An Unlikely Contract Killer; Episode 406

In this episode of the UK True Crime Podcast from the north-west of England, I cover the devastating murder of Elle Edwards - an innocent young woman caught in the crossfire when gun violence erupted outside a busy pub.What began as a normal night out ended in chaos within second ...  Show more

Between January 2022 and December 2024, 65,053 arson offences were recorded across the UK police forces that provided data - yet only 4.83% of these cases resulted in charges. Arson is a terrifying and often deadly crime with incredibly low conviction rates.In this episode of the ...  Show more

In the middle of the night, 3-year-old Francis "Saville" Kent disappeared from the room he slept in with his baby sister. His body was found hours later. The murder investigation by the Wiltshire police was incompetent at best. So when Detective Inspector Jonathan Whicher from Sc ...  Show more

Stephen Smith was found dead along a rural Hampton County road in the pre-dawn hours of July 8, 2015. His death came under mysterious circumstances, and remains unsolved. Stephen Smith's death ultimately was ruled a hit-and-run by a medical examiner, despite law enforcement sayin ...  Show more

 In this episode Regan is already public enemy number one with both the underworld and police after the disappearance and presumed murder of his girlfriend’s toddler son, Karlos Scott-Huie. For some, Regan had signed his own death warrant despite his denials that he ever harmed t ...  Show more

The five-decade mystery of who killed psychopathic pimp and murderer Stewart John ‘The Magician’ Regan at the age of 29. One of Australia’s most notorious gangsters, Regan was gunned down by three assassins in a Marrickville laneway in 1974. Introducing The Gangster’s Ghost podca ...  Show more