UK True Crime Podcast

UK True Crime Podcast

The weekly UK True Crime Podcast, hosted by Adam, is the home of UK True Crime. With a brand new episode every Tuesday since 2016, it is where you discover a wide variety of lesser known UK cases and find new perspectives and insight on stories you may already know. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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March 25, 2025 27 mins

It was just a normal evening as Sophie and Robert walked home after meeting friends. They stopped in the park to chat with some people they had met in the petrol station, but quickly the mood changed, and Robert and Sophie were subjected to the most terrible violence. The shocking events of the next few minutes would change so many lives forever.


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The bonus episode today, is the third of my regular monthly conversations with my good friend Stuart, the host of the British Murders Podcast.


Once again, we sat down to chat about local, national and international crimes which have really made an impression with us. We discussed:


  • Dog walker, 74, sexually assaulted woman on dark Fife street
  • Thief jailed for life for Amazon driver's murder
  • Mike Amesbury writes to Chancellor ...
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March 18, 2025 24 mins

Richard Sherratt was a father of three children, and a successful property developer. When he was found dead in his home in Bridgnorth, it was clear that he had been murdered. But his family, friends, and those he had dealt with in business had nothing but the highest praise for him. So just who had killed Richard? And why?


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March 10, 2025 28 mins



It was the start of the holidays as the two yound girls ran down to the beach, enjoying their freedom. Following heavy rain the evening before, the girls were enjoying a dry, sunny morning on the coast. One of the girls spotted something amongst the flotsam, near the high tide mark. As young children would, they curiously approached the mysterious object hidden in the debris. A black plastic bag lay out before them, clearly...

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March 3, 2025 25 mins

Life was good for two doctors, Jeremy and Julia Wright, and their four children at their home in Surrey. But then there was an affair, and Jeremy left the family home, devastating Julia who was desperate for him to come home. But nobody could have predicted the lengths Julia would go to as she tried to bring her family back together again...


Writing Credit: Chris Wood

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February 24, 2025 30 mins

Like so many before her, Sophie Lionnet, from Troyes in north-east France, had moved to the UK to improve her English, and she took up a job as an au pair in south-west London. At first all was good and she made many friends. But then the toxic nature of the couple who employed her led to her life becoming a total nightmare. Sabrina Kouider and Ouissem Medouni put Sophie through an experience of utter terror, which ended in the mos...

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The bonus episode today, is the second of my monthly conversations with my good friend Stuart, the host of the British Murders Podcast.


Once again, we sat down to chat about local, national and international crimes which have really made an impression with us. I hope you find it of interest and let me know what you would like us to discuss in the March episode.


Look out for the normal weekly episode on Tuesday.


Find out mo...

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February 17, 2025 27 mins

He was a promising young trader and Kweku Adoboli seemed destined for greatness in the world of finance. A rising star at Swiss bank UBS, his future was limitless. But in September 2011, the world would learn his name for a far darker reason. In a bombshell email, Adoboli confessed to something almost unimaginable: gambling away £1.4 billion of his employer’s money in a series of unauthorized trades that would become one of the big...

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February 10, 2025 29 mins

This episode comes from Coventry where thirty year old Thomas Coleman was taking a horticultural course to get the experience needed for a permanent job. There he met a man ten years his junior, Robert Green who was on the same course. The pair struck up a friendship of sorts, although the two men were markedly different people. For instance, Robert Green sported a satanic symbol tattooed across his forehead whilst Thomas Coleman p...

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I really enjoyed spending half an hour with one of the most talented true crime creators out there, Grace Cordell. We talked all things true crime, podcasting, YouTube, horror films and much more.


As well as producing the successful REDRUM True Crime Podcast and YouTube Channel, Grace is an actress - you can see her in two films in 2025 - and also has a cookie business. All the links are below.


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February 3, 2025 29 mins

It was 9.50 am when paramedics rushed to Queenswood Avenue in Bournemouth after a 999 call from Anita Turner. In a calm tone, she had told the call handler: “My son’s friend is staying with us. This morning I tried to wake both of them up but the girl didn’t wake up. I can’t wake her up.” The ‘friend’ she was referring to was her son’s girlfriend of the past few months, seventeen-year-old Emily Longley. Why had a seemingly fit...

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January 28, 2025 25 mins

Christian Thornton was the landlord of the Hammer & Pincers pub, in Widnes in the north-west of England, and a very popular landlord he was too, who was very popular and worked closely with the many charities in the community. He didn’t take any nonsense but he was a kind, good-humoured man who took his responsibilities as a landlord seriously. He had run the popular pub with his wife for 16 years and as well as their business,...

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In this special bonus episode, I sat down to chat for Tanita. We have known each other for a few years and I am always interested in Tanita's career making true crime documentaries. Now she has just released her first true crime book, this seemed the right time to interview Tanita about writing a book and the future of true crime tv. Look out for my usual weekly episode on Tuesday.


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January 21, 2025 26 mins


Tina Casey left the family home in the Isle of Man to live in the north-east of England, in a pretty village just north of Newcastle. She and her partner had a baby and were so grateful for the support of his mum, who Tina described as her 'rock'. But when the relationship with her partner broke down and Tina spoke about returning to the Isle of Man, events took a sinister, and ultimately tragic, turn.


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The bonus episode today, is the start of a regular monthly series with my good friend Stuart, the host of the British Murders Podcast.


Each month, we will sit down to chat about local, national and international crimes which have rally made an impression with us. I hope you enjoy and let me know what you would like us to discuss in the February episode.



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January 14, 2025 25 mins

It was 4.20 am when the emergency services were called. By then, the fire at the house in Wakefield had really taken hold with intense heat, thick smoke and flames as neighbours desperately tried to help the family of four escape from their home. Tragically, two people lost their lives in the dreadful fire and very soon, it was clear that this was no accident. Someone had deliberately set fire to the house. But who? And why?


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January 7, 2025 27 mins

It was just a normal night. Oliver Dearlove had been catching up with friends from Portsmouth University in Blackheath, south London, and they had enjoyed a great day out with drinks, food and lots of laughs. As they headed towards the taxi rank just after midnight, they got chatting to some women outside a nearby local club. And then came the random moment that would destroy so many lives forever....


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December 30, 2024 25 mins

The episode this week is from Gloucester where, in 1977, Hilary Gergest was killed in in the same room as her three children - a man was sent to prison for this crime. In the story today, we pick up the story of her daughter Clare, who also lived in Gloucester, through to her tragic death.


Writing Credit:

Chris Wood

You can buy Chris's second book, 'Death in the Theatre' here: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Theatre-Chris-Wood/d...

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December 23, 2024 31 mins

All Saints Church in Didcot has witnessed many changes and happy times since 1160. Of course, many funerals and sad times too. But it is hard to believe it had seen any sadder occasions than when a body was discovered in an established grave in the graveyard which had recently been disturbed. That body was soon confirmed as being missing 17 year old Jayden Parkinson. Just what had happened to Jayden?


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December 16, 2024 32 mins

Essex Police was the police force that first realised that a serial sexual attacker was on the loose following three attacks in the Southend area. But as the number of attacks in other locations continued to increase, the inquiry became nationwide and was managed by the Met. By the time they made an appeal on Crimewatch, at least 22 attacks by just one man had been reported - in addition to all the others of which the police were u...

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