True Crime Diary

Stealing The Scream

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.

Ronald Ryan: The Pentridge Prison shooting

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).

Ma Barker & The Barker-Karpis Gang

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?

Ra Ra Rasputin

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.

The Houndsditch Murders and the Siege of Sidney Street

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.

Charles Starkweather: Teenage Dirtbag

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".

Dan ”D.B.” Cooper Rewind: Dan Cooper Takes Flight

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.

The Millennium Dome Diamond Heist

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.

Halloween Special: Ghosts who solved their own murder

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.

Leopold & Loeb: The Imperfect Crime

In this the final episode of Series 3 we discuss teenage murderers Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, Neitzsche, culverts, and when there is only one telephone in the village.