This Much is True Crime
This Much is True Crime is a weekly podcast that explores the psychology behind serial killers and ordinary people who commit extraordinary, often evil acts. Hosted by news reporter and TV producer Martin Frizell alongside Britain's top criminologist Professor David Wilson, the show examines crime making headlines, including crime drama and docuseries. Produced by Podcast House, the podcast also offers bonus episodes and live recordings via Patreon.
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A Murderer's Guide to Cleaning: What 25 Years Working With Criminals Reveals
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What is it really like to spend 25 years working with some of Britain's most troubled and dangerous offenders?
Former probation officer Elizabeth Baxter joins This Much Is True Crime to discuss her new book, A Murderer's Guide to Cleaning, and the extraordinary people she encountered throughout her career in Britain's p
Criminologist on Britain's 'Sickest Child' Lies, Mum Faked Her Son's Illnesses
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Lisa Hayden-Johnson convinced the country that her young son Matthew was suffering from a series of life-threatening illnesses. But the truth was far more disturbing.
From cerebral palsy and cystic fibrosis to diabetes and severe allergies, Matthew was subjected to hundreds of medical appointments, made to use a wheelchair and fed through tub
Criminologist breaks down botched Christa Pike Execution
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Christa Pike was supposed to become the first woman executed by Tennessee in more than 200 years. Instead, she survived her own execution.
Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 torture and murder of 19 year old Colleen Slemmer. On September 30, Tennessee attempted to execute her by lethal injection, but after two doses of pentobarbital, Pike contin
The Welsh Vampire: Criminologist Explains What Drove Him to Murder
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In November 2001, 90 year old Mabel Leyshon was murdered inside her home on Anglesey in one of Wales's most disturbing murder cases.Her killer was 17 year old Mathew Hardman
Why Did Luigi Mangione Plead Guilty?
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The case of Luigi Mangione has become one of the most closely followed criminal cases in America.
Mangione is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who
Lucy Letby: Inside the Case with Author Chris Morris
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Bombshell new findings from the Thirlwall Inquiry have concluded that Lucy Letby could and should have been stopped sooner, potentially saving the lives of three of her victim
Lindsay Clancy: Inside the Trial That Divided America
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The trial of Lindsay Clancy has become one of the most closely watched criminal cases in America, but after weeks in court, it ended without a verdict.
Clancy was on trial
Sarah Everard: The Police Failures That Let a Killer Slip Through
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How did a serving police officer with a history of concerning allegations remain in the Metropolitan Police?
Professor David Wilson and Martin Frizell examine the murder
Preston Davey: The Inquiry That Could Bring His Case to Downing Street
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What’s new in the Preston Davey Scandal?
Child killer Jamie Varley has been under 24hr hour watch since his jailing for the murder of toddler Preston Davey, he’s even changed his
The Tube Predator Who Brutally Murdered Two Women
Simon Levy sexually assaulted women on the London Underground before going on to murder two women.
Professor David Wilson and Martin Frizell examine Levy's crimes and the failures of the Metropolitan Police in dealing with his offending. They discuss how his behaviour escalated, whether warning signs were missed and whether more could have been done to stop him before he went on to kill.
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How a brutal murder unfolded in a quiet Cornish village | James Desborough
This week, we're discussing the case of James Desborough, the killer whose crimes in Cornwall earned him comparisons to the fictional serial killer Dexter Morgan.
Desborough murdered two men at his isolated shack in the Cornish woods before later killing his own cellmate while serving time in prison.
We look at Desborough's three murders, what happened at the secluded woodland shack, and how
New Ransom Notes Released in the Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping | UPDATE
Does the motive for the alleged kidnapping of grandmother Nancy Guthrie lead back to a Manhattan tv studio and an obsessive fan?Kidnapping claims, mysterious ransom notes, and fresh developments—this episode examines the latest verified updates in the Nancy Guthrie case, separating confirmed facts from rumor and exploring what investigators have revealed so far.
On 1 February 2026, 84-year-old Nan
What Happens When Britain’s Prisons are Full? Do We Offer Early Release to Murderers and Rapists?
Britain’s prisons are full — and thousands of offenders are being released earlier than expected to create space.
But who is being let out, how much of their sentence are they actually serving, and what happens when prison capacity begins to dictate justice?
In this episode, we examine Britain’s overcrowding crisis and the emergency early-release schemes introduced by the government. We also loo
Suzy Lamplugh: Did Police Miss the Killer?
This week, we're discussing one of Britain's most enduring unsolved mysteries: the disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh.
40 Years on, Suzy Lamplugh’s killer, it has to be him!
It is still one of the great murder mysteries of modern times, who killed 25 year old estate agent Suzy Lamplugh? In this episode, Britain’s leading criminologist Professor David Wilson revisits the evidence and is left in no do
Why Was Ruth Ellis the Last Woman Hanged in Britain?
This week, we're discussing the extraordinary case of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.
After shooting her lover, David Blakely, outside a London pub in 1955, Ellis was convicted of murder and executed just months later. More than 70 years on, her case continues to divide opinion, with fresh debate surrounding her conviction, the abuse she suffered, and whether justice was truly
From Killer to Hero: Steve Gallant's Extraordinary Story
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Could Brooke George Get the Death Penalty?
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After the Verdict: The Murder of Preston Davey
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On 18th June, Jamie Varley was found guilty of the murder of Preston Davey and sentenced to lif
When Domestic Abuse Turns Deadly
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The abusive monster who murdered his partner before blowing up their London home was jailed for life last week with a minimum
How a Brutal Murder Changed an 800-year-old law
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In 1989, 22-year-old Julie Hogg was murdered in her own home in Billingham. Her killer, Billy Dunlop, walked free twice
Pure Evil: Killer of Henry Nowak and his Shameful Family
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The heartbreaking police bodycam footage of teenager Henry Nowak — arrested, handcuffed, and slowly dying from stab wounds — has shocked Britain.
Henry was just 18 years old when he was murdered in Southampton in December las
The Brutal Murder of Rachel Nickell
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In 1992, Rachel Nickell was walking on Wimbledon Common with her two-year-old son when she wa
Special Episode: Should Teen Rapists Be Locked Up?
There's an outcry over a judge's decision to allow a gang of teenage rapists, aged 14 and 15, to walk free after they were convicted of 11 rapes on two girls in Fordingbridge in Hampshire. The Attorney General is now considering whether the sentencing was unduly lenient by the trial judge who said he had the welfare of the rapists uppermost in his mind as they were considered children. The court
The Taxi Driver Who Hunted Women | John Worboys
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The infamous ‘Black Cab Rapist’ has been told he’s still a high risk to women and must remain locked up in the most dangerous category of prisoners.
John Warboys victims, including Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie, welcomed the de
Who REALLY abducted Madeleine McCann?
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In this episode, we investigate one of the most infamous missing child cases in modern history: the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
On the evening of 3 May 2007, three-year-old Madeleine
The Truth Behind Madeleine McCann’s Disappearance
Scotland Yard are hoping to bring the German paedophile suspect Christian Brueckner to the Old Bailey to stand trial for the murder and abduction of the missing three year old.
This week, on the 19th anniversary of Madeline’s disappearance, Martin Frizell and Professor David Wilson have been to the Portuguese Algarve to trace the footsteps of her alleged killer. For the first time, they gain
What If Your Fiancé Confessed to Killing Someone?
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What would you do if the person you loved confessed to killing someone?
In this episode of This Much Is True Crime, we look at the disturbing case of Alexander “Sandy” McKellar, whose relationship with forensic pathologist Caroline Muirhead took a horrifying turn when he revealed the truth about the disappearance of cyclis
D4vd's Arrest: Who Really Murdered Celeste?
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In this episode of This Much Is True Crime, we unpack the shocking case surrounding singer D4vd, born David Anthony Burke, following his April 2026 arrest in Los Angeles. Prosecutors allege Burke murdered 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose remains were discovered in the trunk of his impounded Tesl
Who Was Behind the Murder of Alistair Wilson?
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On a quiet evening in Nairn, Alistair Wilson answered his front door and stepped into a mystery that has never been solved. This is the story of a shocking murder, the questions left behind, and the search for the truth in one of Scotland’s most perplexing cases.
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Edinburgh's Hidden Dark Past
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In this special on-location episode of This Much Is True Crime, David and Martin take the podcast to the shadowy streets of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh may be beautiful, but beneath the surface lies a far darker past. In this episode, we dig into the city’
Was Epstein Murdered?
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New photographs and documents released from the millions of files linked to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein haver been welcomed by those raising doubts around the official reason for his death.
Did he hang himself or was he strangled to prevent him naming names at his upcoming court case?
Surely Not Another Salt Path Scandal? EP52
It was meant to be the romantic, inspiring triumph over adversity tale of a homeless couple, managing a terminal illness finding hope and health walking around England’s South West Coast. It made the authors a million and became a hit movie but The Salt Path was exposed as being misleading with allegations of embezzlement and doubtful medical claims.
And now there’s a new scandal and this time it’
EP51: The Truth Behind the Post Office Scandal
The Post Office Scandal is one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history, yet for years it unfolded quietly behind the counter of ordinary village post offices. Hundreds of sub-postmasters were accused of theft, fraud and false accounting after a faulty computer system made it look like money was missing.
Lives were ruined, reputations destroyed, and some victims were even sent to
Episode 50: Why Is Hannibal Lecter Making A Comeback?
Hannibal the Cannibal has never really gone away, he's remained a pop cultural icon despite being a coldblooded serial killer. Now, thanks to Donald Trump and a new book on the elusive author Thomas Harris, the chianti supping monster is back in the news. But what was the origin of the fictional character brought to chilling life by Anthony Hopkins and Brian Cox? And why does he remain our favouri
Episode 49: Soham Killer Ian Huntley’s Final Hours: Life Support Switched Off By Mum
His daughter had wanted him dead, his mum Lydia wanted peace for her family but she was still his mum. However, following a bedside visit she reportedly gave permission to unplug his ventilator.
Ian Huntley was fighting for his life after a ferocious attack by a fellow inmate in jail where the former school caretaker had been serving 40 years for the murders of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica
Episode 48: The Psychic Who Found Nicola Bulley's Body
Exclusive hour long chat with the remarkable Jason Rothwell who says he connected with the dead body of the Lancashire mum of two Nicola and led police to the stretch of river where she was eventually found. Jason says Nicola told him where to find her and she followed his instructions to free her foot allowing her corpse to rise to the surface. Police divers and search teams had looked in vain fo
Epiosode 47: Why is the Nancy Guthrie Kidnap Very Strange?
We each have a foot in both camps in this episode. I, broadcaster and journalist Martin Frizell, have spent much of my career in breakfast and daytime tv, indeed I'm married to a former morning show anchor, Fiona Phillips. Professor of Criminology David Wilson has studied the reasons behind kidnapping and the typical profile of abductors. And yet there's something about the kindnap of NBC Today ho
Episode 46: Why Wasn’t The Killer Clown Stopped?
He was one of America’s most prolific serial killers, John Wayne Gacy, murderer of 33 teens and young men, executed for his crimes - but what was the motive?
The new documentary on ITVX, Devil in Disguise, explores Gacy’s clown connection, the trauma on his victims and families, prejudice in 70’s USA and glaring police failings. The killer protested his innocence to the end but his crimes are now
Episode 45: "I warned police the Suffolk Strangler had killed before’
Suffolk Strangler Steve Wright has admitted the murder of 17 year old sixth former Victoria Hall near Felixstowe in 1999. He's already serving life without parole for the killing of five other women in the Ipswich area years later in 2006. Professor of Criminology David Wilson investigated the five murders at the time and wrote a. book on Wright's serial killing methods but he also called on polic
Episode 44: The Former Nurse Who Cured The Gangsters
Why is Karyn McCluskey not a Dame? Along with a colleague she revolutionised the way Glasgow tackled its notorious gangland problem, reduced killings, attacks and made the city streets safe again for the first time in generations.
The former nurse from Falkirk persuaded authorities to treat violence as a disease, a health problem rather than criminal justice issue and the killings and slashings dr
Episode 43: Did We Jail The Wrong Man For Lin and Megan Russell Murders?
Is this the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history? If Michael Stone didn’t kill Lin and Megan Russell and leave Josie for dead, then who did? In a major new development, a star forensic scientist has cast doubt on Stone’s conviction, he’s protested his innocence from behind bars for almost 30 years.
In this latest episode, we assess the chances of Stone walking free, and they are high - so
Episode 42: Real Traitors Special
We all loved Alan Carr but what does it take to be a real traitor and what are the real consequences if caught? For many British traitors it wasn't a round table, a hug from Claudia, black Land Rover home and an interview on This Morning, real traitors faced the hangman and several were executed for treason.
In this epsiode we highlight three real traitors, two sentenced to death, the other escape
Episode 41: Is this The Trial of the Century?
Could this be the Trial of the Century? First podcast of the year and we update the astonishing case of Luigi Mangione, the US cult hero accused of assassinating a health insurance boss - a court hearing this week will consider whether he faces the death penalty if guilty. Link in bio
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Episode 40: The Salt Path, Lies and Fantasy?
Why is the family of Salt Path author Raynor Wynn turning against her? After the summer scandal undermining the world bestseller - and movie - Raynor's family and those of her husband Moth have contributed to an update documentary using words such as 'liar' and 'fantasist'. In this bumper edition, we report on the latest developments in all of the most popular stories we have covered this year. Ex
Episode 39: Exclusive, Has The Ripper Been Unmasked?
Why are there more than the five known victims of the Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper? What was his real name and what does one of the UK's leading criminologists make of the biggest true crime mystery of all time?
Top podcast The Rest is History is broadcasting a five part deep dive into the Ripper and his victims concluding with their reveal of who historians believe Jack was. But is it
Episode 38: The Tragic Motive For The Liverpool Crash
Paul Doyle, loving husband and dad, rammed his car into crowds of celebrating Liverpool fans at last season's Permier League Trophy parade, but why? In this episode Professor David Wilson explains the little known condition that is likely to have caused Doyle to behave in such a devastating manner. He's due for sentencing later in December and although there will be mitigating factors, the former
Episode 37: Why Do Women Fall For Felons? It's A Condition
Ever wonder why prisoners, gangsters, generally bad boys attract female attention in disproportionate numbers? It's a condition called Hybristophillia - the sexual interest in and attraction to those who commit crimes.
It'll be in the news next week when Luigi Mangione appears in court as he heads towards a full trial for the killing of the boss of a big US Health insurance company a year ago in M
Episode 36: He's Worse Than Jimmy Saville!
How is it possible to be more evil than Jimmy Saville? Step forward prison officer and cook Neville Husband, now regarded as the most prolific sex offender in British history. Hundreds of young men were abused by Husband, mainly at a young offenders detention centre outside Durham. How did he get away with if for years before finally being convicted of abusing just five teenagers in 2003? His real
Episode 35: The Cruel Madeline McCann Imposters
Police know of at least 12 women who claim to be Madeline McCann, the most infamous of them all, Polish woman Julia Wandelt is about to be deported having been convicted of harassing the McCann family, including Madeline's siblings.
What drives people to believe they are the real deal in the cases of missing persons? Fraudsters, attention seekers or simply mentally ill obsessives who need treatmen
Episode 34: How to Fix our Broken Prisons
How much worse can it get, hundreds of inmates wrongly freed every year from Britain's jails, the latest an Algerian sex offender now at liberty roaming the streets. And this was after new measures introduced to stop it happening again following the embarrassment of the mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu, the Ethiopian illegal migrant who sexually assaulted a 14 year old girl. We have skin in the g
Episode 33: Manhunt -An Inside Job?
Was it a blunder or something more sinister that allowed Britain's highest profile prisoner to walk free from jail yesterday instead of boarding a flight home to Ethiopia? Professor David Wilson was a prison governor before becoming a world leading criminologist and he believes there's something fishy in the controversial 'mistake' that allowed failed immigrant Hadush Kebatu to disappear from the
Episode 32: Should We Protect the Monsters?
How deadly is it to have a target on your back if you’re a high profile prisoner? Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins has been murdered in jail with two fellow inmates charged with his death.
In this episode we discuss is it simply karma that wicked convicts (mainly sex offenders) are singled out on prison landings or do they deserve protection like everyone else no matter the heinous crimes they’v
Episode 31: Ed Gein, the Daddy of all Monsters
Its Number one on Netflix, Monsters - the Ed Gein Story, but what does a world leading criminologist make of this controversial re telling of the original American serial killer and body snatcher?
Professor David Wilson loved all eight hours of dark, macabre and depraved behaviour carried out by the ultimate mummy's boy who's fixation with her led to his bizarre collection of body women's body par
Episode 30: Tartan Noir
You'll have heard of Scandi Noir, well, now comes Tartan Noir!
Why does Scotland have an unhealthily rich heritage of serial killers, gangsters, bloody violence, turf wars and television detectives? All will be revealed when This Much is True Crime takes to the road next year with journalist and broadcaster Martin Frizell and emeritus Professor of Criminology David Wilson. In this episode we recor
Episode 29: The Paedophile Expert on Missing Madeline
Will predatory paedophile Christian Brueckner strike again now he's been released from jail? Very possibly, and will he get away with one of the biggest crimes of our lifetimes, the abduction and murder of Madeline McCann, ( if he did it) that's now very likely.
World leading expert on men who abduct and murder children, ex Surrey senior detective Graham Hill, now a PHD criminologist, presented an
Episode 28: The Professor’s Murder Club
Want new insights into 20 crimes of the century from Jack the Ripper to the dreadful murder of Sarah Everard? Our in house Professor of Criminology, David Wilson, has researched and written ‘A History of Modern Britain in 20 Murders’. Order it on Amazon now and have a listen to our discussion in this episode about a fascinating concept that charts our progress and decline through the most heinous
Episode 27: Erin Patterson, the definition of evil
She’ll likely die in jail an old woman after her sentence for poisoning to death her in-laws but what was Erin Patterson’s motive? Britain’s top criminologist Professor David Wilson examines her behaviour before and during her court case and how she almost committed the perfect murder cooking up a deadly Beef Wellington. Now she has her just desserts, a life of solitary awaits but will she take he
Episode 26: Freddie's love child, is this just fantasy?
Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?
Queen legend Freddie Mercury is at the centre of bizarre allegations that he fathered a secret love child to whom he left seventeen volumes of highly revealing diaries, unpublished Queen songs and millions in inheritance in gold bullion and artwork.
It's all contained in a new book that promises to show a side of Freddie never seen before, however, wher
Episode 25: Amanda Knox twisted tales revealed
Will it never end for the family of Meredith Kercher, the British student raped and murdered in her Italian university town in 2007? Flatmate Amanda Knox from Seattle was convicted of her murder twice then cleared. She’s written two books and taken part in a documentary and now, much to the disappointment of Meredith’s family, she’s produced an eight part mini series on her ordeal - from her pers
Episode 24: The M&M's updates, Maxwell and Menendez
What was Sarah Fergusons role in the Prince and the Paedophile scandal? Dramatic new transcripts from an interview with Ghislaine Maxwell in jail have been released as she tries to reduce her prison term for sex trafficking. Epstein suicide, Trump, secret client files, she answers it all as do we in this episode. But also another high profile criminal soap opera serves up another chapter as the mu
Episode 23: There's Been a Murder - it's all the rage in classrooms
Doubt Taggart ever studied criminology but it's currently the new hot topic in Universities and schools. What would Jack Regan and George Carter from The Sweeney have made of studying the societal impact of the little toe rags they'd nicked? Why is it on trend and who better to explain than an emeritus Professor of Criminology who, let's face it, has done alright studying it! In this bite size edi
Episode 22: Was Epstein Silenced? Criminologist Case Notes
Did multi millionaire Jeffrey Epstein hang himself or was he silenced before he could incriminate the rich and powerful men who indulged in his sex abuse ring? It's a conspiracy theory that refuses to disappear and now, for the first time, a world leading criminologist has studied the case notes and delivers his verdict. In this episode, broadcaster Martin Frizell and emeritus Professor of Crimino
Episode 21: Suzy Lamplugh - Mr Kipper 'the killer' update
Has the main suspect in Britain's biggest ever missing person case cruelly taken his secrets to the grave? Detectives are convinced serial rapist and murderer John Cannan abucted and killed Fulham estate agent Suzy Lamplugh on a summers day almost 40 years ago but never had evidence to charge him. This week a Prison inquiry found Cannan died of natural causes and had been managed with respect and
Episode 20: Mums on the Run - the matriarchs running British crime groups
Could a mum really be behind one of the UK's biggest drug smuggling families, teaching her children the dark arts of trafficking? Grannies and mums are more prolific than ever on the British crime scene, one jailed just in the last few days. Not just coerced partners but genuine Dons or Donnas of UK mafioso whose 'quiet lady next door' image belies the dedicated and determined Granny gangster.
And
Episode 19: The Boomerang Burglar - back from Albania
Why can't we deport 28 year old prolific burglar Dorian Puka back to Albania? He's been convicted twice of burglary in the UK, sent to prison and and kicked out back to Eastern Europe twice and yet he'a arrived back for a third time by illegal means and now he's claiming asylum. That allows him to move around freely until his claim is processed and in doing so he's flaunting spectacular wealth pos
Episode 18: A Pinch of Salt
What's the latest on the Salt Path controversy?
It's seven days on from the original bombshell accusations in The Observer that accused Raynor Winn and Moth of not being 'unflinchingly honest" in their multi million best seller The Salt Path.
Raynor, real name Sally Walker, has rebutted the criticism, meanwhile the Observer journalists have unearthed another character from the past who claims Mot
Episode 17: Is The Salt Path bestseller just Cornish Cobblers?
A bumper edition with allegations that the worldwide bestseller The Salt Path is fabricated in parts plus our take on the guilty verdicts for Erin Patterson, the Beef Wellington multiple killer.
The Observer newspaper in the UK is either going to win awards or be sued out of business by Raynor Winn and her terminally ill husband Moth. It alleges the couple made up big parts of their triumph over
Episode 16: I killed the four sleeping students but I’m not saying why
Bryan Kohberger this week escaped execution by firing squad by sensationally changing his plea to guilty of the murder of four students as they slept in their beds in Idaho in November 22. But why the PHD Criminology student, from a different University, picked on these particular victims is still a mystery as he’s refused to explain a motive. In this episode, Professor of Criminology David Wilso
Episode 15: Locked up, no bail for dangerous, guilty Diddy
P Diddy's own admission that he's a violent thug that attacked his former girlfriend was instrumental in a Manhattan judge refusing bail at the end of an historic showbiz show trial today. Multi millionaire rapper Sean Combs was found guilty on two counts of transporting prostitutes across state lines but cleared of racketeering and sex trafficking, however, he could still be sentenced to 20 years
Episode 14: I don’t like violence, I just happen to be good at it
Second part of our discussion with ex prisoner Kevin Lane and this time it’s personal. Frank and honest about kidnapping, torture and his disgust of sharing prison space with paedophile inmates, it’s a window into the world of a lifer - ‘fitted up’ as a contracted hit man for a murder he maintains didn’t commit.
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Episode 13: The Mortician, turning ash to cash
Wow, have you seen The Mortician, can you ever forget it? The true crime story of David Sconce and the Lamb Family Funeral Home and Crematorium in Pasadena is gripping, jaw dropping and all the more astonishing as Sconce himself tells the story of burning multiple bodies, harvesting organs, pulling gold teeth and even more! It's coincidental that this week (June 25 2025) Yorkshire funeral director
Episode 12: We Need to Talk to Kevin
Kevin Lane is no angel but he says he’s not a killer.
Growing up he was known as Lights Out Lane, settling scores, usually with violence. For much of his adult life, Kevin was in prison, first for kidnapping, which he accepts, then for a brutal murder, which he denies. He was convicted of being a callous hitman and sentenced to life but Kevin claims he was ‘fitted up’ and wrote 10,000 letters in
Episode 11: Michelle Mone and the 'unsafe' PPE scandal
Government lawyers are at the High Court demanding a massive payback from a company linked to Michelle Mone - £122 million pounds of taxpayers cash for faulty PPE that’s never been used. Almost thirty million pounds in profit from controversial deal, was put into a trust to benefit Baroness Mone and her children.
Separately, detectives from the National Crime Agency are investigating the Baroness
Episode 10: Mushroom Killer, The Motive
Erin Patterson was either a calculating poisoner or, as she claimed, an appalling cook who accidentally killed three of her in laws with a Beef Wellington lunch laced with toxic mushrooms. Six weeks into the triple murder trial of the Australian mum of two and we are still no nearer to finding a clear motive for bumping off her estranged husband's parents and an aunt. Was it disputed family financ
Episode 9: Diddy Done For?
Britain's top criminologist assesses the trial of the century as Sean Diddy Combs , the Hollywood Hip Hop tycoon , fights for his empire and his freedom. Professor David Wilson explains the prosecution's gamble with a controversial charge against Diddy usually reserved for mob bosses. Have the years of brushes with the law finally caught up with the world famous rapper? Diddy's a violent thug who
Episode 8: Madeleine - Finally call off the search?
Britain's top criminologist Professor David Wilson has studied the abduction of three year old Madeleine McCann for more than a decade and now, 18 years later since her vanishing from her bed by the Portuguese seaside, he says it's time to end the police search.The Met police still have a team of three working away funded by the taxpayer whilst the most likely suspect, Christian Bruckner could be
Episode 7: Castrate the Paedos and Rapists?
Chemical castration is being rolled out in the UK for sex offenders and rapists but will it stop these sick men from reoffending again? And violent domestic abusers, muggers and thugs may well be released early from jail to free up spaces in Britains overcrowded prisons. Reporter and broadcaster Martin Frizell and emeritus Professor of Criminology David Wilson have opposing views on dealing with t
Episode 6: We jailed the wrong man for 40 years!
Imagine losing almost forty years of your life? The chance to. have children, a career, homes, holidays - four decades worth that never existed. Peter Sullivan was freed from jail this week after serving 38 years for a crime he didn't commit. He maintained his innocence throughout despite being convicted of the murder of 21 year old Diane Sindall in 1987. All down to modern DNA that proved it wasn
Episode 5: Sycamore Morons
Why would anyone want to chop down the world famous Sycamore Gap tree that had stood by Hadrians Wall for more than a century? The two hapless locals found guilty showed no remorse and still haven't explained their actions. Called cowards and morons during their trial, if they wanted infamy they succeeded but now they face up to ten years in jail. Martin Frizell and Professor of Criminology David
Episode 4: Natalia Grace -The bizarre case that shocked the world.
Was she a toddler with dwarfism or a grown woman who tricked a family into adopting her then threatened to murder them as they slept? Emeritus Professor of Criminolgy David Wilson and reporter/broadcaster Martin Frizell explore the odd story of Natalia Grace now made into the Disney+ production Good American Family. Somehow there’s a feeling the story’s not over yet.
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