The Oldham Riots: Episode 48

This episode begins with the killing of three suspected IRA terrorists in Gibraltar in 1988 by the SAS. Feelings ran high in Northern Ireland as the bodies were returned home and 14 days later anothe...

24 Apr 201731min

Manchester is the second largest City in England. In July 2007 Beverley Samuels lived on the outskirts of family with her children Kesha and Fred. We look at what happened when her on-off boyfriend,...

17 Apr 201722min

Today, we are in Essex and East London. A commuter is shot at a railway station when he attempts to foil an armed robbery. The investigation leads to a high-profile crime author who had turned his b...

10 Apr 201727min

"Mrs Wilks....Mrs Wilks". It was June 1988 and the Police Operator could not understand why the pregnant lady who had called for help after breaking down on the M50 motorway was not answering. Trag...

3 Apr 201726min

Today we head to Newport, South Wales. In early 2011 a young, happy couple are excited at the prospect of their new baby, due to be born two weeks – on the 18th birthday of the father, Ryan. Then on...

27 Mars 201728min

In this weeks episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast, we look at a series of events culminating in a desperate woman threatening to jump from the cliff edge at Beachy Head, a notorious suicide sp...

21 Mars 201722min

We head to Portsmouth, on the south coast, to examine the murder of Linda Cook in December 1986. Tracking a pair of shoes worn by the killer looks like it could be the key to solving the crime, leadi...

14 Mars 201724min

This week we return to Scotland to examine a deadly case of deception that spiralled wildly out of control directly leading to two suicides. In this tragic case, we look at how the deception began an...

7 Mars 201726min