Introducing 'Death of a Starlet' - from Wondery
Nineteen eighty was going to be Dorothy Stratten’s year. Playboy’s Hugh Hefner thought it might even be her decade. She was just 20 years old, the girl next door with the shy smile and whispery voice ...
13 Des 20205min
A Shallow Grave: Episode 213
Life had been good for Jonathan Dore, from Essex. A close family, talented footballer, good-looking with lots of personality. Then he met Kim and they got a house, had a baby - the future all looked s...
8 Des 202025min
The Droppin Well, Part 2/2: Episode 212
In this second part of a two-part story, I return to Northern Ireland to cover the shocking events following the attack on the Droppin Well by the INLA in 1982, ending with the murder of the leader of...
1 Des 202029min
The Droppin Well, Part1/2: Episode 211
It was 11:15pm on the evening of 6 December 1982 when the bomb went off in the Droppin Well bar in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland. The INLA bomb killed 6 civilians and 11 British soldiers. In this epis...
24 Nov 202025min
A Street Drinking Tragedy: Episode 210
Ipswich in the summer of 2009. In the space of two days, two people were found murdered at their homes. Who had killed them? This episode of the UK True Crime Podcasts explores the sub-culture of stre...
17 Nov 202027min
Bloodied Boots: Episode 209
In November 2015, 36 year old Sian Roberts was found dead at her home in Salford. But just who had killed Sian? There were a number suspects and was Sian's death in any way related to the death of her...
10 Nov 202024min
The Prison Escape: Episode 208
In 1987, John Kendall was serving an 8 years stretch at Gartree Prison near Leicester. But he didn't want to continue to stay in the regimented environment and plotted to escape. With £250,000 and a n...
3 Nov 202025min
A Missing Nurse: Episode 207
The CCTV clearly showed Rui Lui leaving Poole hospital, where she worked, in her distinctive silver porsche. But days later she was still missing - just where could she be? A police investigation into...
27 Okt 202024min
