A Cruel Revenge: Episode 169
It was September 2011 in Chatham, Kent. Melissa Crooks, her son Noah and the rest of the family had gone to bed when the fire started. The flames soon took hold and afterwards, detectives suspected arson. But who would possibly want to hurt this family. And why? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4 Feb 202023min
Breaking Away: Episode 168
2017 in Northern Ireland. This episode looks at two men who had been part of a paramilitary organisation and how they tried to leave the group. It is a tragic tale of intimidation, violence and ultimately murder. Leaving two sets of families utterly devastated as two men lost their lives. Ticket for live show, 19 February:https://feverup.com/m/81148Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/05/31/news/three-men-found-not-guilty-of-the-uda-feud-murder-of-loyalist-rival-geordie-gilmore--1631669/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/the-northern-ireland-town-holding-its-breath-after-uda-murder-case-acquittals-38180921.htmlhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-46958901https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/colin-horner-killers-must-all-serve-at-least-15-years-1-8788654https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/colin-horner-mother-speaks-out-15688246https://judiciaryni.uk/sites/judiciary/files/decisions/Summary%20of%20judgment%20-%20R%20v%20Wilson%20Smyth%20Blair%20Ralph%20Price%20and%20Aicken%20%28Colin%20Horner%20murder%29%20-%20290119.pdfhttps://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/cctv-footage-shows-murder-victim-colin-horner-holding-hands-with-son-moments-before-brutal-killing/ar-BBSTUhohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDA_South_East_Antrim_Brigadehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37969405http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8442746.stmhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37969405https://www.thesun.ie/news/1059775/man-dies-after-being-shot-in-front-of-a-child-in-sainsburys-car-park-in-bangor-after-horrified-witnesses-heard-six-blasts/https://seachranaidhe1.blog/tag/colin-horner/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/phone-call-from-car-sent-gunman-to-supermarket-fg8lnpflkhttps://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/colin-horners-mum-and-partner-taunted-by-supporters-of-his-uda-killers-as-men-jailed-for-slaying-in-bangor-car-park-37760816.htmlhttps://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/cheers-in-court-as-trio-cleared-of-murdering-gilmore-in-uda-feud-38164871.htmlhttps://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/crime/judge-watches-final-recorded-movements-of-murder-victim-geordie-gilmour-1-8724676http://www.irishnews.com/news/2017/03/15/news/gilmore-was-part-of-deadly-faction-of-uda-with-long-history-of-feuding-964654/https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5ca6e7d02c94e01e252695c6 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
28 Jan 202026min
You can't always get what you want (part 2): Episode 167
The shocking conclusion of the story from last week from the South of England in 2003. At the UK True Crime Podcast we hear many tales of greed and ruthlessness. But in this case, the lengths someone will go to for financial gain is really hard to comprehend....Ticket for live show, 19 February:https://feverup.com/m/81148Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSOURCES:https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/regan-kenneth.htmhttps://courtnewsuk.co.uk/ken-regan-bill-horncy-and-peter-rees/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/02/ukcrime.rosiecowan1https://www.standard.co.uk/news/trail-of-drugs-and-violence-7223778.htmlhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/killers-made-victim-tell-his-wife-that-he-was-ok-court-told-jflrs85rm3mhttps://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/7262672.panicking-wife-may-have-been-calmed-by-her-husbands-killer/https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6249185.drowned-fathers-business-links-probed-in-murder-case/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4104436.stmhttps://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/Lr81eAH30WDuSv4rN9SFtO/The-tale-of-the-Chohan-murders.htmlhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-354299/Underworld-killer-dubbed-Captain-Cash.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1478665/Paula-Yatess-friend-tells-how-she-was-wooed-by-murder-gang-leader.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
21 Jan 202024min
You Can't Always Get What You Want: Episode 166
February 2013, near Heathrow Airport. Kenneth Regan was a violent criminal, with a history of drug dealing who had already turned on his previous colleagues as he became a supergrass. But on his release from prison, he wanted a company to continue to launder the money from his illicit activity. And nothing was going to stand in his way...Ticket for live show, 19 February:https://feverup.com/m/81148Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSOURCES:https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/regan-kenneth.htmhttps://courtnewsuk.co.uk/ken-regan-bill-horncy-and-peter-rees/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/02/ukcrime.rosiecowan1https://www.standard.co.uk/news/trail-of-drugs-and-violence-7223778.htmlhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/killers-made-victim-tell-his-wife-that-he-was-ok-court-told-jflrs85rm3mhttps://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/7262672.panicking-wife-may-have-been-calmed-by-her-husbands-killer/https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6249185.drowned-fathers-business-links-probed-in-murder-case/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4104436.stmhttps://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/Lr81eAH30WDuSv4rN9SFtO/The-tale-of-the-Chohan-murders.htmlhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-354299/Underworld-killer-dubbed-Captain-Cash.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1478665/Paula-Yatess-friend-tells-how-she-was-wooed-by-murder-gang-leader.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
14 Jan 202025min
The Kindness of Strangers: Episode 165
As humans, most of us have been kind to strangers on some occasions. But rarely as kind as Tracey Wilkinson, from Stourbridge, who took a homeless person into her family home, fed him and her husband even provided him with a job. But what then happened, nobody could ever have predicted....Buy tickets for my 30 January live showhttps://feverup.com/m/81148Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSOURCES:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41497482https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41488407https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-39632704https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-39593252https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/double-killer-aaron-barley-kicked-13708787https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/watch-homeless-man-hides-before-13712220https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/stourbridge-stabbings-aaron-barley-sentenced-13714533https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/aaron-barley-murder-sentence-increase-tracey-pierce-wilkinson-killings-birmingham-crown-court-appeal-a8123831.htmlhttps://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4607666/aaron-barley-murder-tracey-wilkinson-pierce-wilkinson-stourbridge-stabbing-sentence/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/04/aaron-barley-homeless-man-who-murdered-woman-who-helped-himhttps://west-midlands.police.uk/news/aaron-barley-jailed-least-30-years-stourbridge-double-murder Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7 Jan 202023min
Two Second Chances: Episode 164
The two men had both served time for murder but had been released from prison. They now worked together on a legitimate business, near Sunderland. But the evening of horror they had planned for someone they had come across in the course of their work on that August evening is beyond our comprehension.Buy tickets for the live showhttps://feverup.com/m/81148Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/murderer-free-to-kill-a-second-time-despite-26-police-incidents-8vr9s23k9https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/mcfall-unwin-murder-video-body-14470482https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/story-how-unwin-mcfall-both-14465421https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/should-violent-killers-stephen-unwin-14465213https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/mcfall-unwin-trial-murder-court-14464616https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/smirking-killers-who-murdered-7st-12263077https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/937808/Stephen-Unwin-William-McFall-Quyen-Ngoc-Nguyen-murder-torturehttps://www.southendstandard.co.uk/news/national/16183147.murdered-womans-sister-how-can-killers-live-freely-in-this-country/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
31 Dec 201921min
The Level Crossing: Episode 162
In 2004 Bryan Drysdale had decided to end his own life. After finishing work, he drove to a nearby level crossing in Berkshire, stopped on the tracks and turned off his engine. The 300 passengers on the train from London Paddington to Exeter had no idea that their lives were about to change forever....Referenced sites:www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.railwaypeople.com/Page/news-article-stanley-martin-remembered-195http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3999723.stmhttps://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/ufton-train-crash-family-speaks-4256422https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/joan-smith/suicide-maybe-naked-no-533126.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufton_Nervet_rail_crashhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568045/Suicidal-chef-responsible-for-Ufton-Nervet-crash.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/nov/09/ufton.transport1http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7033312.stmhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/just-what-drove-him-to-do-it-ask-grieving-families-of-suicide-crash-2q8f8mxpnw6https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/ufton-nervet-rail-crash-tragic-12341706http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3989339.stm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
17 Dec 201924min
The Headmistress: Episode 161
In 2012 Anne Lakey was a highly respected headmistress in County Durham. Then on that normal Monday morning in 2012 she saw the email which she immediately knew could destroy her career, family and her life...Referenced sites:www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10 Dec 201922min
