Uk True Crime Podcast

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 who posed as teenage boys for much more sinister reasons.https://www.uktruecrime.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimehttps://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Weekly podcast we follow the life of Margo Lafferty.1, Please buy tickets for my live events in London & Manchester here:www.uktruecrime.com2, Other links mentioned in the show: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimewww.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 which caused such misery and ruined so many lives.A huge thank you to Chris Clarke for his help with this story. He can be found on Facebook at The Armchair Detective. Chris chose to donate his fee for this episode to www.sosad.com, a dog rescue charity in County Durham.1, Please buy tickets for my live events in London & Manchester here:www.uktruecrime.com2, Other links mentioned in the show: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimewww.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 that Nikki went missing and her body was found the next day.  Nobody has been convicted of her murder.If you have any information about Nikki’s death - however small or insignificant it might seem - please speak to Northumbria Police’s major crime team on 101 ext 69191 or the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. A huge thank you to Chris Clarke for his help with this story.  He can be found on Facebook at The Armchair Detective.  Chris chose to donate his fee for this episode to www.sosad.com, a dog rescue charity in County Durham.This podcast was sponsored by The Economist.  To claim your free print copy of The Economist, just text CRIME to 78070.1, Please buy tickets for my live events in London & Manchester here:www.uktruecrime.com 2, Other links mentioned in the show: https://www.facebook.co

Stansted Mountfitchet is a quiet, pretty Essex village of around 6,000 people 35 miles north of London and close to Stansted airport.  Not much happens here.  But on a summers evening in July 2015 a brutal double murder rocked the community.In this episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast I look at exactly what happened.  And why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the outside, they had everything.  A beautiful home, the sports cars, holidays, great jobs.  But beneath the surface, tension was building between Russell and Carole Packman, especially when Russell's younger lover moved into the family home in Bournemouth.  Then in June 1985, Carole disappeared.  In this episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast I explore a quite extraordinary story stretching from the 1970's to the present day.1, Please buy tickets for my event with top author Geoffrey Wansell in Manchester and in London 'Inside the mind of a serial killer' here:www.uktruecrime.com2, Other links mentioned in the show:https://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you ever been obsessed by a film?  I mean really obsessed?  In todays story, we hear how one Scottish man watched one vampire film three times a day, every day, and began to believe in the characters.  Then fiction merged with reality producing unimaginable horror….1, Please buy tickets for my event with top author Geoffrey Wansell on 16 April in Manchester and 20 May in London 'Inside the mind of a serial killer' here: www.uktruecrime.com 2, Other links mentioned in the show: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430 www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Paul Morson had been missing for two weeks, detectives feared that he may have been held against his will, harmed, or worse….A few years previously, he had been in jail for his part in assisting two men guilty of a terrible racist murder.  Was his disappearance related to this, or was it due to other reasons?  This episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast looks at all elements of the story and discovers what had in fact happened to Paul Morson.1, Please buy tickets for my event with top author Geoffrey Wansell on 16 April in Manchester and 20 May in London 'Inside the mind of a serial killer' here:www.uktruecrime.com2, Other links mentioned in the show:https://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crime was almost unheard of in this peaceful village in the north of Cornwall.  But in November 2003, all that changed when the violent murder of Joan Roddam rocked the rural community of Delabole.  With two other brutal murders nearby, was there a serial killer loose in Cornwall?  And 10 years later, Joan's killer was still on the loose….1, Please buy tickets for my event with top author Geoffrey Wansell on 20 May in London here 'Inside the mind of a serial killer':http://bit.ly/uktruecrimekillerstalk2, Other links mentioned in the show:www.uktruecrime.comhttps://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here's the thing: you and I wouldn't fall for the wash-wash scam would we.  Would we?  In Leicester, as a group of men attempted to con local business associates over a property deal, the situation quickly escalated out of control with terrible consequences.1, Please buy tickets for my event with top author Geoffrey Wansell on 26 March in London here 'Inside the mind of a serial killer': http://bit.ly/uktruecrimekillerstalk 2, Other links mentioned in the show: www.uktruecrime.com          https://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430           www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just how well do you know your family and friends and what they could be capable of doing? The podcast this week looks at a man who killed three people.  A 'normal' (whatever that means) guy who was popular, had a range of interests and had a broad circle of friends.  But when under stress in life, he went to a very dark place and carried out the most dreadful of crimes.1, An excellent source of information on Blackpool Crime I referred to in this episode is below:  https://blackpoolcrime.wordpress.com/2, Please buy tickets for my event with top author Geoffrey Wansell on 26 March in London here 'Inside the mind of a serial killer':http://bit.ly/uktruecrimekillerstalk3, Other links mentioned in the show:www.uktruecrime.com         https://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430          www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Their first date was due to take place at a trendy bar in Shoreditch, East London.   Carl sounded great and Katie was incredibly excited as she travelled to their meeting on 23 December, 2015.   How was Katie to know that the man she had met on Plenty of Fish was a monster?www.uktruecrime.com        https://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430         www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Northern Ireland, October 1993.  It was a terrible week as violence surged leaving innocent people on all sides of the troubles dead or injured.  I look at the reasons for two of the most horrendous attacks in the history of Northern Ireland, what happened and why, and over 25 years later I remember the victims.www.uktruecrime.com         https://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430          www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some people have dark, twisted and violent sexual fantasies.  So long as they stay just a fantasy and no innocent people are harmed, then it remains a fantasy.  But when those feelings cross the line into into actions, especially when the fantasy is the abuse of children, the consequences are dire.This week, in the UK True Crime weekly podcast I look at just what happened at Little Ted's nursery in Plymouth - and the lives destroyed.www.uktruecrime.com         https://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430          www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire 2003.  32 year old Dave King had just left the gym when the white transit van slowed down and the passenger carefully took aim and let fire a torrent of bullets from the AK47.In this episode of the UK True Crime weekly podcast I look at events leading up to this shooting and what happened next.www.uktruecrime.com        https://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430         www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kilburn, North London. Two men. One a gentle, harmless eccentric gentleman living a peaceful, solitary life. The other, a rich playboy with every advantage possible for a successful life. Then early in 2000, their lives combined with terrible consequences.www.uktruecrime.com       https://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430        www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New Years Eve should be a night of celebration and excitement about what is in store for the following year. But in 1996, one 17 year old went out to celebrate with her friends in Sutton Coldfield, but tragically she didn't make it home. In this episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast I look at exactly what happened.www.uktruecrime.com      https://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430       www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was just another normal Friday night in Reading.  Sixteen year old Mary-Ann and two friends were parked in the car park of a derelict pub close to her home, just chatting and laughing.  But then they saw one, two and then six men surround the car.  And what happened next was the stuff of your very worst nightmares. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Passing your driving test is a big deal and provides great freedom. But with that freedom, comes responsibility and risk. In 2007 one young man did what many do after passing his driving test and took his friends out for a drive and pushed the limits on speed. But he went much further and his actions that day lead to a terrible series of events, leaving three young people dead.www.uktruecrime.com     https://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430      www.patreon.com/uktruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Forest Gate, London, 2003.   One normal August afternoon on a suburban street people were busy going about their every day life.  Then, after a minor traffic violation, three men decided they wanted to exact a terrible revenge completely out of proportion with the incident.This week in the UK True Crime weekly podcast I look at just what happened on that summers afternoon and how it destroyed so many lives.Sponsored by Esquared.  Download the app and use the promo code POD20 for your £20 credit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.