Curiosity Killed The Cat

When Shani Warren was found dead in Buckinghamshire's Taplow Lake, slow investigation struggles to find an answer. But very new evidence may help uncover the many uncertainties.Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie WenhamMusic: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!A Spire Town Media productionFollow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

When Juan Catalan was arrested for a murder he didn't commit, little did he know what it would take to clear his name.  Follow an unbelievable series of what ifs and the tireless work of a legal defence team as they try to fight back against a case that was stacked against them, albeit, a very flimsy one.  Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie WenhamMusic: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!A Spire Town Media productionFollow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram  Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

Engine builder and safety innovator Mario Rossi is not a well known name in the sport of NASCAR. It's most likely because he had connection to the drug scene in Florida and disappeared in mysterious circumstances. Just what happened to Mario Rossi? Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie WenhamMusic: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!A Spire Town Media productionFollow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram  Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

Witch trials in medieval Europe were a chaotic and hysterical matter. A particular hotspot for dark magic and sorcery was France, where in the mid 1300s a special court was set up to battle the rampant spread of witches in the country. One of its first cases however did not quite follow the script. Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie WenhamMusic: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!A Spire Town Media productionFollow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram    Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

The fourth arrest in the murder investigation of Daphne Caruana Galizia comes two years after the first three. However, it could be the break the case really needs as it starts a chain reaction of confessions and accusations. Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie WenhamMusic: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!A Spire Town Media productionFollow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

The investigation into the vicious murder of  journalist Daphne Coruna Galizia begins but from the very start, its not plain sailing.  The police are slow and only three suspects have been arrested but whose behind the slow process?Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie WenhamMusic: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!A Spire Town Media productionFollow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

Investigative journalist Daphne Coruna Galizia was a specialist in exposing corruption. There was plenty of it in her home country of Malta but in 2017, she was murdered when a bomb planted on her car exploded. The whole of Europe is stunned as the barbaric murder reveals that the pleasant Mediterranean island has a dark underbelly of racketeering, leading all the way to the top. Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie WenhamMusic: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!A Spire Town Media productionFollow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram    Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

Press Baron and multi-millionaire Robert Maxwell came from humble beginnings but his shock death in 1991 was far from modest. After he slipped off his yacht in the Canary Islands, a shocking amount of fraud, money laundering and possible spy connections circled around the Maxwell name. Did he really just slip? Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie WenhamMusic: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!A Spire Town Media productionFollow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram    Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

One of the FBI's most perplexing cases involved the elusive 'skyjacking' of Northwest Orient flight 305 in 1971. A shadowy figure only know as DB Cooper appears to have committed the perfect crime. Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie WenhamMusic: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!A Spire Town Media productionFollow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram Why not rate this podcast?  Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

During the cold war, one method of sending messages to spies deep undercover  was through ‘number stations’.  A short-wave radio communication which played a creepy pre-recorded message relaying a series of numbers. 30 years after the cold war ends some number stations remain active, are they still being used and what do they mean? Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie WenhamMusic: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!A Spire Town Media productionFollow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram Why not rate this podcast? Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

The so called 'Golden age of Piracy' began when news spread of Henry Avery. A pirate who managed to amass a loot in the millions and promptly disappear. Little was known about the Avery's life after the most successful heist in piracy history, until a discovery by a budding metal detectorist over 300 years later. Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie WenhamMusic: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!A Spire Town Media productionFollow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram Why not rate this podcast? Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

When Saturo Kobayashi was waiting for a train, the last thing he expected was to get into a fight with a mysterious suited man. When the fight leads to Saturo's death there a many more questions and few answers. who was the man in the suit and is it linked to the Yakusa?  Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie WenhamMusic: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!A Spire Town Media productionFollow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram Why not rate this podcast? Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

German engineer and inventor of the Diesel engine, Rudolf Diesel was very successful when he first created his legacy. However, his bizarre demise on a cross channel ferry en route to England raises some interesting questions. Was it suicide or a skilful assassination?Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie WenhamMusic: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!A Spire Town Media productionFollow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram Why not rate this podcast? Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

The seaside town of Brighton was (and still is) a popular getaway spot for Londoners for decades. But as the capital rushed towards the beach, so did its criminal background. In the 1930s, the town became known as 'The Queen of Slaughtering Places' after two gruesome murders take place with very similar circumstances. The historic crime known as the Brighton Trunk murders still fascinates and disturbs in equal measures. Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie WenhamMusic: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!A Spire Town Media productionFollow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram Why not rate this podcast? Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

After a difficult few years in the music industry, folk musician Jim Sullivan moves from LA to Nashville in a last attempt to fulfil his dream. Sadly, he never made it, and when his car is found in the Mojave desert, everyone is left questioning where Sullivan went. However, a possible clue is found in his music.  Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie WenhamMusic: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!Additional music: Jim SullivanA  Spire Town Media Production  Follow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram Why not rate this podcast? Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

For the first time in fifty years, American diplomats returned to Cuba. But things don't go smoothly and when a mysterious illness known as Havana syndrome sweeps through the embassy everyone is left questioning what happened. Old wounds are suddenly reignited and negotiations take a nose dive.  Four years later, the official findings leave a lot to be desired. What and who exactly caused the Havana syndrome?Written and presented by: Sam WallaceArtwork by: Sophie Wenham Music: Radar. Check out his Bandcamp!A Spire Town Media production Follow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram Why not rate this podcast? Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

All three parts of series one finale, Upon The Hill, neatly packaged into one podcast for those who prefer a longer listen. Upon The hill covers the controversial death of Dr David Kelly who was found dead in the woods of rural Oxfordshire, England. He had been at the centre of a media storm in the past months as it was alleged he had told the BBC that documents proposing war in Iraq contained false information.  TW: Discusses suicide, if you are having suicidal thoughts please seek guidance from your country's suicide hotline.This episode is dedicated to Dr David KellyWhere Curiosity Killed the Cat differs from the saturated genre of true crime is that it focuses more on mystery than investigation procedural. A lot of the cases covered do not have solid conclusions and its the fascination with the inexplicable that drives this series.Written, narrated and produced by Sam Wallace Artwork by Sophie Wenham Music by Radår Follow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram Why not rate this podcast?  Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

The third and final part of the story of Dr David Kelly. When the political pressure ramps up and Dr Kelly is nowhere to be seen. He once joked he'd be found dead in the woods but has it actually happened. The information doesn't quite add up.TW: Discusses suicide, if you are having suicidal thoughts please seek guidance from your country's suicide hotline.This episode is dedicated to memory of Dr David Kelly. Written, narrated and produced by Sam Wallace Artwork by Sophie Wenham Music by Radår Follow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram Why not rate this podcast? Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

In part two of the story of Dr David Kelly, the BBC and the government are still at loggerheads while all eyes turn to the doctor. Alongside the confusion, theories and deception; the pressure begins to build. Something's got to give. Written, narrated and produced by Sam Wallace Artwork by Sophie Wenham Music by Radår Follow the podcast on our socials! Facebook, Twitter & Instagram Why not rate this podcast?  Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)

Dr David Kelly was a UN nuclear weapons expert caught in a political scandal over the proof of WMDs in Iraq. He was found dead near his home in an apparent suicide, but the facts don’t quite add up.  Enjoy this three part mystery as series one comes to a close.Written, narrated and produced by Sam Wallace Artwork by Sophie Wenham Music by Radår Follow the podcast on our socials! Facebook Twitter & Instagram Why not rate this podcast? https://ratethispodcast.com/cktcSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CKTC)