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Send us a text Please be advised that the podcast starts after about six minutes when I share with you an accusation made by another podcaster who has called me a disgusting plagiarist. The story when it starts, is a forgotton story about an affray at the Duke of York public house when some South African black nationalist exiles start an affray which ends in murder.
Send us a text I thought I would try something a little different for the podcast during 2026. Each month (in conjunction with the usual podcast content) I shall broadcast a podcast giving selected stories from SPR’s journal as they have been bound together (two years at a time) in the British Library. I am starting with the journals from 1913/14 and will continue in chronological order. I have started with World War 1 being the start of the modern world. I can spare the time to make an SPR p...
Send us a text This is the last podcast of 2025, calling it William Hepper of Chelsea and Brighton. painter, spy, BBC employee and child killer. A case you are unlikely to have ever known about. An unpleasant story, I try not to comment, please listen and make up your own mind.
Send us a text Podcast 243 and the number eight Christmas podcast. This case took place in Scotland sixty five years ago over the Christmas period of 1960 in Sauchi, Scotland. Skeptics that studied the case concluded that some of the phenomena reported was genuine although they could not be sure of what caused it. I am putting this podcast out on the shortest day of 2025, Sunday 21 Dec. This podcast is recorded in one take without editing and I am not the best narrator. For anyone that may be...
Send us a text This is a forgotten murder from a different time. 63 years ago, in the city of Newcastle a minor crime of embezzlement led to a murder. Not so much an exciting story but more of a reflection of the time. Told in one take without editing.
Send us a text Another short podcast while I am away. This is a story of a couple of women who breaking up in London in 1971 had a nasty falling out. Told in one take without editing.
Send us a text I am still out of the country so am posting some shorter podcasts to keep the podcast ticking over. This one concerns a case from 1963 going on to 1967. The podcast is recorded in a studio that is soundproofed but visited by various cats and dogs and sometimes other creatures. This podcast is set in Soho, Central London an area where I used to work and knew quite well back in the late 1980s.
Send us a text This is a short podcast just to post something while I am away. Daisy / Dorothy Wallis started a business in High Holborn, central London. She lived a quiet home life with her parents, one wonders who would have wished her harm ?
Send us a text Chloe and Josh Bashford lived at Newhaven with their four children. Their lives were ended by a family friend who killed them for no understandable reason and then claimed diminished responsibility. The killer will be sentenced on 6 November 2025. This podcast was recorded in one take with no editing with animals in the room.
Send us a text This podcast has been produced while I am away, recorded with a borrowed microphone and on a MacBook laptop with which I can't seem to upload any background music. Recorded in one take without editing this is the story off the BBC's first live broadcast from a haunted house. Dene/Dean manor, Meopham, Kent on 10 March 1936.
Send us a text John Kealty travelled to Mexico to write a travel guide in the style of a Lonely Planet guide twenty years before they were a thing. It did not end well.
Send us a text This case is in living memory. Going back to 1974. Egon Von Bulow's parents came from South America, had him while in the UK, then left him when they went back home. Not an ideal start for him. He grew up anti authoritarian. He shot three policemen and committed other crimes after seemingly losing control during July 1974. He could be living near you today.
Send us a text This case happened in Egypt in 1950, so just about in Living memory. It was a difficult time for British-Egyptian relations. When three soldiers were involved in a murder and tried by a British Court Martial, all politicians tried not to get involved as it was easier for all involved to bury an awkward problem.
Send us a text A selection of Ghost Club discussion topics 1902-1913. These include : Haunted bottles, Egyptian mummy curses, Mrs Etta Wreight’s seances, The Glastonbury Cup, Whymper’s pony, The Pickwick mystery and the Dorchester incident. My narration is not great and there is a pug called Otto snoring at my feet and it is recorded in one take without editing. his is the first of four podcasts I will post on Ghost Club meetings over the course of the next year.
Send us a text Two recent tragic killings from West Sussex. Both preventable, both the result partly of council cuts. These stories are told in one take in lo-fi. Here are the end stories of Stephanie Marie and Nimroy Hendricks, their lives ending just as they were beginning.
Send us a text The story of Reverend Davidson, the vicar of Stiffkey dominated the newspapers in the early 1930s. This is the story. The Lion and Albert, By Stanley Holloway was a comic monologue inspired by actual events they had heard about in 1932. The events in this podcast happened in 1937. Nevertheless, I have put the lyrics here for anyone unfamiliar with the verse. There's a famous seaside place called Blackpool That's noted for fresh air and fun And Mr. and Mrs. Ramsbotto...
Send us a text Brothers Mohammed Fahir Amaaz and Muhammad Amaad were tried for assault at Liverpool Crown Court. The case is of interest due to CCTV footage going viral amid accusations of violent racist behaviour by the police and accusations of two tier policing. This podcast is posted without editing and recorded in one take. Amaaz has been found guilty on three charges, no verdict on one count. Amaad had a no verdict verdict against him. It is thought there will be a retrial. ...
Send us a text This is a dark and dreadful case, it will be well covered in the news. Told in one take without editing.
Send us a text You will not of heard this story before. Christmas Castletown, Sunderland, County Durham. A grandad feeling story for himself and ignored by his family decides to do something about it. December 1966. Recorded in one take without editing.
Send us a text This shocking case dates from September 2023. Nicholas Prosper aged 18 had an ambition to become known as a spree killer.




Welcome back! This might be a one-man production, but your research is meticulous and you always choose interesting subjects (and the chickens in the background make me smile 😃)
I love the way you keep apologising for other noises, but seriously your podcast is like listening to a. uncle telling a great story. I've really enjoyed every episode , thank you so much 🤗
great series
very good podcast, obviously done alot of research tracking down various sources, really enjoyed the uk gangster episodes. have you thought of doing one on Jimmy Moody?
I visited borely rectory many years ago with some Irish drinking buddies . all we found was a great local pub and had a great night . happy memories 🤣
cash creators? don't you mean cash converters?
what was the music playing in middle of the story lol
this is one of the best podcasts I've been getting into . great stories and crimes from the past. thank you 😁😁
This is the wrong episode
great pocast, this was indeed thought provoking. note taking and public access isssues unraveled here . Simply make victim names confidential in the first place in court would make more sense.
I love these podcasts... and the rooster... well he obviously has some input to add too... lol