The weekly UK True Crime Podcast, hosted by Adam Lloyd, has been the home of UK True Crime since 2016.
Shortlisted in four categories for the 2025 True Crime Awards - including Best True Crime Podcast - and with over 80 million listens, it is where you discover a wide variety of lesser known UK cases and find new perspectives and insight on stories you may already know.
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The case 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.
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The weekly UK True Crime Podcast, hosted by Adam Lloyd, has been the home of UK True Crime since 2016.
Shortlisted in four categories for the 2025 True Crime Awards - including Best True Crime Podcast - and with over 80 million listens, it is where you discover a wide variety of lesser known UK cases and find new perspectives and insight on stories you may already know.
If you would like to advertise on the show, I would love to hear from you. Please just email: Sales@audioalways.com
⚠️ Disclaimer:
The case 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.
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You may have listened to the 'True Crime Round Up' this year, where me and Stuart, host of the British Murders Podcast, talked about all things true crime once a month. Well, due to the popularity of this show we now release it every Wednesday on a separate feed and it is called the 'True Crime Catch Up'. You can listen every week on the usual podcast apps or you can watch us on YouTube. The link below will take you to Spotify, Apply and YouTube and if you enjoy the show, please do follow us there so we can continue to grow the show.
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For this bonus episode, I am a guest once again on one of my favourite true crime shows, the excellent REDRUM Podcast with Grace.
In this episode from the US, Grace tells me the story of the tragic murder of Nikki Halpin. Nikki was a young mum killed by her stalker, leaving behind devastated family and friends - and two young sons.
1, Have you listened to my new weekly show, released every Wednesday, The True Crime Catch Up?
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redrum-true-crime/id1515905584 Apple Podcasts
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It was just a normal Staurday afternoon in Merseyside as Graham McKenna and his son Michael made their way to the football match to watch Everton. But tragically they never made it to Goodison Park for the game because a man was waiting for them. A man with a fatal grudge...
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True Crime Catch Up
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This week saw a report by the Prisons & Probation Ombudsman about the terrible abuse that occurred at Medomsley Detention Centre in County Durham. I covered this case in July 2017 so this is a re-release this episode with an introduction and a conclusion including some of the findings of the report and what happens next.
If you haven't listened to this episode before or are unfamiliar with the events that took place at Medomsley I urge you to listen as it really as one of the most shocking stories you will ever hear.
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True Crime Catch Up
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Maureen Stepan, from Bradford, was a quiet and shy girl with long blonde hair and a passionate love for animals. Maureen had done well at primary school but after this she got in with the wrong crowd and had soon developed a heroin addiction. By age 16 Maureen was selling sex on the highly dangerous streets of the Bradford Red Light District, where one night, she met a highly dangerous man...
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True Crime Catch Up
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Writing Credit: Chris Wood
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Poetry from Natasha Blanco-Dominguez
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Our story today begins in Randalstown in Country Antrim, Northern Ireland. Wing Fu Cheung, known as Nelson, was a popular figure in the local area where he and he wife Winnie had had run the popular Double Value Chinese takeaway restaurant for a number of years. But one night, as they drove home, they were the victim of a terrible and violent robbery, which tragically left Nelson dead at the scene. Just who was responsible for this senseless murder? And why?
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A man murdered in his workshop in Yorkshire. A woman murdered in the Highlands. And the same suspect was befriending and stealing from a variety of people staying in guesthouses in England and Scotland. Detectives knew they were in a race against time before this man struck again....
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Welcome to episode ten of my monthly chats with Stuart, host of the British Murders Podcast. This is the final episode of the round-up as next month, Stuart and I start a super exciting brand new weekly show: 'True Crime Catch-Up' - please do look out for it. And I will see you for my weekly episode of the UK True Crime Podcast as usual on Tuesday.
In this episode we spoke about domestic abuse. Free, confidential support and advice is available to those suffering domestic abuse and their concerned family members or friends, 24 hours a day:
England | Refuge | 0808 2000 247
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UK-wide | Men’s Advice Line | 0808 801 0327
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A late-night Instagram date turned deadly when a honeytrap plan spiralled into violence. This is the story of Saul Murray’s shocking murder in Luton, he was just 33 when he died and a father of six children.
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For Karen Heywood, following her divorce, it was time for a fresh start with a move to Bognor Regis on the south coast of England. But weeks later, 35 year old Karen's body was discovered not far from Arundel in undergrowth. Just who had killed Karen and why?
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Writing Credit: Chris Wood
You can buy Chris's second book, 'Death in the Theatre' here: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Theatre-Chris-Wood/dp/1399009117
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This is a special bonus episode with Grace from the excellent REDRUM podcast.
The iSpoof scam was a massive online fraud where criminals used fake caller IDs to pose as banks and steal money and over 200,000 victims were targeted across the UK. Police called it one of the biggest cyber scams in British history and in this episode and today, Grace and I look behind the scam.
Please do join me for my usual weekly episode on Tuesday.
1, Listen to other episodes of the REDRUM podcast, by following these links:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redrum-true-crime/id1515905584 Apple Podcasts
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1FCoeRZQeDkEJ5i8bGuFpy
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Spending time in prison can have a strange effect on people, all that time left with your own thoughts with often nobody to talk about issues with who knows you. In the episode this week from the Midlands, when a man in prison hears that his ex-fiance is having an affair with a member of his family, he vows to take revenge on both.
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Writing Credit: Chris Wood
You can buy Chris's second book, 'Death in the Theatre' here: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Theatre-Chris-Wood/dp/1399009117
Episode Sources
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For this bonus episode, I am a guest once again on one of my favourite shows, the excellent REDRUM Podcast with Grace.
We look at how several people were jailed for falsely claiming to be Grenfell survivors or bereaved to steal housing, money, and aid meant for real victims.
1, Listen to other episodes of the REDRUM podcast, by following these links:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redrum-true-crime/id1515905584 Apple Podcasts
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1FCoeRZQeDkEJ5i8bGuFpy
2, To find out more about my UK True Crime Podcast, check out my website below:
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An unwanted visitor arrived at a small gathering being held in a house in Morecambe - just a few friends. But when Colin Davis went to answer the knock at the door, neither he nor anyone else in the house could have possibly realised the horror that was about to unfold.
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Writing Credit: Chris Wood
You can buy Chris's second book, 'Death in the Theatre' here: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Theatre-Chris-Wood/dp/1399009117
Episode Sources
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The episode this week looks at the desperately sad story of Amy Anderson, a young mum from Dumfries, who after meeting a new boyfriend with a major drugs habit also developed a heroin addiction. Amy had been sleeping rough before she was tragically murdered at just nineteen. Just who had killed Amy? And why?
Find out more about me and the UK True Crime Podcast
Writing Credit: Chris Wood
You can buy Chris's second book, 'Death in the Theatre' here: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Theatre-Chris-Wood/dp/1399009117
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This week, I look at the criminal 'career' of burglar, fraudster, distraction robber and all-round conman Mark Woodliffe. A man who has constantly committed crimes across the UK, only stopping briefly to spend time in prison, before resuming his life of crime.
Find out more about me and the UK True Crime Podcast
Writing Credit: Chris Wood
You can buy Chris's second book, 'Death in the Theatre' here: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Theatre-Chris-Wood/dp/1399009117
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Welcome to episode nine of my monthly chats with Stuart, host of the British Murders Podcast.
As usual, we look at crime stories that made headlines in September 2025, covering local, national, and international headlines. This month, for the third consecutive month, Stuart decided not to choose a story related to a shark, whale or any other creature which lives in the sea, which was nice if unusual. Join us as we dive into these extraordinary stories in the September 2025 edition of the True Crime Round-Up:
See you on Tuesday as normal for the weekly episode of the UK True Crime Podcast. To find out more about me, please just check out my website below:
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We all know the quote, "If you can be one thing, be kind."
Edna Slater was a kind woman. She wasn't wealthy, but she did all she could to help people in her community in Leeds who were down on their luck, by lending money or allowing them to do odd jobs in her home for cash. But Edna paid the most terrible price for this kindness...
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Writing Credit: Chris Wood
You can buy Chris's second book, 'Death in the Theatre' here: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Theatre-Chris-Wood/dp/1399009117
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In this special bonus episode, Grace from the excellent REDRUM Podcast joins me as we discuss a story from Torquay in the south-west of England.
Rosemary Windle and Maurece Smith, both 71, both had business interests in the Middle East and when they saw a local business operating with contacts in Lebanon they made contact with the owner. A decision which would ultimately cost them their lives...
Join me for my usual weekly episode on Tuesday.
1, Listen to other episodes of the REDRUM podcast, by following these links:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redrum-true-crime/id1515905584 Apple Podcasts
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1FCoeRZQeDkEJ5i8bGuFpy
2, To find out more about my UK True Crime Podcast, check out my website below:
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In Greenock, west of Glasgow, the two flatmates had been taking part in something of a drinking session and had for many hours been putting the world to rights over multiple drinks – as you do. Soon six bottles of super strength wine and cider had been consumed and this ensured the pair were more than just a little inebriated. Then, in a drunken haze, Allan Napier suddenly asked housemate John: ‘Can you keep a secret? And what happened next would change both their lives forever...
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Writing Credit: Chris Wood
You can buy Chris's second book, 'Death in the Theatre' here: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Theatre-Chris-Wood/dp/1399009117
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