Kate Thornton & The Lady in the Spotlight

Hello and welcome to the annual DWSC seaside holiday to the glorious Ventnor Fringe on the Isle of Wight! This year, the big top was bursting at the seams for a show that included local royalty in the form of drag and cabaret artiste, Quivers!Quivers kicks things off with a story ...  Show more

It's the very last episode from the DWSC 2026 tour and what a way to bow out, as our hosts were joined by the hilarious, Aaron Simmonds, a guy who won't let gender stereotypes affect his eyewear choices or give up in the good fight against the real perpetrators of car crime. The ...  Show more

Annie Lederman drops by to discuss her fascinating life in which she starred on multiple TV shows in between stints of homelessness. Doing mushrooms at a medieval renaissance fair, working at a modeling agency run by a drag queen, living with unprogrammed Quakers, and doing ayahu ...  Show more

Laurie Taylor explores the fascination for true crime stories. He's joined by Jennifer Fleetwood, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at City, University of London, whose latest work considers the remarkable rise in the number of people who speak publicly about their experience of cri ...  Show more

Weirdos! Today we are joined by legendary crime novelist Patricia Cornwell, the mastermind behind the Kay Scarpetta series and one of the pioneers of the forensic thriller genre! Whether you’re a longtime Scarpetta stan or newly forensic-curious, this episode is packed with mo ...

In the past few months Kat Denkinson and Sue Perkins have uncovered all kinds of evidence from victims of Carrie Jade’s antics, but there are still some stories which have not yet been told. In episode 8 they take a deeper look at her past and fill in some of the blanks in the st ...  Show more