyoaks,les-pesquies,scots-mum-found-dead-in-france,searle,searle-murders,searle-murders-france,standard-life,tom-searle,toulouse,villefranche-de-rouerguefalsefullhttps://psycho-killer.co/psycho-killer-true-crime-podcastAllan Graham, a schoolboy from Newcastle-upon-Tyne who disappeared while on an errand to the corner shop in 1970.
  
  His abduction and death have baffled detectives for more than 50 years. Allan's family keep his memory alive, hoping that one day, they will have closure and Allan can rest in peace.
  
  Could you support us on Patreon? Donations help us bring you the investigations you love!
  
  
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64148144Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:05:06 +0000Simon FordOur next Psycho Killer podcast will probe the unsolved murder of Allan Graham, a schoolboy from Newcastle-upon-Tyne who disappeared while on an errand to the corner shop in 1970. His abduction and death have baffled detectives for more than 50 years....Allan Graham, a schoolboy from Newcastle-upon-Tyne who disappeared while on an errand to the corner shop in 1970.
  
  His abduction and death have baffled detectives for more than 50 years. Allan's family keep his memory alive, hoping that one day, they will have closure and Allan can rest in peace.
  
  Could you support us on Patreon? Donations help us bring you the investigations you love!
  
  
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>464alan-graham-murder,allan-graham,allan-graham-disappearance,allan-graham-murder,allan-graham-newcastle,allan-graham-redcar,allan-graham-unsolved-murder,brian-field,child-abduction,child-murder,famous-unsolved-murders-uk,gerald-street,harvey-burrows-detective,newcastle-chronicle,newcastle-crime,newcastle-murders,newcastle-upon-tyne,northumbria-police,robert-black,unsolved-child-murderfalsefullhttps://psycho-killer.co/psycho-killer-true-crime-podcastExplicit content
   
  She looked like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, but little Mary Bell became the face of evil. So, who was this 11-year-old convicted of the manslaughter of two little boys? What motivated her? And did her punishment fit her crimes?
  
  This podcast explores the character of Mary Bell through the work of the author, Gitta Sereny, and TV documentaries broadcast since the child killer's release from prison.
  
  Acknowledgements
  Mary Bell: BBC Children of Crime (1998) BBC/Blakeway Productions. Available to watch on YouTube.
  Sereny, G. (1972) The Case of Mary Bell: A Portrait of a Child Who Murdered. Newspaper Publishing plc.
  Sereny, G. (1998) Cries Unheard: The Story of Mary Bell. MacMillan.
  
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63761179Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:26:02 +0000Simon FordExplicit content   She looked like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, but little Mary Bell became the face of evil. So, who was this 11-year-old convicted of the manslaughter of two little boys? What motivated her? And did her punishment fit her...Explicit content
   
  She looked like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, but little Mary Bell became the face of evil. So, who was this 11-year-old convicted of the manslaughter of two little boys? What motivated her? And did her punishment fit her crimes?
  
  This podcast explores the character of Mary Bell through the work of the author, Gitta Sereny, and TV documentaries broadcast since the child killer's release from prison.
  
  Acknowledgements
  Mary Bell: BBC Children of Crime (1998) BBC/Blakeway Productions. Available to watch on YouTube.
  Sereny, G. (1972) The Case of Mary Bell: A Portrait of a Child Who Murdered. Newspaper Publishing plc.
  Sereny, G. (1998) Cries Unheard: The Story of Mary Bell. MacMillan.
  
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>4099book-cries-unheard-mary-bell,book-the-case-of-mary-bell,brian-howe,britain's-youngest-killer,child-murderer,child-serial-killer,detective-harvey-burrows,gitta-sereny,june-ruchardson,martin-brown,mary-bell,mary-bell-book,mary-bell-daughter,mary-bell-mother,newcastle-scotswood-crime,newcastle-upon-tyne,scotswood-newcastle-murder,tyneside-stranglertruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kids-who-kill-mary-bell-the-james-bulger-tragedy-and-the-machete-murder-of-shawn-seesahai--62408199
  So, are murderers getting younger? Broadly speaking, the answer is 'yes'.
  
  Figures from the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the percentage of homicide convictions going to under-16s compared with other ages doubled over 10 years, from about one in 50 in 2012/13 to one in 25 in 2022/23.
  
  Sky News reports that the 2022/23 figure is the highest since at least 2008/09. But they caveat – since the percentage of under-16s is low overall, the averages can be heavily skewed by relatively few convictions.
  
  In this podcast, former major crime detective Jacques Morrell is joined by broadcaster Karl Cooper. They look at three murders carried out by children and discuss how the law balances retribution and rehabilitation.
  
  
  Acknowledgements
  We are grateful to the following news organisations for the illustrative clips used in this podcast:
  
  • BBC Archive
  • BBC News
  • Channel Five News
  • Channel Four News
  • Sky News
  • Thames Television
  • West Midlands Police
  The song, 'Just Know That I Bleached That', was performed by stackban6z.28
  (Casper Caponè) on TikTok.
  
  Watch the complete video recording of Mrs Justice Tipples' sentencing remarks in the Shawn Seesahai murder trial.
  
  Learn more about reporting restrictions for children in criminal cases with this plain English guide.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62408199Sun, 20 Oct 2024 23:05:02 +0000Simon Ford"They chopped him." Those three words from the parents of Shawn Seesahai starkly describe their teenage son's death at the hands of two machete-wielding boys aged just 12, during a confrontation in a park in Wolverhampton, England. So, are murderers...
  So, are murderers getting younger? Broadly speaking, the answer is 'yes'.
  
  Figures from the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the percentage of homicide convictions going to under-16s compared with other ages doubled over 10 years, from about one in 50 in 2012/13 to one in 25 in 2022/23.
  
  Sky News reports that the 2022/23 figure is the highest since at least 2008/09. But they caveat – since the percentage of under-16s is low overall, the averages can be heavily skewed by relatively few convictions.
  
  In this podcast, former major crime detective Jacques Morrell is joined by broadcaster Karl Cooper. They look at three murders carried out by children and discuss how the law balances retribution and rehabilitation.
  
  
  Acknowledgements
  We are grateful to the following news organisations for the illustrative clips used in this podcast:
  
  • BBC Archive
  • BBC News
  • Channel Five News
  • Channel Four News
  • Sky News
  • Thames Television
  • West Midlands Police
  The song, 'Just Know That I Bleached That', was performed by stackban6z.28
  (Casper Caponè) on TikTok.
  
  Watch the complete video recording of Mrs Justice Tipples' sentencing remarks in the Shawn Seesahai murder trial.
  
  Learn more about reporting restrictions for children in criminal cases with this plain English guide.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>3948child-killer,child-murderers,james-bulger,james-bulger-documentary,james-bulger-injuries,james-bulger-parents,james-bulger-unforgiven,jamie-bulger,jon-venables,liverpool-murders,machete,mary-bell,mary-bell-daughter,mary-bell-documentary,mary-bell-now,robert-thompson,sahwn-seehasai-cctv,shawn-seehasai-killers-named,shawn-seesahai,wolverhamptontruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/psycho-killers-jacques-and-simon-in-the-green-room--60756945
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60756945Sun, 28 Jul 2024 23:05:01 +0000Simon FordJoin Jacques and Simon in the green room as they chat about future Psycho Killer true crime podcasts. If you'd like to hear more content like this – or there's a case you'd like us to cover – please let us know in the comments. And don't forget to...
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1717british-true-crime,bulger-murder,child-murderer,jamie-bulger,jon-venables,kids-who-kill,liverpool,mary-bell,mary-bell-daughter,mary-bell-local-contempt,mary-bell-now,mary-bell-sussex,newcastle,robert-thompson,true-crime-books,true-crime-cases,true-crime-documentary,true-crime-podcasts,true-crime-series,true-crime-storiesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mussolini-italy-s-psycho-dictator-part-2--60693776
  The death of Il Duce and his mistress Claretta Petacci marked the end of his rule, but not the end of Italian fascism. As Jacques Morrell discovered, the far right remains influential in present-day Italian politics.
  
  So what exactly happened in those chaotic days in April 1945? Did Mussolini receive justice, or were his executioners just as bad as he was? In an age dominated by posturing tyrants, did lesser psychopaths go unpunished?
  
  Acknowledgements
  The Associated Press/British Movietone
  The United States Signal Corps/Footagefarm
  War Life
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60693776Sun, 21 Jul 2024 23:05:02 +0000Simon FordSpring, 1945. As Italy collapsed into anarchy and the Allies drove north, the fate of fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, was in the hands of a partisan militia claiming to represent the country's legitimate government. The death of Il Duce and his...
  The death of Il Duce and his mistress Claretta Petacci marked the end of his rule, but not the end of Italian fascism. As Jacques Morrell discovered, the far right remains influential in present-day Italian politics.
  
  So what exactly happened in those chaotic days in April 1945? Did Mussolini receive justice, or were his executioners just as bad as he was? In an age dominated by posturing tyrants, did lesser psychopaths go unpunished?
  
  Acknowledgements
  The Associated Press/British Movietone
  The United States Signal Corps/Footagefarm
  War Life
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1991dongo,execution,giulino-de-mezzegra,hanging,ivanoe-bonomi,lake-como,milan,mussolini,mussolini-crowd-abusing-bodies,mussolini-dead,mussolini-death,petacci,piazzale-loreto,podcast,predappio,robert-maccarone,special-operations-executive,truecrime,urbano-lazzaro,walter-audisiotruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/benito-mussolini-italy-s-psycho-dictator-part-1--60681681
  Mussolini invaded Ethiopia and Libya, where his troops committed extensive war crimes, including civilian massacres and the use of chemical weapons. He took Italy into World War Two, a national catastrophe that led to widespread death and suffering.
  
  In the first of two podcasts, journalist Simon Ford and retired detective Jacques Morrell explore the events surrounding Mussolini's fall from power. How can a psycho enthral a nation – and are there lessons for our time in the story of Mussolini: Italy's psychopathic dictator?
  
  Acknowledgements
  The Associated Press/British Movietone
  The United States Signal Corps/Footagefarm
  War Life
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60681681Sun, 14 Jul 2024 23:05:01 +0000Simon FordBenito Mussolini was a textbook psycho – arrogant, grandiose and heartless. He established a fascist dictatorship in Italy by brutally repressing his political opponents. Mussolini invaded Ethiopia and Libya, where his troops committed extensive war...
  Mussolini invaded Ethiopia and Libya, where his troops committed extensive war crimes, including civilian massacres and the use of chemical weapons. He took Italy into World War Two, a national catastrophe that led to widespread death and suffering.
  
  In the first of two podcasts, journalist Simon Ford and retired detective Jacques Morrell explore the events surrounding Mussolini's fall from power. How can a psycho enthral a nation – and are there lessons for our time in the story of Mussolini: Italy's psychopathic dictator?
  
  Acknowledgements
  The Associated Press/British Movietone
  The United States Signal Corps/Footagefarm
  War Life
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1833aldo-lampredi,anti-semetism,bellini,dictator,dongo,fascist,giulino-di-mezzegra,il-duce,lake-como,milan,milano,mussolini,palmiro-togliatti,petacci,piazzale-loreto,predappio,salo-republic,sandro-pertini,urbano-lazzaro,walter-audisiofalsefullhttps://psycho-killer.co/psycho-killer-true-crime-podcast
  Sometimes foul play is afoot: a serial killer snatching victims off the street, or a stalker with a score to settle. In those cases, it can be decades before evidence of a crime comes to light.
  
  The fear of sinister figures lurking in the shadows has inspired generations of horror movies. The most chilling, as you're about to hear, are based on real events. These cases are the ultimate true crime mysteries.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58123263Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:05:02 +0000Simon FordPeople don't vanish into thin air, but it sometimes seems that way. Australia has a reputation for mysterious disappearances, but folk go missing everywhere, and families all over the world are left fearing the worst. Sometimes foul play is afoot: a...
  Sometimes foul play is afoot: a serial killer snatching victims off the street, or a stalker with a score to settle. In those cases, it can be decades before evidence of a crime comes to light.
  
  The fear of sinister figures lurking in the shadows has inspired generations of horror movies. The most chilling, as you're about to hear, are based on real events. These cases are the ultimate true crime mysteries.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>3832alice-springs,amanda-zollis,anja-habschied,aussie-murders,australian-serial-killers,backpacker-murders,belango-forest,bradley-murdoch,deborah-everist,gabor-neugenauer,ivan-milat,ivan-milat-death,ivan-milat-documentary,kings-cross-disappearance,newcastle-disappearances,new-south-wales,peter-fanconio,simone-schmidl,wolf-creeltruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mysterious-death-of-alfred-swinscoe--57958461
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  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1048alfred,alfred-swinscoe-1967,alfred-swinscoe-crimewatch,alfred-swinscoe-disappearance,alfred-swinscoe-height,alfred-swinscoe-missing,alfred-swinscoe-murder,alfred-swinscoe-pinxton,alfred-swinscoe-reddit,alfred-swinscoe-socks,jacques-morrell,normanshill-wood,nottinghamshire-police,rob-griffin,simon-ford,swinscoefalsefullhttps://psycho-killer.co/psycho-killer-true-crime-podcast
  Every time he gave the police the slip. He only made one mistake – dropping a piece of apron ripped from his fourth victim.
  
  Catherine Eddowes was murdered in Mitre Square in the City of London. A copper found the apron piece in Goulston Street, less than half a mile away in Whitechapel.
  
  So, what was the East End like at the time of the killings? And how would a modern homicide team investigate them?
  
  Jacques Morrell and Simon Ford joined Ripperologist, Mick Priestley, on a tour of Jack the Ripper's backyard.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57456720Tue, 31 Oct 2023 13:00:23 +0000Simon FordJack the Ripper. The unknown serial killer murdered and mutilated at least five women in the East End of London in 1888. Every time he gave the police the slip. He only made one mistake – dropping a piece of apron ripped from his fourth victim....
  Every time he gave the police the slip. He only made one mistake – dropping a piece of apron ripped from his fourth victim.
  
  Catherine Eddowes was murdered in Mitre Square in the City of London. A copper found the apron piece in Goulston Street, less than half a mile away in Whitechapel.
  
  So, what was the East End like at the time of the killings? And how would a modern homicide team investigate them?
  
  Jacques Morrell and Simon Ford joined Ripperologist, Mick Priestley, on a tour of Jack the Ripper's backyard.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>680catherine-eddowes,city-of-london-police,em-priestley,goulston-street,homicide-investigation,jack-the-ripper,jack-the-ripper-documentary,jack-the-ripper-identity,jack-the-ripper-suspects,jack-the-ripper's-victims,jack-the-ripper-tour,metropolitan-police,murders,podcast,serial-killer,truecrime,truecrime-community,whitechapeltruefullhttps://psycho-killer.co/psycho-killer-true-crime-podcast
  M.P. Priestly is the author of 'Jack the Ripper – One Autumn in Whitechapel' and Jack the Ripper tour guide.
  
  Mick kindly agreed to answer some questions from former major crime detective Jacque Morrell about the reliability of the witnesses who came forward.
  
  Were they attention seekers? Were they profiteers? Or were they, perhaps, covering their tracks?
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57341452Sun, 22 Oct 2023 23:05:01 +0000Simon FordJack the Ripper – the serial killer who murdered at least five women in London's East End in 1888 – is the subject of a special Psycho Killer investigation. M.P. Priestly is the author of 'Jack the Ripper – One Autumn in Whitechapel' and Jack the...
  M.P. Priestly is the author of 'Jack the Ripper – One Autumn in Whitechapel' and Jack the Ripper tour guide.
  
  Mick kindly agreed to answer some questions from former major crime detective Jacque Morrell about the reliability of the witnesses who came forward.
  
  Were they attention seekers? Were they profiteers? Or were they, perhaps, covering their tracks?
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>739annie-chapman,british-murders,catherine-eddowes,elizabeth-stride,frances-coles,george-hutchinson,israel-schwartz,jack-the-ripper,jack-the-ripper-book,jack-the-ripper-tour,martha-tabram,mary-jane-kelly,mass-murder,mp-priestly,one-autumn-in-whitechapel,polly-nichols,psychopath,serial-killer,victorian-murders,whitechapelfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jack-the-ripper-psycho-or-satanist--57221832Warning: graphic content
  
  Mystery surrounds the mass murderer known as Jack the Ripper. He prowled the back streets of London's East End preying on the poor and the vulnerable.
  
  This devil butchered his victims and left their mutilated corpses down dark alleys, on doorsteps, and in doss houses. Then, the killer vanished, seemingly into thin air.
  
  What spurred the Ripper on his rampage? Some believe he was driven by dark forces conjured from hell itself. The evidence, they say, is plain to see––if you know what to look for.
  
  In this podcast we go to Whitechapel – Jack the Ripper's hunting ground – in search of answers.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57221832Sun, 15 Oct 2023 23:05:01 +0000Simon FordWarning: graphic content Mystery surrounds the mass murderer known as Jack the Ripper. He prowled the back streets of London's East End preying on the poor and the vulnerable. This devil butchered his victims and left their mutilated corpses down...Warning: graphic content
  
  Mystery surrounds the mass murderer known as Jack the Ripper. He prowled the back streets of London's East End preying on the poor and the vulnerable.
  
  This devil butchered his victims and left their mutilated corpses down dark alleys, on doorsteps, and in doss houses. Then, the killer vanished, seemingly into thin air.
  
  What spurred the Ripper on his rampage? Some believe he was driven by dark forces conjured from hell itself. The evidence, they say, is plain to see––if you know what to look for.
  
  In this podcast we go to Whitechapel – Jack the Ripper's hunting ground – in search of answers.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>6053aldgate,annie-chapman,anti-semetism,brick-lane,catherine-eddowes,e1,elizabeth-stride,goulston-street,jack-the-ripper,london,mary-ann-nichols,mary-jane-kelly,mitre-square,petticoat-lane,polly-nichols,ripper,royal-london-hospital,serial-killer,spitalfields,whitechapeltruefullhttps://psycho-killer.co/psycho-killer-true-crime-podcastContains very strong language
  
  Some said Mad Billy Hughes was born bad. He was a misogynist who let his fists do the talking.
  
  But Mad Billy was worse than a knuckle-headed bully.
  
  He was a psychopath — cunning, resourceful and ruthless.
  
  And when he was cornered, he'd stop at nothing.
  
  
  
  
  Location recording by Karl Cooper, Podcast Partners UK.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54831197Mon, 26 Jun 2023 07:26:56 +0000Simon FordContains very strong language Some said Mad Billy Hughes was born bad. He was a misogynist who let his fists do the talking. But Mad Billy was worse than a knuckle-headed bully. He was a psychopath — cunning, resourceful and ruthless. And when he...Contains very strong language
  
  Some said Mad Billy Hughes was born bad. He was a misogynist who let his fists do the talking.
  
  But Mad Billy was worse than a knuckle-headed bully.
  
  He was a psychopath — cunning, resourceful and ruthless.
  
  And when he was cornered, he'd stop at nothing.
  
  
  
  
  Location recording by Karl Cooper, Podcast Partners UK.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>29311977,amy-minton,arthur-minton,baslow,chesterfield,chief-inspector-peter-howse,derbyshire,eastmoor,fowler-report,gillian-moran,leicester-prison,mad-billy,mass-murder,murders,podcast,pottery-cottage-murders,richard-moran,sarah-moran,truecrime,william-thomas-hughestruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/barry-prudom-the-making-of-a-mass-murderer--53534683
  2. Steep in military doctrine until rejected by the army.
  
  3. Set aside while he retreats into a fantasy world and allow resentment to simmer for several years.
  
  4. Then flambé his personal life, garnish with an illegal firearm, and serve to an unsuspecting copper – or three.
  
  
  
  Acknowledgements
  
  Featuring the song ‘Barry Prudom’ by Combat 84 (re-released by Splattered! Records, 2019) and extracts from the documentary, ‘Manhunt: Phantom in the Forest’ (ITV, 2002).
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53534683Sun, 16 Apr 2023 23:05:01 +0000Simon Ford1. Take an unremarkable, working class man, who idolises the soldier father he never knew. 2. Steep in military doctrine until rejected by the army. 3. Set aside while he retreats into a fantasy world and allow resentment to simmer for several...
  2. Steep in military doctrine until rejected by the army.
  
  3. Set aside while he retreats into a fantasy world and allow resentment to simmer for several years.
  
  4. Then flambé his personal life, garnish with an illegal firearm, and serve to an unsuspecting copper – or three.
  
  
  
  Acknowledgements
  
  Featuring the song ‘Barry Prudom’ by Combat 84 (re-released by Splattered! Records, 2019) and extracts from the documentary, ‘Manhunt: Phantom in the Forest’ (ITV, 2002).
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>3191barry-prudom,barry-prudom-documentary,beretta-jaguar,british-cop-killer,british-mass-murderers,dalby-forest,eddie-mcgee,freda-jackson,girton-nottinghamshire,leeds,malton-north-yorkshire,murder-george-luckett,murder-pc-david-haigh,murder-sergeant-david-winter,pc-ken-oliver,phantom-of-the-forest,sas,siege-of-malton,torksey-lincolnshire,yorkshirefalsefullhttps://psycho-killer.co/psycho-killer-true-crime-podcast
  But the army wouldn't have him. So he made up his own fantasy world where he pretended he was in the special forces. And instead of a toy gun, Prudom had smuggled in the real thing.
  
  His little friend was a Beretta Jaguar – his pride and joy – and they played happily together until one day, on manoeuvers when Prudom pulled the trigger. In a policeman's face.
  
  Prudom went on the run. He killed again. And again. That summer of 1982 witnessed the biggest armed police operation the UK had ever seen.
  
  For weeks, Prudom gave the cops the slip. But they cornered him in the end and blew his hiding place to pieces. When the gunsmoke cleared they found that the electrician from Leeds had already killed himself.
  
  Ex-detective Jacques Morrell followed Barry Prudom's bloody footsteps to Girton – an isolated village on the banks of the River Trent in Nottinghamshire – where he met fellow Psycho Killer host and true-crime investigator, Simon Ford.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52847072Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:05:01 +0000Simon FordBarry Prudom was a loner. A quiet bloke, obsessed with the army. But the army wouldn't have him. So he made up his own fantasy world where he pretended he was in the special forces. And instead of a toy gun, Prudom had smuggled in the real thing....
  But the army wouldn't have him. So he made up his own fantasy world where he pretended he was in the special forces. And instead of a toy gun, Prudom had smuggled in the real thing.
  
  His little friend was a Beretta Jaguar – his pride and joy – and they played happily together until one day, on manoeuvers when Prudom pulled the trigger. In a policeman's face.
  
  Prudom went on the run. He killed again. And again. That summer of 1982 witnessed the biggest armed police operation the UK had ever seen.
  
  For weeks, Prudom gave the cops the slip. But they cornered him in the end and blew his hiding place to pieces. When the gunsmoke cleared they found that the electrician from Leeds had already killed himself.
  
  Ex-detective Jacques Morrell followed Barry Prudom's bloody footsteps to Girton – an isolated village on the banks of the River Trent in Nottinghamshire – where he met fellow Psycho Killer host and true-crime investigator, Simon Ford.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>795attempt-murder-pc-ken-oliver,barry-prudom,barry-prudom-1982,barry-prudom-combat-18,barry-prudom-documentary,british-cop-killer,combat-18-barry-prudom-lyrics,cop-killer,dalby-forest,eddie-mcgee,freda-jackson,girton-nottinghamshire,murder-george-luckett,murder-pc-david-haigh-1982,murder-sergeant-david-winter,phantom-in-the-forest,sas,siege-of-malton,truecrime-community,truecrime-podcastfalsefullhttps://psycho-killer.co/psycho-killer-true-crime-podcastsex, violence, language
  
  The newspapers called him the Sneinton Strangler after the district of Nottingham where he plied his trade.
  
  Mark Martin operated in the shadows. While others walked by 'Reds', as he was known, always had time for the hungry and homeless.
  
  But he was no Samaritan. He took what little they had – their benefits, their drugs, their remaining shreds of dignity. And when he had sucked them dry, Martin disposed of his victims – or got one of his henchmen to do the job for him.
  
  Mark Martin was a psychopath, a parasite, and a curse on society. It was a blessing the police stopped him when they did.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52255560Mon, 26 Dec 2022 00:05:01 +0000Simon Fordsex, violence, language The newspapers called him the Sneinton Strangler after the district of Nottingham where he plied his trade. Mark Martin operated in the shadows. While others walked by 'Reds', as he was known, always had time for the hungry...sex, violence, language
  
  The newspapers called him the Sneinton Strangler after the district of Nottingham where he plied his trade.
  
  Mark Martin operated in the shadows. While others walked by 'Reds', as he was known, always had time for the hungry and homeless.
  
  But he was no Samaritan. He took what little they had – their benefits, their drugs, their remaining shreds of dignity. And when he had sucked them dry, Martin disposed of his victims – or got one of his henchmen to do the job for him.
  
  Mark Martin was a psychopath, a parasite, and a curse on society. It was a blessing the police stopped him when they did.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1438dean-carr,ellen-frith,great-northern-warehouse,john-ashley,katie-baxter,mark-martin,mark-martin-accomplices,mark-martin-murderer,nottingham,nottingham-murder-2004,nottingham-murder-2005,nottingham-serial-killer,reds-martin,serial-killer,sneinton-strangler,spree-killer,truecrimecommunity,truecrimepodcast,whole-life-tariff,zoe-pennicktruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/peter-tobin-and-the-bible-john-mystery--51953597
  Peter Tobin, who died in October 2022, was exposed as a paedophile, rapist and murderer of at least three young women.
  
  As he rotted in jail, Tobin's name became linked to a spate of sex murders in Glasgow in the 1960s – the so-called Bible John killings.
  
  In this podcast, the team unearths evidence of unspeakable evil and cruelty in their search for answers.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51953597Mon, 21 Nov 2022 00:05:01 +0000Simon FordJournalists Pip Watts and Simon Ford join retired major crime detective Jacques Morrell to investigate the life and crimes of one of Scotland's most reviled serial killers. Peter Tobin, who died in October 2022, was exposed as a paedophile, rapist...
  Peter Tobin, who died in October 2022, was exposed as a paedophile, rapist and murderer of at least three young women.
  
  As he rotted in jail, Tobin's name became linked to a spate of sex murders in Glasgow in the 1960s – the so-called Bible John killings.
  
  In this podcast, the team unearths evidence of unspeakable evil and cruelty in their search for answers.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>4193angelika-kluk,barrowland,bible-john,dinah-mcnicol,glasgow,peter-tobin,peter-tobin-death,peter-tobin-how-many-victims,peter-tobin-margate,peter-tobin-son,peter-tobin-son-daniel,peter-tobin-teeth,peter-tobin-victims,peter-tobin-wife,scotland,scottish,serial-killer,true-crime-community,true-crime-podcast,vicky-hamiltontruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-isdal-woman-who-was-she-and-was-she-murdered--51417395
  It started as a family outing to pick juniper berries. It ended with the discovery of a charred body on a wooded mountainside near Bergen in Norway.
  
  The Norwegian police ruled out murder and the coroner recorded a verdict of suicide. But speculation about the grisly discovery refused to go away.
  
  It was 1970, the height of the Cold War. Stories of espionage started circulating. And the more amateur sleuths probed the mystery the more baffling the story became.
  
  So Psycho Killer decided to unravel the case – and lay to rest the so-called Isdal Woman once and for all.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51417395Sun, 02 Oct 2022 23:05:01 +0000Simon Ford* This podcast contains topics related to suicide or self-harm. It started as a family outing to pick juniper berries. It ended with the discovery of a charred body on a wooded mountainside near Bergen in Norway. The Norwegian police ruled out...
  It started as a family outing to pick juniper berries. It ended with the discovery of a charred body on a wooded mountainside near Bergen in Norway.
  
  The Norwegian police ruled out murder and the coroner recorded a verdict of suicide. But speculation about the grisly discovery refused to go away.
  
  It was 1970, the height of the Cold War. Stories of espionage started circulating. And the more amateur sleuths probed the mystery the more baffling the story became.
  
  So Psycho Killer decided to unravel the case – and lay to rest the so-called Isdal Woman once and for all.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2948death-in-ice-valley,espionage,honey-trap,ice-valley-woman,isdal-woman-2021,isdal-woman-anna,isdal-woman-autopsy,isdal-woman-book,isdal-woman-dna,isdal-woman-mossad,isdal-woman-netflix,isdal-woman-podcast,isdal-woman-solved,jennifer-fairgate-isdal-woman,nazi-hunter,norway-murder,norwegian-murders,organised-crime,sex-worker,tore-oslandtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-haunting-tale-of-bessie-sheppard-s-murder--50741548https://bit.ly/bess-sheppard-murder
  
  Bessie Sheppard lived a hard life in perilous times. That life was snatched from her after 17 years by a vagrant ex-soldier called Charles Rotherham. The crime horrified the community. So much so that they raised a memorial stone at the spot where Rotherham battered Bessie to death. The year was 1817. And as Simon Ford explains, Bessie's murder is the beginning of a story spanning more than two centuries.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50741548Sun, 31 Jul 2022 23:00:02 +0000Simon FordWatch the video on YouTube https://bit.ly/bess-sheppard-murder Bessie Sheppard lived a hard life in perilous times. That life was snatched from her after 17 years by a vagrant ex-soldier called Charles Rotherham. The crime horrified the community....https://bit.ly/bess-sheppard-murder
  
  Bessie Sheppard lived a hard life in perilous times. That life was snatched from her after 17 years by a vagrant ex-soldier called Charles Rotherham. The crime horrified the community. So much so that they raised a memorial stone at the spot where Rotherham battered Bessie to death. The year was 1817. And as Simon Ford explains, Bessie's murder is the beginning of a story spanning more than two centuries.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>271219th-century-murders,american-revolution,bessie-sheppard,byron,charles-rotherham,historical-murders,linby,loughborough,murder-memorials,murder-stone,murder-victim-memorials,nottingham,nottinghamshire,papplewick,rainworth-water,regency,robbery-murder,true-crime-addict,truecrimecommunity,truecrimepodcastfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bunnyman-mystery--50413583
  So who was this murderous character who became part of American horror folklore? Was Bunnyman a real serial killer or a figment of someone's imagination? And is he still out there — somewhere?
  
  We went looking for answers. And you'll be surprised by what we found.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50413583Sun, 03 Jul 2022 23:05:01 +0000Simon FordLegend has it evil stalks the backwoods of West Virginia — a blood-thirsty psychopath dressed in a rabbit suit. Generations of parents in Fairfax County have warned their children: 'Be good, or the Bunnyman'll get you!' So who was this murderous...
  So who was this murderous character who became part of American horror folklore? Was Bunnyman a real serial killer or a figment of someone's imagination? And is he still out there — somewhere?
  
  We went looking for answers. And you'll be surprised by what we found.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>21481970-bunnyman,bunnyman,charlottesville,clifton-va,colchester-overpass,donnie-darko,echo-bunnymen,fairfax-va,homicide,horror,lorton-prison-va,murder,rabbit-suit,scariest-places-on-earth,truecrime,truecrimeaddict,truecrimepodcast,virginia,webb-nature-reserve,west-virginiafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jack-the-ripper-s-rivals-did-walter-chadwick-get-away-with-murder-twice--49976439
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49976439Sun, 29 May 2022 23:05:02 +0000Simon FordTravel back in time to the London of Jack the Ripper and meet one of his psycho peers – Walter Chadwick. Following in the footsteps of renowned crime writer Jan Bondeson, the Psycho Killer team probes the backstreets and alleys of a city teetering on...
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2516book-rivals-of-the-ripper,chadwick-manchester-1891,harry-montague-chadwick-1906,jack-the-ripper-contemporary,jack-the-ripper-peer,jack-the-ripper-rival,jan-bondeson,jan-bondeson-podcast,kentish-town-milkshop-murder,london-murder-mystery,louisa-samuel-murder-1887,louisa-samuel-murder-london,lucy-clarke-murder-london-1888,lucy-clarke-murder-marylebone,murder-92-bartholomew-road,poisoned-milk,true-crime-victorian-london,unsolved-london-murders,unsolved-murders,walter-chadwickfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/buck-ruxton-the-jigsaw-murderer--49804834
  Music credits
  'Who's Been Polishing The Sun?' performance by Ambrose and His Orchestra, Decca Records, 1935.
  'Lovely To Look At' performed by Eddy Duchin (vocals by Lew Sherwood), Victor Records, 1935.
  
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  Music credits
  'Who's Been Polishing The Sun?' performance by Ambrose and His Orchestra, Decca Records, 1935.
  'Lovely To Look At' performed by Eddy Duchin (vocals by Lew Sherwood), Victor Records, 1935.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2155best-true-crime-podcast,buck-ruxton-hanged,buck-ruxton-jigsaw-murderer,crime-victim-mutilation,dr-buck-ruxton-murderer-mumbai,dumfriesshire-murder-1935,edinburgh-anatomy,forensic-science,glasgow-university-forensics,isabella-ruxton-jigsaw-murder,isabella-van-es-jigsaw-murder,james-couper-brash,jigsaw-murders,jigsaw-murders-lancaster-1935,lancester-lancashire-murders,mary-jane-rogerson-murder-1935,moffatt-dumfries-murder,murder-victim-dismembered,professor-john-glaister,true-crime-communityfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dorothea-waddingham-a-miscarriage-of-justice--49596303
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  Four new categories are to be made "to provide absolute clarity to officers", the Metropolitan Police and the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) have said.
  
  Journalist Simon Ford and ex-serious crime detective Jacques Morrell, discuss the implications.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49514202Sat, 23 Apr 2022 23:05:02 +0000Simon FordThe way police forces in England investigate unexplained deaths is to change in response to a "large number of very serious and very basic investigative failings" during the investigation into the serial killer Stephen Port. Four new categories...
  Four new categories are to be made "to provide absolute clarity to officers", the Metropolitan Police and the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) have said.
  
  Journalist Simon Ford and ex-serious crime detective Jacques Morrell, discuss the implications.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>421anthony-walgate,daniel-whitworth,death-classifications,gabriel-kovari,grindr,grindr-killer,jack-taylor,met-police-failings,met-police-homophobia,port-grindr-killer-2016,sarak-sak,stephem-port-victims,stephen-port,stephen-port-documentary,stephen-port-latest,stephen-port-police-reforms,stephen-port-serial-killer,st-margarets-church-barking,unexpected-death,where-is-stephen-portfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nottingham-nursing-home-murders--49433872
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  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49375543Sun, 10 Apr 2022 23:05:02 +0000Simon FordA detective's powers of investigation. A journalist's nose for a story. Put them together and what have you got? The most authentic true-crime podcast out there!
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>114australian-true-crime,british-crime-journalism,british-crime-podcast,crime-podcast-ex-bbc,crime-podcast-real-detective,detective-stories-podcast,ex-bbc-journalist-podcast,homicide,psycho-killer-podcast,psycho-killer-true-crime,serial-killer,true-crime-addicts,true-crime-documentaries,true-crime-docuseries,true-crime-emergency,true-crime-news,true-crime-obsession,true-crime-podcast,true-crime-reenactment,true-crime-seriesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kosei-homi-the-haiku-killer--49264300
  Featuring special guest Pippa Phillips: @IpsaHerself https://ko-fi.com/pheagan
  
  Acknowledgement: ABC News Australia
  
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  Featuring special guest Pippa Phillips: @IpsaHerself https://ko-fi.com/pheagan
  
  Acknowledgement: ABC News Australia
  
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  A bushy-haired burglar broke into the Sheppard residence and beat pregnant Marilyn Sheppard to death while she slept. At least, that was Dr Sheppard's story, and he stuck to it.
  
  But the police and the courts were dubious – and the events of that summer night in Bay View, Ohio, would echo down the decades. The Psycho Killer team has been taking a fresh look at the evidence.
  
  Acknowledgement: 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes', ITV/Granada Television, 1984-94
  
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  A bushy-haired burglar broke into the Sheppard residence and beat pregnant Marilyn Sheppard to death while she slept. At least, that was Dr Sheppard's story, and he stuck to it.
  
  But the police and the courts were dubious – and the events of that summer night in Bay View, Ohio, would echo down the decades. The Psycho Killer team has been taking a fresh look at the evidence.
  
  Acknowledgement: 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes', ITV/Granada Television, 1984-94
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2190bay-view-cleveland-ohio,bhs,bushy-haired-stranger,chip-sheppard-today,cleveland-police-department,dr-sam-sheppard,dr-sam-sheppard-american-neuro,dr-sam-sheppard-death,dr-sam-sheppard-documentary,dr-sam-sheppard-house,dr-sam-sheppard-movie,dr-sam-sheppard-second-wife,dr-sam-sheppard-son,marilyn-sheppard-murder-1954,marilyn-sheppard-obituary,marilyn-sheppard-son,marilyn-sheppard-story,marilyn-sheppard-timeline,ohio-homicides-1954,the-fugitive-tv-seriesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/arthur-warren-waite-the-deadly-dentist--48809023
  Waite was as audacious as he was ruthless. But could his jaw-dropping legal defence save him from the high-voltage embrace of Ol' Sparky? Step back in time to New York in its heyday – and the dastardly deeds of the Deadly Dentist!
  
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  Waite was as audacious as he was ruthless. But could his jaw-dropping legal defence save him from the high-voltage embrace of Ol' Sparky? Step back in time to New York in its heyday – and the dastardly deeds of the Deadly Dentist!
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2159435-riverside-drive-new-york,arsenic-poisoning,arthur-warren-waite,clara-peck-michigan,compulsive-liar,electric-chair,family-annihilator,hannah-peck-murder-1916,insanity-defense,jeckyl-and-hyde,killer-new-york-dentist,man-from-egypt,margaret-weaver-horton,michigan-true-crime,murder-grand-rapids-michigan,new-york-executions-1917,new-york-murder-1916,new-york-psychopath,notorious-sing-sing-executions,university-ann-arborfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/assassinations-and-politically-motivated-murderers-sirhan-sirhan-and-patrick-magee--48795355
  Patrick Magee, the Brighton bomber, is less talkative. Magee tried to blow up Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet in 1984 – and he almost succeeded. Magee was a terrorist, a member of the Irish Republican Army. But was he a psychopath? And was Sirhan? We’ve been looking for answers.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48795355Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:05:02 +0000Simon FordWhy did Lee Harvey Oswald shoot JFK? We’ll never know. Jack Ruby saw to that. But we do know why Sirhan Bishara Sirhan assassinated Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. Sirhan was captured. And over the course of his life sentence, he’s gone on record about...
  Patrick Magee, the Brighton bomber, is less talkative. Magee tried to blow up Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet in 1984 – and he almost succeeded. Magee was a terrorist, a member of the Irish Republican Army. But was he a psychopath? And was Sirhan? We’ve been looking for answers.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2379brighton-bomber,brighton-bombing-1984,california-governor-newsome,is-sirhan-sirhan-free?,margaret-thatcher,newsome-sirhan-parole,patrick-magee,rfk-assassin,robert-f-kennedy,sirhan-bishara-sirhan,sirhan-denied-parole,sirhan-sirhan,sirhan-sirhan-age,sirhan-sirhan-biography,sirhan-sirhan-family,sirhan-sirhan-interview,sirhan-sirhan-parole,sirhan-sirhan-release,who-killed-bobby-kennedy?,who-tackled-sirhan-sirhan?falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-i-d-do-as-met-police-commissioner-dcs-ret-bob-taylor--48685697
  - The murder of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens, a serving police officer (https://bit.ly/sarah-everard-wayne-couzens)
  - The murder of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman by Danyal Hussein (https://bit.ly/danyal-hussein)
  - The investigation into Stephen Port, the Gridr Killer (https://bit.ly/grindr-killer)
  
  Former West Yorkshire DCS Bob Taylor is a critic of Dame Cressida. In an interview with Simon Ford recorded in October 2021, he held her responsible for the Met's failings. Simon Ford asked DCS (Ret) Taylor: what would he do to put the Met's house in order?
  
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  - The murder of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens, a serving police officer (https://bit.ly/sarah-everard-wayne-couzens)
  - The murder of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman by Danyal Hussein (https://bit.ly/danyal-hussein)
  - The investigation into Stephen Port, the Gridr Killer (https://bit.ly/grindr-killer)
  
  Former West Yorkshire DCS Bob Taylor is a critic of Dame Cressida. In an interview with Simon Ford recorded in October 2021, he held her responsible for the Met's failings. Simon Ford asked DCS (Ret) Taylor: what would he do to put the Met's house in order?
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>419bibba-henry,cressida-dick-achievements,cressida-dick-age,cressida-dick-boris-johnson,cressida-dick-email,cressida-dick-helen-ball,cressida-dick-helen-ball-sun,cressida-dick-leaves,cressida-dick-letter,cressida-dick-partner,cressida-dick-resign,cressida-dick-sadiq-khan,cressida-dick-salary,cressida-dick-successor,cressida-dick-wife,met-commissioner-salary,met-police-commissioners,sarah-everard,scotland-yard-inspector-helen,wayne-couzensfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/william-sheward-the-misogynistic-monster-of-tabernacle-street--48282018
  Not much is known about William Sheward, a Victorian tailor-turned-pawnbroker. He loved the company of women – except, it seems, his wife. Did he marry her for love, or for money? Was William climbing the social ladder, or cooking up a get-rich-quick scheme?
  
  The couple had a fiery relationship that flared up when they hit hard times. Their fall from grace preceded possibly the most gruesome crime ever committed in Norfolk — the Norwich Tabernacle Street Murder.
  
  Featuring Graham Lewis from Anglia News as the voice of H. Woodcock.
  The March Of The Women, by Ethel Smythe, is performed by the Rainbow Chorus.
  English Folk Music (live performance) recorded by David Ward and the Gibraltar Pub in Harpenden, Herts, and available on YouTube.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48282018Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:05:02 +0000Simon FordAdvisory: injury detail Not much is known about William Sheward, a Victorian tailor-turned-pawnbroker. He loved the company of women – except, it seems, his wife. Did he marry her for love, or for money? Was William climbing the social ladder, or...
  Not much is known about William Sheward, a Victorian tailor-turned-pawnbroker. He loved the company of women – except, it seems, his wife. Did he marry her for love, or for money? Was William climbing the social ladder, or cooking up a get-rich-quick scheme?
  
  The couple had a fiery relationship that flared up when they hit hard times. Their fall from grace preceded possibly the most gruesome crime ever committed in Norfolk — the Norwich Tabernacle Street Murder.
  
  Featuring Graham Lewis from Anglia News as the voice of H. Woodcock.
  The March Of The Women, by Ethel Smythe, is performed by the Rainbow Chorus.
  English Folk Music (live performance) recorded by David Ward and the Gibraltar Pub in Harpenden, Herts, and available on YouTube.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1884coercive-control,dismembered-body-murder,divorce-act-1857,english-victorian-murders,hare-psychopath-checklist,married-womens-property-1870,martha-francis-murder-norwich,martha-sheward-1851,martha-sheward-murder-norwich,murder-of-spouse,norwich-hangings,norwich-norfolk-murders,tabernacle-street-murder-1851,tabernacle-street-norwich,trouse-lakenham-norfolk-murder,uxoricide,wife-murder,william-sheward-hanging-1869,william-sheward-wife-killer,womens-rightstruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/steve-wright-the-suffolk-strangler--48095496
  This podcast goes behind the scenes of the hunt for the psycho killer Steve Wright, with insight and analysis from our resident homicide investigator, Jacques Morrell. And we remember the women whose lives Wright cruelly cut short: Tania Nicol, Gemma Adams, Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls, and Paula Clennell.
  
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  This podcast goes behind the scenes of the hunt for the psycho killer Steve Wright, with insight and analysis from our resident homicide investigator, Jacques Morrell. And we remember the women whose lives Wright cruelly cut short: Tania Nicol, Gemma Adams, Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls, and Paula Clennell.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2383amanda-duncan-missing-1993,anneli-alderton,annette-nicholls,dcs-stuart-gull,drug-addict-prostitute,ferry-boat-inn-norwich,gemma-adams,heroin,ipswich-suffolk-murders-2006,kellie-pratt-norwich-2000,legalised-legalized-brothels,michelle-bettles-norwich-2002,paula-clennell,prostitution,steven-gerald-james-wright,steve-wright-accomplice,steve-wright-suzi-lamplugh,suffolk-strangler-steve-wright,tania-nicol,victoria-hall-murder-1999truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stephen-port-the-grindr-serial-killer--48213784
  But the case of the Grindr Killer is far from over, with calls for a Public Enquiry into allegations of
  institutionalised homophobia at the Metropolitan Police.
  
  But why did the 'catalogue of errors' come about? How were crucial errors made? Were processes, not people, to blame?
  
  In this podcast, former major crime detective, Jacques Morrell, and journalist, Simon Ford, examine the evidence.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48213784Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:05:01 +0000Simon FordIt started with the unexplained deaths of four young, gay men, whose bodies were found in Barking, East London. It led to the conviction of Stephen Port, whose warped fantasies drove him to administer lethal doses of the date-rape drug, GHB. But the...
  But the case of the Grindr Killer is far from over, with calls for a Public Enquiry into allegations of
  institutionalised homophobia at the Metropolitan Police.
  
  But why did the 'catalogue of errors' come about? How were crucial errors made? Were processes, not people, to blame?
  
  In this podcast, former major crime detective, Jacques Morrell, and journalist, Simon Ford, examine the evidence.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1341anthony-walgate-murder-2014,barking-abbey,bbc-four-lives,daniel-whitworth-murder-2014,gabriel-kovari-murder-2014,gbl-gamma-butyrolactone,ghb-gamma-hydroxy-butyrate,grinder-serial-killer-murders,grindr-murders-barking-london,grindr-serial-killer,jack-taylor-murder-2015,met-police-homophobia,met-police-port-public-enquiry,metropolital-police-port,nadia-persaud-coroner,stephen-port-family,stephen-port-flat-cooke-street,stephen-port-gay-sex-murders,stephen-port-met-failings,where-is-stephen-port-nowfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/matthew-white-the-aussie-croc-killer--47781946
  Question: you've just killed someone; what's the quickest way to dispose of the body? If you live in northern Queensland, Australia, a simple answer presents itself. Dump the corpse in a crocodile-infested river. The "salties", as Australians call them, will do the rest.
  
  That was Matthew White's plan after he murdered Donna Steele in Cooktown. But the plan backfired spectacularly thanks to advances in forensic science and a one-in-a-million DNA match.
  
  The third and final part of our series about familial DNA looks at the 2017 murder of Donna Louise Steele and how familial DNA helped crack the case.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47781946Mon, 27 Dec 2021 00:05:02 +0000Simon FordPart 3 of 3 Question: you've just killed someone; what's the quickest way to dispose of the body? If you live in northern Queensland, Australia, a simple answer presents itself. Dump the corpse in a crocodile-infested river. The "salties", as...
  Question: you've just killed someone; what's the quickest way to dispose of the body? If you live in northern Queensland, Australia, a simple answer presents itself. Dump the corpse in a crocodile-infested river. The "salties", as Australians call them, will do the rest.
  
  That was Matthew White's plan after he murdered Donna Steele in Cooktown. But the plan backfired spectacularly thanks to advances in forensic science and a one-in-a-million DNA match.
  
  The third and final part of our series about familial DNA looks at the 2017 murder of Donna Louise Steele and how familial DNA helped crack the case.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1365australia-murders,cairns-cooktown-queensland,cold-cases-solved-by-dna,community-wide-dna-search,cooktown-crime,cooktown-murder-capital,cooktown-murders,dna-catching-killers,dna-evidence-cases,donna-louise-steele,donna-steele-murder,donna-steele-murder-2017,donna-steele-murder-extortion,familial-dna-australia,genetic-profiling-australia,is-cooktown-safe,life-sentence-white-confesses,matthew-ross-white,what-happened-to-donna-steele,who-killed-donna-steeletruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paul-stewart-hutchinson-colette-aram-s-killer-convicted-by-dna-after-25-years--47719230
  16-year-old Colette Aram had her whole life in front of her. But on Halloween 1986 she encountered Paul Stewart Hutchinson as he cruised her home village in Nottinghamshire in a stolen car. Hutchinson abducted Colette, raped and murdered her. Then he simply disappeared.
  
  25 years later, police reopened the investigation. In this podcast, we go behind the scenes of the Colette Aram cold case with Psycho Killer's Jacques Morrell. He was part of the team that collared Hutchinson thanks to advances in DNA testing — and an incredible coincidence.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47719230Mon, 13 Dec 2021 00:05:01 +0000Simon FordPart 2 of 3 16-year-old Colette Aram had her whole life in front of her. But on Halloween 1986 she encountered Paul Stewart Hutchinson as he cruised her home village in Nottinghamshire in a stolen car. Hutchinson abducted Colette, raped and murdered...
  16-year-old Colette Aram had her whole life in front of her. But on Halloween 1986 she encountered Paul Stewart Hutchinson as he cruised her home village in Nottinghamshire in a stolen car. Hutchinson abducted Colette, raped and murdered her. Then he simply disappeared.
  
  25 years later, police reopened the investigation. In this podcast, we go behind the scenes of the Colette Aram cold case with Psycho Killer's Jacques Morrell. He was part of the team that collared Hutchinson thanks to advances in DNA testing — and an incredible coincidence.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1125bbc-crimewatch-uk,british-sex-killer,british-true-crime,cold-case,colette-aram-1986,colette-aram-family,colette-aram-mother,colette-aram-rape-murder,costock-nottinghamshire,crimewatch-reconstruction,dna-solves-cold-case,dna-solves-rape-murder,familial-dna,first-crimewatch-reconstructio,generous-briton-pub-costock,girls-in-jodhpurs,keyworth-nottinghamshire,keyworth-rape-murder,nottinghamshire-sex-murders,paul-stewart-hutchinsontruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/joseph-deangelo-jr-the-golden-state-killer--47683317
  This psycho killer made Jack the Ripper look like a choirboy. Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. committed at least 13 murders, 50 rapes, and 120 burglaries across California between 1974 and 1986.
  
  Born on 8 November 1945, DeAngelo served in the US Navy during the Vietnam war. Afterwards, he joined the police but was fired for gross misconduct.
  
  Before he was unmasked, DeAngelo was known as the Night Stalker, the Original Night Stalker, the Visalia Ransacker, and the East Area Rapist. But the name that stuck was the Golden State Killer.
  
  DeAngelo committed his last rape/murder in 1986 and disappeared into the shadows. But the FBI reopened the case in 2016. Two years later, DeAngelo, then aged 72, was charged with eight counts of first-degree murder, based on DNA evidence.
  
  This podcast tells the story of the Golden State Killer in the context of advances in forensic science – in particular, the use of familial DNA to solve cold cases.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47683317Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:00:02 +0000Simon FordPart 1 of 3 This psycho killer made Jack the Ripper look like a choirboy. Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. committed at least 13 murders, 50 rapes, and 120 burglaries across California between 1974 and 1986. Born on 8 November 1945, DeAngelo served in the...
  This psycho killer made Jack the Ripper look like a choirboy. Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. committed at least 13 murders, 50 rapes, and 120 burglaries across California between 1974 and 1986.
  
  Born on 8 November 1945, DeAngelo served in the US Navy during the Vietnam war. Afterwards, he joined the police but was fired for gross misconduct.
  
  Before he was unmasked, DeAngelo was known as the Night Stalker, the Original Night Stalker, the Visalia Ransacker, and the East Area Rapist. But the name that stuck was the Golden State Killer.
  
  DeAngelo committed his last rape/murder in 1986 and disappeared into the shadows. But the FBI reopened the case in 2016. Two years later, DeAngelo, then aged 72, was charged with eight counts of first-degree murder, based on DNA evidence.
  
  This podcast tells the story of the Golden State Killer in the context of advances in forensic science – in particular, the use of familial DNA to solve cold cases.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>13171978-maggiore,american-serial-killer,american-serial-rapist,california-serial-killers,dna-catch-killer,domingo-sanchez-1981,familial-dna,golden-state-killer,golden-state-killer-victims,i'll-be-gone-in-the-dark,janelle-cruz,joseph-james-deangelo,manning-offerman-1979,mcgowen-1975,michelle-mcnamara,sacramento,smith-harrington-1980,snelling-1975,visalia,witthuln-1981falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tony-hobson-the-psycho-biker--47505842
  When three young men disappeared in a small Yorkshire town, the finger of suspicion pointed to the local troublemaker. Paul Anthony Hobson was the president of the West Riding chapter of the Hell's Angels. He and his rag-tag gang of impressionable followers were behind most of the antisocial behaviour in Garforth, near Leeds. But was loud-mouthed Tony Hobson a killer? Even hardened detectives were shocked by what they found.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47505842Fri, 19 Nov 2021 12:00:09 +0000Simon FordAdvisory: violence, strong language. When three young men disappeared in a small Yorkshire town, the finger of suspicion pointed to the local troublemaker. Paul Anthony Hobson was the president of the West Riding chapter of the Hell's Angels. He and...
  When three young men disappeared in a small Yorkshire town, the finger of suspicion pointed to the local troublemaker. Paul Anthony Hobson was the president of the West Riding chapter of the Hell's Angels. He and his rag-tag gang of impressionable followers were behind most of the antisocial behaviour in Garforth, near Leeds. But was loud-mouthed Tony Hobson a killer? Even hardened detectives were shocked by what they found.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1861andrew-watson-garforth,are-hells-angels-criminals-uk,biker-gang,christopher-robin-cooper,david-hirst-leeds-murder,dcs-bob-taylor,gang-voilence,garforth,hell's-angels,hells-angels-crimes,hells-angels-leader,hells-angels-voilent,highest-ranking-hells-angel,leeds,paul-anthony-hobson,phil-clapham-17-garforth,sons-of-anarchy,tony-hobson,west-yorkshire-murders,white-sea-and-balticfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/david-fuller-bedsit-killer-and-morgue-monster--47375640
  Fuller was unmasked s the 1987 Tunbridge Wells Bedsit Killer by DNA evidence. He'd lived a normal life under the noses of the police for more than three decades.
  
  Detectives stumbled upon evidence of his other, sickening crimes when they raided his home in East Sussex.
  
  Simon Ford, writer and journalist, and former major crime detective, Jacques Morrell, discuss the case and its fallout.
  
  Acknowledgement: Kent Police/Sky News
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47375640Tue, 09 Nov 2021 08:54:32 +0000Simon FordPre-sentencing reports are being prepared on David Fuller, the self-confessed murderer who also admitted sexually abusing more than 100 dead bodies in a hospital mortuary. Fuller was unmasked s the 1987 Tunbridge Wells Bedsit Killer by DNA evidence....
  Fuller was unmasked s the 1987 Tunbridge Wells Bedsit Killer by DNA evidence. He'd lived a normal life under the noses of the police for more than three decades.
  
  Detectives stumbled upon evidence of his other, sickening crimes when they raided his home in East Sussex.
  
  Simon Ford, writer and journalist, and former major crime detective, Jacques Morrell, discuss the case and its fallout.
  
  Acknowledgement: Kent Police/Sky News
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>659bedsit-killer,caroline-pierce,david-fuller-affairs,david-fuller-arrest-bodycam,david-fuller-mistress,david-fuller-police,david-fuller-sentence,david-fuller-wife,greg-clark-mp,kent-police,kent-sussex-hospital,knell-pierce-1987,linda-cook,linda-cook-1986,linda-cook-portsmouth,morgue,mortuary,necrophile,tunbridge-wells,wendy-knellfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/david-fuller-the-hospital-necrophile-killer--47316912
  He confessed to nearly 80 offences at the hospital where he worked for three decades. Fuller, 67, was on trial for the murders of two women in the 1980s.
  
  He'd been living an outwardly normal life until DNA evidence put him in the crosshairs of a police investigation.
  
  Jacques Morrell was a major crime detective for 30 years. He worked on homicides and complex investigations into institutionalised sexual abuse. Simon Ford is a journalist and former crime reporter.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47316912Thu, 04 Nov 2021 17:18:08 +0000Simon FordDavid Fuller, an electrician from Kent, will go into the history books as Britain's most prolific necrophile. He confessed to nearly 80 offences at the hospital where he worked for three decades. Fuller, 67, was on trial for the murders of two...
  He confessed to nearly 80 offences at the hospital where he worked for three decades. Fuller, 67, was on trial for the murders of two women in the 1980s.
  
  He'd been living an outwardly normal life until DNA evidence put him in the crosshairs of a police investigation.
  
  Jacques Morrell was a major crime detective for 30 years. He worked on homicides and complex investigations into institutionalised sexual abuse. Simon Ford is a journalist and former crime reporter.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>647caroline-pierce,david-fuller,david-fuller-family,david-fuller-heathfield,david-fuller-kent,david-fuller-kent-live,david-fuller-tunbridge-wells,david-fuller-wife,dna,dna-database,dna-evidence,hospital-necrophile,kent-murder,mortuary,necrophile,necrophilia,necrophiliac,pam-knell,wendy-knell,wendy-knell-1987falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hang-danyal-hussein-and-wayne-couzens-says-former-homicide-chief--47231128https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Psycho killers Danyal Hussein and Wayne Couzens should be executed for their crimes, according to DCS (Ret.) Bob Taylor, the former head of West Yorkshire CID.
  
  This week, teenager Hussein was jailed for 35 years for stabbing to death two sisters at a park in Wembley, north-west London. He murdered Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman in a supposed "sacrifice" he believed would give him a lottery win.
  
  Met Police officer Wayne Couzens was sentenced to a whole-life term for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. Ms Everard was selected at random by Couzens wh spent months planning the vicious attack.
  
  Speaking exclusively to Psycho Killer's Simon Ford, Bob Taylor says the time has come to bring back the death penalty for Britain's most evil criminals.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47231128Sat, 30 Oct 2021 10:05:48 +0000Simon FordVisit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts. Psycho killers Danyal Hussein and Wayne Couzens should be executed for their crimes, according to DCS (Ret.) Bob Taylor, the former head of West...https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Psycho killers Danyal Hussein and Wayne Couzens should be executed for their crimes, according to DCS (Ret.) Bob Taylor, the former head of West Yorkshire CID.
  
  This week, teenager Hussein was jailed for 35 years for stabbing to death two sisters at a park in Wembley, north-west London. He murdered Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman in a supposed "sacrifice" he believed would give him a lottery win.
  
  Met Police officer Wayne Couzens was sentenced to a whole-life term for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. Ms Everard was selected at random by Couzens wh spent months planning the vicious attack.
  
  Speaking exclusively to Psycho Killer's Simon Ford, Bob Taylor says the time has come to bring back the death penalty for Britain's most evil criminals.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>848bibba-henry,bob-taylor,bring-back-hanging,capital-punishment,danyal-hussein,danyal-hussein-father,danyal-hussein-reddit,danyal-hussein-satanist,fryent-country-park,hanging,nicole-smallman,sarah-everard,sarah-everard-killer,sarah-everard-wayne-couzens,wayne-couzens,wayne-couzens-children,wayne-couzens-family,wayne-couzens-latest,wayne-couzens-wife,wembley-park-killingsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lethal-weapons-when-is-a-prop-gun-not-a-prop--47115466https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Firearms regulation in Great Britain is among the strictest in the world. So it's hard for us to comprehend the accidental shooting of a crew member by the film star Alec Baldwin using a 'prop gun'.
  
  What is the difference between a supposedly harmless prop and a real, deadly firearm? What are the laws governing gun ownership in the UK? How are British TV shows and movies regulated? Why don't British Bobbies routinely carry guns?
  
  Jacques and Simon discuss these and other questions relating to firearms and the British public.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47115466Sat, 23 Oct 2021 15:44:39 +0000Simon FordVisit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts. Firearms regulation in Great Britain is among the strictest in the world. So it's hard for us to comprehend the accidental shooting of a crew member...https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Firearms regulation in Great Britain is among the strictest in the world. So it's hard for us to comprehend the accidental shooting of a crew member by the film star Alec Baldwin using a 'prop gun'.
  
  What is the difference between a supposedly harmless prop and a real, deadly firearm? What are the laws governing gun ownership in the UK? How are British TV shows and movies regulated? Why don't British Bobbies routinely carry guns?
  
  Jacques and Simon discuss these and other questions relating to firearms and the British public.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>507alec-baldwin-daily-mail,alec-baldwin-imdb,alec-baldwin-rust-movie,alec-baldwin-shooting,alec-baldwin-statement-twitter,alec-baldwin-twitter,fatal-movie-set-shooting,fatal-shooting,halyna-hutchins,halyna-hutchins-attorney,halyna-hutchins-baldwin,halyna-hutchins-clinton,halyna-hutchins-husband,halyna-hutchins-imdb,halyna-hutchins-instagram,halyna-hutchins-tweet,halyna-hutchins-weinstein,joel-souza,prop-gun,rust-moviefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-murder-of-sir-david-amess-mp--47062231https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Last week a new name was added to the roll-call of British parliamentarians who've died violent deaths in the course of their duties.
  
  Sir David Amess MP, who was 69, was fatally stabbed while meeting people in the constituency he represented.
  
  A man has been detained and is being questioned in connection with Sir David's murder, which police are treating as a terrorist incident.
  
  Jacques and Simon discuss the case and its implications for policing in the United Kingdom.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47062231Wed, 20 Oct 2021 13:35:37 +0000Simon FordVisit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts. Last week a new name was added to the roll-call of British parliamentarians who've died violent deaths in the course of their duties. Sir David...https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Last week a new name was added to the roll-call of British parliamentarians who've died violent deaths in the course of their duties.
  
  Sir David Amess MP, who was 69, was fatally stabbed while meeting people in the constituency he represented.
  
  A man has been detained and is being questioned in connection with Sir David's murder, which police are treating as a terrorist incident.
  
  Jacques and Simon discuss the case and its implications for policing in the United Kingdom.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>680ali-harbi-ali,david-amess-brass-eye,david-amess-death,david-amess-dogs,david-amess-family,david-amess-funeral,david-amess-mp,david-amess-murder,david-amess-news,david-amess-obituary,david-amess-son,david-amess-southend,david-amess-statue,david-amess-why,david-amess-wife,david-amess-wife-age,david-amess-wiki,david-ames-terror-suspectfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/robert-black-the-paedophile-child-killer--46970385https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  This episode contains graphic content of a sexual nature that you might find upsetting. We know because we were. But we decided the story needed to be told straight, for the record.
  
  The dictionary is full of adjectives to describe child rape and murder. None comes close to the experience of the children and families Robert Black tormented.
  
  If you have kids (as we do) please give them a hug when you've listened to our podcast.
  
  Robert Black is dead. But the law of averages says there are others like him out there, biding their time.
  
  So if you believe in a god, or none at all, pray they're stopped before they inflict this kind of suffering on the world.
  
  Acknowledgements: BBC Crimewatch UK; BBC Look North; BBC TV Documentaries; ITV Central News; ITN/ITV News; ITV Night Stalker
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46970385Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:00:13 +0000Simon FordVisit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts. This episode contains graphic content of a sexual nature that you might find upsetting. We know because we were. But we decided the story needed to be...https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  This episode contains graphic content of a sexual nature that you might find upsetting. We know because we were. But we decided the story needed to be told straight, for the record.
  
  The dictionary is full of adjectives to describe child rape and murder. None comes close to the experience of the children and families Robert Black tormented.
  
  If you have kids (as we do) please give them a hug when you've listened to our podcast.
  
  Robert Black is dead. But the law of averages says there are others like him out there, biding their time.
  
  So if you believe in a god, or none at all, pray they're stopped before they inflict this kind of suffering on the world.
  
  Acknowledgements: BBC Crimewatch UK; BBC Look North; BBC TV Documentaries; ITV Central News; ITN/ITV News; ITV Night Stalker
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>3081april-fabb,caroline-hogg,child-killer,child-serial-killer,christine-markham,genette-tate,jennifer-cardy,mary-boyle,paedophile,paedophile-child-murderer,pamela-hastie,patricia-morris,pedophile,robert-black-child-killer,sarah-harper,serial-killer,silke-garmen,susan-lawrence,susan-maxwell,theresa-thornhilltruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kenneth-noye-the-road-rage-psycho-killer--46865961
  Kenneth Noye has a way of dealing with people who p*** him off. He stabs them to death.
  
  The first time it was an undercover surveillance officer hiding in the grounds of his mansion. Noye's guard dogs brought down PC John Fordham. Then Noye shanked him 10 times and left the officer to bleed to death.
  
  Noye pleaded self-defence — and got off!
  
  The next time was during a road rage fistfight. Noye took a beating from Stephen Cameron. So he stabbed the younger, fitter man in the heart to teach the whippersnapper a lesson.
  
  Noye's a free man again – hanging around his old haunts in Kent – after serving 20 years for murder. Let's pray the Probation Service is keeping a close eye on him.
  
  This is the story of Kenneth James Noye, a gangster and psychotic killer who uses lethal force to settle trivial disputes.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46865961Fri, 08 Oct 2021 11:00:17 +0000Simon FordVisit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts. Kenneth Noye has a way of dealing with people who p*** him off. He stabs them to death. The first time it was an undercover surveillance officer...
  Kenneth Noye has a way of dealing with people who p*** him off. He stabs them to death.
  
  The first time it was an undercover surveillance officer hiding in the grounds of his mansion. Noye's guard dogs brought down PC John Fordham. Then Noye shanked him 10 times and left the officer to bleed to death.
  
  Noye pleaded self-defence — and got off!
  
  The next time was during a road rage fistfight. Noye took a beating from Stephen Cameron. So he stabbed the younger, fitter man in the heart to teach the whippersnapper a lesson.
  
  Noye's a free man again – hanging around his old haunts in Kent – after serving 20 years for murder. Let's pray the Probation Service is keeping a close eye on him.
  
  This is the story of Kenneth James Noye, a gangster and psychotic killer who uses lethal force to settle trivial disputes.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2341brett-tremain,danielle-cable,is-kenneth-noye-still-alive,karen-bricker-jones,kenneth-noye,kenneth-noye-2021,kenneth-noye-brother,kenneth-noye-documentary,kenneth-noye-house,kenneth-noye-pat-tate,kenneth-noye-sons,kenneth-noye-stephen-lawrence,kenneth-noye-wife,m25-killer,road-rage,road-rage-killer,road-rage-murder-kent,stephen-cameron,west-malling,where-is-danielle-cable-nowfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wayne-couzens-the-british-cop-turned-sex-killer--46776297https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Wayne Couzens was a disgrace to the police uniform he wore. Somehow, this sexual deviant managed to secure employment with the Met's elite diplomatic protection squad.
  
  He was licenced to kill – and kill he did. Posing as a plainclothes officer, Couzens raped and murdered Sarah Everard after kidnapping her under the guise of an arrest.
  
  Couzens erstwhile colleagues were soon onto him. He confessed and on 30 September 2021, a judge told him he'd spend the rest of his life in prison.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46776297Fri, 01 Oct 2021 15:34:43 +0000Simon FordVisit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts. Wayne Couzens was a disgrace to the police uniform he wore. Somehow, this sexual deviant managed to secure employment with the Met's elite diplomatic...https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Wayne Couzens was a disgrace to the police uniform he wore. Somehow, this sexual deviant managed to secure employment with the Met's elite diplomatic protection squad.
  
  He was licenced to kill – and kill he did. Posing as a plainclothes officer, Couzens raped and murdered Sarah Everard after kidnapping her under the guise of an arrest.
  
  Couzens erstwhile colleagues were soon onto him. He confessed and on 30 September 2021, a judge told him he'd spend the rest of his life in prison.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>723cressida-dick,how-sarah-everard-was-killed,how-wayne-couzens-got-caught,iopc,is-wayne-couzens-married,metropolitan-police,sarah-everard,sarah-everard-in-london,sarah-everard-misconduct,sarah-everard-murder,sarah-everard-on-cctv,wayne-couzens,wayne-couzens-latest-news,wayne-couzens-other-crimes,wayne-couzens-rapist,wayne-couzens-trial,wayne-couzens-victims,whole-life-term,who-sarah-everard,who-wayne-couzensfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beverley-allitt-the-killer-nurse-britain-s-most-prolific-female-murderer--46635011https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Britain’s most prolific female killer. That’s one description of Bev Allitt. But to the families whose babies and children she murdered, she is a monster – the embodiment of evil. And to those who seek to analyse her, an enigma.
  
  Allitt was a pathological liar who was allowed, by a series of grievous errors, to join the nursing profession. She claimed her first victim – a seven-week-old baby – within days of starting work at Grantham Hospital in Lincolnshire.
  
  Assigned to the children’s ward, children became the targets of her perverse personality disorder – Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy. Allitt murdered four babies and children. She tried to kill three others and caused a further six grievous bodily harm.
  
  Allitt’s crimes spanned just three months – February to April 1991. In this episode, we go beyond the wilting floral tributes and sympathy cards. We revisit Allitt’s crimes with archive recordings. And we give a chilling insight into the grotesque mind of Beverley Gail Allitt – the killer nurse.
  
  Warning: contains testimony you may find upsetting.
  
  See our website https://psycho-killer.co for videos, photos and articles about our investigations, plus profiles of the Psycho Killer team.
  
  Acknowledgements: ITV, World In Action - Murder on Ward Four; ITV, Trevor McDonald and the Killer Nurse; Nick Davies/Chatto Press, Murder on Ward Four, The Story of Bev Allitt, and the Most Terrifying Crime Since the Moors Murders.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46635011Fri, 24 Sep 2021 11:00:13 +0000Simon FordVisit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts. Britain’s most prolific female killer. That’s one description of Bev Allitt. But to the families whose babies and children she murdered, she is a...https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Britain’s most prolific female killer. That’s one description of Bev Allitt. But to the families whose babies and children she murdered, she is a monster – the embodiment of evil. And to those who seek to analyse her, an enigma.
  
  Allitt was a pathological liar who was allowed, by a series of grievous errors, to join the nursing profession. She claimed her first victim – a seven-week-old baby – within days of starting work at Grantham Hospital in Lincolnshire.
  
  Assigned to the children’s ward, children became the targets of her perverse personality disorder – Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy. Allitt murdered four babies and children. She tried to kill three others and caused a further six grievous bodily harm.
  
  Allitt’s crimes spanned just three months – February to April 1991. In this episode, we go beyond the wilting floral tributes and sympathy cards. We revisit Allitt’s crimes with archive recordings. And we give a chilling insight into the grotesque mind of Beverley Gail Allitt – the killer nurse.
  
  Warning: contains testimony you may find upsetting.
  
  See our website https://psycho-killer.co for videos, photos and articles about our investigations, plus profiles of the Psycho Killer team.
  
  Acknowledgements: ITV, World In Action - Murder on Ward Four; ITV, Trevor McDonald and the Killer Nurse; Nick Davies/Chatto Press, Murder on Ward Four, The Story of Bev Allitt, and the Most Terrifying Crime Since the Moors Murders.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>3045angel-of-death,beverley-allitt,beverley-allitt-documentary,beverley-allitt-now,beverley-allitt-parole-date,beverley-allitt-rampton,beverley-allitt-victims,british-child-murders,british-female-serial-killer,child-killer,grantham-hospital,killer-nurse,lincolnshire,munchausen's,munchausen-syndrome-by-proxy,nurse-serial-killers,rampton,rampton-secure-hospital,women-who-kill,worst-british-homicidesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dcs-bob-taylor-an-interview-with-britain-s-crimebuster-part-2--46326958https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Detective Chief Superintendent Bob Taylor was instrumental in bringing some of the UK's most notorious killers, rapists and kidnappers to justice.
  
  In the second part of our exclusive interview, he tells Simon Ford about the part he played in the 2002 Soham murder investigation.
  
  Plus, he expands on what makes a psychopath; developments in forensic science; and the impact of terrorism on police procedure.
  
  Simon starts by asking DCS Taylor about the questioning of John Humble, the 'I'm Jack' hoaxer who sent the Yorkshire Ripper investigation on a wild goose chase — with fatal consequences.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46326958Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:00:07 +0000Simon FordVisit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts. Detective Chief Superintendent Bob Taylor was instrumental in bringing some of the UK's most notorious killers, rapists and kidnappers to justice....https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Detective Chief Superintendent Bob Taylor was instrumental in bringing some of the UK's most notorious killers, rapists and kidnappers to justice.
  
  In the second part of our exclusive interview, he tells Simon Ford about the part he played in the 2002 Soham murder investigation.
  
  Plus, he expands on what makes a psychopath; developments in forensic science; and the impact of terrorism on police procedure.
  
  Simon starts by asking DCS Taylor about the questioning of John Humble, the 'I'm Jack' hoaxer who sent the Yorkshire Ripper investigation on a wild goose chase — with fatal consequences.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>1770christopher-farrow,dcs-bob-taylor,holly-wells,ian-huntley,irish-national-liberation-army,jessica-chapman,john-humble,leeds-firebombs-1992,maxine-carr,michael-sams,peter-sutcliffe,soham-murders,wendy-speakes,west-yorkshire-police,yorkshire-ripperfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thomas-parker-hanged-in-public-for-shooting-his-parents--46295364https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  See our exclusive picture gallery https://bit.ly/parker-murder-images
  
  Thomas Parker’s mother doted on her little boy. This spoilt brat grew up to be a workshy, wife-beating drunk. And he repaid his parents by turning a shotgun on them.
  
  Parker’s father survived with slight injuries. But his mother lingered for weeks with a festering head wound.
  
  The year was 1864. Elizabeth Parker fell into a coma and died in April. Four months later, her son also met his maker — at the end of a rope in front of 10,000 citizens.
  
  Thomas Parker was the last person to be hanged in public at Nottingham. This is his story.
  
  The Six O'clock Knock© is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  See our news article https://psycho-killer.co/psycho-killer-true-crime-podcast/news for photographs of the crime scene as it is today, contemporary court documents and the post mortem sketch prepared for the coroner.
  
  With contributions from Emmaline Severn, a distant relative of Elizabeth Parker, and Paul Mann QC.
  
  The traditional folk songs in this episode are performed by Catherine Earnshaw and Keith Clouston. 'The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood' is a traditional tune with lyrics by Richard and Mimi Fariña. 'Blue Bleezin’ Blind Drunk' is also traditional, with the last verse written by Linda Thompson. 'False, False' is a traditional Scottish song collected in 1962 by Ewan McColl and Peggy Seeger.
  
  Transcript
  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting we begin at the end [Music] a cool dry morning in august a Wednesday a 29 year old man in the prime of his life stands on a scaffold the roar from the crowd arrayed below engulfs him like flood water buffeting and deafening him with abuse [Music] for the first but not the last time today tom parker tilts his head back and gasps for air he is surrounded by a sea of faces so many it's impossible to count them all some are contorted in rage and scorn some are giddy with excitement others turn away afraid to look upon the condemned man's face out of respect or superstition but then there are those men just like him or like he used to be full of drink leering and braying as if revelling in a day at the races pressed in a doorway a youth and a maid steal an unlikely embrace her bare breast hidden only by her lover's needing hand their passion inflamed by the bloodlust of those thronged before them some have been here all night keen to take a prime spot from which to enjoy the day's grisly spectacle i am the resurrection and the life saith the lord he that believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live the chaplains words are drowned out by another wave of impatient jeers a hush descends now though as the white hood is placed over the prisoner's head in the distance the barking of dogs and the striking of a clock it is eight o'clock parker's eyes are swimming his heart beating as though to break free from his rib cage a hot dark bloom spreads in his trousers betraying his terror [Music] those closest can see and smell his shame some hurl obscenities at him fanning the air melodramatically the dirty bastard shat himself i know that my redeemer liveth and that he shall stand on the latter day upon the earth parker mouths the verse almost in unison desperate to display his newly restored faith in the almighty the summer breeze fills the chaplain's surplus like a sail and snatches at the brittle leaves of the prayer book he had fretted that the expected rain would make the scaffold slick any slip up here would be greeted with a very public type of ridicule that he wished to avoid and though after my skin worms destroy this body parker shuts his eyes as the noose is slipped over his hooded head and tries to mouth the verse [Music] but a vision swims into view a familiar kindly face every detail is there from the carefully parted gray hair under the modest bonnet to the cameo brooch at her throat to his horror the vision distorts then revealing a bloated sightless eye and a skein of dried blood staining the pallid cheek man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery in tones the reverend howard he cometh up and he is cut down like a flower he flees as it were a shadow and never continueth in one stay parker screws up his eyes but still the apparition of his mother dances before him her lolling head now reveals a shaved pallid scalp peppered with birdshot he tries to scream but his tongue has swollen and his mouth fills once more with the brandy he'd sucked at breakfast in the midst of life we are in death the bolt is drawn with a terrible sound richard thomas parker dangles in agony on the scaffold his struggles lasting much longer than expected for a moment he imagines he is airborne gliding above the throng impervious to the sting of their insults their jeers finally silenced in ore but then the roar of the crowd crashes back in waves febrile animalistic they're chanting like peels of thunder an urgent response to the denial of the reverend's fervent prayers he died hard they will say thomas askin the executioner has a reputation for botched hangings parker convulses but the drop is too short to break his neck the noose draws tight the brass ring behind his ear trapping his last breath compressing the vagus nerve and in that instant as his consciousness evaporates he is briefly aware of an overpowering odor it is blood and pig shit and lilac blossom...
  
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  See our exclusive picture gallery https://bit.ly/parker-murder-images
  
  Thomas Parker’s mother doted on her little boy. This spoilt brat grew up to be a workshy, wife-beating drunk. And he repaid his parents by turning a shotgun on them.
  
  Parker’s father survived with slight injuries. But his mother lingered for weeks with a festering head wound.
  
  The year was 1864. Elizabeth Parker fell into a coma and died in April. Four months later, her son also met his maker — at the end of a rope in front of 10,000 citizens.
  
  Thomas Parker was the last person to be hanged in public at Nottingham. This is his story.
  
  The Six O'clock Knock© is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  See our news article https://psycho-killer.co/psycho-killer-true-crime-podcast/news for photographs of the crime scene as it is today, contemporary court documents and the post mortem sketch prepared for the coroner.
  
  With contributions from Emmaline Severn, a distant relative of Elizabeth Parker, and Paul Mann QC.
  
  The traditional folk songs in this episode are performed by Catherine Earnshaw and Keith Clouston. 'The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood' is a traditional tune with lyrics by Richard and Mimi Fariña. 'Blue Bleezin’ Blind Drunk' is also traditional, with the last verse written by Linda Thompson. 'False, False' is a traditional Scottish song collected in 1962 by Ewan McColl and Peggy Seeger.
  
  Transcript
  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting we begin at the end [Music] a cool dry morning in august a Wednesday a 29 year old man in the prime of his life stands on a scaffold the roar from the crowd arrayed below engulfs him like flood water buffeting and deafening him with abuse [Music] for the first but not the last time today tom parker tilts his head back and gasps for air he is surrounded by a sea of faces so many it's impossible to count them all some are contorted in rage and scorn some are giddy with excitement others turn away afraid to look upon the condemned man's face out of respect or superstition but then there are those men just like him or like he used to be full of drink leering and braying as if revelling in a day at the races pressed in a doorway a youth and a maid steal an unlikely embrace her bare breast hidden only by her lover's needing hand their passion inflamed by the bloodlust of those thronged before them some have been here all night keen to take a prime spot from which to enjoy the day's grisly spectacle i am the resurrection and the life saith the lord he that believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live the chaplains words are drowned out by another wave of impatient jeers a hush descends now though as the white hood is placed over the prisoner's head in the distance the barking of dogs and the striking of a clock it is eight o'clock parker's eyes are swimming his heart beating as though to break free from his rib cage a hot dark bloom spreads in his trousers betraying his terror [Music] those closest can see and smell his shame some hurl obscenities at him fanning the air melodramatically the dirty bastard shat himself i know that my redeemer liveth and that he shall stand on the latter day upon the earth parker mouths the verse almost in unison desperate to display his newly restored faith in the almighty the summer breeze fills the chaplain's surplus like a sail and snatches at the brittle leaves of the prayer book he had fretted that the expected rain would make the scaffold slick any slip up here would be greeted with a very public type of ridicule that...]]>2181botched-hanging,british-true-crime,capital-punishment,elizabeth-parker,fiskerton-murder,fiskerton-murder-1864,great-flood-sheffield-1846,hanging,last-public-hanging-nottingham,national-justice-museum,nottingham-hanging,nottinghamshire-murder,public-hanging,shotgun-murder,thomas-parker,truecrime,truecrimecommunityfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dcs-bob-taylor-an-interview-with-britain-s-crimebuster-part-1--46112181https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Bob Taylor retired as Detective Chief Superintendent of West Yorkshire Police with an unprecedented 100% clear-up record. In a career spanning 31 years, Taylor and his team were responsible for putting some of Britain's most evil criminals behind bars. That's why his officers called their guv'nor 'Crimebuster'.
  
  Taylor cut his teeth on the Yorkshire Ripper investigation. Then he tracked down some of the country's most notorious psychopaths and murderers, before becoming head of operations at the elite National Crime Squad, the UK's answer to the FBI.
  
  In this exclusive interview with Simon Ford, Bob Taylor talks about the Ripper enquiry, the shoe-fetish killer Christopher Farrow, the interrogation of psychopath Michael Sams, and the chilling case of the sadistic serial rapist, Clive Barwell.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46112181Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:54:00 +0000Simon FordVisit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts. Bob Taylor retired as Detective Chief Superintendent of West Yorkshire Police with an unprecedented 100% clear-up record. In a career spanning 31...https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Bob Taylor retired as Detective Chief Superintendent of West Yorkshire Police with an unprecedented 100% clear-up record. In a career spanning 31 years, Taylor and his team were responsible for putting some of Britain's most evil criminals behind bars. That's why his officers called their guv'nor 'Crimebuster'.
  
  Taylor cut his teeth on the Yorkshire Ripper investigation. Then he tracked down some of the country's most notorious psychopaths and murderers, before becoming head of operations at the elite National Crime Squad, the UK's answer to the FBI.
  
  In this exclusive interview with Simon Ford, Bob Taylor talks about the Ripper enquiry, the shoe-fetish killer Christopher Farrow, the interrogation of psychopath Michael Sams, and the chilling case of the sadistic serial rapist, Clive Barwell.
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>4047bob-taylor,british-fbi,british-homicide,british-serial-killer,christopher-farrow,clive-barwell,crimebuster,dcs-bob-taylor,detective-bob-taylor-interview,michael-sams,national-crime-squad,peter-sutcliffe,retired-detective-bob-taylor,serial-rapist,shoe-fetish,wakefield-fetish-murder,wakefield-murder-1994,wendy-speakes,west-yorkshire-police,yorkshire-ripperfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/michael-sams-killer-of-julie-dart-and-kidnapper-of-stephanie-slater--45729213https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Michael Benneman Sams was one of life’s losers, a little man with big, bad ideas. He snatched his victims and held them to ransom locked in a wheelie bin. Birmingham estate agent Stephanie Slater walked free when her employers paid £175,000. Julie Dart, a teenager from Leeds, wasn’t so lucky. She escaped from the wheelie bin, triggering Sams’s silent alarm. He murdered her before she could break out of his workshop in Newark, Nottinghamshire, and dumped her body in a field in Lincolnshire. But the police caught up with Sams. His ex-wife and son had long memories. When they recognised him on BBC Crimewatch they were quick to turn him in. Sams, now 79, will die in prison.
  
  This podcast features an exclusive interview with Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Superintendent (retired) Bob Taylor of West Yorkshire Police.
  
  The Six O'clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  Transcript
  [MUSIC] Hello and welcome to the Six O’Clock Knock. I’m Simon Ford, a journalist and broadcaster. And I’m Jacques Morrell a former major crime detective who just can’t hang up his boots!
  
  Put us together and what have you got? A series of insightful, provocative and challenging new ‘takes’ on cold cases and landmark investigations. Jacques spent 30 years on the force, and I’ve spent as long chasing scoops and scribbling in courtrooms. About a year ago we shook hands, sat down and started comparing notebooks. And I can honestly say that deciphering Simon’s shorthand is the most difficult piece of detective work I’ve ever done.
  
  Read more: https://bit.ly/michael-sams-transcript
  
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  Michael Benneman Sams was one of life’s losers, a little man with big, bad ideas. He snatched his victims and held them to ransom locked in a wheelie bin. Birmingham estate agent Stephanie Slater walked free when her employers paid £175,000. Julie Dart, a teenager from Leeds, wasn’t so lucky. She escaped from the wheelie bin, triggering Sams’s silent alarm. He murdered her before she could break out of his workshop in Newark, Nottinghamshire, and dumped her body in a field in Lincolnshire. But the police caught up with Sams. His ex-wife and son had long memories. When they recognised him on BBC Crimewatch they were quick to turn him in. Sams, now 79, will die in prison.
  
  This podcast features an exclusive interview with Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Superintendent (retired) Bob Taylor of West Yorkshire Police.
  
  The Six O'clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  Transcript
  [MUSIC] Hello and welcome to the Six O’Clock Knock. I’m Simon Ford, a journalist and broadcaster. And I’m Jacques Morrell a former major crime detective who just can’t hang up his boots!
  
  Put us together and what have you got? A series of insightful, provocative and challenging new ‘takes’ on cold cases and landmark investigations. Jacques spent 30 years on the force, and I’ve spent as long chasing scoops and scribbling in courtrooms. About a year ago we shook hands, sat down and started comparing notebooks. And I can honestly say that deciphering Simon’s shorthand is the most difficult piece of detective work I’ve ever done.
  
  Read more: https://bit.ly/michael-sams-transcript
  
  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.]]>2883bbc,birmingham,british-murder-kidnap,crimewatch,estate-agent,julie-ann-dart,julie-dart-family,julie-dart-kidnapping,kidnap-murder,leeds,leeds-teenager-julie-dart,michael-benneman-sams,michael-sams-house,newark-on-trent,nottinghamshire,stephanie-slater,suzy-lamplugh,wheelie-bin,who-kidnapped-stephanie-slater,who-killed-julie-dartfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/murder-on-the-brighton-line-conan-doyle-s-inspiration--45669039https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  In straight-laced Victorian Britain, the railway line between London and the seaside town of Brighton was a bordello on wheels. Inevitably, the secret trysts and dodgy deals conducted in its curtained carriages led to some unsavoury crimes. A series of murders on the Brighton Line shocked polite society and some remain unsolved to this day. Others saw their perpetrators sent to the gallows. Brighton’s reputation as a Bohemian playground was matched only by the town’s notoriety for violence. The curious characters of Grahame Green’s novel Brighton Rock were typical of those Simon Ford and detective Jacques Morrell encountered on this journey through the archives.
  
  The Six O’clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  Transcript
  Hello and welcome to the Six O’clock Knock, the true-crime podcast that takes a fresh look at murder I’m Jacques Morrell I served as a police officer from 1985 to 2015. my last 12 years in the job was spent exclusively dealing with homicides as a detective sergeant and I’m Simon Ford a journalist and writer I have years of experience in radio and broadcasting I still have a nose for a good story and Jacques is still keen to apply his copper's brain to cases whether solved or not that's right and this episode will focus on murder on the railway of course we touched on the railways a few episodes back didn't we the Frederick Deeming case serial swindler and bigamist with a parshan for murdering his wives yes indeed he used the opportunity to travel that steam trains and steamships gave 19th century society he travelled extensively and he used a different name in every town the Victorian era meant that travel was so much easier and quicker the railways had revolutionized transport replacing those horse-drawn stage coaches that up to then were the quickest way to get from one town to another right mass travel had arrived passengers were less conspicuous traveling in greater numbers the commute had arrived and with it the travelling criminal yeah we're looking at this subject after someone suggested a particular case known as the murder on the Brighton line but when we started digging we found two others on the same stretch of railway line between London and Brighton well as your fellow journalist the late Sir Harry Evans said keep digging the truth is down there somewhere wow it's not often I mentioned in the same breath as the late great Harry Evans so um thanks for that mate and in terms of the truth yes it certainly is so we're going to dig into all those grisly crimes and trust me they are grisly Jacques did you ever deal with any railway cases well not really because railways in the UK have their own police the British Transport Police, or BTP, we occasionally asked them for information or made inquiries relating to people moving through railway premises but to be honest we really saw BTP officers at our police stations well the British transport police force has its roots very early in the history of British policing the earliest record of railway police predates the formation of the metropolitan police usually recognized as the first modern police force in England and Wales by at least four years no one knows just how many individual railway dock and canal police forces existed in the 19th century but they probably numbered over a hundred largely unsung and in many cases unremembered I suppose a modern equivalent would be private security firms in the united states safeguarding the interests and assets of corporations these early forces combined to form the modern BTP we looked at the recent crime figures for the BTP there was a significant rise in all crimes of 12 percent in 2019 Adrian Han stock the deputy chief constable said the record number of passengers using the railways was behind the jump in crime rates which were mainly theft and anti-social behaviour Hanstock put a lot of this down to the fact that railway stations are becoming increasingly commercial environments well that's certainly true anyone familiar with some pancreas station in London will know that the original storage areas below platform level they're now a stylish shopping centre and the Victorian booking office is a bar and a restaurant the force also reported a surge in the number of vulnerable people it dealt with including through providing mental health support officers and rail staff performed 2529 life-saving interventions up 32 percent on the year before despite this there were only six homicides on the British railway network in 2018 to 19. one was the awful death of 51 year old Lee Pomeroy who was stabbed to death by a paranoid schizophrenic after an argument on a train maybe there is an argument for the BPT to be amalgamated into the regional forces to share experience and intelligence public transport will only increase in the years to come integrated management of our transport network imagine that so do criminals use the rail network as a way of getting about or do they prefer to use the roads instead well of course they use both but you know over the years I’ve thought about how the world has changed not just in a policing sense but how society has changed in how it moves around if I’m completely honest the core has a lot to answer for this may be just my opinion but the car has made us selfish and anti-social we treat the car as an extension of our private lives whilst it's given us choice and freedom to move around when we want to we seem to enjoy the anonymity that the car brings us and as policing has taught me the public don't like it when they're challenged do they no I suppose not we all resent being stopped by the police or getting a fixed penalty notice through the post I know I do how dare they take a photo of me driving through that red traffic light not that I make a habit of it incidentally I suppose the car has also allowed criminals to operate in even wider areas and as you say Jacques being less conspicuous you're spot on burglars are the best example dwelling house burglars usually have a rule of not [ __ ] on their own doorstep they prefer to steal from neighbouring estates or areas they were passing through they always had a problem though how to transport their ill-gotten gains now jewellery and cash is not a problem electrical goods not so easy the car changed all that not only does the car provide transport and storage they don't stand out or look out of place do they it's just another car driving on a public road privacy no interaction with the public yeah I get it I’m trying to imagine myself as a burglar and having to use public transport while carrying the contents of somebody else's house with me I’ve got a heavy hold all bulging with jewellery and ornaments candlesticks that sort of thing a Sony PlayStation and I’m having to plan my getaway so 10 minute walk to the station buy a ticket wait around a bit I’m restricted by the timetable several people might see me look at me heavens even speak to me that's it and the car changed all that within a couple of hours at any time of day a criminal could drive to another town commit a crime drive to a different town dispose of the goods then return home the risks of being stopped by the police you'd take your chance even if the police showed an interest in you, you could hide any evidence in the worst case scenario you could fail to stop for them and try and get away yeah I see what you mean there the car allows people to move around unnoticed at a time to suit them protected by a metal shell things were very different 140 years ago it is 1881. the telephone has not long been invented Matthew Webb has recently swung the English channel and unwittingly his image has made it onto millions of matchboxes the first Boer war has just ended in south Africa where the British got their butts kicked two years ago 75 people died in the Tay bridge railway disaster in Scotland this case is much further south almost as far south as you can get on the British mainland in Brighton on the south coast of England [Music] the London and Brighton railway opened in 1841 and it brought Brighton within the reach of day-trippers from London the population grew from around seven thousand in eighteen hundred and one to more than a hundred and twenty thousand by nineteen hundred and one in 1881 there was overcrowding and disease clean water and sanitation would desperately needed just 47 miles from London the train was popular the regular service to the capital went to Croydon and then split into two one line to London Victoria and the other to London bridge stations on the route from London included East Croydon, Three Bridges, Hayward's Heath, Willsfield, Burgess Hill, Hassocks and Preston park. It’s Monday the 27th of June at 2pm Preston park is a small quiet station serving a village on the outskirts of Brighton the ticket collector watches the arrival of the train from London bridge a male passenger gets off there's something about him that draws the ticket collector's attention the man emerges from the first class compartment and steps onto the platform he seems unsteady on his feet he's not wearing a hat which is unusual nor is he wearing the collar and tie even more concerning he's covered in blood he seems distressed the collector goes to his assistants the man mumbled something about having been attacked as the train entered Merced tunnel now Merston tunnel is just south of Croydon and several stops from Preston park probably a 30 minute journey
  
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  In straight-laced Victorian Britain, the railway line between London and the seaside town of Brighton was a bordello on wheels. Inevitably, the secret trysts and dodgy deals conducted in its curtained carriages led to some unsavoury crimes. A series of murders on the Brighton Line shocked polite society and some remain unsolved to this day. Others saw their perpetrators sent to the gallows. Brighton’s reputation as a Bohemian playground was matched only by the town’s notoriety for violence. The curious characters of Grahame Green’s novel Brighton Rock were typical of those Simon Ford and detective Jacques Morrell encountered on this journey through the archives.
  
  The Six O’clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  Transcript
  Hello and welcome to the Six O’clock Knock, the true-crime podcast that takes a fresh look at murder I’m Jacques Morrell I served as a police officer from 1985 to 2015. my last 12 years in the job was spent exclusively dealing with homicides as a detective sergeant and I’m Simon Ford a journalist and writer I have years of experience in radio and broadcasting I still have a nose for a good story and Jacques is still keen to apply his copper's brain to cases whether solved or not that's right and this episode will focus on murder on the railway of course we touched on the railways a few episodes back didn't we the Frederick Deeming case serial swindler and bigamist with a parshan for murdering his wives yes indeed he used the opportunity to travel that steam trains and steamships gave 19th century society he travelled extensively and he used a different name in every town the Victorian era meant that travel was so much easier and quicker the railways had revolutionized transport replacing those horse-drawn stage coaches that up to then were the quickest way to get from one town to another right mass travel had arrived passengers were less conspicuous traveling in greater numbers the commute had arrived and with it the travelling criminal yeah we're looking at this subject after someone suggested a particular case known as the murder on the Brighton line but when we started digging we found two others on the same stretch of railway line between London and Brighton well as your fellow journalist the late Sir Harry Evans said keep digging the truth is down there somewhere wow it's not often I mentioned in the same breath as the late great Harry Evans so um thanks for that mate and in terms of the truth yes it certainly is so we're going to dig into all those grisly crimes and trust me they are grisly Jacques did you ever deal with any railway cases well not really because railways in the UK have their own police the British Transport Police, or BTP, we occasionally asked them for information or made inquiries relating to people moving through railway premises but to be honest we really saw BTP officers at our police stations well the British transport police force has its roots very early in the history of British policing the earliest record of railway police predates the formation of the metropolitan police usually recognized as the first modern police force in England and Wales by at least four years no one knows just how many individual railway dock and canal police forces existed in the 19th century but they probably numbered over a hundred largely unsung and in many cases unremembered I suppose a modern equivalent would be private security firms in the united states safeguarding the interests and assets of corporations these early forces combined to form the modern BTP we looked at the recent crime figures for the BTP there was a significant rise in all crimes of 12 percent in 2019 Adrian Han stock the deputy chief constable said the record number of passengers using the railways was behind the jump in crime...]]>27221934,balcome-tunnel,brighton-train-station,brighton-trunk-murders,british-transport-police,british-victorian-murder,conan-doyle,croydon,dalston-junction,isaac-gold,louisa-masset,manfred-masset,mary-money,merstham,percy-lefroy-mapleton,railway-murders,redhill,sherlock-holmes,toni-mancini,violette-kayefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-black-panther-donald-neilson-part-2--45668671https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Part 2 of a two-part UK true-crime documentary
  
  Donald Neilson was born Donald Nappey. He changed his name to get the bullies off his back. But he couldn’t shake the jealousy that drove him to rob the vulnerable at gunpoint. He murdered defenceless victims in the pursuit of greed. And he tethered a teenage girl naked in a drainage shaft, demanding £50,000 for her release. Lesley Whittle died in that shaft, throttled by the metal cable Neilson shacked around her neck. But did he fall or was she pushed? That was for a jury to decide.
  
  The Six O’clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  Transcript
  [Music] this podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Help me for god's sake he's got a gun pc Stuart McKenzie staggered out of the patrol car two lads stood open-mouthed on the pavement outside the junction fish and chip shop in Rainworth Nottinghamshire time seemed to stand still then 18-year-old Paul Cullen and his friend Derek Smart sprinted to the corner phone box and dialled 999. it took 12 minutes for one day's policeman and a gang of have-a-go heroes to restrain Donald Neilson his coat came open during the struggle revealing knives and the bandolier of shotgun cartridges Paul Cullen remembers the melee outside the chip shop I could just see a load of people gathering around and helping the policeman what was not took in a bishop that was trying to help him to restrain him to the railings like and when we got back down there he wasn't quite at the railings but everybody was trying to get involved the best they could to help the policeman because it was on his own at that point I was just thinking that we were looking to be alive being a double-barrelled sawn off shotgun if that gun would have gone off in our direction we'd have been blown through the wind of me and derry what's the one thing that you'll remember above everything else about what happened that night the one thing that really sticks with you well there's actually two I’ve got the voice of the policeman him for help just disease he slammed his brakes on and also the noise from the gun so we could pick one out of the two there George Collins was an RAF serviceman at the time he left the Robin Hood pub across the road to see what the commotion was about in an email he told the Six O’clock Knock when I arrived on the scene one of the two PCs I think McKenzie was holding the shotgun trying to open the breach I asked if he needed help and he moved it towards me I operated a lever on top of the breach and the gun opened as it did the two cartridges popped out a short way McKenzie kept hold of the gun and I took hold of the cartridges they were placed in bags then put in the boot of the police vehicle along with the gun Neilson was handcuffed to the railings between the toilet block and the chippy he had a Black eye I’m not sure which side I went into the chippy then headed home the next day I travelled back to Edinburgh where I was stationed in the RAF none of my details were taken at the time of the incident some weeks later I had a call from not CID someone had obviously done some leg work and came up with my name I was reported in the local paper as the missing link i.e. how did the gun get in a safe state and the cartridges end up in the boot I had to travel to Nottingham to give a statement and have my fingerprints taken for elimination purposes you're listening to the Six O’clock Knock the true crime podcast that examines historic crimes through a modern lens in part two of our review of the Black Panther case we'll look at the trial of Donald Neilson the prosecution of his wife Irene and the repercussions for policing in the UK were lessons learned from the hunt for the Black Panther remember he was free for 11 months after Lesley Whittle's death and he was caught accidentally by two police officers who were almost certainly being driven to their death by the super fit kidnapper and multiple murderer and last but not least we'll ask how easy it would be for a modern day Black Panther to offend with the impunity that characterized Neilson’s reign of terror so how did Lesley Whittle meet her death Neilson swore that she slid off the platform although he did not see her go over he told the Court he went down the ladder for the last time in order to set Lesley free as I descended I saw Lesley had started to move as she normally did to allow me to get off the ladder onto the platform beside her as I stepped from the ladder I had one foot on the landing I took my foot off the ladder and turned and it was while I was doing this to the look round and she went over the lantern was still lit I grabbed this and stepped across to the other side of the landing I put one foot down on the concrete ledge and went down into a squatting position in front of her with the intention of pulling her back up but her head was lower than the gantry and she was hanging with one shoulder underneath it there was nothing for me to grab hold of the torch was pointed into her face her eyes flickered and stopped there was no movement it was then I realized she was dead later Mr Justice Mars-Jones pressed Neilson the accused replied the difficulty is it all happened so quickly the head went over between the stanchion and the far wall she slid in the bag away from the ladder what I did see was the fact the wire went tight she had been in a lying position she wasn't stood up when I said she moved I didn't mean she walked away from me she slid the pathologist Dr John Brown told the Court there was little sign of violence on Lesley's body suggesting she wasn't fighting for her life when she fell to her death the five feet of wire rope looped around her neck was long enough for her to stand in the drain under the platform but the wire snagged on a supporting stanchion rather than landing in the drain Lesley was left dangling by her neck with her toes just a couple of inches off the bottom the
  
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  Part 2 of a two-part UK true-crime documentary
  
  Donald Neilson was born Donald Nappey. He changed his name to get the bullies off his back. But he couldn’t shake the jealousy that drove him to rob the vulnerable at gunpoint. He murdered defenceless victims in the pursuit of greed. And he tethered a teenage girl naked in a drainage shaft, demanding £50,000 for her release. Lesley Whittle died in that shaft, throttled by the metal cable Neilson shacked around her neck. But did he fall or was she pushed? That was for a jury to decide.
  
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  [Music] this podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Help me for god's sake he's got a gun pc Stuart McKenzie staggered out of the patrol car two lads stood open-mouthed on the pavement outside the junction fish and chip shop in Rainworth Nottinghamshire time seemed to stand still then 18-year-old Paul Cullen and his friend Derek Smart sprinted to the corner phone box and dialled 999. it took 12 minutes for one day's policeman and a gang of have-a-go heroes to restrain Donald Neilson his coat came open during the struggle revealing knives and the bandolier of shotgun cartridges Paul Cullen remembers the melee outside the chip shop I could just see a load of people gathering around and helping the policeman what was not took in a bishop that was trying to help him to restrain him to the railings like and when we got back down there he wasn't quite at the railings but everybody was trying to get involved the best they could to help the policeman because it was on his own at that point I was just thinking that we were looking to be alive being a double-barrelled sawn off shotgun if that gun would have gone off in our direction we'd have been blown through the wind of me and derry what's the one thing that you'll remember above everything else about what happened that night the one thing that really sticks with you well there's actually two I’ve got the voice of the policeman him for help just disease he slammed his brakes on and also the noise from the gun so we could pick one out of the two there George Collins was an RAF serviceman at the time he left the Robin Hood pub across the road to see what the commotion was about in an email he told the Six O’clock Knock when I arrived on the scene one of the two PCs I think McKenzie was holding the shotgun trying to open the breach I asked if he needed help and he moved it towards me I operated a lever on top of the breach and the gun opened as it did the two cartridges popped out a short way McKenzie kept hold of the gun and I took hold of the cartridges they were placed in bags then put in the boot of the police vehicle along with the gun Neilson was handcuffed to the railings between the toilet block and the chippy he had a Black eye I’m not sure which side I went into the chippy then headed home the next day I travelled back to Edinburgh where I was stationed in the RAF none of my details were taken at the time of the incident some weeks later I had a call from not CID someone had obviously done some leg work and came up with my name I was reported in the local paper as the missing link i.e. how did the gun get in a safe state and the cartridges end up in the boot I had to travel to Nottingham to give a statement and have my fingerprints taken for elimination purposes you're listening to the Six O’clock Knock the true crime podcast that examines historic crimes through a modern lens in part two of our review of the Black Panther case we'll look at the trial of Donald Neilson the prosecution of his wife Irene and the repercussions for policing in the UK were lessons learned from the hunt for the Black Panther remember he was free for 11...]]>2269abduction,bathpool,black-panther-killer,bob-booth,derek-astin,donald-skepper,gerald-smith,kidsgrove-park,lesley-whittle,leslie-richardson,mansfield,mars-jones,nottinghamshire-police,rainworth,sawn-off-shotgun,shropshire,sidney-grayland,stuart-mckenzie,tony-white,true-crime-documentaries-ukfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-black-panther-donald-neilson-part-1--45668669https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Part 1 of a two-part UK true-crime documentary
  
  It was the culmination of a reign of terror climaxing in a crime that horrified a nation. Between
  1967 and 1974, an athletic, shadowy figure carried out a series of nighttime raids on sub-post offices in the English Midlands. The masked robber, who always wore dark clothing, was as ruthless as he was physically fit. These characteristics earned him the nickname ‘The Black Panther’. Before long, the Panther turned to cold-blooded murder. Then, with the same chilling disregard for life which characterised his earlier crimes, he kidnapped and murdered a teenage girl. The girl, who he believed to be heiress to a vast fortune, was Lesley Whittle. The Black Panther was eventually unmasked as Donald Neilson, a psychopath with a massive chip on his shoulder.
  
  The Six O’clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
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  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting hello and welcome to the Six O’clock Knock the podcast where we combine a journalist's curiosity with the detectives powers of logical deduction I’m Simon Ford writer broadcaster and former BBC reporter and I’m Jacques Morrell a former major crime detective I might have left the job but I can't leave the job alone it's in our blood you see so we decided to get together and compare notes about old cases cold cases and just plain weird cases and boom the Six O’clock Knock was born we're going to get under the skin of one of the most violent sinister and mysterious British criminals of the 20th century the expression reign of terror could have been coined to describe his career of crime so little is known about this mercurial murderer and kidnapper we've reimagined some moments from his life using eyewitness testimony court transcripts and accounts from the period his name was Donald Neilson but in the 1970s he was known and feared by the nickname bestowed on him by the press the black panther [Music] Donald Neilson was born with the different and slightly unfortunate name of Donald Nappey on Saturday the 1st of August 1936 he was just 10 when his mother died he was bullied at school and he soon found himself in trouble with the law it was military service that interrupted his downward spiral the teenage Donald Nappey had met the love of his life the British army it was more than a love affair though it was an obsession [Music] oh Nappey rash golly flags it was the kind of stupid remark Donald Nappey was used to hearing from his fellow conscripts in the king's own Yorkshire light infantry a zealous non-smoker lance corporal Nappey drew himself up to his four five feet four inches and bellowed gets a bloody move on you lanky streaks of piss before I put you both on a charge all because he turned down his cigarette ration instead of sharing it with the other soldiers what do you want striker [ __ ] short ass Nappey his surname had been a source of torment from almost the day he was born bullied at school the taunting continued when he enlisted in the army for national service but despite having to repeat his basic training and a uniform that always appeared a size too big the army life suited young Donald it was regimented and orderly you knew where you were with orders in a year he'd gone from an orphan delinquent to a young man with a purpose he'd hardly started shaving cue more teasing when they promoted him to lance corporal now he got to issue a few orders of his own not that his obsessive list making nit-picking and penalties for petty infringements earned him much respect from his subordinates humour the squad his best friend was how they coped with his type Nappey two pubes Nappey one ball Nappey the 18 year old jogged across Strensil Camp high on the north Yorkshire moors his wiry frame humping a 30 pound bergen rucksack the other men grumbled about the so-called lazy wind it goes through you not around you but lance corporal Nappey embraced the chilly conditions wait until they get to Aden or Kenya he said to himself and they're miles from anywhere with no rations or facing some Mao Mao gorillas when the ammo runs out they'll wish they'd listen to me then the sarcastic bastards by now Nappey was double timing it his hobnailed ammunition boots wrapping on the brushed concrete of the perimeter road up here on the moors the route around the base was both his running track and assault course they could say what they liked but lance corporal Nappey had the rest of them licked when it came to PT just don't mention that business with the SAS lads absorbed in the rhythm of running Donald Nappey was enjoying a daydream in which he as commander of his own elite unit showed the SASs how to do it properly this unforgivable lapse of vigilance explained as he would later tell himself his failure to register the parked land rover with heart-stopping suddenness colonel Nappey of the special air service found himself face to face with an enraged Alsatian he was so close that the phone flying from its gnashing jaws caught him full in the face sweet Jesus Christ he roared somebody get that [ __ ] monster under control yes sorry cool bro replied the handler smirking as he jumped out of the canvas covered land rover Spartan’s been cooped up all day you know what he's like when he hasn't had his exercise despite varying his route and the timing of his runs lance corporal Nappey was prone to encounter the same dog with uncanny regularity this time the Alsatian had emerged from the tarpaulin at head height like some furious canine cuckoo from a clock exercise my ass private insubordination fatigues guard room 1500 hours got it what about spartan xeon for teams as well corporal the snarling dog was straining at the leash dancing like a bear on its hind legs lance corporal Nappey hoped the sentry hadn't seen that his knees were knocking under his car key drill shorts bloody dogs he hated bloody dogs 1500 hours and think yourself lucky I don't have the bugger shots the private jumped to attention snapping up a salute dismissed Nappey spat back infuriated that his voice was an octave higher than normal he swallowed hard and was waiting for the land rover to disappear when he thought he heard a whisper don't worry spartan he won't shoot you he wouldn't know which way round to point the bloody gun Nappey scanned the heather and the gorse but there was nobody there bloody imagination getting the better of him in the distance a helicopter was circling wakka wakka wakka wakka there's gonna be a few changes around here be hollered in case anyone was listening then checking the two synchronized wristwatches he always wore lance corporal Nappey resumed his steady pace and followed the perimeter fence back towards the main gate that sodding name will have to go for a start he thought no son of mine will be saddled with a moniker like Nappey dirty Nappey nipper Nappey happy Nappey he'd had enough he fancied Neilson that had a ring to it that would get respect [Music] it wasn't until 1960 that the 24 year old Donald Nappey changed his name to Neilson by that stage he'd left the army and married Irene Tate they had a daughter Catherine and that spurred Mr Nappey to make the switch to Neilson Saturday's child works hard for a living and Donald Neilson slogged away at a few jobs he was a taxi driver and a handyman but he never stuck at anything for long why did he leave the army if he enjoyed it so much that's an excellent question I’ve read that Irene persuaded him to leave he was 18 when they wed and she was 20 and he never served more than his compulsory two years national service the consensus is that he was a Walter Mitty character you know full of high ideals and daydreams but he simply couldn't cut the mustard he was a poor marksman had to repeat his basic training and of course because of his name he was the butt of jokes but despite this he was super fit physically strong and mentally alert he even studied military training methods and particularly the survival techniques of Britain’s royal marine commando units and the crack special air service Neilson could have been a good soldier if he'd stuck at it instead he transferred that rigorous military discipline into his domestic life treating his wife and daughter like raw recruits taking them on military-style manoeuvres into the local woods balling at them like a sergeant major the army had changed him yeah like flicking a switch that couldn't be turned off what's more Neilson had developed a brooding sense of injustice he blamed everyone and everything else for his lot in life in particular he despised immigrants as a national serviceman in Aden and Kenya he'd seen himself as a defender of the British empire but in the 50s Britain was no longer a global power the Suez crisis in 1956
  
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  Part 1 of a two-part UK true-crime documentary
  
  It was the culmination of a reign of terror climaxing in a crime that horrified a nation. Between
  1967 and 1974, an athletic, shadowy figure carried out a series of nighttime raids on sub-post offices in the English Midlands. The masked robber, who always wore dark clothing, was as ruthless as he was physically fit. These characteristics earned him the nickname ‘The Black Panther’. Before long, the Panther turned to cold-blooded murder. Then, with the same chilling disregard for life which characterised his earlier crimes, he kidnapped and murdered a teenage girl. The girl, who he believed to be heiress to a vast fortune, was Lesley Whittle. The Black Panther was eventually unmasked as Donald Neilson, a psychopath with a massive chip on his shoulder.
  
  The Six O’clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  Transcript
  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting hello and welcome to the Six O’clock Knock the podcast where we combine a journalist's curiosity with the detectives powers of logical deduction I’m Simon Ford writer broadcaster and former BBC reporter and I’m Jacques Morrell a former major crime detective I might have left the job but I can't leave the job alone it's in our blood you see so we decided to get together and compare notes about old cases cold cases and just plain weird cases and boom the Six O’clock Knock was born we're going to get under the skin of one of the most violent sinister and mysterious British criminals of the 20th century the expression reign of terror could have been coined to describe his career of crime so little is known about this mercurial murderer and kidnapper we've reimagined some moments from his life using eyewitness testimony court transcripts and accounts from the period his name was Donald Neilson but in the 1970s he was known and feared by the nickname bestowed on him by the press the black panther [Music] Donald Neilson was born with the different and slightly unfortunate name of Donald Nappey on Saturday the 1st of August 1936 he was just 10 when his mother died he was bullied at school and he soon found himself in trouble with the law it was military service that interrupted his downward spiral the teenage Donald Nappey had met the love of his life the British army it was more than a love affair though it was an obsession [Music] oh Nappey rash golly flags it was the kind of stupid remark Donald Nappey was used to hearing from his fellow conscripts in the king's own Yorkshire light infantry a zealous non-smoker lance corporal Nappey drew himself up to his four five feet four inches and bellowed gets a bloody move on you lanky streaks of piss before I put you both on a charge all because he turned down his cigarette ration instead of sharing it with the other soldiers what do you want striker [ __ ] short ass Nappey his surname had been a source of torment from almost the day he was born bullied at school the taunting continued when he enlisted in the army for national service but despite having to repeat his basic training and a uniform that always appeared a size too big the army life suited young Donald it was regimented and orderly you knew where you were with orders in a year he'd gone from an orphan delinquent to a young man with a purpose he'd hardly started shaving cue more teasing when they promoted him to lance corporal now he got to issue a few orders of his own not that his obsessive list making nit-picking and penalties for petty infringements earned him much respect from his subordinates humour the squad his best friend was how they coped with his type Nappey two pubes Nappey one ball Nappey the 18 year old jogged across Strensil Camp high on the north...]]>3086abduction,bathpool-park,black-panther-killer,bob-booth,derek-astin,donald-nappey,donald-neilson,donald-skepper,gerald-smith,heiress,kidnap,kidsgrove,lesley-whittle,leslie-richardson,ransom,sawn-off-shotgun,sidney-grayland,sub-postmaster,true-crime-documentaries-uk,true-crime-serialfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pretty-windows-nottingham-s-unsolved-murder-mystery--45668670https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  More than 50 years have passed since the fatal stabbing of publican George Wilson in Nottingham and his family members are still seeking closure. The pub was called the Fox and Grapes, but local folk knew it by another name, the Pretty Windows, on account of its ornate stained glass. It was late one Saturday night in 1963. George Wilson locked up and took his dog for a walk. The next time his wife saw him he was lying on a pool of blood, the victim of a frenzied knife attack. Who killed George Wilson and why? Simon Ford and ex major-crime detective Jacques Morrell investigate.
  
  The Six O’clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  Transcript
  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to The Six O’clock Knock with me Simon Ford and me Jacques morrell and for the first time we're coming to you from the National Justice Museum in Nottingham the museum is housed in a former Victorian courtroom jail and police station it's where you'd have been arrested tried sentenced and back in the day executed you can learn more at nationaljusticemuseum.org and once we've settled in we'll have a housewarming episode of The Six O’clock Knock where we show you around and introduce you to some of the other inmates but for now to business an unsolved murder that took place a stone's throw from where we are now [Music] it had been a typical Saturday night for George and Betty Wilson George had been to the football match in the afternoon his local team Nottingham Forest had beaten Wolverhampton wanderers 3 nil during the evening everyone had been in good spirits the children were in bed asleep probably looking forward to doing something exciting on the Sunday the schools had just gone back after the summer holiday the family had been in their new home for over a year and they settled into life in Nottingham George and Betty got a night cap for their three guests they sat down in the lounge with their drinks at about midnight two of the friends headed home and George arranged a taxi for the last of the guests when it arrived about 15 minutes later George decided to take Blackie the family dog for his regular evening walk so he left at the same time as the taxi collected his friend he locked the door as he left Betty remained indoors and retired to the bedroom approximately 30 minutes later Betty heard Blackie barking outside she went to check and opened the door where Blackie was standing he was behaving differently Betty looked out into the night there seemed to be no one around and no sign of her husband something made her glance down at the ground there was something there lying motionless it was George he was barely alive and unable to speak lying on the floor next to him were his keys suggesting he was at the point of returning home and there was blood a lot of it too Betty knew one thing her husband needed an ambulance so she called for one the life had drained from him before the ambulance arrived George had been ferociously attacked he had 14 knife wounds to his face neck and back one wound was nine centimetres deep for 57 years the local community have asked the question why the date is Saturday the 7th of September 1963. George Wilson was the landlord of a Nottingham public house his killer has never been found the motive for his death is unclear despite the involvement of Scotland Yard detectives no one has been charged with his murder it remains one of Nottingham's most talked about cases today we'll not only be returning to the location of the crime but also to the swinging sixties the case was actually suggested to us by a listener there's a lot of material online about it including several forums where theories are discussed however we've concentrated on a blog post by a chap called Scott who writes under the title Nottinghamasm he provides a good summary of the case and the various theories and rumours that are still circulating the pub where George Wilson was murdered is called the fox and grapes however the locals refer to it as the pretty windows and the case is known as the pretty windows murder we have also been hearing from people including former police officers it's one of those cases where if you're not careful you end up putting two and two together to make five hopefully we can cut through the fanciful and the speculative and give you the listener some clarity now this case occurred in an area of Nottingham called Sneinton market it's now part of the new creative quarter a cultural hub for the creative industry a lot of the area is now student accommodation as well which gives the place a young vibrancy but back in the day it was a significant open marketplace as well as a wholesale market it even gets a mention in a novel by D. H. Lawrence no less I’ll just cut in there did you also know that Jacques has written a novel no well he has in addition to his 30 years as a police detective dealing with facts he also likes a good story thanks for the plug Simon but please don't embarrass me by naming me in the same breath as D. H. Lawrence one of the finest English writers of all time okay fair dues we'll stick to your investigative skills for now in Lawrence’s 1920 story Women In Love he describes Sneinton market as follows the old market square was not very large a mere bare patch of granite sets usually with a few fruit stores under a wall it was in a poor quarter of the town meagre houses stood down one side there was a hosiery factory a great blank with myriad oblong windows at the end a street of little shops with a flagstone pavement down the other side and for a crowning monument the public baths of new red brick with a clock tower the people who moved about seemed stumpy and sordid the air seemed to smell rather dirty there was a sense of many mean streets ramifying off into warrens of meanness now and again a great chocolate and yellow tram car ground round a difficult bend under the hosiery factory since Lawrence wrote about it more of those mean streets he described were demolished and the wholesale market was built supplying the city with fresh produce the current layout of the old wholesale market area is relatively unchanged double rows of covered stalls with open avenues for the vehicles to collect fruit and veg for the shops it was opened in 1938 it was about this time when the pretty windows pub was granted a marketing affairs license this meant that it could open at 5am and serve alcohol to both market traders and general customers the pretty windows provided a convenient watering hole for anyone desperate for an early morning pint or for late night revellers and other dodgy characters who hadn't made it home yet that's right Jacques this case has captured the imagination of many people since here's what the blogger Nottingham says to set the scene fictitious tales of cold cases and unsolved crimes of yesteryear are incredibly popular in tv
  
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  More than 50 years have passed since the fatal stabbing of publican George Wilson in Nottingham and his family members are still seeking closure. The pub was called the Fox and Grapes, but local folk knew it by another name, the Pretty Windows, on account of its ornate stained glass. It was late one Saturday night in 1963. George Wilson locked up and took his dog for a walk. The next time his wife saw him he was lying on a pool of blood, the victim of a frenzied knife attack. Who killed George Wilson and why? Simon Ford and ex major-crime detective Jacques Morrell investigate.
  
  The Six O’clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  Transcript
  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to The Six O’clock Knock with me Simon Ford and me Jacques morrell and for the first time we're coming to you from the National Justice Museum in Nottingham the museum is housed in a former Victorian courtroom jail and police station it's where you'd have been arrested tried sentenced and back in the day executed you can learn more at nationaljusticemuseum.org and once we've settled in we'll have a housewarming episode of The Six O’clock Knock where we show you around and introduce you to some of the other inmates but for now to business an unsolved murder that took place a stone's throw from where we are now [Music] it had been a typical Saturday night for George and Betty Wilson George had been to the football match in the afternoon his local team Nottingham Forest had beaten Wolverhampton wanderers 3 nil during the evening everyone had been in good spirits the children were in bed asleep probably looking forward to doing something exciting on the Sunday the schools had just gone back after the summer holiday the family had been in their new home for over a year and they settled into life in Nottingham George and Betty got a night cap for their three guests they sat down in the lounge with their drinks at about midnight two of the friends headed home and George arranged a taxi for the last of the guests when it arrived about 15 minutes later George decided to take Blackie the family dog for his regular evening walk so he left at the same time as the taxi collected his friend he locked the door as he left Betty remained indoors and retired to the bedroom approximately 30 minutes later Betty heard Blackie barking outside she went to check and opened the door where Blackie was standing he was behaving differently Betty looked out into the night there seemed to be no one around and no sign of her husband something made her glance down at the ground there was something there lying motionless it was George he was barely alive and unable to speak lying on the floor next to him were his keys suggesting he was at the point of returning home and there was blood a lot of it too Betty knew one thing her husband needed an ambulance so she called for one the life had drained from him before the ambulance arrived George had been ferociously attacked he had 14 knife wounds to his face neck and back one wound was nine centimetres deep for 57 years the local community have asked the question why the date is Saturday the 7th of September 1963. George Wilson was the landlord of a Nottingham public house his killer has never been found the motive for his death is unclear despite the involvement of Scotland Yard detectives no one has been charged with his murder it remains one of Nottingham's most talked about cases today we'll not only be returning to the location of the crime but also to the swinging sixties the case was actually suggested to us by a listener there's a lot of material online about it including several forums where theories are discussed however we've concentrated on a blog post...]]>37651963,british-unsolved-murder,fox-and-grapes,george-wilson-landlord,george-wilson-murder,legalisation-homosexuality,legalization-homosexuality,murders-of-gay-men,nottingham-murder,notts-pub-landlord-murder,peggers,pretty-windows-murder,sneinton,sneinton-market,unsolved-murderfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blood-and-fire-the-murders-of-peter-tosh-and-john-lennon--45668667https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Two musicians; two murders, separated by hundreds of miles. On the face of it, ex-Beatle John Lennon and Reggae star Peter Tosh were gunned down in very different circumstances. Lennon was shot by an obsessed fan; Tosh a victim of 1980s Jamaican gun culture. On closer examination, however, their deaths have more in common than first meets the eye, not least because they were both peace-loving men who wanted mankind to live in harmony. Jacques Morrell and Simon Ford unpack the archives and their vinyl collections in this investigation.
  
  Featuring the voices of C.C. Anderson, Tim Bryn Smith and Denroy Shakespeare.
  
  The Six O’clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  Transcript
  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to the Six O’clock Knock the true crime podcast that takes a fresh look at murder I’m Simon Ford a journalist and broadcaster with 20 odd years in the business and I’m Jacques Morrell 30 years of British police officer and detective I spent many an hour on the press benches of various courts reporting on the kind of crimes that Jacques spent his career detecting now the English legal system has influenced many others around the world our system of common law or case law originated in the practices of the courts of the English kings following the Norman conquest in 1066 and to be clear Scotland wasn't conquered by the Normans which is why the Scottish legal system is different from the one in England and wales absolutely and comparisons as the saying goes are odious now the British empire imposed that English legal system on its far-flung colonies many of which retained the common law system today these systems give great weight to judicial precedent today of course there's no British empire but one third of the world's population lives in common law jurisdictions including Jamaica and that other former colony the united states of America [Music] Jamaica declared its independence from Britain in 1962 but remained a member of the commonwealth and it's to Jamaica that we are heading today then we'll look at a second case also from over the Atlantic both cases are very different but both involve the murder of prominent musical artists and both involve firearms our main focus is that of the murder of Winston Hubert McIntosh better known as Peter Tosh Jamaican reggae artist [Music] Peter Tosh was the baritone who left Bob Marley and the Wailers went solo and worked with the Rolling Stones among others the one who learned how to ride a unicycle and rode onto the stage on it that's him his other claim to fame he was shot and killed in 1987. We’ll compare his murder to the fatal shooting of John Winston Lennon British musician founder member of the Beatles shot and killed seven years earlier in 1980. I suppose everyone remembers where they were when a celebrity gets murdered I’ll be honest though Peter Tosh was less well known in our household but John Lennon now his murder took place on the evening of Monday the 8th of December 1980 in New York five hours behind London time so I woke up to the news on Tuesday the ninth now my dad had bought a colour tv in time for Christmas and John Lennon’s murder was one of the first stories I saw in colour on the tv news John Lennon is dead shot several times by a young American as he was going into his home in New York the former Beatle who was 40 was returning home from a recording studio with his wife Yoko Ono when he was murdered it took a few days for the enormity of what had happened to sink in the significance of the talent that had been lost but there was a school assembly I remember where John Lennon’s music was played in tribute and even some of the teachers were moved to tears it was one of those moments that made me want to record significant events and I guess set me on the path to becoming a journalist now I know very little about Peter Tosh but you're a fan aren't you Jacques tell me something about the man and his music well from what I know his childhood was one of survival he was abandoned by his parents and moved around between relatives now this was rural Jamaica and when his aunt died he moved to trench town in Kingston aged about 15. his introduction to music was amazing though he used to sit and watch a man playing guitar in the street now this man only played the one tune but Tosh was mesmerized after seeing him many times Tosh picked up the guitar and played the song back to the man the man asked him who taught him to play guitar and Tosh replied you have he'd learned by watching Tosh then learned some singing skills from a guy who gave free music lessons to young people and it was there he met Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer who were doing the same thing and as they say the rest is history that's fascinating and do you recall where you were when the news of these deaths was reported yes and no I was working full-time in 1987 and while I have some Peter Tosh records at home I don't remember where I was when news of his death broke I guess as a young cop working shifts I was just too busy to follow the news I can remember clearly when the news of Lennon’s death happened the difference is that I was 17 years old in 1980 and there's something about teenage memories that seem stronger isn't there that's very true yeah I’d agree with that my memory of the first colour tv and the teachers in tears that kind of thing it's just frozen there somehow that moment crystallized and when I think about it it's as though I’m back in my tiny box of a bedroom it's just big enough for a single bed wardrobe a chair and a bedside cabinet I had a radio alarm clock I can picture it now it had an illuminated red digital display classic seventies I was listening to the morning show on radio one the DJ I think was Mike Reed and I could hear something different in his voice he was emotional and struggling for words I knew then how much of a big deal it was as the whole show was a news item with a few John Lennon songs for those people who do not know and it may have just joined us John Lennon died earlier today as the result of what seems to be one of those idiotic and pointless attacks by someone who probably didn't even know him he was shot dead in New York about four o'clock GMT yes I remember now we had the BBC news on in the kitchen and John Lennon was shot four times in the back his killer Mark David Chapman waited for the police to arrive and immediately admitted what he'd done well Peter Tosh was killed on the 11th of September 1987. he was shot during a robbery at his home in Kingston Jamaica his killers though didn't hang around for the police to arrive they were arrested later one man was convicted of the crime Dennis Lobben although he still maintains his innocence now these murders were seven years apart and happened in very different circumstances the only connection being both were musicians and both were shot in cold blood and both men shared the same full name of Winston don't forget yes that's an interesting coincidence isn't it I wonder if it's significant the motive for their killings is very different while their respective killers are still in jail what would have happened to them if their victims had not been famous artists almost certainly released I guess what we also want to do is to expand on the detail and then consider whether there's a similarity in the mindset of the killers the killers of both Peter Tosh and John Lennon I guess it's hard for us in the UK to appreciate the place that guns have in society in both the USA and Jamaica but the fact remains that nearly 40 years after the murders of John Lennon and Peter Tosh firearms are disproportionately used in killings in both countries the united states relationship with guns and gun control is well documented and according to a survey in 2017 Jamaica is one of the most armed countries per head of population in the world it seems so alien to us in the UK we have some of the strictest firearms controls in the world although to an extent some of that gun culture has spread over here Jamaican law allows firearm ownership
  
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  Two musicians; two murders, separated by hundreds of miles. On the face of it, ex-Beatle John Lennon and Reggae star Peter Tosh were gunned down in very different circumstances. Lennon was shot by an obsessed fan; Tosh a victim of 1980s Jamaican gun culture. On closer examination, however, their deaths have more in common than first meets the eye, not least because they were both peace-loving men who wanted mankind to live in harmony. Jacques Morrell and Simon Ford unpack the archives and their vinyl collections in this investigation.
  
  Featuring the voices of C.C. Anderson, Tim Bryn Smith and Denroy Shakespeare.
  
  The Six O’clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  Transcript
  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to the Six O’clock Knock the true crime podcast that takes a fresh look at murder I’m Simon Ford a journalist and broadcaster with 20 odd years in the business and I’m Jacques Morrell 30 years of British police officer and detective I spent many an hour on the press benches of various courts reporting on the kind of crimes that Jacques spent his career detecting now the English legal system has influenced many others around the world our system of common law or case law originated in the practices of the courts of the English kings following the Norman conquest in 1066 and to be clear Scotland wasn't conquered by the Normans which is why the Scottish legal system is different from the one in England and wales absolutely and comparisons as the saying goes are odious now the British empire imposed that English legal system on its far-flung colonies many of which retained the common law system today these systems give great weight to judicial precedent today of course there's no British empire but one third of the world's population lives in common law jurisdictions including Jamaica and that other former colony the united states of America [Music] Jamaica declared its independence from Britain in 1962 but remained a member of the commonwealth and it's to Jamaica that we are heading today then we'll look at a second case also from over the Atlantic both cases are very different but both involve the murder of prominent musical artists and both involve firearms our main focus is that of the murder of Winston Hubert McIntosh better known as Peter Tosh Jamaican reggae artist [Music] Peter Tosh was the baritone who left Bob Marley and the Wailers went solo and worked with the Rolling Stones among others the one who learned how to ride a unicycle and rode onto the stage on it that's him his other claim to fame he was shot and killed in 1987. We’ll compare his murder to the fatal shooting of John Winston Lennon British musician founder member of the Beatles shot and killed seven years earlier in 1980. I suppose everyone remembers where they were when a celebrity gets murdered I’ll be honest though Peter Tosh was less well known in our household but John Lennon now his murder took place on the evening of Monday the 8th of December 1980 in New York five hours behind London time so I woke up to the news on Tuesday the ninth now my dad had bought a colour tv in time for Christmas and John Lennon’s murder was one of the first stories I saw in colour on the tv news John Lennon is dead shot several times by a young American as he was going into his home in New York the former Beatle who was 40 was returning home from a recording studio with his wife Yoko Ono when he was murdered it took a few days for the enormity of what had happened to sink in the significance of the talent that had been lost but there was a school assembly I remember where John Lennon’s music was played in tribute and even some of the teachers were moved to tears it was one of...]]>2445bob-marley,bunny-wailer,cannabis,don't-look-back,gangster,home-invasion,jamaican-musician,john-lennon,legalize-cannabis-marijuana,mama-africa,marijuana,mark-chapman,michael-manley,mystic-man,peter-tosh,rasta,reggae,stepping-razor,the-beatles,the-wailersfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wearside-jack-the-yorkshire-ripper-tape-hoax-tape-a-tale-of-two-jacks--45668612https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  Part 3 of a three-part British true-crime documentary series
  
  John Samuel Humble killed nobody, but he had blood on his hands, and he knew it. He was the hoaxer who pretended to be the Yorkshire Ripper. Dubbed Wearside Jack by the newspapers, his infamous ‘I’m Jack’ tape sent the Ripper investigation on a wild goose chase, during which the real killer, Peter Sutcliffe, claimed more victims. One of them, Jayne MacDonald, was a 16-year-old school leaver walking home from a night out. Humble said he goaded detectives with the intention of spurring the enquiry. His plan failed spectacularly. Like many hoaxers, he thought he was safe under a cloak of anonymity, but he reckoned without the determination and long memories of West Yorkshire CID.
  
  This podcast features an exclusive interview with a member of the Yorkshire Ripper incident room, Detective Chief Superintendent (retired) Bob Taylor of West Yorkshire Police.
  
  The Six O’clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  Transcript
  Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to the Six O’clock Knock the true crime podcast where we look at old cases through a modern lens and draw our own unique conclusions I’m Simon Ford a writer and broadcaster with more than 20 years in the business and I’m Jacques Morrell I spent 30 years as a major crime detective with an expectation to ask those awkward and yet obvious questions I felt a few collars in my time and whilst I’ve hung up my boots my yearning for the truth is as strong as ever so the two of us got together decided to do some sleuthing and make podcasts from our enquiries we call it the Six O’clock Knock because that's when a detective likes to pay their suspect a visit first thing in the morning when they're least expecting it this podcast is about a Six O’clock Knock that was 25 years in the making it showcases the kind of dogged police work and dedication to duty that mean criminals always need to be looking over their shoulders and it shows how advances in forensic science coupled with determination professional pride and long memories mean there is no hiding place for criminals especially those who think just because of the passage of time that they've got away with it [Music] we're going back into the story of Peter Sutcliffe the Yorkshire Ripper and one of the most bizarre and baffling aspects of that case the letters and tape recordings sent to assistant chief constable George Oldfield by a man purporting to be the Ripper as soon as Sutcliffe confessed the whole charade was exposed as a wicked hoax the senior detectives on the Yorkshire Ripper case were faced with the realization they'd pinned their hopes on a wild goose chase a wild goose chase which diverted precious resources and cost three women their lives so how was the hoaxer able to enthral the leading detectives George Oldfield and dick holland and why did they ignore other avenues of investigation in their pursuit of a phantom [Music] it started with the letters George Oldfield received the first postmarked Sunderland in march 1978. Dear Sir I’m sorry I cannot give my name for obvious reasons I am the Ripper I’ve been dubbed a maniac by the press but not by you you call me clever and I am you and your mates haven't a clue that thought were in the paper give me fits and not bit about killing myself no chance I’ve got things to do my purpose is to rid the streets of them [ __ ] my one regret is that young lassie MacDonald did not know because change routine that night up to number eight now up to seven but remember Preston 75 get about you know you are right I travel a bit you probably look for me in Sunderland don't bother I’m not daft just post a letter there on one of me trips not a bad place compared with chapel town and Manningham and other places one horse to keep off the streets because I feel it coming on again sorry about that young lassie yours respectfully Jacques the Ripper might write again later I’m not sure last one really deserved it [ __ ] getting younger each time all slot next time I hope what has failed never again too small close call last one the second was sent to the editor of the daily mirror newspaper dear sir I’ve already written to chief constable George Oldfield a man I respect concerning the recent Ripper murders I told him and I’m telling you to warn them [ __ ] I’ll strike again and soon when the heat cools off about the MacDonald lassie I didn't know she was decent and I’m sorry I changed my routine that night up to number eight now you see a seven but remember Preston 75. easy picking them up don't even have to try you think they'd learn but they don't mostly young lassies next time try an older one I hope please haven't a clue yet and I don't leave any I’m very clever and don't think I’m looking for me fingerprints because there aren't any and don't look for me up there in Sunderland because I’m not stupid just pass through the place not a bad place compared to chapel town and Manningham can't walk the streets for them [ __ ] don't forget to warn them I feel it coming on again if I get chance sorry about lassie didn't know yours respectfully Jacques the Ripper might write again after another one's gone maybe Liverpool or even Manchester again too hot here in Yorkshire bye I have given advanced warning so it's yours and their fault the writer threatened to kill an old [ __ ] in Manchester or Liverpool Oldfield thought the murder of vera millward the Ripper's ninth victim in Manchester in May 1978 was the Ripper making good on his grim promise almost a year later a third letter dated the 23rd of march 1979 confirmed this suspicion in Oldfield's mind again it was postmarked Sunderland dear officer sorry I haven't written about a year to be exact but I haven't been up north for quite a while I wasn't kidding the last time I wrote saying the hall would be older this time and maybe I’d strike in Manchester for a change you should have took aid that bit about her being in hospital funny the lady mentioned something about being in the same hospital before I stopped a [ __ ] and wears the lady won't worry about hospitals now will she I bet you wondering how come I haven't been to work for ages well I would have been if it hadn't been for your cursed coppers I had the lady just where I wanted her and I was about to strike when one of your curse and police car stopped right outside the lane he must have been a dumb copper because he didn't see anything he didn't know how close he was to catching me to tell you the truth I thought I was coloured the lady says don't worry about the coppers little did she know that bloody cop has saved her neck that was last month so I don't know when I’ll get back on the job but I know it won't be a chapel town too bloody hot there maybe Bradford's manning him might write again if up north chat the Ripper PS did he get letter I sent the daily mirror in Manchester the writer claimed Vera millward had had treatment at the Manchester royal infirmary the hospital next to where she was murdered both Oldfield and his number two dick holland were convinced this information could only have been divulged by vera to her killer what they didn't know or chose to ignore was that newspapers in Manchester had been told as much by vera's common law husband the story was out there for anyone with a mind to read it Oldfield was being taken in by the person writing those letters an investigative team was brought together in Sunderland to find the letter writer and nailed the Ripper there were other tantalizing similarities whoever wrote the letter had the same blood group as one found at one of the Ripper murder scenes June in the Pennine foothills is compensation for the bitter months of winter summer transforms the bleak landscape swathes of green cloaked the moors and the parks of Leeds in Bradford become a playground of wide lawns and leafy groves sergeant Megan Winterburn walked through the sunlight of a June morning to her job at Leeds central police station Milgarth was a seven-story brick fortress the lower floors were windowless those above them were little more than slits this brutalist block house was home to the Ripper investigation in the summer of 1979 the incident room already took up two floors one floor was the incident room itself the floor beneath was empty except for the pit props supporting the weight of the paperwork above assistant chief constable George Oldfield
  
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  Part 3 of a three-part British true-crime documentary series
  
  John Samuel Humble killed nobody, but he had blood on his hands, and he knew it. He was the hoaxer who pretended to be the Yorkshire Ripper. Dubbed Wearside Jack by the newspapers, his infamous ‘I’m Jack’ tape sent the Ripper investigation on a wild goose chase, during which the real killer, Peter Sutcliffe, claimed more victims. One of them, Jayne MacDonald, was a 16-year-old school leaver walking home from a night out. Humble said he goaded detectives with the intention of spurring the enquiry. His plan failed spectacularly. Like many hoaxers, he thought he was safe under a cloak of anonymity, but he reckoned without the determination and long memories of West Yorkshire CID.
  
  This podcast features an exclusive interview with a member of the Yorkshire Ripper incident room, Detective Chief Superintendent (retired) Bob Taylor of West Yorkshire Police.
  
  The Six O’clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  Transcript
  Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to the Six O’clock Knock the true crime podcast where we look at old cases through a modern lens and draw our own unique conclusions I’m Simon Ford a writer and broadcaster with more than 20 years in the business and I’m Jacques Morrell I spent 30 years as a major crime detective with an expectation to ask those awkward and yet obvious questions I felt a few collars in my time and whilst I’ve hung up my boots my yearning for the truth is as strong as ever so the two of us got together decided to do some sleuthing and make podcasts from our enquiries we call it the Six O’clock Knock because that's when a detective likes to pay their suspect a visit first thing in the morning when they're least expecting it this podcast is about a Six O’clock Knock that was 25 years in the making it showcases the kind of dogged police work and dedication to duty that mean criminals always need to be looking over their shoulders and it shows how advances in forensic science coupled with determination professional pride and long memories mean there is no hiding place for criminals especially those who think just because of the passage of time that they've got away with it [Music] we're going back into the story of Peter Sutcliffe the Yorkshire Ripper and one of the most bizarre and baffling aspects of that case the letters and tape recordings sent to assistant chief constable George Oldfield by a man purporting to be the Ripper as soon as Sutcliffe confessed the whole charade was exposed as a wicked hoax the senior detectives on the Yorkshire Ripper case were faced with the realization they'd pinned their hopes on a wild goose chase a wild goose chase which diverted precious resources and cost three women their lives so how was the hoaxer able to enthral the leading detectives George Oldfield and dick holland and why did they ignore other avenues of investigation in their pursuit of a phantom [Music] it started with the letters George Oldfield received the first postmarked Sunderland in march 1978. Dear Sir I’m sorry I cannot give my name for obvious reasons I am the Ripper I’ve been dubbed a maniac by the press but not by you you call me clever and I am you and your mates haven't a clue that thought were in the paper give me fits and not bit about killing myself no chance I’ve got things to do my purpose is to rid the streets of them [ __ ] my one regret is that young lassie MacDonald did not know because change routine that night up to number eight now up to seven but remember Preston 75 get about you know you are right I travel a bit you probably look for me in Sunderland don't bother I’m not daft just post a letter there on one of me trips...]]>2962andrew-laptew,byford-report,george-oldfield,hoax-crime,hoax-tape,i-am-jack,i'm-jack,jayne-macdonald,john-humble,perverting-justice,ripper-hoax,serial-killer,sonia-sutcliffe,sunderland,wearside,wearside-jack,wearside-jack-hoax,west-yorkshire-police,yorkshire-ripper,yorkshire-ripper-hoaxerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-yorkshire-ripper-peter-sutcliffe--45668611https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, and articles.
  
  Part 2 of a three-part British true-crime documentary series
  
  ‘Wicked beyond belief’, is how the trial judge summarised the character of Peter William Sutcliffe. Between 1975 and 1980 he murdered 13 women and attempted to murder seven others. The north of England was gripped by fear during a reign of terror the police were unable to terminate. Simon Ford joins former major-crime detective Jacques Morell in an examination of Sutcliffe’s life and crimes. Sutcliffe (who changed his name to Coonan in prison) slipped through the net nine times before being caught almost by accident. Simon asks Jacques: would today’s policing methods have stopped the Yorkshire Ripper sooner?
  
  This podcast features an exclusive interview with a member of the Yorkshire Ripper incident room, Detective Chief Superintendent (retired) Bob Taylor of West Yorkshire Police.
  
  The Six O’clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  Transcript
  [Music]This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to the Six O’clock Knock the true crime podcast that re-examines historical cases through a modern lens I’m Simon Ford a writer journalist and broadcaster and I’m Jacques Morrell an author and former major crime detective in case you're wondering the Six O’clock Knock is police jargon for a dawn raid 6 am being the time a suspect is most likely to be at home and off guard it's the time when we make an arrest on our terms it could be a knock at the door or sometimes we'd go in with a sledgehammer or a battering ram we used to call that the enforcer in this podcast we're going back to the 1970s and a series of murders and attacks on women that transfixed the north of England the perpetrator was one Peter William Sutcliffe or to give him the title chillingly bestowed on him by the press at the time the Yorkshire Ripper when Paul’s teacher asked him about his three favourite things the ten-year-old would say Leeds united David Bowie and going on round with our Alan this Thursday morning Paul was in his element cramming a doorstep jam buddy into his mouth and wrapped up against the autumn chill he was riding shotgun on Alan's milk float never mind that Leeds had lost to Manchester united last Saturday never mind that Art Garfunkel was keeping David Bowie off number one he was Starsky and Alan was Hutch the electric float hummed down Scott Hall Avenue the empty milk bottles jingling like sleigh bells Alan slowed to take the right turn into the Prince Phillip playing fields it was hard to see in the fog and the milk floats headlights dimmed unpredictably Alan stopped outside the caretaker's house lit an embassy and jumped out Paul clambered down beside him hoping the caretaker might say hey up and slip him a packet of sweet cigarettes the red-tipped candy sticks were a treat but Paul was collecting the football cards inside he was desperate to get his idol Leeds midfield hotshot Peter lorimer it was then he noticed something on the grass someone's left a guy out he shouted dashing into the mist shh hissed Alan how many bloody times it was twenty to eight Paul ran over to where the object was lying anticipating a Guy Fawkes effigy like the ones his mates touted round the back streets before bonfire night then he came racing back Alan noticed his expression had changed something made the older brother freeze the bones of Paul's face had rearranged themselves to make room for two enormous eyes it's a body was all he said [Music] the dead woman was Wilma McCann she was 28 and mom to four children all under nine she was the first woman killed by the Yorkshire Ripper although there had been three other assaults on women earlier that year which bore the hallmarks of Wilma's murder crushing blows to the head with a hammer in addition Wilma had been stabbed in the chest and throat there's no memorial to the victims of the Yorkshire Ripper but there should be between October 1975 and November 1980 Sutcliffe murdered 13 women in Leeds Bradford Huddersfield and Manchester he attacked a further seven women who survived but who bore the scars mental and physical for the rest of their lives to say nothing of the families devastated by Sutcliffe he said he targeted sex workers some of his victims were others were not when he was caught Sutcliffe seemed to be attacking women in general his victims did have one thing in common they were all alone vulnerable and unable to defend themselves before we get into it here are the names of the women who died and those we know who survived the first to be murdered was Wilma McCann then Emily Jackson Irene Richardson Patricia Atkinson Jane MacDonald Jean Jordan also known as Jean Royal Yvonne Pearson Helen Rytka Vera Millward Josephine Whittaker Barbara Leach Marguerite Walls and Jacqueline Hill the victims who survived include Anna Rogulskyj Olive Smelt Tracey Brown Marcella Claxton Maureen Long and Marilyn Moore we've decided not to dwell on Sutcliffe's crimes the failure of the police to catch him is well documented first and foremost in the Byford report commissioned in the immediate aftermath of the investigation it was excoriating instead we're going to look at the lessons learned from the Ripper's five-year reign of terror and how they've helped shape modern policing here in the united kingdom the improvements that have been made and we're going to pose the question in the spirit of the Six O’clock Knock how would a modern investigative team approach the inquiry at its key stages [Music] we know that Sutcliffe was interviewed nine times by the police but somehow managed to evade the dragnet in the words of one detective Chris Gregg we had the fly on the flypaper why was Sutcliffe allowed to go free; free to kill again on multiple occasions Jacques I’m wondering when you joined the police in the 1980s was the Yorkshire Ripper mentioned at training college for example and if so what did people say I don't remember much being said by colleagues about the case I worked in the midlands and my training was in Coventry the Yorkshire Ripper case certainly hadn't found its way into the police training manuals although by the time I worked on my first murder case there had been changes to the incident room procedures I also joined in 1985 when the police and criminal evidence act was new I guess that what I’m trying to say here is the outdated attitudes of 1970s policing was changing the way murder squads were formed though still meant it was potluck how good those senior detectives were going to be the families of murder victims should get a golden service every time in 1970s Yorkshire this was still a long way off [Music] a working man's weekly wage in 1977 was about 50 pounds a little over 400 pounds in today's money which meant the crisp new fiver Peter Sutcliffe paid Jean Jordan for sex that October Saturday night would be worth about 40 quid in 2020. Little did Jean who also used the surname royal know she was about to become the fifth woman to be killed by the Ripper Sutcliffe had chosen Manchester because as he later told police things were hotting up a bit in Leeds and Bradford on wasteland near to Manchester's southern cemetery Sutcliffe smashed Jean ten times over the head with a hammer but he was disturbed by a courting couple hid her body and fled the scene [Music] later he realized the brand new five-pound note could be traced back to his pay packet so the next weekend Sutcliffe slipped away from a family party and returned to the scene of the crime when his search for the incriminating banknote proved fruitless he directed his rage at Jean Jordan's body stabbing wildly he found a broken pane of glass and slashed open the stomach of the week old corpse the stench he later told detectives made him vomit then in an attempt to confuse his pursuers he tried unsuccessfully to sever the head with a hacksaw tony fletcher one of the first investigators on the scene thought some ghoul had dug up a body from the nearby cemetery but an examination of the injuries provided an even more shocking explanation the woman's half-severed head was pulped and her face unrecognizable she'd been intimately mutilated with a 10-inch sharpened screwdriver described at Sutcliffe’s trial as a most wicked agent a coil of intestine was wound around her waist her clothes and belongings had been strewn over the surrounding area as if a pack of animals had been at work in fact it was the work of just one animal Peter Sutcliffe Manchester CID had a Ripper murder on their hands on the 15th of October two weeks after the murder an allotment holder came across Jean Jordan's handbag in it was the fiver the banknote which both Peter Sutcliffe and the Ripper inquiry knew could be used to trace him down via his employer Clarke’s haulage Sutcliffe later told police I read about the note being traced to a Shipley bank I knew Clark’s got the wage money from a Shipley bank and that a local inquiry would be made and by some miracle I escaped the dragnet Jacques was it a miracle that Sutcliffe wasn't detected at this point it's difficult to say how close they were but in 1977 they had their best chance to catch him in that year there were four murders three in west Yorkshire and the one we described in Manchester there was a really good line of inquiry in the first murder that year they had officially confirmed they had a serial killer the west Yorkshire chief constable appointed his most senior detective assistant chief constable George Oldfield and more significant if not ironic it was the Manchester murder that produced the best opportunity to date the Manchester team knew they were onto something the five-pound note had been part of a delivery of new notes from the bank of England to Leeds just four days before Jean Jordan's murder the chances of a
  
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  Part 2 of a three-part British true-crime documentary series
  
  ‘Wicked beyond belief’, is how the trial judge summarised the character of Peter William Sutcliffe. Between 1975 and 1980 he murdered 13 women and attempted to murder seven others. The north of England was gripped by fear during a reign of terror the police were unable to terminate. Simon Ford joins former major-crime detective Jacques Morell in an examination of Sutcliffe’s life and crimes. Sutcliffe (who changed his name to Coonan in prison) slipped through the net nine times before being caught almost by accident. Simon asks Jacques: would today’s policing methods have stopped the Yorkshire Ripper sooner?
  
  This podcast features an exclusive interview with a member of the Yorkshire Ripper incident room, Detective Chief Superintendent (retired) Bob Taylor of West Yorkshire Police.
  
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  [Music]This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to the Six O’clock Knock the true crime podcast that re-examines historical cases through a modern lens I’m Simon Ford a writer journalist and broadcaster and I’m Jacques Morrell an author and former major crime detective in case you're wondering the Six O’clock Knock is police jargon for a dawn raid 6 am being the time a suspect is most likely to be at home and off guard it's the time when we make an arrest on our terms it could be a knock at the door or sometimes we'd go in with a sledgehammer or a battering ram we used to call that the enforcer in this podcast we're going back to the 1970s and a series of murders and attacks on women that transfixed the north of England the perpetrator was one Peter William Sutcliffe or to give him the title chillingly bestowed on him by the press at the time the Yorkshire Ripper when Paul’s teacher asked him about his three favourite things the ten-year-old would say Leeds united David Bowie and going on round with our Alan this Thursday morning Paul was in his element cramming a doorstep jam buddy into his mouth and wrapped up against the autumn chill he was riding shotgun on Alan's milk float never mind that Leeds had lost to Manchester united last Saturday never mind that Art Garfunkel was keeping David Bowie off number one he was Starsky and Alan was Hutch the electric float hummed down Scott Hall Avenue the empty milk bottles jingling like sleigh bells Alan slowed to take the right turn into the Prince Phillip playing fields it was hard to see in the fog and the milk floats headlights dimmed unpredictably Alan stopped outside the caretaker's house lit an embassy and jumped out Paul clambered down beside him hoping the caretaker might say hey up and slip him a packet of sweet cigarettes the red-tipped candy sticks were a treat but Paul was collecting the football cards inside he was desperate to get his idol Leeds midfield hotshot Peter lorimer it was then he noticed something on the grass someone's left a guy out he shouted dashing into the mist shh hissed Alan how many bloody times it was twenty to eight Paul ran over to where the object was lying anticipating a Guy Fawkes effigy like the ones his mates touted round the back streets before bonfire night then he came racing back Alan noticed his expression had changed something made the older brother freeze the bones of Paul's face had rearranged themselves to make room for two enormous eyes it's a body was all he said [Music] the dead woman was Wilma McCann she was 28 and mom to four children all under nine she was the first woman killed by the Yorkshire Ripper although there had been three other assaults on women earlier that year which bore the hallmarks of Wilma's murder crushing blows to the head with a hammer...]]>2904anna-rogulskyj,barbara-leach,bradford-halifax-huddersfield-,byford,emily-jackson,feminism,havers,helen-rytka,irene-richardson,jacqueline-hill,jayne-macdonald,jean-jordan,josephine-whitaker,marguerite-walls,patricia-atkinson,tracey-brown,vera-millward,west-yorkshire-police,wilma-mccann,yvonne-pearsonfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-yorkshire-ripper-peter-sutcliffe-death-of-a-monster--45668610https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, and articles.
  
  Part 1 of a three-part British true-crime documentary series
  
  Peter Sutcliffe's heinous crimes made him one of the UK's most notorious serial killers. In 1981, the gravedigger turned lorry driver from Yorkshire was found guilty of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980. He was serving a whole life term when he died on 13 November 2020 aged 74.
  
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  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to this special edition of the Six O’clock Knock the true crime podcast presented by me Simon Ford and me Jacques Morrell I’m a retired major crime detective and now with my friend and sparring partner we reinvestigate historic homicides on our quest to find the truth whatever that may be it was announced this morning that peter Sutcliffe alias the Yorkshire Ripper Britain’s most prolific serial killer had died in jail Sutcliffe was 74 he'd been serving a whole life prison sentence for the savage murders of 13 women in and around the cities of Leeds Bradford and Manchester in the 1970s Sutcliffe had a deep-seated hatred of women he claimed that god told him to rid the streets of sex workers in fact his crimes were indiscriminate his M.O. his modus operandi was the same though blows to the head with a hammer followed by frenzied stabbing one case involves strangulation between 1975 and 1980 the Yorkshire Ripper as he was styled by the media inflicted a reign of terror on northern England for years women were afraid to go out alone after dark proposals for a women-only curfew sparked outrage coupled with the failure of the police to catch the killer that failure is the subject of two future episodes of the Six O’clock Knock why was Sutcliffe allowed to terrorize and butcher women in the dead of night with impunity how did Sutcliffe escape a police dragnet that involved hundreds of officers cost millions of pounds of public money and generated so much paperwork a police station had to be reinforced to stop it collapsing under the weight it's all the more incredible when you learn that in that terrible period Sutcliffe was questioned an astonishing nine times by detectives we've also spoken to a senior police officer who was a rookie when the Yorkshire Ripper claimed his first victim Bob Taylor was a detective constable and later a detective sergeant in the Ripper incident room he retired a few years ago as detective chief superintendent of west Yorkshire police in the 70s Taylor could only watch as the then assistant chief constable George Oldfield a hard drinking hard-bitten and hard-biting Yorkshireman botched bungled and bullied his way through the biggest manhunt in British history Bob Taylor says Oldfield's handling of the Ripper investigation was disastrous from beginning to end i think what i learned from working on the cases that George Oldfield was in charge of was uh of how not to do it there was no room for anybody to make suggestions from the lower ranks uh and there were several good suggestions i mean one of the detectives who i worked with detective constable they said why don't they look at what was known as the Canadian system which was a geographical plotting system the principle behind it was that the offender would travel to avoid detection so the first attacks were more likely to be close to home the other thing about working on the Ripper case they couldn't conceive they couldn't get their head around the fact that some of the victims could have survived and of course not recognizing that there was a massive loss of evidence one of the victims in chapel town she did the artist's impression of ‘Dave’ he used the name Dave and she was just dismissed that was probably the closest picture that anybody produced of Sutcliffe when another colleague went and said i used to be a good vehicle driver Josephine Whitaker which is several park the footprints one of the boots shared everywhere they said that's what my boots were like as a heavy goods vehicle driver uh one boot used to wear out before the other and we just told get on with your work and what was our work our work was eliminating people on criteria that wasn't correct incredible there were survivors who could have identified Sutcliffe but their evidence was brushed aside Anna Rogulsky, Olive Smelt, Tracey Brown, she was a kid of 14 when Sutcliffe smashed her skull and left her for dead in a country lane Marcella Claxton dismissed because of her race and her so-called reputation Maureen Long Marilyn Moore and that business with the boot impression at one of the crime scenes there's no way when i investigated homicides that that kind of forensic evidence would have been overlooked but of course my police career came after the Yorkshire Ripper in fact the mistakes they made changed the way we investigate murder in Britain indeed that's what we do on the Six O’clock Knock we take your powers of investigation Jacques wave the evidence under my journalist's nose and go after the stories behind the headlines and wherever you are in the world there will be lots of headlines about Peter Sutcliffe the Yorkshire Ripper he remains in death Britain’s most prolific serial killer so if you haven't already please do subscribe to the Six O’clock Knock the first part of our series about the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper how it shaped police procedure and shifted society's perspective in so many ways is coming tomorrow in the meantime thank you for your company stay safe and stand by for that next revelatory episode of the Six O’clock Knock the Six O’clock Knock is presented by Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell and produced by paul bradshaw and is available on every major listening app please help us spread the word by giving us a five-star review and telling your friends to subscribe.
  
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  Part 1 of a three-part British true-crime documentary series
  
  Peter Sutcliffe's heinous crimes made him one of the UK's most notorious serial killers. In 1981, the gravedigger turned lorry driver from Yorkshire was found guilty of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980. He was serving a whole life term when he died on 13 November 2020 aged 74.
  
  The Six O’clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  Transcript
  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to this special edition of the Six O’clock Knock the true crime podcast presented by me Simon Ford and me Jacques Morrell I’m a retired major crime detective and now with my friend and sparring partner we reinvestigate historic homicides on our quest to find the truth whatever that may be it was announced this morning that peter Sutcliffe alias the Yorkshire Ripper Britain’s most prolific serial killer had died in jail Sutcliffe was 74 he'd been serving a whole life prison sentence for the savage murders of 13 women in and around the cities of Leeds Bradford and Manchester in the 1970s Sutcliffe had a deep-seated hatred of women he claimed that god told him to rid the streets of sex workers in fact his crimes were indiscriminate his M.O. his modus operandi was the same though blows to the head with a hammer followed by frenzied stabbing one case involves strangulation between 1975 and 1980 the Yorkshire Ripper as he was styled by the media inflicted a reign of terror on northern England for years women were afraid to go out alone after dark proposals for a women-only curfew sparked outrage coupled with the failure of the police to catch the killer that failure is the subject of two future episodes of the Six O’clock Knock why was Sutcliffe allowed to terrorize and butcher women in the dead of night with impunity how did Sutcliffe escape a police dragnet that involved hundreds of officers cost millions of pounds of public money and generated so much paperwork a police station had to be reinforced to stop it collapsing under the weight it's all the more incredible when you learn that in that terrible period Sutcliffe was questioned an astonishing nine times by detectives we've also spoken to a senior police officer who was a rookie when the Yorkshire Ripper claimed his first victim Bob Taylor was a detective constable and later a detective sergeant in the Ripper incident room he retired a few years ago as detective chief superintendent of west Yorkshire police in the 70s Taylor could only watch as the then assistant chief constable George Oldfield a hard drinking hard-bitten and hard-biting Yorkshireman botched bungled and bullied his way through the biggest manhunt in British history Bob Taylor says Oldfield's handling of the Ripper investigation was disastrous from beginning to end i think what i learned from working on the cases that George Oldfield was in charge of was uh of how not to do it there was no room for anybody to make suggestions from the lower ranks uh and there were several good suggestions i mean one of the detectives who i worked with detective constable they said why don't they look at what was known as the Canadian system which was a geographical plotting system the principle behind it was that the offender would travel to avoid detection so the first attacks were more likely to be close to home the other thing about working on the Ripper case they couldn't conceive they couldn't get their head around the fact that some of the victims could have survived and of course not recognizing that there was a massive loss of evidence one of the victims in chapel town she did the artist's impression of ‘Dave’ he used the name Dave and she was just dismissed that was...]]>444barbara-leach,bingley,bradford-murder,emily-jackson,helen-rytka,huddersfield-murder,irene-richardson,jacqueline-hill,jayne-macdonald,jean-jordan,josephine-whitaker,leeds-murder,manchester-murder,marguerite-walls,patricia-atkinson,peter-sutcliffe,vera-millward,wilma-mccann,yorkshire-ripper,yvonne-pearsonfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-australian-ripper-frederick-bailey-deeming-was-he-jack-the-ripper--45668460https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, and articles.
  
  Frederick Bailey Deeming was many things – a bigamist, a swindler and murderer of two women and four children. But was he also Jack the Ripper? Journalist Simon Ford and former major-crime detective Jacques Morrell plunge into the life and brutal times of this Victorian enigma. Deeming’s career spanned the globe – Australia, South Africa, Latin America – under a catalogue of aliases. He was an unscrupulous psychopath who would stop at nothing to cheat the wealthy and defend his freedom. A contemporary of Jack the Ripper, some theorize he was Jack. But does the evidence support the theory? What propelled Deeming on his international rampage anyway? And how was he stopped?
  
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  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to the Six O’clock Knock, coming to you from the National Justice Museum in Nottingham, England I’m Simon Ford a writer and broadcaster and I’m Jacques Morrell a former major crime detective the National Justice Museum is based in Nottingham’s former courts and county jail you've probably seen it on tv and not even realized it because when they need a grand Victorian courtroom this is where they send the cameras and our case today would have been tried in a court like this it's a murder hunt that spanned the British Empire at a time when Britain's imperial power was at its zenith Britannia ruled the waves and Jack The Ripper terrorized the alleyways of Whitechapel indeed the murderer in our story could have been Jack The Ripper so come with us as we step back in time to the closing decades of the 19th century john Samford stood with his back to the bedroom door a pickaxe over his shoulder and a look of grim determination on his face not only had his tenant left the rented house without notice but the woman who was lined up to replace him had backed out complaining of a disagreeable smell in the second bedroom Samford butcher and landlord was determined to get to the bottom of it he and the estate agent Mr Connop faced the fireplace the agent held a handkerchief over his nose and mouth his face was the colour of putty Samford swung the pickaxe into the fresh concrete underneath the hearthstone it yielded like a pie crust instantly the smell became stronger Connop choked blurted something about breathing and turned towards the open window Samford swung again a chunk of concrete came away another swing the fluke of the pickaxe found something softer despite the unbearable stench Samford bent down and using both hands shifted a substantial slab of concrete what he saw had auburn hair and the remains of a face [Music] the date is the 3rd of march 1892. the place Andrew street Melbourne in the then colony of Victoria Australia john Samford had just discovered the remains of Emily Mather who'd been living in the house with a foreign gentleman representing himself as a toolmaker's engineer Samford had been attracted by the fellow's respectable heir and the fact that he paid six weeks rent in advance but then he'd left suddenly and reports of a lingering odour started soon afterwards a post-mortem examination found that Emily made his skull had been bashed in and her throat had been cut the hunt for the killer spanned the British empire from the beginning the press connected the murder with the despicable crimes of Jack The Ripper the age newspaper reported that from the outset a suspicion of insanity is almost suggested and a tinge of the white chapel murders is hinted the body hacked and mangled the cool manner in which the cementing was carried out the taking of a house etc the laborious obliteration of all traces of the crime all these things suggest the malevolence and craft of which can scarcely accompany the sane murderer no matter how callous and brutal the story that unfolded in the wake of Emily Mayer’s murder began at Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire in the summer of 1853 with the birth of young Frederick Bailey demon Deeming’s parents were working class his father Thomas was a brasier by all accounts Deeming had a terrible childhood often suffering horrific beatings from his father who tried to commit suicide by cutting his throat on four occasions and ended up dying insane in a workhouse young Fred had it was said an unnaturally strong relationship with his mother Anne she was a Sunday school teacher who often force-fed her youngest son her views on the bible it said that Deeming became obsessed with sin and punishment the youngest of three boys he was a difficult child he ran away to see at the age of 16 and embarked on a life of theft obtaining money under false pretences and ultimately as we're to hear murder Deeming became a consummate con artist fraudster and bigamist it was this downward spiral that led him to become associated some say conclusively with Jack The Ripper [Music] in February 1881 Deeming married Marie James in Tranmere a suburb of Birkenhead on the Wirral in north west England the couple lived briefly in Birkenhead before making the sea passage to Melbourne Australia by 1886 Deeming and Marie had two Australian-born daughters bertha and Marie junior two years later Deeming wrote to his brothers Alfred and Walter he and the family were returning to England he boasted with a considerable fortune so is this the part where Deeming stops his galivanting settles down and becomes a respectable citizen it wouldn't be much of a story if he did would it in fact this is where it becomes obvious that Deeming is living a double life or i should more accurately say one of several alternative lives he lived concurrently until he was caught Jacques in your career investigating serious crime is living a double life a common criminal characteristic most certainly men behave differently when in new circumstances they try to impress and to big themselves up add to the criminal aspect and whoa it becomes a convoluted cover story so Simon what do we know about Deeming's movements between 1888 and 89 well it's a bit sketchy Maurice Gurvich and Christopher Wray wrote the Scarlet Thread. a book about Deeming in his crimes they found he was in South Africa for a time and was involved in a diamond mine swindle in Transvaal it looks like Marie and the children stayed at home in Birkenhead Marie had another baby anyway Deeming drew attention to himself while returning to England on the steamship Yumna flashing cash and jewellery generally making a nuisance of himself with some of the female passengers ss Yumna docked at Hull on the east coast of England in November 1889. i daresay the captain was glad to see the back of the ostentatious Frederick Bailey Deeming Jacques if you were in possession of the facts and had the opportunity would you be waiting on the key side for a kind of nautical Six O’clock Knock you know to ask Deeming what he'd been up to to get rich so quickly the police are naturally interested in unexplained wealth but i think it's early days on any investigation that said I’m sure that with the safety of the ship being paramount the captain would have thought very carefully about this nuisance passenger he may well have turned him into the police for something that happened on board ship maybe her majesty's customs and excise would have been interested in him perhaps to throw the authorities off his scent Deeming takes up lodgings in the nearby town of Beverley under the name Harry Lawson passing himself off as a retired sheep farmer from Queensland living on fifteen hundred pounds a year now that makes him a millionaire in today's money we've seen this before Simon the ant whistle case English guy arrives in America rents an expensive house tells everyone he's due a load of money from the government when he's actually out of work and owed nothing it was all a deception it's reasonable to speculate that this pot of gold coupled with Deeming's silver tongue is what bowls Helen Matheson the 21 year old daughter of Deeming's landlady clean off her feet Deeming bigamously married nelly as she was affectionately known on the 18th of February 1890 almost nine years to the day since he married Marie James in Tranmere a port city on the opposite side of the country what is it they say about sailors having a girl in every port yeah Fred Deeming or Harry Lawson as i should call him is the living proof I’d like to take a moment now to compare Jack The Ripper’s timeline with Frederick Deeming’s [Music] Jack The Ripper murdered his five victims Marianne Nichols Annie Chapman Elizabeth Stride Catherine Eddoes and Mary Jane Kelly between August and November 1888. this was around the time when Deeming was supposedly in South Africa pulling off his diamond mine scan it would take three weeks to travel by steamship from Liverpool to cape town so did Deeming allow himself a three month stopover in the east end of London indulging in a killing spree before continuing his sea voyage well I’m not well versed in the finer details of the Ripper case but first impressions the Ripper was killing sex workers and targeting them Deeming is more of a traveller who lays on the charm and forms relationships with women I’d need to see something more than we just don't know where he was during the period of the white chapel murders so let's leave white chapel and travel the 200 and something miles north east to hull because after a honeymoon with Helen Matheson Deeming disappears and promptly leaves for Uruguay the police are waiting for him when he docks in Montevideo and arrest him for another swindle this time at a jewellers in hull he used forged checks to get 286 pounds worth of jewellery that's
  
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  Frederick Bailey Deeming was many things – a bigamist, a swindler and murderer of two women and four children. But was he also Jack the Ripper? Journalist Simon Ford and former major-crime detective Jacques Morrell plunge into the life and brutal times of this Victorian enigma. Deeming’s career spanned the globe – Australia, South Africa, Latin America – under a catalogue of aliases. He was an unscrupulous psychopath who would stop at nothing to cheat the wealthy and defend his freedom. A contemporary of Jack the Ripper, some theorize he was Jack. But does the evidence support the theory? What propelled Deeming on his international rampage anyway? And how was he stopped?
  
  The Six O’clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.
  
  Transcript
  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to the Six O’clock Knock, coming to you from the National Justice Museum in Nottingham, England I’m Simon Ford a writer and broadcaster and I’m Jacques Morrell a former major crime detective the National Justice Museum is based in Nottingham’s former courts and county jail you've probably seen it on tv and not even realized it because when they need a grand Victorian courtroom this is where they send the cameras and our case today would have been tried in a court like this it's a murder hunt that spanned the British Empire at a time when Britain's imperial power was at its zenith Britannia ruled the waves and Jack The Ripper terrorized the alleyways of Whitechapel indeed the murderer in our story could have been Jack The Ripper so come with us as we step back in time to the closing decades of the 19th century john Samford stood with his back to the bedroom door a pickaxe over his shoulder and a look of grim determination on his face not only had his tenant left the rented house without notice but the woman who was lined up to replace him had backed out complaining of a disagreeable smell in the second bedroom Samford butcher and landlord was determined to get to the bottom of it he and the estate agent Mr Connop faced the fireplace the agent held a handkerchief over his nose and mouth his face was the colour of putty Samford swung the pickaxe into the fresh concrete underneath the hearthstone it yielded like a pie crust instantly the smell became stronger Connop choked blurted something about breathing and turned towards the open window Samford swung again a chunk of concrete came away another swing the fluke of the pickaxe found something softer despite the unbearable stench Samford bent down and using both hands shifted a substantial slab of concrete what he saw had auburn hair and the remains of a face [Music] the date is the 3rd of march 1892. the place Andrew street Melbourne in the then colony of Victoria Australia john Samford had just discovered the remains of Emily Mather who'd been living in the house with a foreign gentleman representing himself as a toolmaker's engineer Samford had been attracted by the fellow's respectable heir and the fact that he paid six weeks rent in advance but then he'd left suddenly and reports of a lingering odour started soon afterwards a post-mortem examination found that Emily made his skull had been bashed in and her throat had been cut the hunt for the killer spanned the British empire from the beginning the press connected the murder with the despicable crimes of Jack The Ripper the age newspaper reported that from the outset a suspicion of insanity is almost suggested and a tinge of the white chapel murders is hinted the body hacked and mangled the cool manner in which the cementing was carried out the taking of a house etc the laborious obliteration of all traces of the crime all these things suggest the malevolence and craft of which can scarcely...]]>2143baron-swanston,bigamy,child-murder,con_man_murderer,deeming,dinham,family-annihilator,frederick-bailey-deeming,harry-lawson,helen-matheson-beverley-hull,jack-the-ripper,jack-the-ripper-suspect,lawson,mather,mathieson,melbourne_australia_murder,serial-killer,swanston-street-melbourne,was-deeming-jack-the-ripper,wife-murderfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-entwistle-murders-the-massachusetts-man-who-shot-his-wife-and-baby-daughter--45668459https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, and articles.
  
  Mild-mannered, handsome and geeky were all terms used to describe Neil Entwistle. Yet this British computer engineer was convicted of shooting dead his wife and baby daughter at their home near Boston, Massachusetts. Entwistle fled the scene, jumped on a plane and ran home to mum and dad. The American authorities caught up with him in London and put him on trial in the United States, where he was found guilty. Despite the weight of evidence stacked against him, Neil Entwistle continues to protest his innocence, denying any part in the fatal shootings of 27-year-old Rachel and 9-month-old Lillian in January 2006.
  
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  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to the Six O’clock Knock, the true crime podcast presented by me Simon Ford and major crime detective Jacques Morrell hi Jacques how you been hi Simon I’m much better thank you uh better for getting out and about again uh just like in the green bicycle case from the other week yeah I think we set a new standard for socially distanced investigations with that one didn't we yeah so today we are in the heart of Sherwood forest the legendary home of robin hood on the trail of an equally enigmatic outlaw yes and thanks to the notorious British summer weather we've taken shelter not in a hollow tree but in the historic forest lodge hotel at Edwinstowe across the road from the 9th century church where tradition has it Robin Hood married Maid Marian anyway apart from a drop of locally brewed ale what else brings us to royal Sherwood Simon oh well I was coming to that today's case is a modern one from right here in old Sherwood in fact I covered this story as a journalist and a news presenter with the BBC in Nottingham and it stuck with me ever since because you know I’ve been around a bit but this is my old stamping ground it's where I grew up and it involves an i.t expert Neil Entwistle from the nearby town of workshop he was found guilty in 2008 of shooting to death his wife Rachel and baby daughter Lilian rose at their home in the united states to be precise Hopkinton Massachusetts a small town in the Boston commuter belt Neil Entwistle was 28 and Rachel was 27. little Lilian was just nine months old the killings in January 2006 were the subject of a transatlantic media frenzy and we'll get into why shortly but first it's important to note that throughout the trial and his subsequent incarceration Neil Entwistle and his family have protested his innocence in fact a couple of years ago Neil Entwistle's father Clifford published a book called Neil's story trial by media that's right Simon and I do recall the case although it's not one I had any involvement in so coming at it fresh for me really and it's one of three books you asked me to read before this meeting today there was heartless the true story of Neil Entwistle and the brutal murder of his wife and child and that was by a woman called Michelle R. McPhee and there was a further book Neil Entwistle’s Day In Court by Michael Wells Gleuck now I want to point out that the McPhee book was published right at the start of the trial in 2008 and Cliff Entwistle cites this as an example of what he calls trial by media he alleges that coverage like this made a guilty verdict to foregone conclusion and in the face of this media bombardment he claims his son didn't stand a chance and here is Cliff Entwistle as he speaks to reporters outside the court in 2008 we will continue to fight for our innocent son with the hope that one day justice will prevail and our little granddaughter lily may rest in peace okay then those are our sources along with contemporary records and transcripts let's get into it and ask the difficult questions was Neil Entwistle a victim of trial by media was he the victim of a miscarriage of justice if so who killed his wife and daughter [Music] okay first some background Neil met Rachel Souza as she was then at the university of York in 1999 he was studying electronic engineering and business management she was an American studying English on her year abroad and they were in the university rowing club in 2001 after a stint back in the U.S. Rachel returned to the UK and worked for three years as a teacher at Redditch in Worcestershire the couple married in 2003 by which time Neil had started work at the Malvern office of the defence and security firm kinetic Lilian rose was born in April 2005. in july of that year Neil left his job at kinetic for domestic reasons six weeks or so later the family had relocated to Massachusetts where they moved into the home of Rachel's mother and stepfather Priscilla and joe Matarazzo okay just take you back slightly there Simon what do you mean there by domestic reasons well that was the phrase used by a kinetic spokesman who was contacted by the Worcester news in the aftermath of the murders and that I’m afraid is all the information I have okay anything else around this time well yeah it emerged later that between 2003 and 2004 Neil Entwistle registered a number of websites and start-up businesses including million maker dot co dot UK which promised customers six thousand dollars in monthly earnings and SR Publications .co.uk which listed as its flagship product the big penis manual I see well that's interesting um I wonder if his wife knew um now that certainly shows there's another side to the and whistle it must be his secret life yeah I think that's what you call it isn't it um Neil spent four months living with his in-laws at their home in Carver Massachusetts there were arguments perhaps because he didn't have a job lined up and was having trouble finding work Cliff Entwistle says in his book Rachel shared with us that she was not settling in that Lilian had stopped sleeping through the night and that there were constant arguments between herself Priscilla and joseph for the sake of keeping the peace Neil and Rachel decided to move out and so it was after Christmas and Lilian's christening the couple leased a house in Hopkinton a little town about 50 miles from carver and near the highway into Boston they moved in around the 10th of January 2006 into what sort of house well six cubs path is a spacious four bed detached house with three bathrooms at the end of a cul-de-sac in a secluded wooded area in fact I got that from the realtor's website and I’ve got to say it's a gorgeous looking property yeah I’m just looking now the rent twenty seven hundred dollars a month that's two and a half thousand pounds it will take a steak dinner I suppose so how would the admissions afford this kind of house with neither of them working yeah I don't know uh maybe they borrowed money from the Matarazzos maybe they had savings maybe they'd sold somewhere in this country before they moved to the united states Michelle r McPhee says in heartless that Neil claimed to be waiting for payments from the British government to clear well if that's true it would set the alarm bells ringing wouldn't it what we got here and it specialist who resigned from his job sets up a dubious get rich quick scheme on some website moves to the us without a job then claims he's due a lot of money I would be buying a second hand the car off this guy well talking of cars the couple also leased a car a BMW x3 in Rachel's name and that was a further dollars a month so that's monthly outgoings by my ropey mathematics of almost 3 200 with no visible income that's before you add the bills and the credit card purchases of furniture etc McPhee says the couple owed nearly nine thousand dollars on credit cards with Rachel's student loan repayments on top of that and that is a lot of debt so unless there really was a wad of cash coming Neil's way from Whitehall Michelle McFee says money never seemed to be an issue Neil had given his in-laws the impression that he was earning ten thousand dollars a month from the English military to advise them on secretive computer programs let's take that with a pinch of salt Neil's dad Cliff was unaware of any money troubles and he wants to think that his son would have come to him first if he needed money okay maybe so Cliff and his wife also owned their house in workshop in Nottinghamshire so they had the resources to bail him out but Neil never asked and another thing as Cliff Entwistle tells us Neil was not going to gain through insurance policies so that was out [Music] so turning to the crime itself now this was a particularly horrible double murder which is in a large part what galvanized the media around it remember the us is different with these kind of media stories so let's look at the circumstances well this is Neil's story as told to the Massachusetts state police in a phone interview he made from his parents’ home in the UK on Monday the 23rd of January 2006. in this call he claims that at 9 00 am on Friday the 20th he went out to run errands he was supposed to be going to a job interview but that had been cancelled he hadn't told his wife this as far as Rachel was concerned Neil would be out for all or most of the day he says that he went to staples to buy a wireless router for his computer they had one but he wanted to see if Walmart had it cheaper he says he got lost on the way to Walmart and stopped at
  
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  Mild-mannered, handsome and geeky were all terms used to describe Neil Entwistle. Yet this British computer engineer was convicted of shooting dead his wife and baby daughter at their home near Boston, Massachusetts. Entwistle fled the scene, jumped on a plane and ran home to mum and dad. The American authorities caught up with him in London and put him on trial in the United States, where he was found guilty. Despite the weight of evidence stacked against him, Neil Entwistle continues to protest his innocence, denying any part in the fatal shootings of 27-year-old Rachel and 9-month-old Lillian in January 2006.
  
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  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to the Six O’clock Knock, the true crime podcast presented by me Simon Ford and major crime detective Jacques Morrell hi Jacques how you been hi Simon I’m much better thank you uh better for getting out and about again uh just like in the green bicycle case from the other week yeah I think we set a new standard for socially distanced investigations with that one didn't we yeah so today we are in the heart of Sherwood forest the legendary home of robin hood on the trail of an equally enigmatic outlaw yes and thanks to the notorious British summer weather we've taken shelter not in a hollow tree but in the historic forest lodge hotel at Edwinstowe across the road from the 9th century church where tradition has it Robin Hood married Maid Marian anyway apart from a drop of locally brewed ale what else brings us to royal Sherwood Simon oh well I was coming to that today's case is a modern one from right here in old Sherwood in fact I covered this story as a journalist and a news presenter with the BBC in Nottingham and it stuck with me ever since because you know I’ve been around a bit but this is my old stamping ground it's where I grew up and it involves an i.t expert Neil Entwistle from the nearby town of workshop he was found guilty in 2008 of shooting to death his wife Rachel and baby daughter Lilian rose at their home in the united states to be precise Hopkinton Massachusetts a small town in the Boston commuter belt Neil Entwistle was 28 and Rachel was 27. little Lilian was just nine months old the killings in January 2006 were the subject of a transatlantic media frenzy and we'll get into why shortly but first it's important to note that throughout the trial and his subsequent incarceration Neil Entwistle and his family have protested his innocence in fact a couple of years ago Neil Entwistle's father Clifford published a book called Neil's story trial by media that's right Simon and I do recall the case although it's not one I had any involvement in so coming at it fresh for me really and it's one of three books you asked me to read before this meeting today there was heartless the true story of Neil Entwistle and the brutal murder of his wife and child and that was by a woman called Michelle R. McPhee and there was a further book Neil Entwistle’s Day In Court by Michael Wells Gleuck now I want to point out that the McPhee book was published right at the start of the trial in 2008 and Cliff Entwistle cites this as an example of what he calls trial by media he alleges that coverage like this made a guilty verdict to foregone conclusion and in the face of this media bombardment he claims his son didn't stand a chance and here is Cliff Entwistle as he speaks to reporters outside the court in 2008 we will continue to fight for our innocent son with the hope that one day justice will prevail and our little granddaughter lily may rest in peace okay then those are our sources along with contemporary records and transcripts let's get into it and ask the...]]>3292coakley,elliot-weinstein-attourney,entwistle-family-massachusetts,family-annihilator-entwistle,heartless,heartless-true-story,hopkinton,hopkinton-massachusetts-crime,joe-priscilla-matterazzo,lillian-entwistle,louise-woodward,massachusetts,materazzo,michelle-mcphee,murder-of-wife-and-child,nottinghamshire,rachel-souza,the-man-who-didn't-cry,trial-by-media,worksopfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-green-bicycle-murder--45668458https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  The farmer who found Bella Wright’s body thought she’d been knocked off her bicycle. Hours later the police realised she’d been shot in the face. Bella was 21 when she met her death on an English country road in July 1919. Detectives brought a man to trial, but he was acquitted by the jury and walked free and the identity of the murderer is unknown. Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell visit the scene, at Little Streeton in Leicestershire, where they reveal the result of their investigation into the Green Bicycle Murder.
  
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  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. So, hello and welcome to episode five of the Six O’clock Knock the true crime podcast that takes a fresh look at murder the Six O’clock Knock is presented by me Simon Ford and former major crime detective Jacques Morrell in this episode we look at the mystery surrounding the death of Bella Wright in 1919 a case that continues to baffle armchair detectives now what got you onto this particular case Jacques a listener suggested it which was great after a bit of research it sparked my interest yeah I’ve read your brief and it covers an interesting period in Britain politically as well as culturally there was the end of the great war the status of our returning soldiers the suffrage movement women demanding equality some women becoming jurors the old school class system there were many firearms in circulation and the military must have built up a lot of expertise in the science of a bullet and the damage that it can do so this green bicycle case has struck a chord with you then that was also at the end of the great war and Bella Wright's family didn't get justice they just had to get on with it suck it up and live with it Bella Wright was the same age as my grandmother was so I’ve been able to reflect on the attitudes of the time where working-class women were expected to know their place and not to challenge the authority of uh the men in power okay let's set the scene for this fresh look at the case from 1919 that has become known as the green bicycle murder we've read a recent book about the case by author Anthony Brown and the title of that is the green bicycle mystery now I don't know what the listeners will think about this but I don't see much of a mystery at all. All I see is a travesty and that's a travesty of justice so Jacques we must be pretty close to the spot where Bella’s body was found now isn't we we're on the right footpath and ah there's a gateway and we're in the middle of a cornfield even today it's a field of wheat yeah but it's getting into the evening now sun's sort of dropping ahead of us now as we're looking over the cornfield towards um where she was found [Music] the text from the green bicycle mystery helps to set the scene for us on the evening of Saturday the 5th of July 1919 near the village of little Stretton in Leicestershire just down there beyond that hedgerow in the main road a solitary bicycle lies on its side its metal frame catching the glow of the fading evening Light the back wheel turns slowly about its axle producing a soft clicking a rhythmic sound soothing like the ticking of a study clock next to the bicycle lying at an angle across the road as a young woman she's partly on her back partly on her left side with her right hand almost touching the mud guard of the rear wheel her legs rest on the roadside verge where fronds of white cow parsley and pink rose bay rise above luxuriant summer foliage on her head sits a wide brimmed hat daintily finished with a ribbon and a bone she's dressed in a pastel blouse and a long skirt underneath a Light raincoat the pockets of which contain an empty purse and a box of matches the blood flecked coat tells a story the unidentified body was on Gartree road part of the Roman road between Leicester and Market Harborough a local farmer named Joseph Cowell came across the woman and he initially went to pick her up he realized immediately that she had a head injury she'd lost a lot of blood and that she was dead Cowell assumed that she may have fallen from her bicycle so he went to a place called Great Glen just down the road and told the local constable pc Hall a doctor was summonsed and all three returned to little Stretton it was Dr Williams who made a check of the area by candlelight now he confirmed that she was dead and likely to have died from her head injury using the farmer's pony and trap the body was moved to an empty house nearby remember that in 1919 even in cities like nearby Leicester transport was very different there were a few cars around there were trolley buses in town but horses and carts were still a common means of transport as was cycling PC Hall made a brief check around the scene where we stood now it was apparent that some crows had shown an interest in the body he saw that there were bird tracks in and around the blood next to the body and there were traces of blood on the top of the nearby wooden gate in the meadow beyond the gate where we're now stood a crow lay dead the long grass in the meadow was flattened into a footpath leading to the distant cornfields but pc Hall noted that there were no human footprints on either side of the gate the following day pc Hall returned to where the body had been discovered his careful examination of the ground near to where the woman was found revealed a more sinister explanation to her death a 0.455 calibre bullet was found 5 metres from where the body had lain it had been slightly embedded in the ground by a horse's hoof he returned to the unoccupied house and washed the congealed blood off the face of the corpse beneath the woman's left eye he found a single entry wound the hole was large enough to put a pencil through it this woman who was still unidentified had been shot a full post-mortem examination was carried out by Dr Williams and a second doctor his assessment although not an expert was that she'd been shot once from a distance of six to seven feet and that the bullet had exited the rear of her skull there's a couple of things worth mentioning here the location of her death had not been declared a crime scene and this meant it had not been preserved and kept secure now various people would have travelled along this
  
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  The farmer who found Bella Wright’s body thought she’d been knocked off her bicycle. Hours later the police realised she’d been shot in the face. Bella was 21 when she met her death on an English country road in July 1919. Detectives brought a man to trial, but he was acquitted by the jury and walked free and the identity of the murderer is unknown. Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell visit the scene, at Little Streeton in Leicestershire, where they reveal the result of their investigation into the Green Bicycle Murder.
  
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  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. So, hello and welcome to episode five of the Six O’clock Knock the true crime podcast that takes a fresh look at murder the Six O’clock Knock is presented by me Simon Ford and former major crime detective Jacques Morrell in this episode we look at the mystery surrounding the death of Bella Wright in 1919 a case that continues to baffle armchair detectives now what got you onto this particular case Jacques a listener suggested it which was great after a bit of research it sparked my interest yeah I’ve read your brief and it covers an interesting period in Britain politically as well as culturally there was the end of the great war the status of our returning soldiers the suffrage movement women demanding equality some women becoming jurors the old school class system there were many firearms in circulation and the military must have built up a lot of expertise in the science of a bullet and the damage that it can do so this green bicycle case has struck a chord with you then that was also at the end of the great war and Bella Wright's family didn't get justice they just had to get on with it suck it up and live with it Bella Wright was the same age as my grandmother was so I’ve been able to reflect on the attitudes of the time where working-class women were expected to know their place and not to challenge the authority of uh the men in power okay let's set the scene for this fresh look at the case from 1919 that has become known as the green bicycle murder we've read a recent book about the case by author Anthony Brown and the title of that is the green bicycle mystery now I don't know what the listeners will think about this but I don't see much of a mystery at all. All I see is a travesty and that's a travesty of justice so Jacques we must be pretty close to the spot where Bella’s body was found now isn't we we're on the right footpath and ah there's a gateway and we're in the middle of a cornfield even today it's a field of wheat yeah but it's getting into the evening now sun's sort of dropping ahead of us now as we're looking over the cornfield towards um where she was found [Music] the text from the green bicycle mystery helps to set the scene for us on the evening of Saturday the 5th of July 1919 near the village of little Stretton in Leicestershire just down there beyond that hedgerow in the main road a solitary bicycle lies on its side its metal frame catching the glow of the fading evening Light the back wheel turns slowly about its axle producing a soft clicking a rhythmic sound soothing like the ticking of a study clock next to the bicycle lying at an angle across the road as a young woman she's partly on her back partly on her left side with her right hand almost touching the mud guard of the rear wheel her legs rest on the roadside verge where fronds of white cow parsley and pink rose bay rise above luxuriant summer foliage on her head sits a wide brimmed hat daintily finished with a ribbon and a bone she's dressed in a pastel blouse and a long skirt underneath a Light raincoat the pockets of which contain an empty purse and a box of matches the...]]>3216alfred-hall,bella-wright,bella-wright-green-bicycle,green-bicycle,green-bicycle-mystery,leicester,leicestershire,leicestershire-police,leicestershire-unsolved-murder,lescestershire-murder-1919,little-stretton,little-stretton-bicycle-murder,marshall-hall,ronald-light,ronald-light-bella-wright,ronald-light-green-bicycle,unsolved-murder,who-was-green-bicycle-murdererfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fetish-murders--45667882https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.
  
  He saw her at a bus stop and thought, ‘she’ll do’. That was how Wakefield shoe fetish murderer Christopher Farrow chose his victim, Wendy Speakes. He followed her home, where he tied her up, raped her and stabbed her 11 times. Farrow evaded justice for six years. He was caught thanks to advances in forensic science. Detective Jacques Morrell witnessed the introduction of the National Automated Fingerprints Identification System (Nafis) which provided the breakthrough. He explains how technology is closing the net on killers who thought they’d got away with murder.
  
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Hello and welcome to episode four of the Six O’clock Knock I’m Simon Ford and as ever I’m joined by former major crime detective Jacques Morrell and today we are looking at foot fetishes and fingerprints yep that's right you heard it here first foot fetishes and fingerprints now in my copy of the chambers student dictionary from the 1970s which dates me a little bit a fetish is defined only by it being an object that is regarded with irrational reverence a spiritual charm in fact it derives from the Portuguese word for magic did you know that I had no idea hmm well done the chamber student dictionary of course we now associate the word with sexuality and fetish is defined as an abnormal sexual desire linked to a particular object so the early definition related to a talisman then I guess the key words from what you've just said there are irrational and abnormal I know this is speaking from a police angle yeah that's pretty much the size of it now we'll be looking at one particular case in detail and then we're going to refer to a couple of other cases that have a foot or a shoe fetish angle to them now I don't advise anybody to go on the internet looking for this stuff because it can make for a very peculiar browsing history even in the interests of research to start with our main case is a dreadful murder from 1994 but it wasn't solved for six years when a breakthrough came from a fingerprint at the scene and in fact I must declare an interest I was a reporter at the time in West Yorkshire and I covered this case so before we look at it in detail Jacques did you have any interesting cases solved due to fingerprints yourself I remember one in particular from about 1990 and I remember it because I actually got a call from the fingerprint expert he was actually excited about it and he wanted to tell me in person I know it sounds a little bit odd but it was unusual in itself it's worth reminding really I suppose and for the listeners benefit that an automated fingerprint system was not introduced until I think the late 1990s wow late is that a computerized one yeah because that's something it's a mainstay of every detective television program isn't every who done it is the fingerprint so yeah not until the late 1990s hmm yeah the automated system wasn't till then prior I mean prior to that fingerprints were dealt with manually and in a very methodical process there was a series of documents going backwards and forwards in the internal mail first you'd receive a form from the bureau about fingerprints known as marks that related to your case you would then eliminate any people who may innocently have left their fingerprint and then you would consider any potential suspects you would submit to form asking the fingerprint officer to compare the mark with the fingerprints and it was only rare look thinking back that officers would actually visit the fingerprint bureau now I was working on a series of crimes that involved was the issuing of stolen checks it was all very organized and we were under pressure to stop it I was working in a small inner city CID office when the phone rang and it was this fingerprint officer called Bill now he'd run me to tell me that he'd identified fingerprints on some of the stolen checks he invited me over and I remember it now I was fascinated by what he said he'd been processing one of the stolen checks and he recognized a thumbprint on it he had recognized the thumbprint incredibly he knew he'd seen it before and recently and he said there was a distinctive pattern in it now bear in mind that bill and his team spent all day looking at fingerprints not only did he remember he'd seen the mark before he knew it was from a person who'd recently been detained for the first time that is astonishing amazing yeah I mean I should add that each mark is graded as to its evidential value and the best grading is we used to use the term GEFC good enough for court and that means that the fingerprint could convict a person who left it at the scene so I take it that the call from bill in the fingerprint bureau was a good enough for court yes it was uh the call from bill was a very lucky breakthrough it was a series of stolen check frauds and it was part of a racket that was causing us a real headache we were being run ragged by a spate of crimes it involved thefts of handbags and then wholesale fraud where the checks were issued to the maximum possible value oh interesting so what's going on then, Jacques right there was a stretch of road that ran along the side of a small housing estate and in the morning rush hour the traffic ground to a halt that was the time for the local youths to strike and they preyed on women in cars who more importantly were also alone now before these women realized what had happened the passenger door of their car was open and their handbag which had been on the passenger seat was now in the hands of a youth running back into the estate wow right so like a snake lying in weight under a rock and then striking out at its prey and disappearing again I’m over dramatizing that it must have been really traumatic for the victims by the time the radio one jingle had finished on the poor woman's car stereo this youth was back into the estate the whole operation was that quick because by the time these women had got to their place of work and called the police this is obviously pre mobile phones someone was touring the supermarkets in the area writing out checks like they were going out of fashion oh right okay so this would be the equivalent nowadays of taking somebody's card and just making a whole bunch of contactless transactions yes exactly um they were buying all the essentials as you can imagine cigarettes alcohol it was a well-organized operation and yeah we were getting run ragged and we were struggling to stop it now what was unusual in bill's fingerprint discovery was that the suspect he had identified was a man now bear in mind all these checks they all belong to women so they're looking for what a guy wearing a wig or something um makes you wonder really doesn't it um okay what was happening then the suspect was a young man who had recently been arrested and cautioned for a relatively minor offence I think it was a domestic related issue and he was coming from a completely different part of town as well his involvement just didn't fit in with the usual activity that was going off oh right so this uh chat got the dreaded Six O’clock Knock did he did and as soon as we had him in it was clear that he was a little bit out of his depth he also did the right thing he told the truth now he revealed how these crimes were being organized and more importantly by who now this young man's girlfriend had moved into the area where the racket was being organized and she'd been pressured and bullied into getting involved with this cheque fraud the chequebook that she had been given and told to use had one of those unisex names and I think thinking back I think it was Leslie or something like that oh okay or Vivian or something so that the spelling might vary between the genders but actually for somebody in a shot who's just taking a check they're not going to check that closely ah check that closely apologies correct now this young man had done the honourable thing and he got his girlfriend out of the dilemma and he went to commit the frauds himself so we were now ready to give the ringleaders the Six O’clock Knock and it had all started with that brilliant piece of work by our fingerprint expert bill otherwise we would have been struggling that is fascinating and bill recognized this by eye his life was fingerprints yeah incredible nowadays of course police forces can search a computer database to see if fingerprints match those of a known criminal they don't need bill maybe that's the code name they give the computer wouldn't it be great if they did oh no it's called the national automated fingerprints identification system or NAFIS for short and it's able to compare millions of prints from all over the UK and find a match within minutes as you explain Jacques NAFIS was gradually introduced to UK forces between 1997 and 2001 prior to that forces were only able to search their own paper records which related to criminals from their own local area that's exactly right the only other way we would have been able to identify this young man would have been if someone had told us what he'd been up to it's as simple as that then we would have asked the fingerprint bureau to do the comparison otherwise without that it was a needle in a haystack and I guess with the stolen check case there were hundreds of them and producing lots and lots of fingerprints yes you can imagine the work involved the bank would receive them through the clearing system they would retain them as a batch send them to their own fraud department and then they would be sent on to the police the police would then assess
  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  He saw her at a bus stop and thought, ‘she’ll do’. That was how Wakefield shoe fetish murderer Christopher Farrow chose his victim, Wendy Speakes. He followed her home, where he tied her up, raped her and stabbed her 11 times. Farrow evaded justice for six years. He was caught thanks to advances in forensic science. Detective Jacques Morrell witnessed the introduction of the National Automated Fingerprints Identification System (Nafis) which provided the breakthrough. He explains how technology is closing the net on killers who thought they’d got away with murder.
  
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  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to episode four of the Six O’clock Knock I’m Simon Ford and as ever I’m joined by former major crime detective Jacques Morrell and today we are looking at foot fetishes and fingerprints yep that's right you heard it here first foot fetishes and fingerprints now in my copy of the chambers student dictionary from the 1970s which dates me a little bit a fetish is defined only by it being an object that is regarded with irrational reverence a spiritual charm in fact it derives from the Portuguese word for magic did you know that I had no idea hmm well done the chamber student dictionary of course we now associate the word with sexuality and fetish is defined as an abnormal sexual desire linked to a particular object so the early definition related to a talisman then I guess the key words from what you've just said there are irrational and abnormal I know this is speaking from a police angle yeah that's pretty much the size of it now we'll be looking at one particular case in detail and then we're going to refer to a couple of other cases that have a foot or a shoe fetish angle to them now I don't advise anybody to go on the internet looking for this stuff because it can make for a very peculiar browsing history even in the interests of research to start with our main case is a dreadful murder from 1994 but it wasn't solved for six years when a breakthrough came from a fingerprint at the scene and in fact I must declare an interest I was a reporter at the time in West Yorkshire and I covered this case so before we look at it in detail Jacques did you have any interesting cases solved due to fingerprints yourself I remember one in particular from about 1990 and I remember it because I actually got a call from the fingerprint expert he was actually excited about it and he wanted to tell me in person I know it sounds a little bit odd but it was unusual in itself it's worth reminding really I suppose and for the listeners benefit that an automated fingerprint system was not introduced until I think the late 1990s wow late is that a computerized one yeah because that's something it's a mainstay of every detective television program isn't every who done it is the fingerprint so yeah not until the late 1990s hmm yeah the automated system wasn't till then prior I mean prior to that fingerprints were dealt with manually and in a very methodical process there was a series of documents going backwards and forwards in the internal mail first you'd receive a form from the bureau about fingerprints known as marks that related to your case you would then eliminate any people who may innocently have left their fingerprint and then you would consider any potential suspects you would submit to form asking the fingerprint officer to compare the mark with the fingerprints and it was only rare look thinking back that officers would actually visit the fingerprint bureau now I was working on a series of crimes that involved was the issuing of stolen...]]>2478bob-taylor,bourne-lane-wakefield-murder,christopher-farrow,christopher-farrow-age,christopher-farrow-wakefield,dna,farrow,fetish,fingerprint,forensic-science,robert-taylor,sex-offender,shoe-fetish,speakes,wakefield,wakefield-murder-wendy-speakes,wakefield-shoe-fetish,wendy-speakes,wendy-speakes-murder-podcast,west-yorkshire-policetruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-murder-in-the-family-what-turns-men-into-family-annihilators--45667878
  What drives some men – and it is mainly men – to murder their families? The motivation for familicide is only partly understood but seems to be linked to a ‘loss of control over masculine domains’, even where there is no prior evidence of domestic abuse. Detective Jacque Morrell takes reporter Simon Ford on a disturbing journey into the dark side of gender identity, where lives unravel with catastrophic and unimaginable consequences.
  
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Hello and welcome to episode three of the Six O’clock Knock, the true-crime podcast that takes a fresh look at murder the Six O’clock Knock is presented by me Simon Ford and former major crime detective Jacques Morrell in our previous episodes we looked at some unsolved British cases from the 1940s and the 1960s and you asked for our analysis of some more recent cases these are tragically all detected cases that we're going to talk about now there's no mystery associated with them but they do illustrate our topic and the topic is familicide [Music] we started looking at a case from 1993 where a father inexplicably killed his grown-up daughter and this made us look at other cases and how we as a society deal with the really difficult topic of murder within the family so murder in the family is termed familicide right is this something that you dealt with in your police career quite a lot or is it unusual well no unfortunately yes on a number of occasions we in the police never use the Latin terminology though each case that came before us was different you know I can remember them all I’ve included a reference to one of them in this episode too but looking back I think it's the family secrets and the what ifs that make these cases so intensely tragic it's bad enough having a family member violently killed don't get me wrong but uh when it's done by someone within the family when the killer is someone who was supposed to care for them it becomes so inexplicable and it's no surprise I suppose in most of these cases they never explain their actions so we started looking at these familiar side cases and we came across a recent one in Australia and it's a stark reminder that familiar sides occur in every society across the world this first case involves Camp Hill in Queensland in Australia which is a pleasant residential suburb of Brisbane and the houses are spacious and the roads are lined with trees and grass verges and in this lovely setting an unimaginable tragedy took place on the morning of Wednesday the 19th of February 2020 what happened in Camp Hill will affect the community there for a long time at 8 25 am during the school run emergency services received a number of calls to an incident on a quiet suburban street as with all incidents that take place in full view of the public numerous calls are made by people who witness things differently often calls are made from people who are passing by who may be confused or unsure about what's happening they just know that they need to call the emergency services in this incident there was a mention of an explosion then another of a fire involving a vehicle it was even a report that there'd been a road traffic collision so when the emergency crews arrived they found a car on fire a woman with severe burns and a man with fatal stab wounds once the fire had been extinguished those at the scene discovered the really horrible reality of the situation on the back seat of the car were the remains of not one but of three kids they were all under 10 years of age and they'd been burned alive in what had been a ferocious fire this was a chaotic scene but the officer in charge began to understand what had happened the woman had been driving her three children to school and her car was hit by another vehicle having come to rest the male driver of the other vehicle got out and approached the woman in her car then he poured petrol into it and immediately set it on fire causing what people had described as an explosion the woman despite being on fire herself managed to get out somehow run away as members of the public stopped and tried to help the man told them not to do anything before stabbing himself to death the woman was rushed to hospital she had 97 burns and died later that day the man involved was Rowan Baxter he killed his estranged wife HAnneah and their three children there'd been a long history of domestic abuse Jacques what do you make of that truly awful this was in broad daylight and in public the case gained national attention if not international the media frenzy was extensive and there was a lot of soul-searching in Australia as always there's a hope that something could be learnt from these kind of incidents something to prevent it from happening again but there was also some criticism of how the case was reported and there were calls for changes in the law there was reporting from theconversation.com who said too often when fathers kill their children the tendency is to frame it as a case of mental illness rather than gender driven violence now this is interesting because even the Aussie prime minister Scott Morrison he was criticized for sympathizing with Rowan Baxter’s state of mind rather than the family had been a victim of his violence and controlling behaviour and he chose to identify support next week for mental health services rather than pledging to tackle domestic violence in the country and this raises some questions did anyone at any time in their relationship suggest to Rowan Baxter that he sought help for his abusive and controlling behaviour towards his wife did he attempt to seek help immediately before committing this awful murder do we really expect people like Rowan Baxter to tell people about their intention to kill would it have been better if society had been able to change his behaviour at an early stage wow there are three four really big questions there aren't there so from the conversation.com the report goes on based on what we know so far in the killings HAnneah Clarke experienced an extreme form of coercive control by Rowan Baxter he'd control how she dressed and where she went Clarke also had a domestic violence order against him had recently left the relationship and had expressed fears her husband may kill her control and the imminent loss of it was central to Baxter’s actions against both Clarke and her children this is true in cases I worked on they may be all be different but it's that loss of control that drives these perpetrators to extreme violence yeah the headline in Australian media read it's time that coercive control was made illegal in Australia I think we're all
  
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  What drives some men – and it is mainly men – to murder their families? The motivation for familicide is only partly understood but seems to be linked to a ‘loss of control over masculine domains’, even where there is no prior evidence of domestic abuse. Detective Jacque Morrell takes reporter Simon Ford on a disturbing journey into the dark side of gender identity, where lives unravel with catastrophic and unimaginable consequences.
  
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  [Music] this podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to episode three of the Six O’clock Knock, the true-crime podcast that takes a fresh look at murder the Six O’clock Knock is presented by me Simon Ford and former major crime detective Jacques Morrell in our previous episodes we looked at some unsolved British cases from the 1940s and the 1960s and you asked for our analysis of some more recent cases these are tragically all detected cases that we're going to talk about now there's no mystery associated with them but they do illustrate our topic and the topic is familicide [Music] we started looking at a case from 1993 where a father inexplicably killed his grown-up daughter and this made us look at other cases and how we as a society deal with the really difficult topic of murder within the family so murder in the family is termed familicide right is this something that you dealt with in your police career quite a lot or is it unusual well no unfortunately yes on a number of occasions we in the police never use the Latin terminology though each case that came before us was different you know I can remember them all I’ve included a reference to one of them in this episode too but looking back I think it's the family secrets and the what ifs that make these cases so intensely tragic it's bad enough having a family member violently killed don't get me wrong but uh when it's done by someone within the family when the killer is someone who was supposed to care for them it becomes so inexplicable and it's no surprise I suppose in most of these cases they never explain their actions so we started looking at these familiar side cases and we came across a recent one in Australia and it's a stark reminder that familiar sides occur in every society across the world this first case involves Camp Hill in Queensland in Australia which is a pleasant residential suburb of Brisbane and the houses are spacious and the roads are lined with trees and grass verges and in this lovely setting an unimaginable tragedy took place on the morning of Wednesday the 19th of February 2020 what happened in Camp Hill will affect the community there for a long time at 8 25 am during the school run emergency services received a number of calls to an incident on a quiet suburban street as with all incidents that take place in full view of the public numerous calls are made by people who witness things differently often calls are made from people who are passing by who may be confused or unsure about what's happening they just know that they need to call the emergency services in this incident there was a mention of an explosion then another of a fire involving a vehicle it was even a report that there'd been a road traffic collision so when the emergency crews arrived they found a car on fire a woman with severe burns and a man with fatal stab wounds once the fire had been extinguished those at the scene discovered the really horrible reality of the situation on the back seat of the car were the remains of not one but of three kids they were all under 10 years of age and they'd been burned alive in what had been a ferocious fire this was a chaotic scene but the officer in charge began...]]>2336aaliyah,annihilators,child-homicide,child-murder,familicide,family-annihilators,hannah-baxter,hannah-clarke,jake-davison,laianah,murder-suicide,pedicide,plymouth-shooting,rampage,rampage-killer,rowan-baxter,spousal-homicide,spouse-murder,trey,uk-mass-shootingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hammersmith-nude-murders--45667873
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  [Music]This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello, Jacques how are you at the moment? Very well thanks Simon uh busy spinning a few plates what about you what have you been up to oh you know bit of this bit of that ducking and diving bobbing and weaving some good feedback for the valentine's day murder piece I think these uh old village murders seem to grab people's attention don't you especially with those big hitting Scotland Yard detectives descending on the place yeah especially when they return to London without finding the killer yeah there is that as well big city senior detectives they might bring some experience but not necessarily what would you say the determination to finish the job maybe they had one eye on retirement and writing those uh those lucrative memoirs what case are we looking at today Simon well today Jacques we're moving into the realm of a London serial killer who was never caught here's your briefing document ah the swinging 60s so we've gone from 1940s war weary village to the hedonism of 1960s post-war London that's about the size of it mate and this one has a real twist at the end bringing things right up to date linking it into a case right back in the 1920s so there's some time travel involved in this and guess what you could even throw in your favourite Scotland Yard team getting involved great now let's see the Hammersmith nude murders it was a series of six murders in London England in 1964 and the victims all prostitutes found undressed in or near the River Thames leading to the press giving the nickname to the killer Jacques the stripper a reference to Jacques the ripper two earlier murders committed in 1959 and 1963 have also been linked by some investigators to the same perpetrator despite intense media interest and one of the biggest manhunts in Scotland Yard’s history the case is unsolved all forensic evidence gathered at the time is reported to have been destroyed or lost yep that's about the size of it it's probably worth me giving you the names of the eight women as well and of course we never forget that in all of these cases these are real people who were deeply affected by these cases all eight women had their own hopes and dreams family and friends some of them obviously still alive so we do respect that I guess many of them were from other parts of the country that their parents probably didn't even know that they drifted into prostitution yeah exactly well none of the families ever had closure on who killed their relative or why and their names were Elizabeth Figg, Gwyneth Reese, Hannah Taylford, Irene Lockwood, Helen Barthelemy, Mary Fleming, Francis Brown and Bridget O’Hara on the 17th of June 1959 age 21 the body of Elizabeth Figg was discovered at duke's meadow in Chiswick in west London she'd been strangled her body was found at 5 10 am by police officers on routine patrol in the park on the north bank of the River Thames funnily enough this is my old stamping ground from a few years ago so I do know the locations the park had a reputation as a lover's lane and prostitutes were known to take their clients there fig's body was found on scrubland between dan mason drive and the rivers towpath that's about 200 yards west of Barnes bridge her dress was torn at the waist and opened to reveal her breasts and her underwear and her shoes were missing the pathologist concluded that she died between midnight and 2 am the following morning extensive searches failed to find her underwear black stiletto shoes or her white handbag now a police official theorized that she'd been murdered by a client in his car after removing her shoes and underwear and that these and her handbag had then remained in the car after the body was disposed off at duke's meadow the proprietor of a pub on the opposite side of the river to where fig was found said that on the night of the murder he and his wife had seen a car's headlights as it parked in that area around five past midnight shortly afterwards the lights were switched off and that was when they heard a woman scream I know this area too in fact I recently walked along the path by the Thames I think it was from cube bridge uh along to the fullest brewery at Chiswick there's pubs every mile or so along there plus parks and sports pitches it's an affluent part of west London particularly on the south of the river there's also Brentford nearby probably less affluent with more industry but I remember the river brent is also the start of the grand union canal that links London and the midlands yeah that's about the size of it of course there's been quite a lot of gentrification in that area now in the 1960s I think it was a very different kettle of fish and there were still bomb sites there for instance you know the area had a very different reputation which leads us on to the next case which was four years later so did they get anywhere with this case from 1959 well no apparently not um we'll talk about suspects later on but do you want to jump forward and do the next case I think it's um 1963 the year that Kennedy was shot yeah 29th September 1963 22 year old prostitute named of Gwyneth Reese reported missing on the 8th of November sometime later her body was found at a household refuse site on town mead road mort lake 40 Yards from the Thames towpath and approximately one mile from where Elizabeth Figg’s body was found four years earlier Reece was naked except for a single stocking on her right leg oh dear her decomposed body was it was decapitated by the council workmen before they realized what was in the refuse that they were levelling so her actual cause of death was never established okay so but this is on the other side of the river an over cube bridge so at this point there's two separate murder inquiries and they're four years apart you've got it 1959 then 1963 and then on the 2nd of February 1964 the body of Hannah Taylford was found on the Thames foreshore west of Hammersmith bridge and below linden house that's the clubhouse of the London Corinthian sailing club and it's a very exclusive area these days back in the day probably less so she'd been strangled and several of her teeth were missing oh that her underwear had been forced down her throat as well so kind of a weird scene that greeted police and then on the 8th of April 1964 the body of Irene Lockwood
  
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  [Music]This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello, Jacques how are you at the moment? Very well thanks Simon uh busy spinning a few plates what about you what have you been up to oh you know bit of this bit of that ducking and diving bobbing and weaving some good feedback for the valentine's day murder piece I think these uh old village murders seem to grab people's attention don't you especially with those big hitting Scotland Yard detectives descending on the place yeah especially when they return to London without finding the killer yeah there is that as well big city senior detectives they might bring some experience but not necessarily what would you say the determination to finish the job maybe they had one eye on retirement and writing those uh those lucrative memoirs what case are we looking at today Simon well today Jacques we're moving into the realm of a London serial killer who was never caught here's your briefing document ah the swinging 60s so we've gone from 1940s war weary village to the hedonism of 1960s post-war London that's about the size of it mate and this one has a real twist at the end bringing things right up to date linking it into a case right back in the 1920s so there's some time travel involved in this and guess what you could even throw in your favourite Scotland Yard team getting involved great now let's see the Hammersmith nude murders it was a series of six murders in London England in 1964 and the victims all prostitutes found undressed in or near the River Thames leading to the press giving the nickname to the killer Jacques the stripper a reference to Jacques the ripper two earlier murders committed in 1959 and 1963 have also been linked by some investigators to the same perpetrator despite intense media interest and one of the biggest manhunts in Scotland Yard’s history the case is unsolved all forensic evidence gathered at the time is reported to have been destroyed or lost yep that's about the size of it it's probably worth me giving you the names of the eight women as well and of course we never forget that in all of these cases these are real people who were deeply affected by these cases all eight women had their own hopes and dreams family and friends some of them obviously still alive so we do respect that I guess many of them were from other parts of the country that their parents probably didn't even know that they drifted into prostitution yeah exactly well none of the families ever had closure on who killed their relative or why and their names were Elizabeth Figg, Gwyneth Reese, Hannah Taylford, Irene Lockwood, Helen Barthelemy, Mary Fleming, Francis Brown and Bridget O’Hara on the 17th of June 1959 age 21 the body of Elizabeth Figg was discovered at duke's meadow in Chiswick in west London she'd been strangled her body was found at 5 10 am by police officers on routine patrol in the park on the north bank of the River Thames funnily enough this is my old stamping ground from a few years ago so I do know the locations the park had a reputation as a lover's lane and prostitutes were known to take their clients there fig's body was found on scrubland between dan mason drive and the rivers towpath that's about 200 yards west of Barnes bridge her dress was torn at the waist and opened to reveal her breasts and her...]]>2596barthelemy,hammersmith,hammersmith-nude-murders,harold-jones,jack-the-stripper,lockwood,london,nude-murders,prostitute,river-thames,serial-killer,strangled,tailfordfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-saint-valentine-s-day-witchcraft-murder-was-this-a-ritual-killing-of-a-warlock--45667836
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  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting on valentine's day in 1945 a brutal murder took place which remains unsolved 75 years on now this murder isn't some gangland killing where people are afraid to speak out and it isn't a domestic crime of passion where the suspect got off on a legal technicality no it's not a tragic death where the actual case is in doubt or open to interpretation it is a savage and brutal murder with no apparent motive not only that it occurred in a sleepy village in the heart of England if that isn't enough to get you interested then let's throw in some local folklore and superstition with stories of witchcraft all right let's find out some more about the location lower Quinton is a small and unassuming Warwickshire village just six miles from Stratford-upon-Avon according to the 2011 census the population of the two villages in the parish was under two thousand it lies on the heart of England way a long distance walk of around 160 kilometres through the midlands of England sounds like a beautiful setting to visit spend a few hours doesn't it well it is actually yeah but it does have as we will find out Jacques a sinister episode in its past indeed English villages like this aren't complete with at least one ancient pub oh yes and a medieval church and we're outside since St Swithin’s right now if you visit Lower Quinton you will notice the imposing plateau of Meon hill Meon hill is 190 meters above sea level and is visible above the farms and villages in the area while it's not that high and has fields and hedgerows on the slopes it has an odd look that makes it stand out so anyway that's the ancient history if you like let's talk about the more recent and more sinister history of lower quinton Jacques tell me a bit more about this spooky place yeah thanks Simon having learned the introduction and the history of this uh this area let's bring ourselves more up-to-date to 1945 and the events that took place at fern's farm on the slopes of Meon hill it's a case that's even baffled the former Scotland Yard detective of the era chief inspector Robert Fabian so Wednesday the 14th of February 1945 the second world war had been raging for over five years and the war had obviously taken its toll on the country even in quiet farming communities like lower quinton the farms were providing essential food for the people but farm workers were obviously in short supply most young men were serving in the armed forces and women were taking on the roles usually done by men Edith Walton was 33 years old and lived in a small cottage with a 74 year old uncle named Charles Walton Charles was an agricultural worker and that lived at lower quinton all of his life in fact he'd occupied the cottage at 15 lower Quinton since world war one he was a widower his wife had died in 1927 and they had adopted Edith from the age of three after her mother had died Edith’s father Charles’s brother was still alive and lived at 30 Henley street in nearby Stratford Charles Walton would give Edith one pound per week housekeeping he also paid the three shillings per week rent on the cottage as well as buying their coal and meat he received an old age pension of 10 shillings a week but also took him some casual farm work for a local farmer named Alfred Potter at furs farm okay Jacques you've asked me to drive you to the top of me on hill and here we are as near as we can get in the car what's all this about on the day of the murder Edith Walter and she'd been working as a printer's assembler for the royal society of arts which strangely enough had relocated during the war to the area Edith returned home about 6 p.m. on a normal routine expected her uncle Charles to be already at home from his work on the farm this is valentine's day it's February obviously things that it's dark now Edith went to see her next door neighbour an agricultural worker by the name of Harry Beasley and together they made their way to first farm to alert Alfred Potter the farm manager that Charles was missing had not come home Potter said he'd seen Charles earlier in the day slashing hedges in a part of the farm named hill ground which is just on the slope up towards Meon hill where we are now the three of them set out in the semi darkness to check the location where Charles had last been seen working when they reached hill ground Edith was completely unprepared for what she discovered she was immediately overcome with grief shock began to scream loudly Harry Beasley tried to pacify her and bring her away from the appalling scene that was before them so what on earth had she discovered well Charles Walton’s body was clearly dead and lying near to a hedgerow wow like all corpses it takes the fighter a few seconds to realize what is before them that's in your experience as a as a detective yeah it's there's something surreal about a lifeless person as opposed to somebody lying down even bodies that have no obvious injuries can appear strangely unreal the position of their lifeless limbs can make them not quite look human and the position of Charles Walton's body was certainly odd and the injuries what was before them told those present that this was a murder and a savage one not just he died so Edith clearly needs to be taken away so what had happened then what had happened to Charles Walton Charles had been beaten repeatedly over the head with his own walking stick and he'd also received horrific injuries from the tools and the implements that he'd been using for his work his neck had been cut open with the slash hook this is the implement that's used for cutting the wood in the hedge that the stems in the head yeah correct yeah like an extendable lopper I suppose we would call them there yeah it's a big iron sharp heavy iron implement yeah even more sort of horrific was the fact that he'd been pinned to the ground the prongs of his own pitchfork had been driven either side of his neck and into the earth to hold him there so this is a classic pitchfork has a long handle and it has two horseshoe shaped tines at the bottom doesn't it and that had been pushed over his through his neck over his neck into the ground basically pinning him to the ground so quite a savage attack on you know his poor man and this is a 72 year old man who's okay he's still working on the farm he's probably reasonably fit for his age but he's uh you know he's not a slider he's not a young guy yeah I mean clearly Charles Walton was not meant to survive this attack his killer or his killers had surely made sure of that okay so we're gonna go somewhere else now we're gonna go and try and get a little bit closer to where this happened and you can tell me a little bit more about this because the more you tell me the more fascinating this becomes yeah sure Jacques do you think these hedges would have been pretty typical of the ones that Charles Walton was working on I mean they're it's thorny stuff isn't it this that's uh that's definitely hawthorne uh wild roses and uh ivy and it's dense
  
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  [Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting on valentine's day in 1945 a brutal murder took place which remains unsolved 75 years on now this murder isn't some gangland killing where people are afraid to speak out and it isn't a domestic crime of passion where the suspect got off on a legal technicality no it's not a tragic death where the actual case is in doubt or open to interpretation it is a savage and brutal murder with no apparent motive not only that it occurred in a sleepy village in the heart of England if that isn't enough to get you interested then let's throw in some local folklore and superstition with stories of witchcraft all right let's find out some more about the location lower Quinton is a small and unassuming Warwickshire village just six miles from Stratford-upon-Avon according to the 2011 census the population of the two villages in the parish was under two thousand it lies on the heart of England way a long distance walk of around 160 kilometres through the midlands of England sounds like a beautiful setting to visit spend a few hours doesn't it well it is actually yeah but it does have as we will find out Jacques a sinister episode in its past indeed English villages like this aren't complete with at least one ancient pub oh yes and a medieval church and we're outside since St Swithin’s right now if you visit Lower Quinton you will notice the imposing plateau of Meon hill Meon hill is 190 meters above sea level and is visible above the farms and villages in the area while it's not that high and has fields and hedgerows on the slopes it has an odd look that makes it stand out so anyway that's the ancient history if you like let's talk about the more recent and more sinister history of lower quinton Jacques tell me a bit more about this spooky place yeah thanks Simon having learned the introduction and the history of this uh this area let's bring ourselves more up-to-date to 1945 and the events that took place at fern's farm on the slopes of Meon hill it's a case that's even baffled the former Scotland Yard detective of the era chief inspector Robert Fabian so Wednesday the 14th of February 1945 the second world war had been raging for over five years and the war had obviously taken its toll on the country even in quiet farming communities like lower quinton the farms were providing essential food for the people but farm workers were obviously in short supply most young men were serving in the armed forces and women were taking on the roles usually done by men Edith Walton was 33 years old and lived in a small cottage with a 74 year old uncle named Charles Walton Charles was an agricultural worker and that lived at lower quinton all of his life in fact he'd occupied the cottage at 15 lower Quinton since world war one he was a widower his wife had died in 1927 and they had adopted Edith from the age of three after her mother had died Edith’s father Charles’s brother was still alive and lived at 30 Henley street in nearby Stratford Charles Walton would give Edith one pound per week housekeeping he also paid the three shillings per week rent on the cottage as well as buying their coal and meat he received an old age pension of 10 shillings a week but also took him some casual farm work for a local farmer named Alfred Potter at furs farm okay Jacques you've asked me to drive you to the top of me on...]]>2904black-dog,black-shuck,charles,devil,fabian,hill,lower,meon,murder,pitchfork-murder,quinton,satan,scotland-yard,walton,warwickshire,witchcraftfalsefull