The Opportunist: Episode 360

In this episode, I’m joined by one of my real true crime heroes in Tom Wood, a retired senior police officer who spent almost 40 years in policing, working on some of Scotland’s most significant murder investigations.Tom has worked on some of Scotland’s most infamous murders and ...  Show more

A gang of armed robbers terrorised Bristol for more than a year, targeting banks, building societies and post offices with shotguns and other weapons.But how did they operate, and how did police finally bring them down? In this episode, I look at the robberies, the victims and th ...  Show more

A woman in her early twenties goes missing on a journey home from work. A few days pass, and some of her belongings are found, discarded just under 20 miles away. Police suspect foul play, and a murder charge is laid. But why was she killed, and where was her body? (Part 1 of 2). ...  Show more

A young woman disappears as she heads in to work. Unraveling what happened to her would take skilled detectives and an unexpected piece of video.

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A housewife vanishes, leaving a bloody scene - was she the original gone girl or did something far more sinister occur? Please email theydisappearedpodcast@gmail.com for sponsorship and direct podcast episode inquiries. 

A young couple are found brutally murdered in their flat in Newcastle’s West End. The investigation into their deaths exposes a shadowy underworld of illegal betting scams, and traverses continents as detectives try to find the person responsible… *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED ...  Show more