

UK True Crime Podcast
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The UK True Crime Podcast, hosted by Adam Lloyd, is a leading true crime podcast, with new episodes released every Tuesday and Friday.Shortlisted for Best True Crime Podcast at the 2026 True Crime Podcast Awards and with over 85 million listens, this UK true crime podcast delivers in-depth, well-researched coverage of real-life crime stories from England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.Each episode focuses on true crime cases in the UK, placing victims, families, and communities at the centre of the story.From serial killers and other murder cases to missing persons cases, fraud, arson and the whole range of other criminal investigations, the podcast examines a wide range of UK crime stories. Alongside lesser-known crimes, it also offers fresh perspectives on well-known UK cases, making it ideal for listeners searching for true crime podcasts, crime stories, and UK investigations.If you’re interested in true crime, UK true crime podcasts, real criminal cases, and detailed, respectful storytelling, The UK True Crime Podcast provides carefully researched episodes that go beyond the headlines to explore the facts, the context, and the human impact behind every case. Listen every Tuesday and Friday.⚠️ Disclaimer:The cases discussed in this podcast often represents the worst day in many people’s lives. I always aim to tell these stories with empathy and focus on the victims and their families. All information is sourced from publicly available materials, and every effort is made to ensure accuracy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 18, 2020 • 21min
The Three Brothers: Episode 171
They say that blood is stronger than water. But when one brother is blamed by two others for the events leading to their death of their mother in 2006, someone has to pay. And in this shocking story, the family ties count for nothing in a tale of revenge, violence and murder.Sourceshttps://www.pressreader.com/uk/real-people/20190131/281539407177646https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/csi-inspired-wife-gets-year-jail-4253131https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/accused-admitted-murder-to-friend-4831285http://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=48&headline=Murdered%20man%20found%20decapitated§ionIs=news&searchyear=2007https://metro.co.uk/2008/01/14/csi-fan-used-tips-from-show-for-murder-493425/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-508180/Men-murdered-mutilated-half-brother-covered-tracks-using-techniques-seen-CSI.htmlhttps://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/13449846.brothers-killed-as-practical-joke-court-told/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 11, 2020 • 23min
Christmas in Birmingham: Episode 170
This was the time. Sameena Imam knew that her lover Roger Cooper felt the same as her and he was going to leave his partner this Christmas Eve 2014. They were then going to spend Christmas together in Birmingham and live happily ever after....Sourceshttps://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/wj3ym9/the-secret-relationship-that-ended-in-a-christmas-murderhttps://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/sameena-imam-mentor-guide-counsel-10298683http://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-from-bt/5-shocking-moments-from-robbie-coltranes-critical-evidence-on-sameena-imams-murder-11364246008236https://coventryobserver.co.uk/news/secret-lover-and-colleague-allegedly-murdered-costco-boss-sameena-imam-9106/https://www.theasiantoday.com/index.php/2015/08/18/sameena-imam-murder-2/https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/chloroform-used-kill-coventry-costco-9982107https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-costco-murder-brothers-jailed-10307312 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 4, 2020 • 24min
A Cruel Revenge: Episode 169
It was September 2011 in Chatham, Kent. Melissa Crooks, her son Noah and the rest of the family had gone to bed when the fire started. The flames soon took hold and afterwards, detectives suspected arson. But who would possibly want to hurt this family. And why? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 28, 2020 • 26min
Breaking Away: Episode 168
2017 in Northern Ireland. This episode looks at two men who had been part of a paramilitary organisation and how they tried to leave the group. It is a tragic tale of intimidation, violence and ultimately murder. Leaving two sets of families utterly devastated as two men lost their lives. Ticket for live show, 19 February:https://feverup.com/m/81148Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/05/31/news/three-men-found-not-guilty-of-the-uda-feud-murder-of-loyalist-rival-geordie-gilmore--1631669/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/the-northern-ireland-town-holding-its-breath-after-uda-murder-case-acquittals-38180921.htmlhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-46958901https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/colin-horner-killers-must-all-serve-at-least-15-years-1-8788654https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/colin-horner-mother-speaks-out-15688246https://judiciaryni.uk/sites/judiciary/files/decisions/Summary%20of%20judgment%20-%20R%20v%20Wilson%20Smyth%20Blair%20Ralph%20Price%20and%20Aicken%20%28Colin%20Horner%20murder%29%20-%20290119.pdfhttps://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/cctv-footage-shows-murder-victim-colin-horner-holding-hands-with-son-moments-before-brutal-killing/ar-BBSTUhohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDA_South_East_Antrim_Brigadehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37969405http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8442746.stmhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37969405https://www.thesun.ie/news/1059775/man-dies-after-being-shot-in-front-of-a-child-in-sainsburys-car-park-in-bangor-after-horrified-witnesses-heard-six-blasts/https://seachranaidhe1.blog/tag/colin-horner/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/phone-call-from-car-sent-gunman-to-supermarket-fg8lnpflkhttps://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/colin-horners-mum-and-partner-taunted-by-supporters-of-his-uda-killers-as-men-jailed-for-slaying-in-bangor-car-park-37760816.htmlhttps://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/cheers-in-court-as-trio-cleared-of-murdering-gilmore-in-uda-feud-38164871.htmlhttps://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/crime/judge-watches-final-recorded-movements-of-murder-victim-geordie-gilmour-1-8724676http://www.irishnews.com/news/2017/03/15/news/gilmore-was-part-of-deadly-faction-of-uda-with-long-history-of-feuding-964654/https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5ca6e7d02c94e01e252695c6 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 21, 2020 • 24min
You can't always get what you want (part 2): Episode 167
The shocking conclusion of the story from last week from the South of England in 2003. At the UK True Crime Podcast we hear many tales of greed and ruthlessness. But in this case, the lengths someone will go to for financial gain is really hard to comprehend....Ticket for live show, 19 February:https://feverup.com/m/81148Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSOURCES:https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/regan-kenneth.htmhttps://courtnewsuk.co.uk/ken-regan-bill-horncy-and-peter-rees/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/02/ukcrime.rosiecowan1https://www.standard.co.uk/news/trail-of-drugs-and-violence-7223778.htmlhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/killers-made-victim-tell-his-wife-that-he-was-ok-court-told-jflrs85rm3mhttps://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/7262672.panicking-wife-may-have-been-calmed-by-her-husbands-killer/https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6249185.drowned-fathers-business-links-probed-in-murder-case/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4104436.stmhttps://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/Lr81eAH30WDuSv4rN9SFtO/The-tale-of-the-Chohan-murders.htmlhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-354299/Underworld-killer-dubbed-Captain-Cash.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1478665/Paula-Yatess-friend-tells-how-she-was-wooed-by-murder-gang-leader.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 14, 2020 • 25min
You Can't Always Get What You Want: Episode 166
February 2013, near Heathrow Airport. Kenneth Regan was a violent criminal, with a history of drug dealing who had already turned on his previous colleagues as he became a supergrass. But on his release from prison, he wanted a company to continue to launder the money from his illicit activity. And nothing was going to stand in his way...Ticket for live show, 19 February:https://feverup.com/m/81148Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSOURCES:https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/regan-kenneth.htmhttps://courtnewsuk.co.uk/ken-regan-bill-horncy-and-peter-rees/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/02/ukcrime.rosiecowan1https://www.standard.co.uk/news/trail-of-drugs-and-violence-7223778.htmlhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/killers-made-victim-tell-his-wife-that-he-was-ok-court-told-jflrs85rm3mhttps://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/7262672.panicking-wife-may-have-been-calmed-by-her-husbands-killer/https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6249185.drowned-fathers-business-links-probed-in-murder-case/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4104436.stmhttps://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/Lr81eAH30WDuSv4rN9SFtO/The-tale-of-the-Chohan-murders.htmlhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-354299/Underworld-killer-dubbed-Captain-Cash.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1478665/Paula-Yatess-friend-tells-how-she-was-wooed-by-murder-gang-leader.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 7, 2020 • 24min
The Kindness of Strangers: Episode 165
As humans, most of us have been kind to strangers on some occasions. But rarely as kind as Tracey Wilkinson, from Stourbridge, who took a homeless person into her family home, fed him and her husband even provided him with a job. But what then happened, nobody could ever have predicted....Buy tickets for my 30 January live showhttps://feverup.com/m/81148Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSOURCES:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41497482https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41488407https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-39632704https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-39593252https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/double-killer-aaron-barley-kicked-13708787https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/watch-homeless-man-hides-before-13712220https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/stourbridge-stabbings-aaron-barley-sentenced-13714533https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/aaron-barley-murder-sentence-increase-tracey-pierce-wilkinson-killings-birmingham-crown-court-appeal-a8123831.htmlhttps://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4607666/aaron-barley-murder-tracey-wilkinson-pierce-wilkinson-stourbridge-stabbing-sentence/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/04/aaron-barley-homeless-man-who-murdered-woman-who-helped-himhttps://west-midlands.police.uk/news/aaron-barley-jailed-least-30-years-stourbridge-double-murder Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 31, 2019 • 21min
Two Second Chances: Episode 164
The two men had both served time for murder but had been released from prison. They now worked together on a legitimate business, near Sunderland. But the evening of horror they had planned for someone they had come across in the course of their work on that August evening is beyond our comprehension.Buy tickets for the live showhttps://feverup.com/m/81148Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/murderer-free-to-kill-a-second-time-despite-26-police-incidents-8vr9s23k9https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/mcfall-unwin-murder-video-body-14470482https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/story-how-unwin-mcfall-both-14465421https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/should-violent-killers-stephen-unwin-14465213https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/mcfall-unwin-trial-murder-court-14464616https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/smirking-killers-who-murdered-7st-12263077https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/937808/Stephen-Unwin-William-McFall-Quyen-Ngoc-Nguyen-murder-torturehttps://www.southendstandard.co.uk/news/national/16183147.murdered-womans-sister-how-can-killers-live-freely-in-this-country/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 17, 2019 • 25min
The Level Crossing: Episode 162
In 2004 Bryan Drysdale had decided to end his own life. After finishing work, he drove to a nearby level crossing in Berkshire, stopped on the tracks and turned off his engine. The 300 passengers on the train from London Paddington to Exeter had no idea that their lives were about to change forever....Referenced sites:www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.railwaypeople.com/Page/news-article-stanley-martin-remembered-195http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3999723.stmhttps://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/ufton-train-crash-family-speaks-4256422https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/joan-smith/suicide-maybe-naked-no-533126.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufton_Nervet_rail_crashhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568045/Suicidal-chef-responsible-for-Ufton-Nervet-crash.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/nov/09/ufton.transport1http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7033312.stmhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/just-what-drove-him-to-do-it-ask-grieving-families-of-suicide-crash-2q8f8mxpnw6https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/ufton-nervet-rail-crash-tragic-12341706http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3989339.stm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 10, 2019 • 23min
The Headmistress: Episode 161
In 2012 Anne Lakey was a highly respected headmistress in County Durham. Then on that normal Monday morning in 2012 she saw the email which she immediately knew could destroy her career, family and her life...Referenced sites:www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


