Twisted Britain

Twisted Britain

A fortnightly podcast about UK true crime with a touch of the weird and the macabre. Hosted by Bob and Ali sat in The Settle Inn in Stirling, they take it week about to tell each other a criminal tale from British history, expect weird tales, dodgy history lessons oh and there's always someone drinking in the background!

Episodes

April 6, 2024 63 mins
This week on Twisted Britain, we have the second of the Crumbles Murders, Emily Kaye was attaked and murdered by her lover Patrick Mahon
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This week on twisted Britain we hear about the savage and unessesary murder of Irene Munro, killed for nothing more than her holiday money.
This is the first of 2 episodes set in the crumbles area of Eastbourne


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March 12, 2024 65 mins
Here is the audio from the True Crime Round Table that we had the pleasure of doing with Adam for Uk True Crime, Mike from Murder mile, and Paul from The True Crime Enthusiast, its a lot of chat and a lot of fun with a bit of nonsense we hope  you enjoy 

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March 7, 2024 48 mins
This week on Twisted Britain Bob tells about the very tragic murder of June Anne Devaney, a nearly 4 year old girl abducted from her hospital bed in the 1940s, but we try to focus on the excellent police response including the cirst ever mass fingerprinting


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This week on Twisted Britain we have a special episode for you, Ali decided to run a quiz and get us drunk in the same episode.

So Allow us to present the first ever Twisted Whisky quiz, Ali has some weird laws to quiz Bob on and whilst they do that he treats bob to some rather nice whisky.

It’s more of a ramble than normal but it’s a wee bit of fun!?

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February 13, 2024 58 mins
This time on Twisted Britain, Ali tells us of the Hammersmith Ghost murder ( and Bob loves ghost stories!) its one he heard of through a family friend who is a decentdent of the victim

This is our first attempt at a distance recording sothe sound is not as good as normal
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December 21, 2023 49 mins
This week on Twisted Britain Ali tells us the horrible tale of the death of Anne Naylor a 14 year old who died at the hands of her employer

Merry Christmas everyone!

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This week on Twisted Britain Bob tells us about Caroline Luard, The seal Chart Murder, this is a long standing cold case in the UK where noone has ever been found guilty of Carolines murder, Bob and Ali also discuss thier thoughts on is it possible to solve these historic cases

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November 24, 2023 74 mins
This week on Twisted Britain Ali tells us of the very sad murder of 5 year old William Starchfield, whoes body was found on a London train in 1914, but not only do ŵ look at this case but we introduce the first ever Metasode, a podcast with in a podcast
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November 10, 2023 59 mins
This week on Twisted Britain, Bob follows up on Alis Liverpool poisoners with another female poisoner for the Liverpool area only a few years later Florence Maybrick, was she a poisoner or was she the victim of a misogynistic court system

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This week on Twisted Britain Ali tells us of 2 Irish sisters living in liverpool in the late 1800s, a pair of poisonners, but was that it or was there a deeper conspiracy going on here

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As Ali in rance (apparently for the last time!) The wonderful hosts of Crimepedia, Morgan and Cherry have joined Bob over the interweb for a speacial recording this week.

Bob tells Cherry and Morgan about some pirates with a twist! Mary Read, was a bad ass pirate but did the crew know her real identity.

And then....... Morgan blows the socks off the oldest case and possibly the weirest one too! A Cross tried for murder!

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Something a bit different this week

During our trip to CrimeCon London back in June, we got to sit down with some of our favorite podcast friends to discuss all things podcasting, all while enjoying some pints. If you haven't yet done so, please make sure to check out these great podcasts:
  • Crimepedia (Morgzan and Cherry)
  • True Consequnces (Eric Carter-Ladin)
  • Seeing Red (Mark and Bethan)
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August 29, 2023 57 mins
This week on Twisted Britain Bob tells us a Tale of shipwreck, a curse and a family dating back to before the Norman conquest.
The Tichbourne Claimnet was a man who came from out of the blue 11 years after a shipwreck to claim the right to a family estate. But was it all a lie? (Yep)

Thanks from bob and Ali for listening
Thank you, Love you, Bye
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August 21, 2023 48 mins
This week on twisted Britain Ali takes some time to look at a few different witch stories he has come across during his readings
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This week on twisted Britain Bob tells us about TheRatcliffe highway murders, the attack on 2 families In 1811 in the East end of London. The attacks left 7 people dead in weeks. But was the right Man charged

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June 25, 2023 59 mins
This week on twisted Britain Ali tells us about another poisoning case Herbert rouse Armstrong Better known as the dandelion killer, was a lawyer found guilty of murder.... the only one in British history '
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This is a special episode giving a round up of crime Con 2023, we are joined from Chicago airport by Morgan from crimepedia so the line is a bit loud at times but it's fun anyways!!!
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June 9, 2023 59 mins
Another man they couldn't hang. Although this time Joseph Samuel was in the penal colonies of Australia.
After being arrested when he was 14 he was sent to Sydney where you would think he would change his ways, alas no but what happened the day he was supposed to hang?
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June 1, 2023 65 mins
This week on Twisted Britain we release an episode we recorded a while ago, but for some reason got missed out..... Ali will not be happy as he tells us the story of one of his faorite people! Thomas Cochrane the 10th Earl of Dundonald, and his place in history...... dont worry crime is coming!

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