Bonus Episode: 'The iSpoof Scam: Britain’s Biggest Fraud'

It was a strange experience for the detectives and forensics experts at dusk by the graveside as they began digging to exhume the body of the suspect. But the families of three young girls from the Swansea area, killed 30 years before, needed to be told for certain if this was the man who killed their daughters.This two-part episode of the UK True Crime looks at the terrible murders of Geraldine Hughes, Pauline Floyd and Sandra Newton in 1973 and the efforts made to bring their killer to justice.ReferenceFor this episode, I am indebted to the following article by Kevin Toolis in The Guardian newspaper:https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jan/18/wales.kevintoolisLinkshttps://www.uktruecrime.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimehttps://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 Jul 201926min

A stolen yacht was found drifting 12 miles from the coast from Senegal and it looked like it had been drifting for a month. Who had been sailing the boat and why was it here? In this episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast, I track the events leading to this discovery in August 2006.https://www.uktruecrime.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimehttps://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

24 Jun 201924min

This is an unusual episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast, as I look at the story of Louis Gillies, from Glasgow, who faced the charge that on a day between May 20 and June 7, 2002, at Eastbourne, he aided, abetted, counselled or procured the suicide of Michael Gooden, contrary to the Suicide Act 1961. I look at the background to the charges and follow events through to their shocking conclusion.ReferenceFor this episode, I leaned heavily on this excellent article:https://www.scotsman.com/news-2-15012/caught-in-a-web-of-despair-1-1384954HelpWhatever you're going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. We're here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call for free: 116 123Linkshttps://www.uktruecrime.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimehttps://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

17 Jun 201922min

Control, domination, obsession. What makes someone exhibit these behaviours and then plan murder based on them? In today's story, from near Manchester in 2003, we look at a terrifying story of obsession that lead to an innocent man dying in the street outside his own home.https://www.uktruecrime.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimehttps://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 Jun 201922min

**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 domination and control of another person. I then explore other potential crimes carried out by this monster - did he kill as many as 15?https://www.uktruecrime.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimehttps://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3 Jun 201925min

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 never, ever had that feeling. It was a feeling of power. I would say it was better than sex." https://www.uktruecrime.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimehttps://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

27 Mai 201923min

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 who posed as teenage boys for much more sinister reasons.https://www.uktruecrime.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimehttps://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20 Mai 201923min

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 Weekly podcast we follow the life of Margo Lafferty.1, Please buy tickets for my live events in London & Manchester here:www.uktruecrime.com2, Other links mentioned in the show: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimewww.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 Mai 201921min