Always True Crime

In the season 4 special of British Murders, I tell the story of Levi Bellfield, aka “The Bus Stop Killer”.⁣Bellfield was found guilty on February 25, 2008, of the murders of Marsha McDonnell and Améli...

16 Dec 202130min

This week, we head to the north-west of England. Two men were both regulars in their local casino. One a successful gambler, polite and respectful. The other a habitual loser who was becoming ever mor...

15 Dec 202124min

Today’s episode is the final part about 19-year-old Michael Douglas Dowdall; a baby-faced killer who had brutally bludgeoned a woman to death, and although this could have been dismissed as an isolate...

9 Dec 20211h 7min

No crime should ever happen, but for the penultimate episode of Series 6 of The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, we head back to 2016 and to the West Midlands market town of Bilston, to hear of a horren...

9 Dec 20211h 22min

In the tenth and final episode of British Murders Season 4, I tell the story of James Patterson Smith and Kelly-Anne Bates.⁣⁣⁣On April 16, 1996, middle-aged James Smith drowned his 17-year-old girlfri...

9 Dec 202124min

The park in Dagenham is a place of fun and enjoyment for the community. Where people have fun and enjoy themselves. But in todays episode, this same park was transformed into a scene of horror. A rand...

8 Dec 202122min

Today’s episode is Part One of Two about 19-year-old Michael Douglas Dowdall. Described as a pathetic little mummy’s boy, his early crimes didn’t just set out to prove his bullies wrong, they also bec...

2 Dec 20211h

In the ninth episode of British Murders Season 4, I tell the story of Peter Reeve and PC Ian Dibell.⁣⁣⁣On July 9, 2012, Reeve confronted his neighbour Trevor Marshall in Clacton-on-Sea and fired sever...

2 Dec 202122min