#60 - Reginald Gordon West: the Birthday Party and the Spent Penny (Chinatown, London, WC2)
On Monday 25th April 1966, Reginald Gordon West was murdered by three young men; he had never met them before, he had never seen them before and they had never spoken before. In fact, they had never m...
30 Maj 20191h 11min
A Naval Disappearance (part-one): Episode 133
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 neve...
27 Maj 201923min
#59 - Daisy Edith Wallis: The Slaughtered Spinster (Holborn, London, WC2)
On Monday 15th August 1949, a lovely but lonely lady with big dreams and a warm heart - who had struggled against the odds to build her own business from scratch - had finally succeeded. She should ha...
23 Maj 20191h 9min
The Facebook Killer: Episode 132
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 ...
20 Maj 201923min
#58 - Jacqueline Birri: the Hooker, the Poker and the Stranger (Soho, London, W1)
On Thursday 2nd November 1961, on the first floor of 3 Peter Street, a Soho sex-worker called Jacqueline Birri was bludgeoned to death… by a complete stranger. But why?Date: Thursday 2nd November 1961...
16 Maj 20191h 14min
Margo Lafferty from Glasgow: Episode 131
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 Wee...
13 Maj 201921min
A Double Abduction: Episode 130
Luck. Is staying safe just a matter of luck? In this episode, from North London in Christmas 1986 looks at two awful abductions and one terrible accident. A series of events caused by just one man w...
6 Maj 201926min
Nikki Allan from Sunderland: Episode 129
Nikki Allan was born in Sunderland on 30 August 1985 and she lived in the City with her mum, Sharon and 3 sisters. There was nothing unusual about the night of 7 October 1992, but this was the night ...
29 Apr 201927min
