Midweek Murders

Agneta Westlund was found dead by a lake in Sweden. The police arrested her husband, Ingemar, because they suspected that he had run her over with a lawn mower. But the evidence showed that something entirely different had happened. Joe talks about BlueStar, and Sandra gets confused about the plural of moose.

Sandra Rivett was bludgeoned to death by John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan. The theory being that he mistook her for his wife (Lady Veronica), who she worked for, as Lady Veronica was viciously attacked the same night. Lord Lucan disappeared in the early hours of the following day, and has never been found. Joe talks about the crime scene, and Sandra talks about hiding on Halloween.

Five days into the first UK lockdown, Anthony Williams strangled his wife Ruth Williams to death. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility. Joe explains what diminished responsibility entails, and Sandra fantasises about watching Joe's Venus flytrap eat.

Ian Stewart was found guilty of murdering his fiancée, successful author Helen Bailey. Joe explains why hair is a useful tool in forensic toxicology, and Sandra talks about that one time she thought she had a hole in her mouth.

Nevill and June Bamber were murdered in their farmhouse along with their daughter, Sheila Caffell and her twin sons, Daniel and Nicholas. The police wrote it off as a murder-suicide, but the evidence pointed to the person who had called it in - Jeremy Bamber. Joe shivers through the retelling of the abhorrent police work, and Sandra talks about the mutinator.