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In our bi-weekly podcast we take a light-hearted look at the story behind an event on this week in true crime history. You can see trailers for forthcoming episodes on our YouTube page. Best Startup: 20 Best UK crime podcasts 2021. Feedspot: Top 15 Crime History Podcasts 2022. Created, edited and produced by Mark Duqueno. Art by Rue Turner. Photography by Jed Leicester. Music by Fesliyan studios www.fesliyanstudios.com www.truecrimediary.co.uk
Episodes
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Durable Michael Malloy Vs. the Murder Trust
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
In this episode we discuss Iron Mike Malloy the Rasputin of the Bronx, setting a goal and failing to achieve it, the heads and the tails, and not one but two musicals.
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Stealing The Scream
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
In this episode we discuss not one, but two times a painting of Edvard Munch's The Scream has been stolen from a Norwegian Museum, really really expensive art, blood and egg, van dampness and Rue isn't impressed.
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Ronald Ryan: The Pentridge Prison shooting
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
In this episode we discuss Ronald Ryan, the last man hanged in Australia, an audacious prison escape, the murder of a prison warder, and an obvious and egregious conspiracy (without bias).
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Ma Barker & The Barker-Karpis Gang
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
In this episode we discuss infamous "gang leader" Ma Barker, Alvin Karpis, money in kidnapping, new noses, and the FBI wouldn't lie would they?
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Ra Ra Rasputin
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
In this episode we discuss the murder of Russia's controversial Grigori Rasputin, lion-taming, lack of monks, lack of poisons, and lack of British Intelligence.
Monday Dec 19, 2022
The Houndsditch Murders and the Siege of Sidney Street
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
In this episode we discuss the murder of three policemen in East London and the siege that followed, dog ditches, an unpopular Winston Churchill and talk about whales more than is necessary.
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Charles Starkweather: Teenage Dirtbag
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
In this episode we discuss the 19-year-old murderer Charles Starkweather and his 14-year-old accomplice, bullies and bullying, sprees and serials, Nihilism, and the relative distances of certain locations in the midwest. Spoiler Alerts for "Falling Down" and "Gran Torino".
Thursday Nov 24, 2022
Dan ”D.B.” Cooper Rewind: Dan Cooper Takes Flight
Thursday Nov 24, 2022
Thursday Nov 24, 2022
In this episode we revisit our Dan Cooper episode from two years ago, following the release of a 6-part Netflix documentary. In the episode which is here in it's entirety with remastered audio and extra clips, we discuss the hijacking of Flight 305 in 1971 and the mysterious disappearance of Dan Cooper, and Jed still can't believe it.
Monday Nov 14, 2022
The Millennium Dome Diamond Heist
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
In this episode we discuss the attempted diamond raid on London's Millennium Dome in 2000, false walls and false notes, walking on the dome, Sophie Marceau, and not shooting at boats.
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Halloween Special: Ghosts who solved their own murder
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
In this episode we discuss the Red Barn Mystery and the case of the Greenbriar Ghost in each of which the ghost of a murder victim revealed their murderer. We also discuss the smell of death, the only Mariah, and possibly the best name ever.