Introducing: Almost Interesting by Simon Whistler

Anyone who is familiar with the story of Robert Napper knows that a series of unfortunate decisions by the Metropolitan Police had enabled him to evade capture for 4 years. But this is a story about h...

23 Des 20221h 34min

The Appalachian Trail is the longest footpath existing in the world today and attracts everyone from cyclists and fishermen to paddlers, sightseers, and hikers. But a man known as 'Lyin' Randall' used...

19 Des 20221h 19min

To say that Diane Downs had a troubled past is an understatement. She was habitually abused throughout her life, and you can safely say that all she ever wanted was to feel loved. So when the man she ...

16 Des 20221h 8min

This is the tale of a woman who wanted nothing more than to be the center of everyone’s universe. In the process she would not only harm herself to various degrees in order to get it, but she would st...

12 Des 202243min

The Golden State Killer is one of the most prolific criminals in American history. Despite committing hundreds of known crimes and being suspect of many more, he evaded capture for 44 years until tech...

9 Des 20222h 2min

Today's episode features two very different stories revolving around love and obsession, littered with nuances and gray tones, in which concepts like perpetrator and victim barely hold up to the next ...

5 Des 20221h 28min

For 15 years, John Cooper haunted the villages in Pembrokeshire. Armed with a sawed-off shotgun and a balaclava, he'd fulfill the role of master burglar when he wasn't attacking or brutally murdering ...

2 Des 20221h 3min

Mikhail Popkov is Russia's most prolific serial killer. It took Russian officials 20 years to track him down, and at the time they believed that he'd killed 22 women - but he'd since admitted to killi...

28 Nov 20221h 30min