15Minutes2Kill
Host D.J. Swales recounts his experience of being outed as gay by a UK crime show investigating a serial killer. He shares his life story, from fleeing the Northern Ireland conflict to traveling across 120 countries, blending memoir with true crime and dark humor.
Episodes
EP 5 | 15Minutes2Kill | Tokyo Underworld: Airi Sato and the Murder Behind the Livestream
Before the murder, there was the world that made it possible. Where parasocial obsessions met the grind of content creation.Airi Sato was a social media influencer and live streamer killed on the streets of Tokyo by a former fan. Discover the details of the crime after a short introduction to Japan's largest red light districts. Places where your host, D.J. Swales, has often wandered after dark, t
EP 4 | 15Minutes2Kill | Tokyo Underworld: Airi Sato and the Murder Behind the Livestream
Before the murder, there was the world that made it possible. Where parasocial obsessions met the grind of content creation.Airi Sato was a social media influencer and live streamer killed on the streets of Tokyo by a former fan. Before we get to the crime, D.J. builds the world where it took place. This prelude and Dark Journal takes the listener from the host bars of Shinjuku to the front row of
EP 3 | 15Minutes2Kill | Southern Gothic, Unexpected Guests, and the Denver Spider Man
Welcome, Drifters! This episode finds us in the Southern Gothic beauty and dark history of the marshy South Carolina Lowlands, where vampires seem to lurk like in the pages of an Anne Rice novel. An opulent hotel room conjured thoughts of Versailles. A cliffhanger is closed from EP2, but draws us into a terrifying true crime that shook Denver. A murderous case with the power to haunt us to this da
EP 2 | 15Minutes2Kill | Bitch-Pudding, Craigslist, and Transatlantic Crawl Spaces
Welcome, Drifters! This episode of the occult and macabre serves a bowl of bitch-pudding as we lurch between Los Angeles and London, with side quests in Yosemite and West Texas.KEY WORDS: Bitch-Pudding, Haunted, Craigslist Sofa, Crawl Space, Beverly Hills, Black Mould, George Michael, Hampstead, Brown Recluse Spider, and Golem."In the hunt for a serial killer nicknamed the Gay Slayer, the U.K.’s t
EP 1 | 15Minutes2Kill | An Invitation to the Night | Dark Travel Journals, True Crime, and Creatures of Shadow
Welcome, Drifters!"In the hunt for a serial killer nicknamed the Gay Slayer, the U.K.’s top crime show outed me to the entire country. They then doubled-down, comparing me to a gay teenage street prostitute. Everyone has their own path to the world of true crime. That was mine. . ."Author D. J. Swales, international tumbleweed of 120 countries and 45 U.S. states, invites you to explore the Dark Ea
