#103 - The Beating of Baby Richard (Soho child killer)
On Tuesday 4th October 1853, in a squalid first-floor lodging at 6 Little Dean Street, the beating of baby Richard began… and ten days later, he would be dead. Described as a ‘bastard’ child, his wido...
6 Elo 20201h 14min
The Princess, And The Magnificent Seven
I'm thrilled to be hosting a listener penned episode from friend of the show Julia Crane this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, a look into a remarkable tale from the mid 1970's that i...
4 Elo 20201h 16min
Murder At The Mansion: Episode 195
The episode this week, like all the best UK tv mysteries, begins with a dead body in a country house. On the table beside the body was a glass of sherry, which stood untouched. With no disturbance, i...
4 Elo 202028min
#102 - The Five Alibis of James Forbes McCallum (Covent Garden, London, WC2)
On Friday 20th December 1940, James Forbes McCallum robbed the Coach & Horses public house in Covent Garden; he was a desperate man whose first and only robbery was ill-judged, unplanned and such a ca...
30 Heinä 20201h 13min
Horror in Penzance: Episode 194
Dean and Kirby were friends from a very early age and became a couple in their 20's. But life was difficult: drugs, mental health struggles and a lack of money meant their lives were tough. But then i...
27 Heinä 202024min
Monsters Of Berkshire: The Beast Of Beenham (Part 2)
Part 2 of this series' "Monsters Of" episode drops here on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, continuing the horrific tale of triple murder from the 1960's that we began in the previous episode, and t...
26 Heinä 20201h 7min
#101 - The Fatal Seizure of John Esmond Murphy (Soho, London, W1)
On Saturday 7th November 1908, at 11:40am, John Esmond Murphy walked into the bank of Cartmell & Schlittle at 84 Shaftesbury Avenue. Overwhelming evidence pointed to the fact that he bungled a heist, ...
23 Heinä 20201h 17min
The Balcombe Street Gang (part2/2): Episode 193
It was in August 1974, that the first members of the IRA Active Service Unit later named 'The Balcombe Street Gang' touched down in Heathrow. Between October 1974 and December 1975, they carried out a...
21 Heinä 202028min
