#61 - The Senseless Killing of Charlie Chirgwin (St Giles & Fitzrovia, London)
On Thursday 14th November 1872, the life of Charlie Chirgwin was ended; he was an innocent who wasn’t stabbed, beaten or shot; but his last few hours alive were decided by rules, red-tape and petty re...
6 Kesä 20191h 13min
A Naval Disappearance (part-two): Episode 134
**This is the second part of a two part story**. The story resumes with Allan Grimson revealing to detectives details of another horror murder carried our for the elation he felt experiencing total do...
3 Kesä 201925min
#60 - Reginald Gordon West: the Birthday Party and the Spent Penny (Chinatown, London, WC2)
On Monday 25th April 1966, Reginald Gordon West was murdered by three young men; he had never met them before, he had never seen them before and they had never spoken before. In fact, they had never m...
30 Touko 20191h 11min
A Naval Disappearance (part-one): Episode 133
In today's episode I look at two members of the Royal Navy who disappeared in very different circumstances. And we meet a murderer who describes killing someone as: "It was such a feeling. I have neve...
27 Touko 201923min
#59 - Daisy Edith Wallis: The Slaughtered Spinster (Holborn, London, WC2)
On Monday 15th August 1949, a lovely but lonely lady with big dreams and a warm heart - who had struggled against the odds to build her own business from scratch - had finally succeeded. She should ha...
23 Touko 20191h 9min
The Facebook Killer: Episode 132
The internet allows all of us to be whoever we want to be. Of course, this can be escapist fun, but in today's episode of the UK True Crime weekly podcast from the north-east in 2009 we look at a man ...
20 Touko 201923min
#58 - Jacqueline Birri: the Hooker, the Poker and the Stranger (Soho, London, W1)
On Thursday 2nd November 1961, on the first floor of 3 Peter Street, a Soho sex-worker called Jacqueline Birri was bludgeoned to death… by a complete stranger. But why?Date: Thursday 2nd November 1961...
16 Touko 20191h 14min
Margo Lafferty from Glasgow: Episode 131
The night of 28 February was chilly in Glasgow, with a bitter wind. But one sex worker was still on the streets, earning the money to pay for her heroin habit. In this episode of the UK True Crime Wee...
13 Touko 201921min
