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Houses Of Blood: Flat Of Horrors Mar 06, 2023

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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 discretion is advised whilst listening.
Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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The Cribs - Men's Needs
Redbone - Witch Queen Of New Orleans

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Remembering Julia.

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The Kill List. Feb 20, 2023

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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 Enthusiast Podcast, and whose story I bring here.
The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of injury detail and with reference to animal cruelty, that some listeners may find disturbing, and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.
Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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The Murder Capital - Return My Head
Just Mustard - Still

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Murdertown S2E3 - Middlesbrough

Assorted articles available from Newcastle Evening Chronicle; Newcastle Journal; Huddersfield Daily Examiner; Newcastle Sunday Sun – available from British Newspaper Archive

Killer Reginald Wilson who bludgeoned Middlesbrough doctor to death to be moved to cushy open prison | Daily Mail Online
Notorious murderer who bludgeoned doctor to death 'to be moved to open prison' - Teesside Live (gazettelive.co.uk)
The sadist who bludgeoned doctor to death then plotted to kill police officers - Teesside Live (gazettelive.co.uk)

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Poacher, Pet Man - Predator: Part 2 Feb 12, 2023

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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 - would lead them to her killer.
So, let me finish Leanne's tale - and so you can see what a monster we are dealing with here.
The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of a sexual nature and with reference to animal cruelty, that some listeners may find disturbing, and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.
Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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The Bracknell - Long In The Tooth
The Gossip - Heavy Cross

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Poacher, Pet Man - Predator: Part 1 Feb 05, 2023

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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 Leanne....
It's good to be back.
Paul
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 Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Courting - Tennis
Working Men's Club - John Cooper Clarke

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Remembering Leanne.

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TTCE's Series 7 - In Review Dec 21, 2022

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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)
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Once again dedicated to my dad, JD.

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A Moment Of Madness? - Part 2 Dec 12, 2022

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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 question:
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 episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Garbage - The Trick Is To Keep Breathing
Kula Shaker - Govinda

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A Moment Of Madness? - Part 1 Dec 05, 2022

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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 episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Broken Social Scene - Sweetest Kill
Ride - Seagull

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Monsters Of Norfolk Nov 21, 2022

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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 may find disturbing, and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.
Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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The Sherlocks - Was It Really Worth It?
Doves - Push Me On

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Remembering Catherine, Samantha, Anne and Ellen.

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Someone's Daughter, Someone's Mum Nov 11, 2022

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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.
Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Future Islands - Spirit
Suzanne Vega - Blood Makes Noise

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Remembering Chantel, and her family.

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The Lost Boys: Part 8 - The Aftermath Oct 25, 2022

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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, disturbing, and or very highly distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.
Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Crows - Hang Me High
Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Date With The Night

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"Lambs To The Slaughter" - Ted Oliver And Ramsey Smith (Mar 1993)
"Catching Monsters" - David Bright (Nov 2013)
"Real Life Crimes - And How They Were Solved" - Issue 8

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Remembering Jason, Barry, Mark, and all of the other boys.

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