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Strange Stories UK

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true crime, mysteries, strange stories, stories,paranormal, UK, I try to be factual and not give too many opinions. Podcasts are 'low fi' with out any editing. 

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Jennifer Abbott, Camden Town murder, June 2025.

Send us a text This is a short podcast about a case that was reported this week. Jennifer Abbott was murdered on around 10 June. Police originally thought she had been targeted by drug addicts. But the truth seemed a little more unusual. Recorded in a couple of hours in lo-fi and without editing.

Jun 21, 2025•16 min•Season 8Ep. 21

Strange Stories: John Henry Pull, archaeology and murder in Worthing

Send us a text A story that rambles on about the murder of Worthing based amateur archaeologist John Pull on 10 November 1960. He was shot in a bank being raided by teenagers. There is an interesting contrast between John Pull who contributed so much during his life, compared to the nihilistic life style of those responsible for his death. His wannabe gangster killer actually claimed to be a reincarnation of the long dead American gangster Legs Diamond....

Jun 15, 2025•43 min•Season 8Ep. 20

London East End Police Murders 1961

Send us a text Hello anyone reading or listening to this. Sorry it has been so long since my last pod. This case dates back to 1961 but it is an interesting case, virtually forgotten today. It is set in the East End of London when three policeman were shot by an angry man who had argued with his wife. There is no editing and all is in lo-fi.

May 28, 2025•40 min•Season 8Ep. 18

Strange Stories UK: The truth about the Helen Duncan seances. Portsmouth UK.

Send us a text The Helen Duncan seances at Portsmouth during WW2, allegedly called the spirit of a sailor who died aboard the HMS Barham which had been lost with almost 900 onboard. The spirit sailor told Duncan of the loss. It was top secret and nobody was supposed to have knowledge of it, so was this proof that spirits called at the séance were genuine? Well of course not, but other documentaries on the subject were coy about telling the story suggesting or hinting that it may be the case that...

Apr 23, 2025•46 min•Season 8Ep. 17

Strange Stories UK: Pathological jealousy, Sandbanks, Dorset murder.

Send us a text Pathological jealousy, Sandbanks, Dorset murder. This case dates from 1972, it is an unknown case, I can find no information about it online. The information comes from files in the National Archives. The podcast is told in one take and there is no editing. I think there is some frog and sparrow noise in the background. I will attempt a change of subject matter for the next pod.

Apr 12, 2025•35 min•Season 8Ep. 16

Strange Stories UK : Parricide, murder at Cannock, Staffordshire.

Send us a text I am sure nobody listening would have ever heard about this case. The actual case files will not be released until 2057, 100 years plus after the case so there is something to be kept secret. It is a short podcast, with a lot of padding because there is no information. Recorded in lo-fi in one take with no editing. I will post some photos on the F/B site, not however the corpses which were quite horrifying. Hubert Douglas, If still alive would be 87 today, he seemed brutalised by ...

Apr 02, 2025•24 min•Season 8Ep. 15

Strange Stories UK : Swinging London, The Bayswater murders.

Send us a text A dreadful story about how three young men in their 20s, fashionable Mods found themselves crossing a line and ruining their lives, killing others with a series of bad decisions in the Swinging London of 1968.

Mar 08, 2025•31 min•Season 8Ep. 13

Strange Stories UK: Strange stories from the Isle of Wight.

Send us a text This is a disjointed ramble about some stories from the Isle of Wight, mainly from the 1960s. A murder at the Blacksmith's Arms, A murder at Carisbrooke, some possible paranormal stories, some local history and some aircraft crashes on the chalk Downs. I usually read up on the stories making a few notes beforehand and then write them and post them in a day so I am afraid they are not that well produced or professional. This is a one person attempt to create a podcast and I do not ...

Feb 25, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 8Ep. 12

Strange Stories UK: Double murder in Greenford, London.

Send us a text A story based during World War 2, a double murder committed by a younger male who did nothing to help the war effort who seemed totally selfish and was a danger to women. I can only find one other podcast that has covered this podcast, which was Murder Mile, which is a recommended listen. This podcast was recorded in one take and has not been edited, I hesitate and mispronounce as usual. On listening to playback, there is a pug dog snoring in the background, so sorry about that. I...

Feb 05, 2025•30 min•Season 8Ep. 10

Strange Stories UK: Southport Stabbings Cover Up part 2

Send us a text This is the third and final podcast on the Southport Stabbings from 29 July last year. The most shocking crime committed in the UK that I can ever recall. This is a consideration of unanswered questions and failures of the Authorities in this matter.

Jan 26, 2025•25 min•Season 8Ep. 8

Strange Stories UK: Southport Stabbings Cover up part 1

Send us a text This short podcast is part one, about the cover up by the authorities over the Southport Stabbings and murders. I like many others feel upset and let down by the authorities about the atrocities they in part allowed to happen in Southport last year. These authorities are all trying hard to deflect and cover up. In this podcast I give a brief overview of events in Rwanda over the past 30 years and looking into why alleged war criminals were allowed to settle in the UK and how these...

Jan 22, 2025•20 min•Season 8Ep. 7

Strange Stories UK: Hackney (London) and Upper Mayfield (Derbyshire) hauntings

Send us a text Two interesting cases that both went to the law courts in some ways trying to prove that ghosts exist. The first case was in Hackney, East London in 1967, the second was in Derbyshire in the 1990s. This podcast is unedited and recording in one take, and I am not the best at pronouncing or enunciating words, so I apologise for that but do not need reminding of it.

Jan 20, 2025•41 min•Season 8Ep. 6

Strange Stories: A Double Devon murder, Plymouth 1994

Send us a text A case probably long forgotton and not much publicised at the time. The information has been sourced from police records and primary sources. An unpleasant double murder from thirty years ago at Plymouth, Devon. The story is told in one take and without any editing.

Jan 03, 2025•30 min•Season 8Ep. 4

Strange Stories : Ghost storey for Christmas 2024. Raynham Hall, Norfolk.

Send us a text It was at Raynham Hall that what is known as the most famous photograph of a ghost was taken. The background to the photograph being taken was the chaotic family history of the Townshend family of Raynham Hall, Norfolk. This podcast is a ramble, told in one take without editing.

Dec 24, 2024•47 min•Season 8Ep. 3

Strange Stories UK. Bournemouth Beach murder of Amie Gray, part 1

Send us a text This case is being heard at Winchester Crown Court during December 2024. Amie Gray was murdered by Nasen Saadi on Bournemouth Beach as he was curious to known what it would be like to kill someone according to the prosecution. This is a short podcast giving an overview of what is known as the case is live and seems to be attracting some media interest. Apologies for the sound of a noisy dog during recording. I will post part 2 at the conclusion of the court case. edit 1: Just to b...

Dec 15, 2024•26 min•Season 8Ep. 2

Strange stories. Halloween 2024: some cases briefly considered, Buried Treasure at Glastonbury Abbey?

Send us a text All Hallows Eve 2024. There is a brief examination of nine cases. These include the cases of Mr Moss and Mr Munnings and the medium Blanche Cooper. The SPR investigator Guy Lambert was involved in several of these cases all of which are sourced from the Journals and Proceedings of the Society of Psychical Research. There is also a search for buried treasure at Glastonbury Abbey.

Oct 30, 2024•42 min•Season 7Ep. 38

Strange Stories: Chris Kaba Shooting, London 2022

Send us a text This case was heard in court this month, October 2024, the media reported on the case which caused much interest, an unarmed black male being shot by an armed police officer in London. The last time such an event attracted so much attention in 2011, there was a week of rioting across the country. To avoid a repetition, the authorities decided to charge the police officer with murder trying to defuse a reaction. When the case was heard in court, the officer was found not guilty and...

Oct 27, 2024•37 min•Season 7Ep. 37

Strange Stories : Sea Serpents part 1, setting the scene.

Send us a text This is the first of three podcasts on sea serpent sightings over the centuries and theories given for these sightings from a mainly British viewpoint. This podcast concentrates on the history of sea serpent sightings up the mid 19 century.

Oct 16, 2024•38 min•Season 7Ep. 35

Strange Stories: Alistair Wilson murder, Nairn, Scotland.

Send us a text A well known unsolved murder from 2004 when a 30 year old banker who worked for HBOS, Alistair Wilson was shot on the doorstep of his home on a Sunday evening. There are lots of theories but it is looking like that the case will remain unsolved.

Oct 01, 2024•54 min•Season 7Ep. 34

Strange Stories: Double murder at Gravesend, Kent.

Send us a text This horrific and little known incident which resulted in the death of two 16 year old children who had been been to church in 1961 at Gravesend. The story is unpleasant but serves as a case history of paraphilic coercive disorder. This is told in one take without editing. I have just realised this is podcast number 200! I am posting on Facebook Strange Stories UK again. If you wish to send a message please do so through F/B....

Sep 21, 2024•44 min•Season 7Ep. 33

Strange Stories: Brilliant Chang, Eddie Manning, Freda Kempton and other stories.

Send us a text Brilliant Chang, Eddie Manning, Freda Kempton and other stories. Moral Panics in the UK after WW1 made these characters well known to the British Public. These and other stories, mainly about scandal stories about London nightlife 100 years ago are told here in one take and without editing.

Sep 15, 2024•55 min•Season 7Ep. 32

White Slavery moral panics and the first celebrity drug death in the UK

Send us a text This is the second podcast setting the scene to examine crime gangs active in the UK between the two world wars. This rambling podcast is about the fear of white slavery and the first celebrity drug death in the UK. This podcast is not edited and recorded in one take with words mispronounced.

Aug 29, 2024•38 min•Season 7Ep. 31
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