UK True Crime Podcast

It was a dark, winters morning as the 10 men group carried out maintenance on the railway line near Tebay. The men wore their safety helmets to block out the noise of their machinery and there was no look-out as the line was closed in both directions. So when the 20 tonne wagon came hurtling down the track towards them at 40 miles per hour it was completely unexpected. As one fellow worker put it, "This was the worst nightmare for any rail man - an un-manned wagon coming straight at you out of the pitch darkness." Four men were killed instantly that morning and others injured in the tragedy. Today, I tell their story.Sourceshttps://www.constructionnews.co.uk/archive/tebay-tragedy-court-session-24-03-2005/https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/5856470.rail-tragedy-victim-had-made-complaint/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7155039.sabotaged-rail-wagon-killed-four-court-told/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/he-cut-costs-four-men-died-574429http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4816206.stmhttps://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/you-never-said-sorry-greedy-2897271https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/4886375https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7000299.rail-men-killed-20-tonnes-death/https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/675301.tebay-rail-workers-deny-manslaughter/https://www.commercialmotor.com/news/compliance/man-convicted-manslaughter-refused-o-licence?page=6https://morningstaronline.co.uk/a-b665-rail-union-marks-loss-of-workers-at-tebay-1https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/709471.tebay-rail-disaster-pair-jailed/https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/cowboy-operator-rhyl-convicted-manslaughter-12426689https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/rail-contractor-blamed-everyone-himself-2900167#http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4802584.stm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When at about 10.45pm the 999 call came through, the operator could never have known it was one they would never forget. The man was 29 year old Stephen Carson from Belfast who was calling from his downstairs toilet. He said: "Hurry up please, there are two people in my house trying to get me. Quick, quick, hurry up." Then there was silence.......Sourceshttps://belfastmedia.com/killers-of-stephen-carson-involved-in-city-extortion-racketshttps://www.judiciaryni.uk/sites/judiciary/files/decisions/Summary%20of%20judgment%20-%20R%20v%20David%20Smith%20Michael%20Smith%20and%20Francis%20Smith.pdfhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/stephen-carson-murder-three-convicted-13558503https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+thought+he+might+have+got+out+the+back+door+..he+didn%27t-a0557832241https://www.qradio.com/belfast/news/q-radio-local-news/two-cousins-each-handed-minimum-20-year-sentence-for-murder-of-stephen-carson/https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/fiancee-man-shot-dead-breaks-13404914https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/murder-victim-stephen-carsons-final-15259206https://belfastmedia.com/renegade-gang-member-shot-dead-young-dadhttps://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/09/10/news/pizza-delivery-driver-kieran-mcmanus-knew-he-was-getting-shot-after-hearing-sinister-greeting-1707918/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/kieran-mcmanus-murder-weapon-not-conclusively-linked-to-previous-shooting-38489764.htmlhttps://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/national-news/17907847.family-delivery-driver-shot-dead-belfast-keep-fighting-justice/https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/stephen-carson-murder-trial-jury-urged-consider-all-evidence-226823https://www.judiciaryni.uk/sites/judiciary/files/decisions/Summary%20of%20judgment%20-%20R%20v%20David%20Smith%20Michael%20Smith%20and%20Francis%20Smith.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Harry was found downstairs in the utility room. He had been shot once, through the back, piercing his heart and killing him almost instantly. Nicola was upstairs in the main bedroom. She had been shot 4 times, three times down stairs, and a further shot as she had made her way into the bedroom, presumably to escape. The killer had placed the duvet over her head before carrying out the final fatal shot.Just who had killed this young couple in their own home in East Sussex? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was late on a Thursday evening when neighbours heard the alarm and called the Fire Brigade, who arrived and made the terrible discovery of a dead body in the flat. This person was soon identified as 29 year old Andrea Waddell, but just who would have any motive to kill such a kind and gentle person as Andrea?Sourceshttps://www.ornaverum.org/family/waddell-andrea/tribute-from-nick.htmlhttps://www.scotsman.com/news/prostitutes-killer-found-guilty-earlier-rape-1699023https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/prostitute-murder-accused-appeared-subdued-1971117.htmlhttps://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8195492.man-denies-harming-brighton-sex-worker/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8316829.stmhttps://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8269147.man-convicted-of-brighton-murder-claims-he-was-jailed-for-being-scottish/https://birdofparadox.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/andrea-waddell-murder-trial-update-13-may-2010/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8673249.stm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Southport Sailing Club, like many others around the UK, is a fun place to be a member where people enjoy the sailing and the social side which comes as part of the club. But in the story this week, Paul Longworth - the Commodore of the club - is increasingly cruel to his wife Tina, and openly nasty about her at the sailing club and with friends at work. On the day he celebrated his 37th birthday at the sailing club, Tina was found dead at their home, she was just 29. Had Tina taken her own life?Sourceshttps://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/20-years-on-mersey-sailing-12427769https://www.independent.co.uk/news/yachtsman-gets-life-for-killing-wife-and-faking-suicide-1147093.htmlhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/YOU%27RE+A+WICKED+LYING+MURDERER%3B+Commodore+gets+life+over+fake+suicide.-a060692827https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i-found-out-dad-murdered-mum-153936https://dvmemorial.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/tina-longworth/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+BEGGED+MURDERED+TINA+TO+LEAVE+HER+VICIOUS+HUSBAND%3B+Lover%27s...-a060643818 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Affairs often ruin lives and destroy families, but when the affair is between a man and his daughter-in-law, the mother of his grandchild, the feelings naturally run very deep. And this is the case in the story today from Stowmarket, near Ipswich in the east of England. But as the family tried to come to terms with what had happened, they were rocked again by the most shocking events.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who do you trust in life - who do you really trust? If you are a small business you have to trust your bank which funds you as you grow. But in this episode of the UK True Crime, we look at a Senior Banker who treated small business owners with utter contempt, using them to fund his lifestyle of sex parties and foreign holidays as hard working business owners lost all they had worked so hard to achieve....Sourceshttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sex-lies-and-hbos-gjmrfbnzv                                       https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/30/cash-cruises-sex-parties-hbos-manager-lynden-scourfieldhttps://www.honeycombpsg.com/the-wolf-of-hbos/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4183510/HBOS-banker-jailed-11-years-1bn-fraud.htmlhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-49727008 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the Uk true Crime podcast heads to a gang dispute in the north-west of London. A normal Saturday evening for 18 year old Jason Isaacs and his friends turns into absolute horror as they are chased by masked men on mopeds and wearing balaclavas. When the group is separated, Jason is brutally stabbed by the cowardly gang members...Sourceshttps://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/jason-isaacs-murder-drill-rapper-who-stabbed-teenager-to-death-in-moped-ambush-is-jailed-for-life-a4153076.htmlhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gang-member-who-murdered-rival-16213543https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/jason-isaacs-murder-full-story-16147930https://totalcrime.co.uk/archives-all-chris-summers-totalcrime-stories-since-2013/https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16380759/drill-music-sons-murdered-epidemic/https://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/17669411.youth-18-given-20-years-murder-jason-isaacs-northolt/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All murder cases are dreadful, with the effects rippling widely, sometimes for generations. But today, from rural Derbyshire, I cover one of those stories almost impossible to comprehend. A random murder and more than this, a murder seemingly just for fun....Sourceshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1291093/Murderer-Colin-Cheethams-chilling-photo-album.htmlhttp://www.taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12285&start=40          https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jun/30/gun-fanatic-colin-cheethamhttp://johnhalley.uk/Death%20-%20Stuart%20Ludlam.htmhttps://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11586644/gun-fanatic-killed-innocent-taxi-driver-dies-jail/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/murdered-taxi-driver-stuart-ludlam-may-have-been-victim-of-feud-wmxdzqjtfnf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So how many times have you been on public transport and somebody is behaving badly near you? Has it made you anxious, concerned or terrified? In the story today, we look at a bus travelling from Victoria in Central London to Lewisham. One passenger is agitated and angry and makes all 37 passengers feel uncomfortable. Just the one person on the bus, 56 year old Herbie Williams, spoke up to call out this behaviour, and in this episode of the UK True Crime podcast, I tell Herbie's story....Writing credit: Chris Wood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.