The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast

The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast
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The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast

Welcome to The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, which started off life as a weekly written blog in 2016, and has now made the jump into a regular one man and his mic, matter of fact straight talking podcast. In it, the host Paul looks at and recounts in-depth true crime cases from the UK and Ireland - both solved or unsolved crimes, but more often than not the lesser known and obscure ones.Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TheTrueCrimeEnthusiast/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/tc_enthusiast) , Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/truecrimeenthusiast/) Wordpress Blog (https://truecrimeenthusiast.wordpress.com) and contact us ontruecrimeenthusiast@gmail.com.Also, you can support the show at Patreon for extra content and offers:The True Crime Enthusiast Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thetruecrimeenthusiast) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    The Lost Girls: Part 3 - A Fatal Five Minutes Last Play

    Continuing with The Lost Girls series arc, and in the summer of 1983, almost a year to the day, the fear that Susan Maxwell's at large killer could strike again was suddenly realised, when on a warm Friday evening in July, a five year old girl didn't come back in from the final five minutes play she had been allowed before bedtime. This is Caroline's story. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of a sexual nature and involving a child, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Pyncher - Get AlongSnapped Ankles - Raoul The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support References - produced upon request and in full upon arc's end. Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast FacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon Page Remembering Caroline. The episode is dedicated to her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 12m

  2. 14 FEB

    The Lost Girls: Part 2 - Susan's Story

    Continuing The Lost Girls Arc on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, we now go back to Northumbria in 1982, and a chance walk home for a young girl after a game of tennis... The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of a sexual nature, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Horsegirl - Switch OverPeople's Choice - Do It Any Way You Wanna The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support References - produced upon request and in full upon arc's end. Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast FacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon Page Remembering Susan. The episode is dedicated to her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 10m

  3. 7 FEB

    The Lost Girls: Part 1 - The Day The Roof Caved In

    The 9th Series multi episode arc begins this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, through which we shall timejump over a long period, and in which I bring you the full, in depth tale of who is/was very likely, Britain's most prolific child killer, one who if the cases he is suspected of are laid at his feet, will dwarf those of Brady and Hindley, perhaps even Cotton and Dyer. This is a true monster here, who we will get to meet. But this time around, lets start with how he was captured.... The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of a sexual nature, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Adult DVD - Doomsday PrepperThe Horrors - More Than Life The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support References - roduced upon request and in full upon arc's end. Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast FacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon Page Remembering Laura. The episode is dedicated to her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 2m

  4. 20 JAN

    Clown Masks And Crocodile Tears - Part 2

    Completing the two part tale concerning the murder in September 1994 of 38 year old Carol Wardell - abducted from home by a gang of raiders, who, after beating and drugging her husband Gordon, forced her to open the building society in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, where she was deputy manager, emptied the safe, and then suffocated Carol, dumping her body in a layby. At least, that was Gordon's account, anyway.... The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of a sexual nature, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Beastie Boys - IntergalacticFrank Turner - A Love Worth Keeping The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support References - Assorted articles from the BBC, The Free Library, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, The Times, The Independent, Coventry Telegraph, Birmingham Mail, Birmingham Daily Post, Hull Daily Mail, Sandwell Daily Mail, Newcastle Journal, Solihull News, Liverpool Daily Post, Hinckley Times, Heartland Evening News - sourced online and through the British Newspaper Archive, and Newspapers.com. Produced upon request.(91) The Brutal Murder Of Carol Wardell | True Crime Documentary - YouTube(91) George Joseph Smith and Gordon Wardell - Documentary - YouTube(91) Tears, Lies & Videotape (ITV 2009) - YouTube"The Jigsaw Man" - Paul Britton 1997 pp 371-399 Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast FacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon Page Remembering Carol. The episode is dedicated to her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 29m

  5. 13 JAN

    Clown Masks And Crocodile Tears - Part 1

    The discovery of a woman's body in a rural Warwickshire layby in September 1994 was the start of what would become to detectives one of the most complex investigations in Warwickshire Police history, and would ultimately lead them to a cold and calculating killer. This time and next on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, I shall bring you the story. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Audioslave - HypnotiseMartha Wainwright - Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support References - Assorted articles from the BBC, The Free Library, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, The Times, The Independent - sourced online and through the British Newspaper Archive, and Newspapers.com. Produced upon request. Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast FacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon Page Remembering Carol. The episode is dedicated to her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 3m

  6. 3 JAN

    Houses Of Blood - Bloodbath On A New Year's Day

    "I have just murdered my wife in her bed. I have just stabbed them, and slit their throats. His name is Martin Griffiths. There is blood everywhere. This has just happened. My children are safe at my mother's house" This was the context of a call to an emergency services operator in the early hours of New Year's Day, 2020, the implications of which were to rock the village of Duffield, in Derbyshire, to the core - and leave three families destroyed. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of injury detail, that some listeners may find offensive or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The Charlatans - Crashin InManic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support References - Assorted articles from the BBC, The Free Library, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, The Times, Derbyshire Live - sourced online and through the British Newspaper Archive. Produced upon request.Fran Runs To France Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast FacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon Page Remembering Martin and Helen. The episode is dedicated to them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 10m

  7. 18/12/2024

    The Failing Of Danielle Reid

    We head up to the Scottish Highland city of Inverness, and back to the early 2000's this time on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, for a harrowing tale of a crime that shocked Scotland to the core, a definition of cruelty, evil, and a hauling over the coals of a system that, so tragically, failed a little girl. 5 year old Danielle Reid. Hers is a name that following this, I doubt you will forget. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of injury detail, involving a child, that some listeners may find offensive or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The Lathums - Stellar CastJack White - You Got Me Searching The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support References - Assorted articles from the BBC, The Free Library, Herald Scotland, The Scotsman, Daily Record, Aberdeen Evening Express, Aberdeen Press And Journal - sourced online and through the British Newspaper Archive. Produced upon request.Herbison Report - Danielle Reid Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast FacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon Page Remembering Danielle. The episode is dedicated to her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 26m

  8. 10/12/2024

    The Beast Of Farley Mount

    The Hampshire beauty spot of Farley Mount Country Park, located near the city of Winchester, is a popular destination in daylight hours for families, joggers and dog walkers, whilst of the evening, it takes on a different kind of visitor - couples, and the voyeuristic who enjoy watching these for their own gratification. During the 1990's, it was also the scene of several disturbing incidents and attacks by an offender who to this day, remains at large, having never faced justice. Or did he? The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of of a sexual nature that some listeners may find offensive or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Black River Delta - Burning And BurningLaura Marling - What He Wrote The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support References - Assorted articles from the BBC, Daily Echo, The Free Library. Produced upon request. "The Real Cracker" - Stephen Cook (2001) pp 165-200Crimewatch UK March 1989 - Tunbridge Wells Rape (from 14:47 onwards) Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast FacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon Page Remembering those affected. The episode is dedicated to them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 12m
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Welcome to The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, which started off life as a weekly written blog in 2016, and has now made the jump into a regular one man and his mic, matter of fact straight talking podcast. In it, the host Paul looks at and recounts in-depth true crime cases from the UK and Ireland - both solved or unsolved crimes, but more often than not the lesser known and obscure ones.Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TheTrueCrimeEnthusiast/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/tc_enthusiast) , Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/truecrimeenthusiast/) Wordpress Blog (https://truecrimeenthusiast.wordpress.com) and contact us ontruecrimeenthusiast@gmail.com.Also, you can support the show at Patreon for extra content and offers:The True Crime Enthusiast Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thetruecrimeenthusiast) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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