Some people really do believe that they are the be all and end all to the opposite sex, and for some, they see this as their right to pursue gratification - regardless of scruples, guilt, or commitment - all to satisfy their own seld centred needs. Occasionally, some will stop at nothing to ensure that these selfish needs are met - even if it means committing the most abhorrent, and callous, of acts - as Part 1 of a two part tale from West Yorkshire in 2010 will show you. The episode contains de...
Aug 18, 2023•56 min•Season 8Ep. 18
A horrific, sickening tale, truly one of the most disturbing tales I have covered to date on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast drops here this time around - a tale that emerged in South Wales in 2018. Once you hear it, I guarantee it's a tale you are never likely to forget, and you'll see exactly why it was selected for this series' Monsters Of tale. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of a sexual nature and involving children, that some lis...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 8Ep. 17
Sex working is a dangerous profession - the exploits of Peter Sutcliffe, Stephen Griffiths, and Alun Kyte have shown over the years just how vulnerable those who work in this way of life can be. This time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, I bring the account of how in Liverpool, back in 2003, another individual began to target the sex working industry in an attempt to become the very next Ripper.... The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descript...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 8Ep. 16
WWE Superstars of the like such as John Cena, Roman Reigns, and Brock Lesnar are worshipped by many for the athleticism they display in the arena of sports entertainment, deservedly so for the many years they have spent perfecting their craft to ensure that what they deliver looks effective, and yet is safe to do whilst working with other equally trained professionals. Under no circumstances should any of their arsenal of moves be copied at home, for if the amateur does so, for whatever reason, ...
Jun 23, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 8Ep. 15
The pressure keg that involved mental illness, deafness, confusion over authority, and a lack of medication erupted in a quiet Brixton back street early one morning in January 1998 - leading to a shocking death, and highlighting a somewhat tragic figure - whose story I bring here. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of violence, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening. Music used ...
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 8Ep. 14
An anthology of horrifying tales this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast - three tales of savage murder scouring the UK that the reasons for, I could only arrive at one word for - senseless. Horrific is equally as apt a word. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of a sexual nature, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by K...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 8Ep. 13
We go back to mid World War II for the accounts I have brought this time on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, for two tales of brutal murder that involve dances, soldiers, 3 sent letters, a detective novel, two debts that never were - and a seemingly ficticious character. And a tenuous link to both tales, hence the title. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of a sexual nature, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so d...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 8Ep. 12
I bring two horrific accounts from the north of the UK, Scotland, this time around in a reach into the shows Patreon archives, and in which we shall hear of the terrible deeds that some people can commit that leave a person with a living reminder of the evil they have inflicted upon them - to disfigure and maim them - out of perceived vengeance, or simply for their own weird kinks. This is a change to the scheduled episode due to unforeseen circumstances. The episode contains details and descrip...
May 15, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 8Ep. 11
Everyone has a breaking point, don't they? We are off to Wythenshawe, in Manchester, this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, to hear a tragic, horrific tale of what can happen when a person is chipped away at, by a person who has control of them. They can commit the most abhorrent, alien of acts. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including injury detail, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst li...
May 06, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 8Ep. 10
We head back to the early 1990's this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, and to the village of Marston-on-Dove in South Derbyshire, where I bring you an account of a crime that is as disturbing as it is senseless, and we meet a very dangerous individual, responsible for that most terrible of offences. Murder without motive. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including injury detail, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so dis...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 8Ep. 9
The concluding part of a two part hometown tale for me, and in which I tell you what exactly made Jordan Davidson, who over a few weeks had become the scourge of the city of Wrexham, as wanted as he was - for he had "gone up a level", to use his own words. Gone up a level is an understatement. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events that some listeners may find disturbing, and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening. Music used in this episode: "The D...
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 8Ep. 8
The first of an unplanned two-part episode drops this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, and a hometown tale for me as here and next time, I describe to you the crime spree of an individual that saturated the suburb of Caia Park in Wrexham - and which escalated to tragic, and horrific events. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events that some listeners may find disturbing, and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening. Music used in this e...
Apr 05, 2023•54 min•Season 8Ep. 7
A bit of a break from grisly murder of the week this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, with a more light-hearted selection of accounts that may make you smile in parts; have sympathy in others; but all that I hope you understand the context in which I have entitled the episode so. Show Sponsors Gousto - 'Head to gousto.co.uk and use code TRUECRIMEENTHUSIAST for 60% off your first box + 25% off all boxes for two months' BetterHelp: This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Giv...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 8Ep. 6
If you were a youngster back in the 1980's, then compared to today, you'll know just how much of a different world it was back then - when your days were carefree, kids had that much more freedom, and much less supervision. Of course, there has always been that threat there, it's not a new phenomenon, but when you're young, you know nothing but the good in the world. In a horrific tale this time around, one winter's day in 1986, one such child, six year old Collette Gallacher, walking to catch h...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 8Ep. 5
This series' Houses of Blood episode drops this time around, and we are off back just a couple of years, to the West Midlands, to hear a ghastly and tragic tale of an innocent woman, a friend to everyone, and a chance meeting that led to two individuals making their very warped fantasies into a very sick, stark reality. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of injury detail, that some listeners may find disturbing, and or distressing, so discr...
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 8Ep. 4
Dr David Birkett was an unassuming, quiet man, eminent in his fields of both Dermatology and Paleopathology, and well liked and respected by all who knew him. So when he answered a knock at his Middlesbrough door one night in February 1990, he couldn't for a second have considered that the figure stood before him meant him harm. Harm was an understatement. It was the first action of an individual who is one of the strangest - and certainly most dangerous - we have come across on The True Crime E...
Feb 20, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 8Ep. 3
The concluding part of the Series 8 opening tale drops this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast - where last part, we heard of the tragic tale of 16 year old Leeds schoolgirl Leanne Tiernan, who disappeared without trace one November afternoon in 2000, and who was sadly found dead almost nine months later, 13 miles away from home. What police couldn't have foreseen that August day that Leanne was found, is that everything found with her - even including the site where she was left -...
Feb 12, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Season 8Ep. 2
The first part of a two-part opening tale for Series 8 of The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast drops here, with the opening tale being one I have had part written for a couple of years now, and certainly one that affected me deeply - a tragic case, and a monstrously evil individual indeed. It's a bit more of a familiar tale to some this one is, but I present my take on it, and if it isn't one you're all too familiar with, I promise it's one you'll never forget. And it begins with a girl named Leann...
Feb 05, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 8Ep. 1
I have managed to sit down with a spare hour or so and bring you the review of the 7th series of the show - one of my faves to have done. Big thanks to you all for getting the show to this point, and me and the Peaks wish you and yours all the very best for Christmas and the New Year - where I shall see you back very early in for Series 8. Much love out all - you make the show, simple as. Stay safe out there all. Paul (TTCE) - and Peaksy (The True Crime Enthusi-Cat) Music used in this episode: "...
Dec 21, 2022•37 min
Last time around, we heard of the horrific murder in August 1991 of Patricia O'Toole, who was left battered almost beyond recognition at the foot of the Dublin mountains - her seemingly having asked the wrong person for directions just hours before she was discovered. Just a few days into the investigation, two men were to approach Garda with information that would be the break in the case detectives were looking for. Which you'll hear all about here, in the concluding part, and which bears the ...
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 7Ep. 34
For the penultimate tale of Series 7 of The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, we head over to Ireland's capital, Dublin, and back to the early 1990's, for a horrific tale of a savage killing that was to shock the country, and bore the argument: Was it a moment of madness? The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, and with descriptions of injury detail, that some listeners may find disturbing, and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening. Music used in this...
Dec 05, 2022•49 min•Season 7Ep. 33
We are off to the county of Norfolk, on the east coast of the UK, and back to the mid 1980's, to hear two accounts of absolute horror this time on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast. When you've heard them, I'm sure you'll see why they made the cut for this series "Monsters Of" episode. No other word will suffice. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving offences of a sexual nature involving children, and with descriptions of injury detail, that some listeners...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 7Ep. 32
We are off to the town of Birkenhead, in Merseyside, and back to the early noughties this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, for an incredibly sad tale in which you will undoubtedly be struck by the question: How much grief can one family possibly have? The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving involving injury detail, and depicting drug use, that some listeners may find disturbing, and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening. ...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 7Ep. 31
The Lost Boys series arc comes to a close this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, looking at developments that have happened concerning the events mentioned within the arc over the subsequent years, right up to the present day. It's also time for me to vent, too. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving children, involving injury detail, and involving descriptions of a sexual nature involving children, that some listeners may find offensive, di...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 30
The penultimate part of The Lost Boys comes here this time around, and following the terrible crimes we've heard of, the lost boys that we've come to know, and the tireless and remarkable investigations you've heard me recount to bring some semblance of justice for Jason, Barry, and Mark - I started last episode bringing you the monsters behind the tale. And whilst all offenders involved throughout the tale truly deserve the moniker "Monster" - I did save the two most deserving of it, I think, f...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 7Ep. 29
We've been through the truly horrific crimes, and we've heard of the complex and remarkable investigations that ultimately brought a semblance of justice for Jason Swift, Barry Lewis, and Mark Tildsley. This time and next on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, it's time to meet the monsters behind the tale. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving children, involving injury detail, and involving descriptions of a sexual nature involving children, that some lis...
Oct 10, 2022•1 hr•Season 7Ep. 28
Continuing with the series arc of The Lost Boys, and following on from the revelations of Leslie Bailey that led to the creation of Operation Orchid, it seems he just couldn't stop talking. Aside from Jason and Barry, he had begun to mention another boy too - a name that was all too familiar to Thames Valley Police, the name of a boy who had been missing for more than half a decade. This is his story. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving children, involvi...
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Season 7Ep. 27
Happy to share this for International Podcast Day - bit of a bonus. Earlier this month, I took part in Crimecon Glasgow - a tremendous day was had by all, and one of the highlights was getting to sit down with some of the most talented, independent podcasters on the UK True Crime Podcast circuit - the likes of UK True Crime, Lady Justice Podcast, The Troubles Podcast, Murder Mile, The Cult Vault, and Twisted Britain - who I'm pleased to call friends, for us to just shoot the breeze and discuss w...
Sep 30, 2022•45 min
A massive thank you to all who have listened, shared and supported and have gotten the show into year 6 now - what a ride it has been to do, and i have loved every second of it. As we always do on the show's birthday - I share here one of the subscriber episodes for all to hear, and it's my pleasure to bring you one of my favourite Patreon tales - The Exploding Dad. Thanks again all - I look forward to the next 5 years Paul (TTCE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 7 min
The midway point of the series arc of The Lost Boys comes right now in the latest episode of The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, and whilst over the arc we have heard the background, the build up to and ultimately some semblance of justice for Jason, police now turned their attention to other lost boys, and the one at the top of their list? Barry Lewis. The justice Barry so deserved was to come, but from a most unlikely, unbelieveable source - which i shall tell you all about here. The episode co...
Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 7Ep. 26
