Always True Crime

This is Part Three of Ten of The Soho Strangler.Five months later, the murder of Soho prostitute ‘French Fifi’ was forgotten.On Thursday 16th April 1936, the body of 43-year-old French national Jeanne...

23 Feb 20231h 6min

I tell the story of Odessa Carey Snr and Odessa Carey Jnr in this episode.In April 2019, Odessa Jnr murdered her mum, Odessa Snr, after attacking her with a mallet.She then removed her mum's head usin...

23 Feb 202336min

Surgeon Anthony McGrath had developed a passion for antiques from his surgeon father, growing up in a beautiful Georgian Stately Home in County Meath. He amassed quite a collection for himself as an a...

21 Feb 202329min

Dr David Birkett was an unassuming, quiet man, eminent in his fields of both Dermatology and Paleopathology, and well liked and respected by all who knew him. So when he answered a knock at his Middle...

20 Feb 20231h 28min

On Sunday I watched the excellent live show, The Makings of a Murderer, with ex-detective David Swindle. This show is touring for the next year and will be at a theatre near you soon - I highly recomm...

16 Feb 202325min

This is Part Two of Ten of The Soho Strangler.Having discovered the body of 41-year-old prostitute 'French Fifi' in her bedroom, the police surgeon had determined that that her death was "most probabl...

16 Feb 20231h 9min

I tell the story of Damian Rzeszowski and his family in this episode.On August 14, 2011, Damian and his wife Izabela returned from a couple's trip to their native Poland. Later that day, the family pl...

16 Feb 202325min

This week we conclude our story about the repercussions of 22 hours of violence on Teesside that saw one innocent man murdered and others injured. As detectives search for the other gang members, the ...

14 Feb 202326min