New episode: X is for Xiong Zhijun. A revenge-fuelled killing spree in China. Eight victims. No remorse. No mystery — just rage. 🎧 A-Z of Psychopaths open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/5fygw7fs #TrueCrime #Psychopaths #CriminalPsychology #SpreeKilling

W is for Wuornos. She’s been called a monster, a victim, a feminist icon — and a media invention. In the latest episode of The A-Z of Psychopaths, we step away from myth and ask a harder question: Was Aileen Wuornos actually a psychopath? 🎧 Listen now. open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/x68hhsep

The bodies of five missing women were discovered at locations near Ipswich. There was a serial killer on the loose. This episode remembers the women whose lives were cruelly cut short: Tania Nicol, Gemma Adams, Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls, and Paula Clennell. www.spreaker.com/episode/4809...

U is for Unterweger This episode of The A-Z of Psychopaths looks at Jack Unterweger’s manipulation of journalists, politicians and public opinion — and why so many wanted to believe in him. 🎧 Listen now open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/bkfhduqg #TrueCrime #Psychopathy #SerialKiller #CriminalPsychology

Ottis Toole: serial killer, arsonist, alleged cannibal — and one of the most unreliable confessors in American criminal history. Our latest A-Z of Psychopaths episode asks a harder question: What if the system needed him to be guilty? 🎧 Listen now open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/k72c2gib #Psychopathy

We’ve reached the halfway mark of The A–Z of Psychopaths Who’s been the worst psycho killer… so far? A brutally honest top five, a little gallows humour, and a teaser for what’s coming next — involving fame, firearms, and a conviction that didn’t stay put. 🎧 open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/pgxy52s3

Hi, it’s Simon! Jacques and I wish you a very merry Christmas and all the best for 2026. 🎄🎅 This year we launched three new strands A-Z of Psychopaths, Detective’s Files, It Takes Two — and the response from you has been fantastic! 🎅🎄 Here's our festive: open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/e7syx514

Are Psychopaths Born Or Made? Jeffrey Dahmer And Adolf Hitler: The Origins Of Evil We take a dive into the twisted psyches of Jeffrey Dahmer and Adolf Hitler, and dare to ask why. We go beyond the headlines to explore the psychological roots of evil. open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/szy3oklj

In Part 3 of our Familial DNA Trilogy we looked at Matthew White: The Aussie Croc Killer. Jacques has penned this short poem to get the mind working. Matt’s Major Mistake Captain Cook’s Country Calls Out Mother’s Moral Duty www.spreaker.com/episode/4778... #australiantruecrime #familialdna #dna

We're live from Rainworth Nottinghamshire at 19.30 GMT www.facebook.com/share/16mUf2...

Join us live (via facebook) at 19.30 GMT tomorrow Thursday, 11 December 2025, from the exact location where the Black Panther was brought down...

50 Years Ago: Rainworth Caught the Black Panther We go back to 11 December 1975 the night armed robber and murderer Donald Neilson was finally captured. #BlackPanther #DonaldNeilson #TrueCrimeUK #Rainworth #Nottinghamshire #TrueCrimeCommunity #1970sCrime #UKHistory open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/szrjtgu4

The Perfect Storm: The United States has given the world more serial killers than any other country—an unsettling fact backed by decades of data. But why? Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell dig into the disturbing truth behind America’s dark reputation. open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/agmplwcq

Did you know that our Patreon supporters get exclusive and early access to our content. In The A-Z Of Psychopaths we take a quick look at Charles Manson – The Puppetmaster The deadliest weapon in the Manson Family was Manson’s mind. Here’s a taster. www.patreon.com/posts/144599...

In our A-Z of Psychopaths, this episode has been very popular indeed 🤔 In this 5-minute deep dive into criminal history, journalist Simon Ford revisits the most famous unsolved murder spree of all time. But beyond the myth, the fog and the fear... who was he? open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/b2tomsyi

The Mary Bell case in 1968 has been and continues to be studied by criminology, sociology and psychology students. For the people of Scotswood, the deaths of Martin Brown and Brian Howe marked the end of an age of innocence. AI Image www.spreaker.com/episode/mary...

In our A-Z of Psychopaths we treat our Patreon supporters to Richard Kuklinski. A family man, a mob enforcer, and one of the coldest killers America has ever produced… Richard Kuklinski was called "The Iceman" for a reason... www.patreon.com/posts/z-of-p...

@spiricom.bsky.social It's 1958, Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend Caril Fugate embarked on a killing spree across Nebraska that left 11 people dead and America terrified.  But was Caril a victim—or an accomplice? open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/3wiunsf3

It started as a family outing to pick juniper berries. It ended with the discovery of a charred body on a mountainside in Norway. The Norwegian police ruled out murder and the coroner recorded a verdict of suicide. But speculation about the case refused to go away www.spreaker.com/user/1241857...

On the face of it, John Lennon and Peter Tosh were killed in very different circumstances. Lennon was shot by an obsessed fan; Tosh a victim of 1980s Jamaican gun culture. On closer examination, however, their deaths have more in common than first meets the eye. www.spreaker.com/episode/4318...

We take a look at the fatal stabbing of publican George Wilson in Nottingham. A Saturday night in 1963. George Wilson locked up and took his dog for a walk. The next time his wife saw him he was lying in a pool of blood. Who killed George Wilson and why? www.spreaker.com/episode/4256...

Jimmy Savile wormed his way into the heart of British public life. All the while, he hid something monstrous. He was a paedophile. A serial abuser. But was he something else too? Was Jimmy Savile… a psychopath? spreaker.onelink.me/A4NZ/8cql3yc7 #jimmysavile

Mahatma Gandhi said: 'the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members'. Murders of a mother and daughter in Nottingham represent a damning indictment of British society in the 1930s. spreaker.onelink.me/A4NZ/zzrntfna

Joe’s awful crimes spread across the Golden State There was no-one and nothing he didn’t hate Multiple crimes, the last one in 86. A clever cop put some DNA in the mix And at 72 he was delivered his fate www.spreaker.com/episode/jose... #familialdna #forensicscience #goldenstatekiller

Bessie Sheppard lived in perilous times. Her short life was snatched from her by a vagrant ex-soldier called Charles Rotherham. The year was 1817. Here’s our Youtube video version of the Haunting Tale Of Bessie Sheppard’s Murder youtu.be/L2j8o4QF-3Y?...

Are psychopaths born or made? We take a dive into the twisted psyches of Jeffrey Dahmer and Adolf Hitler, and dare to ask why. We go beyond the headlines to explore the psychological roots of evil. Is psychopathy nature or nurture? What makes a killer? open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/szy3oklj

🧩 NEW podcast coming 27 Oct: The A-Z of Psychopaths. First episode: A is for Alcala. Twice a week, we map a journey through notorious psychopaths — stories, science, surprises. #TheAZOfPsychopaths #Podcast #TrueCrime #Psychology

How do you solve a murder when the victim’s body is missing? That was the challenge faced by detectives in Nottingham, England, when Bogdan Nawrocki vanished. Forensic evidence pointed to a violent end but to this day, his remains have never been found. youtu.be/48P1INpI9rA?...

The Dark Synergy of Ian Brady & Myra Hindley. We go beyond the lurid headlines to explore how a psychopath and his partner created a closed world where murder became the glue that bound them. 🎧 Listen here → bit.ly/pk-brady-hin... true crime, it takes two, ian brady, myra hindley

A loss of control over so-called 'masculine' domains is at the heart of familicides, even where there is no clear history of domestic abuse. We examine a number of cases where a loss of control by a parent or spouse, results in unimaginable consequences. www.spreaker.com/episode/2972...

The United States has given the world more serial killers than any other country—an unsettling fact backed by decades of data. But why? What makes America such fertile ground for serial killers? Is the American Dream itself a mask for psychopathy? open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/agmplwcq #WhyAmerica

Paris 1915. A lonely woman answers a personal ad. Two weeks later, she vanished. Her suitor? Charming. Cultured. And utterly monstrous. This is no bedtime story. It’s history’s darkest secrets, unwrapped with forensic detail and a dash of gallows humour. www.spreaker.com/episode/henr...

New series 🚨 It Takes Two… from Psycho Killer First up: Leonard Lake & Charles Ng, a killer duo whose crimes horrified California. When two dangerous personalities collide, the results are catastrophic. 🎧 Listen now. bit.ly/lake-ng-podc... #ItTakesTwo #TrueCrime #KillerCouples #SerialKillers

Fingerprints may not grab headlines like DNA, but they’ve been solving crimes for over a century. Jacques Morrell shares stories where fingerprints cracked cases from cheque fraud to murder. open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/vnzdnk20 #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Forensics #Fingerprints #DetectivesFiles

America’s Darkest Export We uncover the systemic forces that helped monsters thrive in the USA. Killer Bureaucracy. Pop Culture – how Bundy, Dahmer, and Gacy became icons of horror. Gun Culture Are Millennials and Gen Z less likely to spawn serial killers? open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/aqnudftn

What makes America such fertile ground for serial killers? How did suburbia and isolation hide monsters in plain sight? And is the American Dream itself a mask for psychopathy? open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/agmplwcq #WhyAmerica #TrueCrimeObsessed #TrueCrimeDiscussion #UnsolvedAndSolved

Jacques penned this senryu to introduce Blood & Fire: The Killing of Peter Tosh Trench Town to Up Town Liverpool to NYC Fame has a downside How two accessible musicians paid the ultimate price for their fame. www.spreaker.com/episode/4318... #haiku #senryu #kingston #jamaica #nyc #tosh #lennon

Our Detective’s Files are proving really popular. True Crime Tales with Jacques give you short episodes where he describes what it was really like being a British copper in the 1980s onwards. Patreon supporters will get exclusive early access to the next episode www.patreon.com/PsychoKiller...

It seems as though the USA is never out of the news headlines, so we asked: Why Does America Have The Most Serial Killers? Our Patreon supporters can now listen to what we discovered in full, but here's a short section from it. The Perfect Storm www.patreon.com/posts/138652...

There once was a man called Nappey Who was bullied and somewhat unhappy So he changed his name, Made violence his game, And became an infamous chappy. www.spreaker.com/episode/4566... #truecrime #truecrimejunkie #truecrimeaddict #blackpanther #robbery #donaldneilson #kidnap #lesleywhittle

In Episode 2 of The Detective's Files, we speak to Jacques about the first murder case he worked on. In December 1989, a woman is reported missing and her body is found in a lake. open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/gln4wdg0 #TrueCrime #DetectiveFiles #Detectives #RealInvestigations #truecrimepodcast

Let's go to the dark side. To a remote village in western Japan and look at the horrific case of The Haiku Killer spreaker.onelink.me/A4NZ/3btkehpb #truecrime #japan #koseihomi #haiku #haikukiller #truecrimepodcast #truecrimeaddict

Moffat Scotland 1935. Glancing down into the clear water, Susan noticed something…unusual. Poking out of some tattered wrappings where it had snagged on rocks was a human arm. open.spreaker.com/yPxL9j4WdwKQ...

Wayne Cozens was a disgrace to the police uniform he wore. He was licenced to kill – and kill he did. Posing as a plainclothes officer, Couzens raped and murdered Sarah Everard after kidnapping her under the guise of an arrest. We discuss this awful case. www.spreaker.com/episode/4677...

Michael was a loser, a life full of failures Blaming jobs and marriages, even the gaolers From kidnap, extortion, blackmail and rape Snared by his own cocky words on an audio-tape If there are flowers at his funeral, they won’t be dahlias www.spreaker.com/episode/4572...

Charm, manipulation, lack of conscience — it’s just that some people channel it into corporate takeovers rather than serial murder. That led us to ask: Were killers like Jeffrey Dahmer and Adolph Hitler born this way, or did the world turn them into monsters? www.spreaker.com/episode/are-...

If I should die, think only this of me That there’s some corner of a foreign field that is forever England But what if someone doesn’t want to be remembered. What if they want to die anonymously in a foreign field, as though they never existed. www.spreaker.com/user/1241857...

Robert Black is the worst child killer in modern British history. His ten year campaign of terror destroyed the meaning of childhood for a generation. Simon and Jacques look at the trail of suffering that Robert Black inflicted on the UK. www.spreaker.com/episode/4697...