The Opportunist: Episode 360

For some people - not including certain true crime podcasters I should add - making money and living a certain lifestyle is of the utmost importance. Whatever it takes can be justified if the end just...

24 Aug 202126min

"You ruined my whole life, don’t expect me to show any mercy today. It’s funny to think as I’m writing this, the people that will die are walking around as if everything is normal, not knowing they’re...

22 Aug 202129min

This weeks story comes from Norwich, Norfolk. It is a story about a man called Tommy Elden who lives on control, aggression, violence and how when he loses this control, he reacts in the most shocking...

11 Aug 202123min

Sara Cameron, a student at Northumbria University, was off to Sydney to work ahead of the Olympics in 2000. So the night before her flight, she went out for farewell drinks with her friends in the nor...

2 Aug 202130min

April 2011 in Stepney, East London. A couple of local louts attacked local men just for fun. When the brother of the victim returned to the scene to pick up car seats for children, the louts were stil...

27 Jul 202122min

There are some crimes where we feel particularly strongly. Crimes against the very young and very old particularly, due to their vulnerability. In this episode of the UK True Crime Podcast, from Glasg...

20 Jul 202123min

Nimal Samarasinha arrived in the UK from Sri Lanka in the 1970's. Along with his wife Florence, he worked hard in his role as an engineer to provide the very best for his daughter Michelle. Then one J...

13 Jul 202128min

As you may well know, I recently wrote a book about the solved and unsolved crimes of Angus Sinclair, which was published almost two weeks ago.When I started researching this book two years ago, I kne...

11 Jul 20217min