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The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast

Always True Crime

300 episodes · Explicit

Welcome to The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, which started off life as a weekly written blog in 2016, and soon 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 worldwide - 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 on truecrimeenthusiast@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)

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  1. From The Archives - Strange Deaths

    · 1 h 11 min · S11 E4 · Explicit

    Death can be a very strange thing indeed - from death by doughnut to the bus driver who couldn't tell an antelope from a human being, via ghastly tales of the occult, cannibalism and extreme reasons for murder - from…

  2. The Defiler - Part 3: A Monster On Trial

    · 1 h 16 min · S11 E3 · Explicit

    Concluding Series 11's opening tale, and in November 2021, David Fuller stood in the dock of Maidstone Crown Court to face trial for the murders of Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce back in 1987, the Tunbridge Wells…

  3. The Defiler - Part 2: A Monster Unmasked

    · 1 h 10 min · S11 E2 · Explicit

    Continuing the opening story of Series 11, and by 2007, the then 20 year cold cases of Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce, the Tunbridge Wells 'Bedsit' murders, had been definitively linked by DNA as being the work of the…

  4. The Defiler - Part 1: The Beast Of The Bedsit

    · 1 h 13 min · S11 E1 · Explicit

    It is great to be back for a brand new series of The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, and I begin Series 11 with at first, a case that I covered before the podcast was even a podcast, when it was a simple blog. Back in…

  5. Introducing - Rough Diamond

    · 29 min · Trailer

    This is episode one of Rough Diamond, the new investigative series from Always True Crime. It starts in the 1960s, when London was in the grips of a crime spree…rare diamonds are being stolen. The latest is the Colenso…

  6. Judge, Jury - And Executioner

    · 1 h 32 min · S10 E50 · Explicit

    The feature-length Series 10 finale of The True Crime Enthusiast brings with it an almost surreal tale of abuse, murder, dismemberment, imprisonment, appeal, acquittal, mental illness, misguided revenge - and something…

  7. Voices - Part 2

    · 1 h 12 min · S10 E49 · Explicit

    Concluding here the story of Jason John Mitchell, who had, by 1994, been hearing voices constantly talking to him, in the second or third person, about his personal habits, the TV programmes he watched, the literature…

  8. Voices - Part 1

    · 1 h 09 min · S10 E48 · Explicit

    What if you heard voices constantly talking to you, referring to you in the second or third person? Talking about your personal habits, the TV programmes you watch, your choice of literature? Voices that are as real as…

  9. The Time They Fingerprinted A Town

    · 1 h 14 min · S10 E47 · Explicit

    It was a daunting sounding task that had never before been attempted - the fingerprinting of every male in one of the largest towns in the UK. But back in May 1948, the murder of three year old June Anne Devaney had…

  10. An Austrian Double

    · 1 h 10 min · S10 E46 · Explicit

    We venture away from the UK this time around on the Enthusiast, and head to the European alpine country of Austria, where alongside the classical music, sports and culture that it is most famous for, I bring two cases…

  11. The Curse Of The Cup - Part 2: When Pickles Got FIFA Out Of A Pickle..

    · 59 min · S10 E45 · Explicit

    Football fans from the UK - and across the world - held their breath for a week in March 1966 when the Jules Rimet trophy, more commonly known as the World Cup - was stolen from an exhibition in Westminster, where it…

  12. The Curse Of The Cup - Part 1: Jules Rimet's Still - Missing!

    · 56 min · S10 E44

    Some people can't wait for it to finish, some people perhaps never want it to end, but we have upon us the culmination of the 2026 World Cup. It's a tournament that has seen unlikely heroes, tears and controversy, and…

  13. A Sense Of Entitlement

    · 1 h 14 min · S10 E43 · Explicit

    A gift of £100,000 to buy a house, and £1,000 living allowance a month. The stuff the majority of us can only dream of, isn't it? But it's never enough for some, and combine this with deep-seated hatred, misconceived…

  14. The Murder On Monkey Hill

    · 1 h 15 min · S10 E42 · Explicit

    We head back to May 2010 and to the area of Wishaw, near Glasgow in North Lanarkshire for the tale this time around. It was the hottest weekend of that year so far, and an off-road motorcyclist named Stuart Bell was…

  15. Firestarter

    · 1 h 17 min · S10 E41 · Explicit

    You should be able to leave your children for a sleepover, safe as houses, with someone who loves them so deeply she calls them her 'kidlets', shouldn't you? Lee-Anna Spiers and her partner Liam Timbrell had done just…

  16. Undressing - Undressing - Jack The Stripper

    · 1 h 31 min · Bonus

    He's the London serial killer you may never have even known existed - from the late 1950's to the mid 1960's, West London was shocked by the deaths of several sex workers, who were found stripped, strangled, and their…

  17. Undressing 'Jack The Stripper' - Part 4

    · 1 h 07 min · S10 E40

    He's the London serial killer you may never have even known existed - from the late 1950's to the mid 1960's, West London was shocked by the deaths of several sex workers, who were found stripped, strangled, and their…

  18. Undressing 'Jack The Stripper' - Part 3

    · 1 h 14 min · S10 E39 · Explicit

    He's the London serial killer you may never have even known existed - from the late 1950's to the mid 1960's, West London was shocked by the deaths of several sex workers, who were found stripped, strangled, and their…

  19. Undressing 'Jack The Stripper' - Part 2

    · 1 h 14 min · S10 E38 · Explicit

    He's the London serial killer you may never have even knew existed - from the late 1950's to the mid 1960's, West London was shocked by the deaths of several sex workers, stripped, strangled, and their bodies dumped…

  20. Undressing 'Jack The Stripper' - Part 1

    · 1 h 17 min · S10 E37 · Explicit

    He's the London serial killer you may never have even knew existed - from the late 1950's to the mid 1960's, West London was shocked by the deaths of several sex workers, stripped, strangled, and their bodies dumped…

  21. Cold Water

    · 1 h 08 min · S10 E36 · Explicit

    Open water is, for many people, their greatest fear, and being trapped within it must be terrifying - especially if you cannot swim to safety, to face your final, mortal moments like that. On a freezing cold March…

  22. The 'Werewolf' Of Tibnin Bridge

    · 1 h 11 min · S10 E35 · Explicit

    The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, has since its establishment in 1978 assisted Lebanese forces along the country's border with Israel to maintain peace, security, and ensure humanitarian access.…

  23. The Man Who Touched Muscles

    · 1 h 19 min · S10 E34 · Explicit

    He was for many years a folk devil, almost an apparition, whispered about in playgrounds and used as a threat by parents, in the North West of England anyway, to make their chldren behave - 'Purple Aki's gonna get…

  24. Introducing - Paranormia

    · 35 min · Trailer

    I'm thrilled to today be sharing an episode with you from a sister True Crime podcast of the Enthusiast from the Always True Crime Network - Paranormia. Join host Elizabeth McCaffrey as she takes us back to the late…

  25. Failings

    · 1 h 16 min · S10 E33 · Explicit

    The Justice and Mental Health services in the UK are, as much as they are supposed to for the benefit of the patient concerned, supposed to act dilligently and communicatively in the best interests of the wider public…

  26. Best Laid Plans - Part 4

    · 1 h 00 min · S10 E32 · Explicit

    I bring the Best Laid Plans story to a conclusion this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast, where we hear the outcome of the trial of Arkan Ali, Aram Kurd and Hawkar Hassan over the explosion which killed Mary,…

  27. Best Laid Plans - Part 3

    · 54 min · S10 E31 · Explicit

    It is unamaginable losing a family member in an explosion - let alone three family members - nut in November 2018, that is exactly what Leicester Crown Court heard had happened back in February of that year - as the…

  28. Best Laid Plans - Part 2

    · 51 min · S10 E30 · Explicit

    The horrific explosion in Leicester, on 25th February 2018, which claimed the lives of five people, would have been terrible enough were it a tragic accident - but, what made it much worse, more inhumane, is that by…

  29. Best Laid Plans - Part 1

    · 57 min · S10 E29 · Explicit

    The quiet evening of Sunday 25th February 2018 in the Hinckley Road area of the city of Leicester was an unremarkable one - it was a cold night, and families were at home, glad to be in in the warmth. That quiet was…

  30. Death Is In The Air

    · 1 h 17 min · S10 E28 · Explicit

    Love is supposed to be in the air on Valentine’s Day — roses, proposals, appreciation and hearts everywhere you look. It’s supposed to be the most romantic day of the year – but for some people, in the accounts I bring…

  31. The Luck Of The Irish:

    · 1 h 10 min · S10 E27 · Explicit

    Up to the mid 1960’s, capital punishment was in force in the UK for the crime of murder, and many a soul watched in fear as the presiding judge placed the black cap onto his or her head, and pronounced sentence of…

  32. Death Comes To Derlwyn Farm

    · 1 h 05 min · S10 E26 · Explicit

    We head back to the 1950’s, and to rural West Wales this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, where I bring you an account of a couple who mysteriously disappeared one Friday October evening. Throw in…

  33. New Year's Evil - A Killer Downstairs

    · 42 min · S10 E25 · Explicit

    I round off this Horrors Over The Holidays selection of tales with a senseless story from New Year's Day in 2020, for which we head to the Stockbridge Village area of Merseyside, and for a discovery that no daughter…

  34. New Year's Evil - Firestarter

    · 48 min · S10 E24 · Explicit

    The Hogmanay Party had been a great success, and returning to his parents home in Milngavie, in East Dunbartonshire, all then 23 year old Cameron Logan and his girlfriend, 25 year old Rebecca Williams could think about…

  35. New Year's Evil - A Tale Of Two Brothers

    · 32 min · S10 E23 · Explicit

    The Horrors Over The Holidays: New Year’s Evil this time around takes us back to New Years Eve 2013, and down to the county of Hampshire, to the start of what was planned to be a very ordinary New Year’s Eve party. By…

  36. New Years Evil - Horror On The Seafront

    · 32 min · S10 E22 · Explicit

    Sticking with this Horrors Over The Holidays season of daily tales, I now move onto those tales that take place over the turn of the year, beginning with a tale from North Wales from the early 1990's, and a night of…

  37. Horrors Over The Holidays - The Tale Of Jake And Chloe:

    · 49 min · S10 E21 · Explicit

    This time around, for the last of the Horrors Over The Holidays to take place this year over the Christmas period, I bring perhaps the most tragic of these tales - the truly awful circumstances that two families lost…

  38. Horrors Over The Holidays - Can A House Be Cursed?

    · 51 min · S10 E20 · Explicit

    We head back to the Christmas of 1972 for this Horrors Over The Holidays episode, where I account a strange, yet tragic story in which the question is posed - can a house be jinxed, do you think? Or are there more…

  39. Horrors Over The Holidays - Alan's Story

    · 38 min · S10 E19 · Explicit

    The only unsolved tale of this Horrors Over The Holidays season I have curated drops here with a tale of tragedy, cruelty, and an account of a truly horrific ordeal from Christmas 1995 where we meet a 'gentle giant'…

  40. Horrors Over The Holidays - Kirsty

    · 31 min · S10 E18 · Explicit

    The Horrors Over The Holidays season continues here with a tale from Christmas 2021 that highlights just how evil, violence and tragedy don't take a Christmas break at all.... The episode contains details and…

  41. Horrors Over The Holidays - A Christmas Interrupted

    · 33 min · S10 E17 · Explicit

    I bring a selection of tales of Horrors Over The Holidays this festive season, each day bringing a different tale, and beginning here with the tale of how on Christmas Day 1976, one family in Hull got the worst, and…

  42. Patrick Mackay: The Two Sides Of A Psychopath - Bonus Chat

    · 1 h 24 min · Bonus · Explicit

    Psychopath - The Two Sides Of Patrick Mackay, my collaboration with Mike from the fabulous Murder Mile, is now out in its full 10 parts. A few weeks ago, having finished it, me and Mike managed to sit down and discuss…

  43. Patrick Mackay: The Two Sides Of A Psychopath - Part 4

    · 1 h 03 min · S10 E16 · Explicit

    My final offering of Psychopath: The Two Sides Of Patrick Mackay comes this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, where I bring my side of the tale full circle, and account Mackay's 1975 trial for the…

  44. Patrick Mackay: The Two Sides Of A Psychopath - Part 3

    · 1 h 21 min · S10 E15 · Explicit

    In the penultimate episode of my contribution to the ten part crossover series that myself and my friend Mike of the Murder Mile Podcast have joined forces to bring you, the two sides to the psychopath that is Patrick…

  45. Patrick Mackay: The Two Sides Of A Psychopath - Part 2

    · 1 h 11 min · S10 E14 · Explicit

    Continuing the ten part crossover series that myself and my friend Mike of the Murder Mile Podcast have joined forces to bring you, the two sides to the psychopath that is Patrick Mackay, last time on the Enthusiast we…

  46. Patrick Mackay: The Two Sides Of A Psychopath - Part 1

    · 57 min · S10 E13 · Explicit

    One of Britain’s most infamous serial killers is a man you may never have heard of, he's spent fifty years behind bars, holding the distinction of being Britain’s longest serving continual prisoner, and has been…

  47. Trailer - Patrick Mackay - Two Sides Of A Psychopath

    · 1:51 · Trailer

    One of Britain’s most infamous serial killers is a man you may never have heard of, he's spent more than fifty years behind bars, he may never be released, and holds the distinction of being Britain’s longest serving…

  48. Manhunt Across The Midlands

    · 1 h 12 min · S10 E12 · Explicit

    2020 was a dark year for all of us, with the COVID pandemic in full force, but for two Midlands families in particular, and the lives of so many others, 2020 holds an extra dark reminder for them. This time around on…

  49. The Horrors Belief Can Bring

    · 1 h 15 min · S10 E11 · Explicit

    We head out of the UK for this time around on TTCEP, firstly to Belgium, and then to the Canary Island of Tenerife for two accounts of pure Gothic horror that I’m sure once you’ve heard them – you will never forget…

  50. Birthday Bonus Tale - More Snippets Of The Strange And Stupid

    · 1 h 19 min · Bonus

    As a massive thank you for getting the show into it's 9th year now, on it's birthday, I'd love to share an episode from the show's back catalogue just to say thank you - you each are the reason I'm at this point with…

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