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Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories

Psycho Killer: The true crime podcast exposing serial killers, psychopaths, and the darkest minds.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.

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17:28

The Mysterious Death of Alfred Swinscoe

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2023/12/11

The podcast looks at the police investigation into the murder of Alfred Swinscoe, a coal miner who vanished without a trace in 1967. What do the police do when faced with a 50+ year-old cold case? The Psycho Killer team investigates.

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11:20

Jack The Ripper: Halloween Special

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2023/10/31

Jack the Ripper. The unknown serial killer murdered and mutilated at least five women in the East End of London in 1888.Every time he gave the police the slip. He only made one mistake – dropping a piece of apron ripped from his fourth victim. Catherine Eddowes was murdered in Mitre Square in the City of London. A copper found the apron piece in Goulston Street, less than half a mile away in Whitechapel.So, what was the East End like at the time of the killings? And how would a modern homicide team

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12:19

Jack The Ripper: The Witnesses

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2023/10/22

Jack the Ripper – the serial killer who murdered at least five women in London's East End in 1888 – is the subject of a special Psycho Killer investigation.M.P. Priestly is the author of 'Jack the Ripper – One Autumn in Whitechapel' and Jack the Ripper tour guide.Mick kindly agreed to answer some questions from former major crime detective Jacque Morrell about the reliability of the witnesses who came forward.Were they attention seekers? Were they profiteers? Or were they, perhaps, covering their

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100:53

Jack The Ripper: Psycho Or Satanist?

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2023/10/15

Warning: graphic contentMystery surrounds the mass murderer known as Jack the Ripper. He prowled the back streets of London's East End preying on the poor and the vulnerable.This devil butchered his victims and left their mutilated corpses down dark alleys, on doorsteps, and in doss houses. Then, the killer vanished, seemingly into thin air.What spurred the Ripper on his rampage? Some believe he was driven by dark forces conjured from hell itself. The evidence, they say, is plain to see––if you know

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48:51

The Pottery Cottage Murders

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2023/06/26

Contains very strong languageSome said Mad Billy Hughes was born bad. He was a misogynist who let his fists do the talking.But Mad Billy was worse than a knuckle-headed bully.He was a psychopath — cunning, resourceful and ruthless.And when he was cornered, he'd stop at nothing.Location recording by Karl Cooper, Podcast Partners UK.

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53:11

Barry Prudom: The Making Of A Mass Murderer

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2023/04/16

1. Take an unremarkable, working class man, who idolises the soldier father he never knew.2. Steep in military doctrine until rejected by the army.3. Set aside while he retreats into a fantasy world and allow resentment to simmer for several years.4. Then flambé his personal life, garnish with an illegal firearm, and serve to an unsuspecting copper – or three.Acknowledgements Featuring the song ‘Barry Prudom’ by Combat 84 (re-released by Splattered! Records, 2019) and extracts from the documentary,

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13:15

Barry Prudom: In The Footsteps Of A Cop Killer

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2023/02/27

Barry Prudom was a loner. A quiet bloke, obsessed with the army.But the army wouldn't have him. So he made up his own fantasy world where he pretended he was in the special forces. And instead of a toy gun, Prudom had smuggled in the real thing. His little friend was a Beretta Jaguar – his pride and joy – and they played happily together until one day, on manoeuvers when Prudom pulled the trigger. In a policeman's face.Prudom went on the run. He killed again. And again. That summer of 1982 witnessed

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23:58

Mark 'Reds' Martin - Nottingham's First Serial Killer

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2022/12/26

sex, violence, languageThe newspapers called him the Sneinton Strangler after the district of Nottingham where he plied his trade. Mark Martin operated in the shadows. While others walked by 'Reds', as he was known, always had time for the hungry and homeless. But he was no Samaritan. He took what little they had – their benefits, their drugs, their remaining shreds of dignity. And when he had sucked them dry, Martin disposed of his victims – or got one of his henchmen to do the job for him.Mark

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69:53

Peter Tobin And The Bible John Mystery

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2022/11/21

Journalists Pip Watts and Simon Ford join retired major crime detective Jacques Morrell to investigate the life and crimes of one of Scotland's most reviled serial killers. Peter Tobin, who died in October 2022, was exposed as a paedophile, rapist and murderer of at least three young women. As he rotted in jail, Tobin's name became linked to a spate of sex murders in Glasgow in the 1960s – the so-called Bible John killings. In this podcast, the team unearths evidence of unspeakable evil and cruelty

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49:08

The Isdal Woman: Who Was She, And Was She Murdered?

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2022/10/02

* This podcast contains topics related to suicide or self-harm.It started as a family outing to pick juniper berries. It ended with the discovery of a charred body on a wooded mountainside near Bergen in Norway. The Norwegian police ruled out murder and the coroner recorded a verdict of suicide. But speculation about the grisly discovery refused to go away. It was 1970, the height of the Cold War. Stories of espionage started circulating. And the more amateur sleuths probed the mystery the more

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45:12

The Haunting Tale Of Bessie Sheppard's Murder

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2022/07/31

Watch the video on YouTube https://bit.ly/bess-sheppard-murderBessie Sheppard lived a hard life in perilous times. That life was snatched from her after 17 years by a vagrant ex-soldier called Charles Rotherham. The crime horrified the community. So much so that they raised a memorial stone at the spot where Rotherham battered Bessie to death. The year was 1817. And as Simon Ford explains, Bessie's murder is the beginning of a story spanning more than two centuries.

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35:48

The Bunnyman Mystery

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2022/07/03

Legend has it evil stalks the backwoods of West Virginia — a blood-thirsty psychopath dressed in a rabbit suit. Generations of parents in Fairfax County have warned their children: 'Be good, or the Bunnyman'll get you!'So who was this murderous character who became part of American horror folklore? Was Bunnyman a real serial killer or a figment of someone's imagination? And is he still out there — somewhere?We went looking for answers. And you'll be surprised by what we found.

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41:56

Jack The Ripper's Rivals: Did Walter Chadwick Get...

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2022/05/29

Travel back in time to the London of Jack the Ripper and meet one of his psycho peers – Walter Chadwick. Following in the footsteps of renowned crime writer Jan Bondeson, the Psycho Killer team probes the backstreets and alleys of a city teetering on the edge of lawlessness. We go in search of answers – and what we find will shock you!

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35:55

Buck Ruxton: The Jigsaw Murderer

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2022/05/16

Doctors promise to do no harm. Dr Buck Ruxton did the opposite. The crimes of this Lancashire physician justified the sensational headlines. The case marked a watershed in the acceptance of forensic science as we know it today.Music credits'Who's Been Polishing The Sun?' performance by Ambrose and His Orchestra, Decca Records, 1935.'Lovely To Look At' performed by Eddy Duchin (vocals by Lew Sherwood), Victor Records, 1935.

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Dorothea Waddingham: A Miscarriage Of Justice?

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2022/04/30

Dorothea Waddingham was a wicked woman. She poisoned an elderly widow and her disabled daughter for money. A jury found the Nottingham care-home owner guilty and she was hanged for murder. That was in 1936. But why was this mother sent to the gallows, leaving five young children to fend for themselves? Was the death penalty necessary? Why wasn't her sentence commuted to life imprisonment? And does the backstory cast doubt on the safety of Dorthea Waddingham's conviction? The Psycho Killer experts

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Grindr Killer: Met Police To Change Procedures

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2022/04/23

The way police forces in England investigate unexplained deaths is to change in response to a "large number of very serious and very basic investigative failings" during the investigation into the serial killer Stephen Port. Four new categories are to be made "to provide absolute clarity to officers", the Metropolitan Police and the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) have said.Journalist Simon Ford and ex-serious crime detective Jacques Morrell, discuss the implications.

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22:37

The Nottingham Nursing Home Murders

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2022/04/18

Mahatma Gandhi said: 'the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members'. In this case, the murders of a mother and daughter in Nottingham represent a damning indictment of British society in the 1930s. Nursing homes were unregulated, doctors played God, and their decisions went unchallenged. It was a toxic soup that nourished the likes of Dorothea Waddingham and Ronald Sullivan, as former homicide detective Jacques Morrell explains.

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1:54

The Secret Sauce That Makes Our Podcast...A Killer!

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2022/04/10

A detective's powers of investigation. A journalist's nose for a story. Put them together and what have you got? The most authentic true-crime podcast out there!

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25:41

Kosei Homi: The Haiku Killer

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2022/04/03

Psycho killers come in all shapes and sizes. This fellow fancied himself as a poet. His rage and resentment built up over the years. Then, in a carefully-planned murderous rampage, he set about annihilating his neighbours. Ex-homicide detective, Jacques Morrell, and journalist Simon Ford investigate Kosei Homi, Japan's 'Haiku Killer'.Featuring special guest Pippa Phillips: @IpsaHerself https://ko-fi.com/pheaganAcknowledgement: ABC News Australia

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36:30

Dr Sam: The Mysterious Murder Of Marilyn Sheppard

Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories ·

2022/03/21

Dr Sam Shepphard had it all – a brilliant career, a beautiful wife, a young family, and a gorgeous house overlooking Lake Eerie. Then, on Independence Day 1954, his dream life came tumbling down. A bushy-haired burglar broke into the Sheppard residence and beat pregnant Marilyn Sheppard to death while she slept. At least, that was Dr Sheppard's story, and he stuck to it. But the police and the courts were dubious – and the events of that summer night in Bay View, Ohio, would echo down the decades

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