8 episodes
The Strange Death of Innes Ewart BBC Scotland
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4.1 • 139 Ratings
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Unravelling the strange death of a man who seemed to have everything to live for. Was it suicide, as the police said, or something more sinister? Mick Morton investigates.
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Episode 7: The Eighth Floor
Strange Death host Mick Morton makes a final trip to the 8th floor of the car park in Stratford where Innes Ewart died he meets a man who knows what it was like there in 2001.
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Episode 6: Someone knows something
Why is there so little footage CCTV of Innes Ewart. A woman calls saying she knows what happened to him but who is she and why has she waited so long? hosted by Mick Morton.
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Episode 5: The Tapes
Innes Ewart's parents Pat and Ron believe their son was mugged outside the Stratford Picture House. What's the evidence for this? Hosted by journalist Mick Morton.
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Episode 4: We have to talk about suicide
Innes Ewart's sister recalls a conversation about suicide she once had with her brother. Hosted by journalist Mick Morton.
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Episode 3: The Investigation
On a visit to the car park where Innes died his parents hear something which changes everything they thought they knew about the investigation. Hosted by journalist Mick Morton.
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Episode 2: Something's missing
We learn what Innes Ewart had on him when he died - and what was missing. Hosted by journalist Mick Morton.
Customer Reviews
Worth a listen.
This was certainly worth a listen though a little anticlimactic but throughno fault of the podcaster / researchers etc. A tragic case regardless of the cause and I’d recommend listening to the whole lot of them.
Dissapointment.
Quality and Production appeared good
Subject and story appeared interesting
However, hoping it might have more insight into either suicide or murder theory, all it seemed was an excersise in police bashing.
I spent two decades living not far from the scene. The police in that area have always been rushed from call to call, stabbings/murders/drugs/robbery.
Being picky over minor issues, does not overcome the fact that the majority of the evidence available to police at the time pointed to Suicide.
In a busy area like that police have to act like triage nurses. Use up 5 officers for 2 weeks to investigate every minor detail, means about 10 cases of life risking emergencys not being reached on time. They have to make triage decisions, if there was a serious hint of foul play, they’d have called in the big guns.
The most frustraiting part of the podcast is the inclusion of two people he spoke to who made outragious accusations or trumped up information just get a few minutes of fame. Devoted literally an episode to each.
Anyway my advice to anyone, avoid Newham and surrounding areas like the plague. It is still an absolute hole.
Interesting analysis
It’s interesting to listen to from a sociological perspective. Firstly, as a classic example of denial in the case of overwhelming facts. Secondly, as a case history of how journalists can procrastinate and pad out a rather tragic and closed case. Perhaps the victim had a secret life that he could not accept? All the events leading up to his demise seem to confirm the police’s theory. Tragically, unless there is a suicide note, families are never inclined to support the overwhelming evidence of self harm. Not surprisingly, journalists will always manufacture a conspiracy out of thin air. Particularly within the podcast medium. It’s getting rather annoying.