The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast

The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast

1 hour 22 minutes

You Deserve A Medal For That!
Rememberance Day - a day where we should each give thanks, respect and thoughts to those who through their sacrifices are why we have the freedoms we do today. To be proud. The countless former and serving members of the Armed Forces who each display the medals that they have earned do so with this in abundance, recognition of such sacrifices and bravery they have each earned.

And yet, there are many people who also do this - but without the commitment, hard work and bravery that it takes to do so, they simply embellish or even act out a fantasy, basking in glory that they have not attained - as you shall come to see here.

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events that some listeners may find offensive or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in.

Music used in this episode: "TheDescent" by KevinMacleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire
- Sea Power - Raising Flags
The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support

References - Assorted articles from the Daily Record, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, The Sun, The Guardian
Walter Mitty Hunters Facebook
Alan Mcilwraith

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At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

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11 November 2024, 3:33 pm
1 hour 16 minutes

Are You Sure You're Legal?
I used to watch a great sci-fi show back in the 90's called The Pretender, about a genius who could become anything he wanted to be, fit into any walk of life, which he used to do to help people. The people we will meet this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast are in no way geniuses though - for some people don't let trivialities such as qualifications or aptitude get in their way - and instead, rely on a bit of shopping, the gift of the gab, and more front than Brighton to get by.

For this time around, we look at some of those pretending to be THIS side of the law.

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events that some listeners may find disturbing and/or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in.

Music used in this episode: "TheDescent" by KevinMacleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Arlo Parks - Black Dog
- Doves - Renegades
The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support

References - Produced upon request.

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6 November 2024, 3:18 pm
1 hour 6 minutes

The Farmer Wants A Better Wife
"E AH A DE OH - The Farmer Wants A Wife" goes the old nursery rhyme. This time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, we head to Hertfordshire and back to 2018, where we will hear the tragic tale of a farmer who, if he could have, would have certainly wanted a better wife.

One who, along with her lover, wanted nothing more than him dead.

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of a sexual nature, that some listeners may find disturbing and/or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in.

Music used in this episode: "TheDescent" by KevinMacleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Shale - Fuzzy Identities
- Death Cab For Cutie - An Arrow In The Wall
The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support

References - Assorted articles available from the BBC News, Daily Mail Online, Mirror Online, The Independent, The Sun, The Guardian, Sky News, Evening Standard, The Telegraph, The Times, Daily Star, Kent Online, The Comet.

Produced upon request.

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Remembering Bill.

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22 October 2024, 3:14 am
1 hour 56 seconds

A Nightmare On May Street
We head to the East Yorkshire city of Hull this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, where one bright April evening in 2016, the resident of number 9 May Street got the shock of her life as she peered into the garden of the neighbouring property.Amongst the various clutter and discarded rubbish in the garden was a duvet.

Out of which, was poking a human leg....

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of injury detail, that some listeners may find disturbing and/or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in.

Music used in this episode: "TheDescent" by KevinMacleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
- Josh Idehen - Mum Does The Washing
The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support

References - Assorted articles available from the Hull Daily Mail, Hull Live, The Mirror Online, BBC News
- Sentencing Remarks
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Remembering Daniel and Matthew.

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14 October 2024, 2:36 am
57 minutes 44 seconds

Blood Feud
If a person makes an enemy, the chances are that the circumstances or events that has led to such a thing will not extend further than a series of harsh words exchanged, occasionally a physical confrontation, and a years long, perhaps lifelong dislike of that person. This time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, we head to Liverpool and back to 2008 for a tale of a feud that festered over years, and led to the most horrific and tragic of circumstances.

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of injury detail, that some listeners may find disturbing and/or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in.

Music used in this episode: "TheDescent" by KevinMacleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an AttributionLicence(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Declan Mckenna - British Bombs
- The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support

References - assorted articles from BBC News; Liverpool Echo, Chester Live. "Underworld UK. Women Who Kill" (Vanessa Howard, 2010) - pp 127-150

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Remembering Rachel. This episode is dedicated to her.

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7 October 2024, 5:00 am
1 hour 15 seconds

Man With A Past
Evil, once it is inside a person, never really goes away - it may remain dormant for many years, but it is always there. To the horror of a Peterborough family back in 2018, the evil that was dormant in one such individual stirred with the most horrific of consequences - at the same time, reactivating the nightmare that a Derbyshire family had spent almost four decades trying to deal with.

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving a vulnerable adult and a child, and including descriptions of injury detail, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.

Music used in this episode: "TheDescent" by KevinMacleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an AttributionLicence(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Playlist Tracks
- Downset - Anger
- Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support

References - Produced upon request, but available via:
- Assorted articles available via the British Newspaper Archive
- BBC News
- Newspapers.com
- The Free Library
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Remembering Lorraine and Faye. This episode is dedicated to them.

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23 September 2024, 5:00 am
1 hour 25 minutes

Text "M" For Murder

Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 classic Dial M For Murder is a celebrated work that has been remade for both the big and small screen, and the stage, and which concerns the tale of a cheating wife, a scheming husband, and an elaborate murder plot.

In 2007, a court in South Wales was to hear it's very own version, and just how life imitated art...

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of a sexual nature, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.

Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from and used under an Attribution Licence ()

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20 August 2024, 3:49 am
1 hour 16 minutes

Killer In Uniform

There are countless memorials to the brave personnel of the Armed Forces scattered around the UK, but one of these, in Surrey, contains the names of several service personnel whose military service is overshadowed by one thing - the execution each faced for the heinous crimes they committed, not as an act of war, but as a case of murder. This time around, I bring you the tales of two of these.

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening. There is also a racial slur used within the episode, and it should be stated categorically that the use of this does not reflect the views of myself or the show, it is featured merely because it is relevant to the tale in question.

Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from and used under an Attribution Licence ()

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11 August 2024, 5:57 am
1 hour 33 minutes

The Girl In The Ground - Part 2

Concluding the horrifying and tragic story of 10 year old Ursula Herrmann this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, the girl snatched whilst cycling home in Germany in 1981, only to be found 17 days later in the most nightmarish of circumstances. Though it was to take almost 27 years, in 2008 the wheels of justice finally began to turn for Ursula and her family.

Except that once they had, the case became perhaps more controversial than it was before - with no one feeling this more strongly than Ursula's family.

Concluding a tale you'll never forget.

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving a child, and including a description of animal cruelty, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.

Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from and used under an Attribution Licence ()

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28 July 2024, 6:03 am
1 hour 7 minutes

The Girl In The Ground - Part 1

It was supposed to be a simple 10 minute cycle ride home, like she had done countless times before that late September evening of 1981 - but it was never to be. This time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, in the first of a two part story, I venture in a first for the show outside of the UK and Ireland and head to Germany, where I bring you the tragic story of 10 year old Ursula Herrmann.

It's a tale you won't believe...

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving a child, and including a description of animal cruelty, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.

Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from and used under an Attribution Licence ()

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21 July 2024, 6:00 am
1 hour 24 minutes

Last Ride.

Hitchhiking brings with it countless dangers, as we have seen on screen countless times and with the exploits of killers such as the West's, but for many years it was a commonplace thing to do, the dangers not thought about, merely the destination.
In the winter of 1995, one such hitcher, a 19 year old French student named Celine Figard, accepted a ride that she was sadly, never to finish.

Her last ride.

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving descriptions of injury detail, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.

Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from and used under an Attribution Licence ()

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13 July 2024, 10:49 am
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