Join me for a quick chat and Q&A session; thanks so much to all my listeners for the comments, reviews and questions. If you stick around to the end, I’ll be announcing an exciting, immersive, 7 part miniseries coming soon in November and you m

17 | Alice Matthews: Too Young To Die

1 Sep 4th, 2020 39m 46s

We travel back to Minnesota in 1912 to discover the tragic case of a young woman slain just yards from home: so close to safety, yet so far from salvation. She was popular and hardworking, with a loving, happy family, and no enemies. So how was

14 | The Zodiac Killer Part 2

2 Jul 13th, 2020 1h 26m

Last time, in the first part of this double episode, I told the story of the disguise-wearing, letter-writing serial killer operating in California’s Bay Area in 1968 and 69, who christened himself Zodiac. His choice of victim changed, as did h

13 | The Zodiac Killer Part 1

2 Jul 1st, 2020 1h 9m

How do you catch a serial killer who picks his victims at random, and whose only motive is to taunt the police? In Part 1 of this 2-part investigation into California’s Zodiac Killer, I’ll present the story of one of the most bizarre yet compel

12 | The Papin Sisters

Jun 22nd, 2020 22m 23s

Two murders. Two sisters. One mind. Journey with me back to the 1930s to examine one of the most grotesque and brutal double slayings in the history of France. This is not for the faint-hearted, because true crime just got even bloodier. Thanks

1 | The S-Bahn Murderer

1 Mar 29th, 2020 41m 27s

In 1939, Germans were reeling from the declaration that their country was at war. But soon, train travellers on the S-Bahn had more to fear than the darkness of the blackout, as a remorseless serial killer stalked the tracks. Don’t forget your

23 | Jack The Ripper Part 3: The Murder Of Annie Chapman

1 Nov 8th, 2020 36m 13s

We’re back for part 3 of this miniseries, so buckle up for a hair-raising, spine-chilling ride as the most famous serial killer of all time claims his second canonical victim… and for the first time, claims his name – Jack The Ripper. We’ll lea

21 | Jack The Ripper Part 1: The Whitechapel Murders

1 Nov 5th, 2020 31m 6s

Jump in a hansom cab and come with me to the foggy, lamplit streets of London’s East End as we embark on this 7 part mini-series on the gruesome murders of arguably the most infamous serial killer of all time… Jack the Ripper. Pack your doss mo

19 | The Enigmatic Murder of Mary Phagan

1 Oct 1st, 2020 54m 51s

Black versus white, North versus South, vigilantes and a deathbed confession. Join me for all this and more as we travel to Atlanta, Georgia in 1913 to learn about the tragic death of 13-year-old factory worker Mary Phagan – one of the most div

18 | Tair Rada: Unsolved and Unjust

Sep 18th, 2020 48m 16s

A school should be a place of learning, somewhere you feel safe. But in 2006, a 13-year-old girl in Israel went to the bathroom and never came back. Is the right man behind bars, or is there a second victim in this tangled case?Thanks for liste

16 | Krystian Bala Runs Amok

1 Aug 14th, 2020 30m 17s

Most murderers try to hide their crimes. But this one wrote a book about it. Join me on a journey to Poland as we learn about the strange case of the failed intellectual, businessman and novelist who brutally killed his ex-wife’s lover in a jea

15 | Roger Dean and the many lives he destroyed

1 Aug 4th, 2020 40m 31s

When Quakers Hill Nursing Home hired a new member of staff without conducting proper background checks, they had no idea of the carnage that would follow, as their night shift nurse Roger Dean became one of the worst mass murderers in Australia

10 | Moses Sithole The South African Strangler

May 31st, 2020 45m 13s

Board a plane with me and fly to one of the most beautiful countries in the world, forever bloodstained by the murders of at least 38 women by the South African Strangler, or, as I call him, the Black Ted Bundy. How did the injustice and brutal

9 | The Monster of Alton who butchered Fanny Adams

May 22nd, 2020 22m 31s

Murder mystery novels would have you believe that crimes only happen in dark, dreary places in the dead of night, but today we’re examining the tragic killing of a young girl in broad daylight on a sunny August afternoon in 1867. How did this h

8 | Marc Lepine Canadian Mass Murderer

May 11th, 2020 47m 18s

In 1989, students at the Ecole Polytechique in Montreal were looking forward to their Christmas break. But the hopes and dreams of 14 ambitious young women were shattered that day by a gunman on an ideologically driven rampage. We’ll pay tribut

7 | The Frankston Serial Killer

1 Apr 29th, 2020 55m 40s

He said he hated women…but then he became one. In this episode, we delve deep into psychology, profiling and gender dysphoria in the case of the Frankston Killer, who terrorised a quiet suburb of Australia in the early 90s but could be released

6 | The Mystery of Mary Rogers

1 Apr 21st, 2020 54m 17s

What do we really know about the poignant death of the girl who inspired one of Edgar Allan Poe’s novels, The Mystery of Marie Roget? Join me in New York in 1838 to investigate the unsolved murder of the enigmatic Mary Rogers, loved by all and

5 | The Bloody Benders and Their Murderous Ways

1 Apr 9th, 2020 34m 4s

The American frontier could be a perilous place, but most stout-hearted travellers were expecting nothing worse than tumbleweed, rattlesnakes and boredom on their long ride. When people started to go missing in the Osage area, suspicion fell on

4 | The Horrific Lake Bodom Murders

Apr 7th, 2020 49m 38s

Pack your tent and sleeping bag, because in this episode we’re going to spend a night on the shores of Lake Bodom, the scene of one of Finland’s most famous unsolved murder cases. But it’s not the rustling leaves or the hoot of an owl that you

3 | The Notorious Ratcliffe Highway Murders

Mar 30th, 2020 19m 54s

The sinister Ratcliffe Highway in South East London was home to violence, prostitution and danger. 7 murders in as many days. Man, woman or child…nobody was safe. Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestio

2 | The Chocolate Cream Killer

1 Mar 29th, 2020 40m 17s

In Victorian Brighton, eating chocolate was about to get dangerous… and it wasn’t just toothache people had to worry about. Triggered by a romantic obsession with her local doctor, vain and conniving Christiana Edmunds masterminded a poisoning

11 | Murder Minis: 5 Bitesized Bloody Tales

Jun 15th, 2020 26m 31s

Today’s episode is in a slightly different format, so let’s go back in time for a whistle-stop tour of 5 Victorian crimes. From mass murder to bodies in boxes and botched hangings, Murder Minis has you covered for 25 minutes of bitesize blood-s

46 | George Smith: The Brides In the Bath Murders

Jan 18th, 2024 31m 17s

It was inevitable that George Joseph Smith would end up in jail one day. The only question was, how long would it take for his cunning crimes to be uncovered? George was a master of deception who swindled a string of lovers out of their life sa

45 | John Walsh: From Axe Murderer to Sandwich Press Killer

Jan 3rd, 2024 19m 2s

When Shelly Walsh dropped her kids off at her dad’s on the evening of 30th June 2008, she had no idea it would be the last time she would ever see her son, daughter, and mother alive. What made an ordinary, loving grandfather in New South Wales

44 | Thomas McMonigle: The Devil's Slide Murder

Dec 14th, 2023 23m 58s

What happened to 14-year-old Thora Chamberlain, who was abducted on the way to watch a school football game one Friday afternoon? The main suspect, who had a cunning ruse and a bold disguise, went on the run across America with the FBI hot on h