Molly and Geoffrey's final episode of Blood Ties discusses Mark Richard Hobson: the spree killer.

S12 Ep12: The Spree Killer

Tim Weaver

Geoffrey interviews crime fiction writer Tim Weaver, the bestselling author of books including the David Raker mysteries You Were Gone, No One Home and The Blackbird.

S12 Ep11: S12E11 An Interview with Tim Weaver 

Today Molly and Geoffrey discuss Charles Bronson, known as Britain's most violent prisoner. Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

Today Molly and Geoffrey discuss Charles Bronson, known as Britain's most violent prisoner. Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast</a> CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S12 Ep10: Bronson

The first of two episodes where Molly and Geoffrey discuss cases where the parole board has a significant part to play. This week's is Roger Payne, perhaps the longest serving lifer. Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

The first of two episodes where Molly and Geoffrey discuss cases where the parole board has a significant part to play. This week's is Roger Payne, perhaps the longest serving lifer. Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast</a> CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S12 Ep9: S12E09 Britain's Longest Serving Lifer

Geoffrey continues his discussion of the case of Captain Cash.  Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

Geoffrey continues his discussion of the case of Captain Cash. Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast</a> CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S12 Ep8: S12E08 Captain Cash Part Two

A case in which the perpetrator holds that if you can't afford to buy something, steal it: and where business dealings end in murder.  Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

A case in which the perpetrator holds that if you can't afford to buy something, steal it: and where business dealings end in murder. Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast</a> CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S12 Ep7:  Captain Cash Part One

Geoffrey and Molly discuss the terrible case of the Dunblane Massacre. Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

Geoffrey and Molly discuss the terrible case of the Dunblane Massacre. Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast</a> CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S12 Ep6: The Dunblane Massacre

Geoffrey tackles the case of a disappearing wife.  Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

Geoffrey tackles the case of a disappearing wife. Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast</a> CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S12 Ep5: S12E05 The Disappearing Wife

Part two of Geoffrey's retelling of Pottery Cottage. Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

Part two of Geoffrey's retelling of Pottery Cottage. Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast</a> CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S12 Ep4: Pottery Cottage, Part Two

This week, Geoffrey discusses the terrible case of Pottery Cottage. This is the first of a two part series. Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

This week, Geoffrey discusses the terrible case of Pottery Cottage. This is the first of a two part series. Join our community on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, listen to our podcasts ad-free, and more! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/bloodtiespodcast</a> CREDITS: Producer: Sam Brain Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S12 Ep3: Pottery Cottage, Part One

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How much of the much loved gangster TV show is based on true events?   CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell  CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

How much of the much loved gangster TV show is based on true events?  CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S4 Ep1: S04E01: The Real Peaky Blinders

We are putting on a live show on Sunday 8th December all about Jack the Ripper. Get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blood-ties-live-jack-the-ripper-tickets-77506240251

We are putting on a live show on Sunday 8th December all about Jack the Ripper. Get your tickets here: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blood-ties-live-jack-the-ripper-tickets-77506240251" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blood-ties-live-jack-the-ripper-tickets-77506240251</a>

S4 Ep23: Jack the Ripper: Come to our live show! 

Bible John is an unidentified serial killer who murdered three women between 1968 and 1969 in Glasgow. He earned the nick name 'Bible John' because witnesses said he quoted from the Old Testament. But could Bible John really be serial killer Peter Tobin?  CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell  CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

Bible John is an unidentified serial killer who murdered three women between 1968 and 1969 in Glasgow. He earned the nick name 'Bible John' because witnesses said he quoted from the Old Testament. But could Bible John really be serial killer Peter Tobin? CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S2 Ep15: S02E15: Bible John

Melanie Hall

Melanie Hall disappeared on the 9th June 1996, but was not declared legally dead until 17 November 2004. She was a British hospital clerical officer from Bradford on Avon when she disappeared, following a night out at Cadillacs nightclub in Bath. Her partial remains were discovered, after a plastic bin bag containing human bones was located by a workman on the M5 motorway. Her murder has never been solved. But who are the possible suspects? CREDITS: Producer: Poppy Damon Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

Melanie Hall disappeared on the 9th June 1996, but was not declared legally dead until 17 November 2004. She was a British hospital clerical officer from Bradford on Avon when she disappeared, following a night out at Cadillacs nightclub in Bath. Her partial remains were discovered, after a plastic bin bag containing human bones was located by a workman on the M5 motorway. Her murder has never been solved. But who are the possible suspects? CREDITS: Producer: Poppy Damon Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S5 Ep9: S05E09: The Murder Of Melanie Hall

John Wayne Gacy

John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer who raped, tortured and murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978 in Chicago. CREDITS: Producer: Poppy Damon Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com BOOK: More Than Likely: A Memoir by Dick Clement  and Ian le Frenais.

John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer who raped, tortured and murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978 in Chicago. CREDITS: Producer: Poppy Damon Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com BOOK: More Than Likely: A Memoir by Dick Clement and Ian le Frenais.

S4 Ep19: S04E19: John Wayne Gacy Part I 

Hercule Poirot

David Suchet

Welcome to 2020. We begin season five with something a little different, exploring Agatha Christie's most loved detective: Hercule Poirot. Geoffrey and Molly are in conversation with the actor who depicted Poirot for so many years, David Suchet.  Who inspired the creation of the Belgian detective who uses only his 'little grey cells' to solve cases? And what can we learn from the techniques he uses to find answers?BOOKS: "Behind the Lens: My Life" by David Suchet. CREDITS: Produced by Poppy Damon.CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com.

Welcome to 2020. We begin season five with something a little different, exploring Agatha Christie's most loved detective: Hercule Poirot. Geoffrey and Molly are in conversation with the actor who depicted Poirot for so many years, David Suchet. Who inspired the creation of the Belgian detective who uses only his 'little grey cells' to solve cases? And what can we learn from the techniques he uses to find answers? BOOKS: "Behind the Lens: My Life" by David Suchet. CREDITS: Produced by Poppy Damon. CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com.

S4 Ep27: S05E01: The Real Hercule Poirot with David Suchet

Robert Black

Robert Black is one of the most monstrous pedophiles and serial killers ever to commit crimes in the UK, yet few people know his name. He would eventually be convicted of the sexual assault and murder of four girls. What can his past tell us about his crimes?      BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:  French crime thriller: "The Reunion".  CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell   CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

Robert Black is one of the most monstrous pedophiles and serial killers ever to commit crimes in the UK, yet few people know his name. He would eventually be convicted of the sexual assault and murder of four girls. What can his past tell us about his crimes?    BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:  French crime thriller: "The Reunion". CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S4 Ep10: S04E10: Robert Black 

Jeremy Bamber is one of few prisoners in the UK facing a whole life term. He was found guilty in October 1986 of the murders of his parents, his sister and her six-year-old twin sons. The shooting of the family in August 1985, in the parents' farmhouse in Essex, England, came to be known as the White House Farm murders. BOOK: Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton. CREDITS: Produced by Poppy Damon. CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

Jeremy Bamber is one of few prisoners in the UK facing a whole life term. He was found guilty in October 1986 of the murders of his parents, his sister and her six-year-old twin sons. The shooting of the family in August 1985, in the parents' farmhouse in Essex, England, came to be known as the White House Farm murders. BOOK: Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton. CREDITS: Produced by Poppy Damon. CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S5 Ep2: S05E02: The White House Farm Murders 

Joanna Yeates

Twenty-five year old landscape architect Joanna Yeates went missing in December 2010 in Bristol; a false accusation and a high-profile investigation ensued. What is the truth behind her murder?  CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell  CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

Twenty-five year old landscape architect Joanna Yeates went missing in December 2010 in Bristol; a false accusation and a high-profile investigation ensued. What is the truth behind her murder? CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S2 Ep19: S02E19: The Killing of Joanna Yeates 

This is the story of one of the most controversial police investigations of its time. James Hanratty was hanged at Bedford jail on 4 April 1962, after being convicted of the murder of scientist Michael Gregsten. Gregsten was shot dead in a car on the A6 at Deadman's Hill. Gregsten's mistress, Valerie Storie, was raped, shot five times, and left paralysed. He claimed he was innocent. What is the truth? CREDITS: Producer: Poppy Damon Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com TICKETS FOR LIVE EVENT (8 DECEMBER): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blood-ties-live-jack-the-ripper-tickets-77506240251

This is the story of one of the most controversial police investigations of its time. James Hanratty was hanged at Bedford jail on 4 April 1962, after being convicted of the murder of scientist Michael Gregsten. Gregsten was shot dead in a car on the A6 at Deadman's Hill. Gregsten's mistress, Valerie Storie, was raped, shot five times, and left paralysed. He claimed he was innocent. What is the truth? CREDITS: Producer: Poppy Damon Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com TICKETS FOR LIVE EVENT (8 DECEMBER): <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blood-ties-live-jack-the-ripper-tickets-77506240251" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blood-ties-live-jack-the-ripper-tickets-77506240251</a>

S4 Ep21: S04E21: The A6 Murderer

One of Merseyside's most dangerous killers, John Sweeney, is serving life in prison for murdering his former girlfriends and dumping their bodies in canals across Europe. He spent years on the run before being arrested and sentenced to life in prison.   How did John Sweeney manage to evade capture for so long - and why will he never be allowed out?  CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell  CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

One of Merseyside's most dangerous killers, John Sweeney, is serving life in prison for murdering his former girlfriends and dumping their bodies in canals across Europe. He spent years on the run before being arrested and sentenced to life in prison.  How did John Sweeney manage to evade capture for so long - and why will he never be allowed out? CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S4 Ep2: S04E02: The Scalp Hunter

We all know the name but do we know the true story? Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished areas in and around Whitechapel in 1888. Molly and Geoffrey tell the story in front of a live audience in East London, not far from where the crimes took place. BOOKS: "When the Dogs Don't Bark: A Forensic Scientist’s Search for the Truth"by Professor Angela Gallop and "A Fate Worse than Hollywood" by David AmbroseCREDITS:Live music by Dan Wansell Sound engineer: Barnaby SpigelProducer: Poppy DamonVenue: Oxford House theatre, Bethnal Green.

We all know the name but do we know the true story? Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished areas in and around Whitechapel in 1888. Molly and Geoffrey tell the story in front of a live audience in East London, not far from where the crimes took place. BOOKS: "When the Dogs Don't Bark: A Forensic Scientist’s Search for the Truth" by Professor Angela Gallop and "A Fate Worse than Hollywood" by David Ambrose CREDITS: Live music by Dan Wansell Sound engineer: Barnaby Spigel Producer: Poppy Damon Venue: Oxford House theatre, Bethnal Green.

S4 Ep24: Jack the Ripper Live Special: Part I

Harold Shipman

Harold Shipman was a GP. He was also one of the most prolific serial killers in British history. What led this medical practitioner to kill so many of those who trusted him with their care?  CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell  CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

Harold Shipman was a GP. He was also one of the most prolific serial killers in British history. What led this medical practitioner to kill so many of those who trusted him with their care? CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S3 Ep2: S03E02: Dr Death, Harold Shipman

Steve Wright killed five sex workers in six weeks between 30th October- 10th December 2006. The judge would later describe this as a 'campaign of murder'. Wright had a checkered adult life, but what led him to snap?  CREDITS: Producer: Poppy Damon Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com  TICKETS FOR LIVE EVENT ON SALE NOW (8 DECEMBER): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blood-ties-live-jack-the-ripper-tickets-77506240251

Steve Wright killed five sex workers in six weeks between 30th October- 10th December 2006. The judge would later describe this as a 'campaign of murder'. Wright had a checkered adult life, but what led him to snap? CREDITS: Producer: Poppy Damon Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com TICKETS FOR LIVE EVENT ON SALE NOW (8 DECEMBER): <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blood-ties-live-jack-the-ripper-tickets-77506240251" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blood-ties-live-jack-the-ripper-tickets-77506240251</a>

S4 Ep22: S04E22: Season Finale: The Suffolk Strangler

Jill Dando

The 26th April 2019 will mark twenty years since Jill Dando, a BBC Crimewatch presenter, was shot and killed on her doorstep by a single bullet. Her murder has never been solved. Geoffrey Wansell talks through everything we know about the case that continues to haunt the nation.  CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell  CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

The 26th April 2019 will mark twenty years since Jill Dando, a BBC Crimewatch presenter, was shot and killed on her doorstep by a single bullet. Her murder has never been solved. Geoffrey Wansell talks through everything we know about the case that continues to haunt the nation. CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S2 Ep18: S02E18: Who Killed Jill Dando?

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are two of the most notorious killers in British history. What do their back stories tell us about their motivation to murder?  CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell  CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are two of the most notorious killers in British history. What do their back stories tell us about their motivation to murder? CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S4 Ep3: S04E03: Moors Murders Part I

Fredric and Rosemary West committed at least 12 murders between 1967 and 1987. Geoffrey Wansell is a leading expert on their story, having written Fred West's biography.  CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell  CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

Fredric and Rosemary West committed at least 12 murders between 1967 and 1987. Geoffrey Wansell is a leading expert on their story, having written Fred West's biography. CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S2 Ep26: S02E26: The Wests Part I

"A female terrorist, a firebrand, a knifewoman." Model and barmaid Tracie Andrews appeared at a press conference on the 3rd December 1996 with a bruised face, clutching the hand of a mother who had lost her son. Both women appealed for information from the public. Andrews said her fiancé, Lee Harvey, had been the victim of a road rage attack from "a fat man with staring eyes." It turned out Andrews herself had committed the crime, having stabbed her partner over 40 times with a pen knife.    Her lawyer would later argue the press had made it impossible for Andrews to receive a fair trial: "her name and picture quickly became synonymous with unmitigated wickedness, cunning and duplicity in the collective public mind."  CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell  CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

"A female terrorist, a firebrand, a knifewoman." Model and barmaid Tracie Andrews appeared at a press conference on the 3rd December 1996 with a bruised face, clutching the hand of a mother who had lost her son. Both women appealed for information from the public. Andrews said her fiancé, Lee Harvey, had been the victim of a road rage attack from "a fat man with staring eyes." It turned out Andrews herself had committed the crime, having stabbed her partner over 40 times with a pen knife. Her lawyer would later argue the press had made it impossible for Andrews to receive a fair trial: "her name and picture quickly became synonymous with unmitigated wickedness, cunning and duplicity in the collective public mind." CREDITS:  Producer: Poppy Damon  Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT:  Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S2 Ep17: S02E17: Firebrand

If you are a fan of Mindhunter on Netflix you will have heard of Ed Kemper, (AKA the Co-ed Killer) the American serial killer and necrophile who murdered ten people. Much of our understanding of Kemper and his background came from Kemper himself. His candid interviews with FBI profiler John Douglas were crucial to our understanding of the mind of serial killers. BOOKS:  "City of Windows" by Robert PobiCREDITS: Producer: Poppy Damon Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

If you are a fan of Mindhunter on Netflix you will have heard of Ed Kemper, (AKA the Co-ed Killer) the American serial killer and necrophile who murdered ten people. Much of our understanding of Kemper and his background came from Kemper himself. His candid interviews with FBI profiler John Douglas were crucial to our understanding of the mind of serial killers. BOOKS: "City of Windows" by Robert Pobi CREDITS: Producer: Poppy Damon Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com

S4 Ep12: S04E12: Ed Kemper Part II

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are two of the most notorious killers in British history. What do their back stories tell us about their motivation to murder?

S4 Ep4: S04E04: Moors Murders Part II

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