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Ever wonder why serial killers kill or why ordinary people sometimes do extraordinary things, sometimes downright evil things? This Much is True Crime is a weekly look at crime making the headlines and that includes crime drama and docuseries that are making news themselves. The hosts are news reporter and tv producer Martin Frizell and Britain's top criminologist Professor David Wilson.
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Is this the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history? If Michael Stone didn’t kill Lin and Megan Russell and leave Josie for dead, then who did? In a major new development, a star forensic scientist has cast doubt on Stone’s conviction, he’s protested his innocence from behind bars for almost 30 years.In this latest episode, we assess the chances of Stone walking free, and they are high - so says Britain’s leading criminologist who has studied the case and spoken to a member of the original investigation.
We all loved Alan Carr but what does it take to be a real traitor and what are the real consequences if caught? For many British traitors it wasn't a round table, a hug from Claudia, black Land Rover home and an interview on This Morning, real traitors faced the hangman and several were executed for treason.In this epsiode we highlight three real traitors, two sentenced to death, the other escaped to be a Soviet hero.
Could this be the Trial of the Century? First podcast of the year and we update the astonishing case of Luigi Mangione, the US cult hero accused of assassinating a health insurance boss - a court hearing this week will consider whether he faces the death penalty if guilty. Link in bio
Why is the family of Salt Path author Raynor Wynn turning against her? After the summer scandal undermining the world bestseller - and movie - Raynor's family and those of her husband Moth have contributed to an update documentary using words such as 'liar' and 'fantasist'. In this bumper edition, we report on the latest developments in all of the most popular stories we have covered this year. Expect Salt Path, Madeline McCann, Suzy Lamplugh, deadly Beef Wellington and more.
Why are there more than the five known victims of the Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper? What was his real name and what does one of the UK's leading criminologists make of the biggest true crime mystery of all time?Top podcast The Rest is History is broadcasting a five part deep dive into the Ripper and his victims concluding with their reveal of who historians believe Jack was. But is it the same suspect as our crime expert and the national police computer have worked out? Consider this a companion piece to The Rest is....with some fascinating new thoughts.
Paul Doyle, loving husband and dad, rammed his car into crowds of celebrating Liverpool fans at last season's Permier League Trophy parade, but why? In this episode Professor David Wilson explains the little known condition that is likely to have caused Doyle to behave in such a devastating manner. He's due for sentencing later in December and although there will be mitigating factors, the former Royal Marine will be behind bars for several years.
Ever wonder why prisoners, gangsters, generally bad boys attract female attention in disproportionate numbers? It's a condition called Hybristophillia - the sexual interest in and attraction to those who commit crimes.It'll be in the news next week when Luigi Mangione appears in court as he heads towards a full trial for the killing of the boss of a big US Health insurance company a year ago in Manhattan. Mangione has a growing fan base among young women who compare his looks to Jesus Christ and have contributed $2 million to a fighting fund.Are they all consumed by hybristophillia ? or simply put, do some bad men exude a self confidence that nature deems attractive? And has social media made it all worse, or easier to fall for a felon?
How is it possible to be more evil than Jimmy Saville? Step forward prison officer and cook Neville Husband, now regarded as the most prolific sex offender in British history. Hundreds of young men were abused by Husband, mainly at a young offenders detention centre outside Durham. How did he get away with if for years before finally being convicted of abusing just five teenagers in 2003? His real tally of misery runs into several hundreds and all the while a blind eye was turned by colleagues and bosses. In this epsiode we also explore what makes a man become a paedophile and has the world changed since Neville Husband was on the prowl 20 years ago.
Police know of at least 12 women who claim to be Madeline McCann, the most infamous of them all, Polish woman Julia Wandelt is about to be deported having been convicted of harassing the McCann family, including Madeline's siblings.What drives people to believe they are the real deal in the cases of missing persons? Fraudsters, attention seekers or simply mentally ill obsessives who need treatment? This is half an hour of a grown up examination of imposters and the conspiracy theorists who, sadly, may never give up.
How much worse can it get, hundreds of inmates wrongly freed every year from Britain's jails, the latest an Algerian sex offender now at liberty roaming the streets. And this was after new measures introduced to stop it happening again following the embarrassment of the mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu, the Ethiopian illegal migrant who sexually assaulted a 14 year old girl. We have skin in the game, Professor David Wilson is not just a criminologist but was also a prison governor at Wormwood Scrubs and Martin Frizell, broadcaster and journalist lives in the neighbourhood of Wandsworth Prison, scene of the latest scandal. So how do we fix it?
Was it a blunder or something more sinister that allowed Britain's highest profile prisoner to walk free from jail yesterday instead of boarding a flight home to Ethiopia? Professor David Wilson was a prison governor before becoming a world leading criminologist and he believes there's something fishy in the controversial 'mistake' that allowed failed immigrant Hadush Kebatu to disappear from the jail where he was serving time for sex crimes against a 14 year old girl and a woman.
How deadly is it to have a target on your back if you’re a high profile prisoner? Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins has been murdered in jail with two fellow inmates charged with his death.In this episode we discuss is it simply karma that wicked convicts (mainly sex offenders) are singled out on prison landings or do they deserve protection like everyone else no matter the heinous crimes they’ve committed?
Its Number one on Netflix, Monsters - the Ed Gein Story, but what does a world leading criminologist make of this controversial re telling of the original American serial killer and body snatcher?Professor David Wilson loved all eight hours of dark, macabre and depraved behaviour carried out by the ultimate mummy's boy who's fixation with her led to his bizarre collection of body women's body parts. Journalist and broadcaster Martin Frizell, on the other hand, felt it was overlong, voyeuristic and checked out to watch the Sound of Music! Nazis in both but Ed Gein's influences came from the sinister Bitch of Buchenwald which allegedly fuelled his monsterous cravings. It's a proper non sensationalised half hour discussion about one of the true crime series of the year.
You'll have heard of Scandi Noir, well, now comes Tartan Noir!Why does Scotland have an unhealthily rich heritage of serial killers, gangsters, bloody violence, turf wars and television detectives? All will be revealed when This Much is True Crime takes to the road next year with journalist and broadcaster Martin Frizell and emeritus Professor of Criminology David Wilson. In this episode we record on location with the Prof on his sell out tour of his book 'A History of Modern Britain in Twenty Murders', listen for half an hour as we explore the dark underbelly of a nation that produced many of the finest minds in the world but also its fair share of the worst.
Will predatory paedophile Christian Brueckner strike again now he's been released from jail? Very possibly, and will he get away with one of the biggest crimes of our lifetimes, the abduction and murder of Madeline McCann, ( if he did it) that's now very likely.World leading expert on men who abduct and murder children, ex Surrey senior detective Graham Hill, now a PHD criminologist, presented an ITV documentary focusing on prime suspect Brueckner and there's little doubt he's responsible. In this fascinating discussion with Professor David Wilson, two authorities on men who prey on children, talk the failings of the McCann inquiry, the case against Brueckner and destroy the conspiracy theorists who implicate the toddler's grieving parents.
Want new insights into 20 crimes of the century from Jack the Ripper to the dreadful murder of Sarah Everard? Our in house Professor of Criminology, David Wilson, has researched and written ‘A History of Modern Britain in 20 Murders’. Order it on Amazon now and have a listen to our discussion in this episode about a fascinating concept that charts our progress and decline through the most heinous of killings
She’ll likely die in jail an old woman after her sentence for poisoning to death her in-laws but what was Erin Patterson’s motive? Britain’s top criminologist Professor David Wilson examines her behaviour before and during her court case and how she almost committed the perfect murder cooking up a deadly Beef Wellington. Now she has her just desserts, a life of solitary awaits but will she take her secret to the grave?
Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?Queen legend Freddie Mercury is at the centre of bizarre allegations that he fathered a secret love child to whom he left seventeen volumes of highly revealing diaries, unpublished Queen songs and millions in inheritance in gold bullion and artwork.It's all contained in a new book that promises to show a side of Freddie never seen before, however, where's the evidence? Hot on the heels of The Salt Path fiasco is this another publishing controversy and what are readers to believe?
Will it never end for the family of Meredith Kercher, the British student raped and murdered in her Italian university town in 2007? Flatmate Amanda Knox from Seattle was convicted of her murder twice then cleared. She’s written two books and taken part in a documentary and now, much to the disappointment of Meredith’s family, she’s produced an eight part mini series on her ordeal - from her perspective. We take a look and it’s not flattering.
What was Sarah Fergusons role in the Prince and the Paedophile scandal? Dramatic new transcripts from an interview with Ghislaine Maxwell in jail have been released as she tries to reduce her prison term for sex trafficking. Epstein suicide, Trump, secret client files, she answers it all as do we in this episode. But also another high profile criminal soap opera serves up another chapter as the murderous Menendez brothers apply for parole. Fascinating insight from Professor David Wilson as he believes the Menendez 'boys' (claimed sexual abuse by their father) may have escaped with a much shorter jail term had they been before a jury today.
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