In November 1995 the sitcom Caroline in the City – Lea Thompson played a woman called Caroline who lived in a city – tried to boost its profile with crossover episodes with the (much popular) Friends and Frasier.

In a completely unrelated note, this episode sees us team up with Lindsay and Madison from Ye Olde Crime podcast! They tell us all about the death of Joe the Quilter in Northumberland in 1826, the murder of an elderly quilt maker in rural Northumberland which ends up involving Prime Minister Robert Peel and King George IV. In the aftermath. Not the murder itself. The story isn’t that good. 

A notorious crime which took place 4000 miles from them and ten minutes from us WHERE CLAIRE’S PARENTS MET AND WHERE OUR MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL SIBLING BEX FROM THE GETTING EMOTIONAL PODCAST WAS BORN AND GREW UP but that they found first. 

Because the show is supposed to be about growing up terrified in the eighties and nineties we also take a trip back to 1995 to sort of remember OJ, the Oklahoma City bombing and the death of Leah Betts. Along the way there’s Tank rampages! Keeping a chainsaw in the car! The odd (onscreen) sexual fetishes of Lea Thompson! Teddy Roosevelt appreciation! The inexplicably stateside popularity of Keeping Up Appearances! Terrible sexual education! An excellent football joke from 1995 which dies a death! 

In the words of Claire:  “We’re not a real true crime podcast, are we?”

Claire eats roadkill. Gareth eats a sheep’s head. John eats at Chillis. PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING AM I RIGHT? I’M HERE ALL WEEK! TRY THE PHEASANT! SERIOSULY, BEFORE GARETH TELLS THE STORY AGAIN! 

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You can reach them at @yeoldecrimepodcast on Twitter, on Instagram and at their website.

There’s a shoutout to the Getting Emotional podcast. As if the woman from The Guardian needs it. 

Our theme music is the song “Steady Away” by Pete Dilley and can be found on his album Half-truths and Hearsay which you can/should buy/stream here: https://petedilley.bandcamp.com/album/half-truths-and-hearsay