The Crime Roundup: August 2025
In this monthly collaboration series, Adam from the UK True Crime podcast and I take a step back from individual cases to explore a curated selection of gripping crime stories that made headlines in A...
22 Aug 202554min
#312 - Frayed Nerves and Bad Guts (‘Annie Leopold’ & Joseph Stoppani, 3 Peter Street, Soho, W1)
EPISODE THREE HUNDRED AND TWELVE: On the morning of 18th of March 1901, having perpetuated a con to make money, the owner of Stoppani's grocer's shop at 3 Peter Street in Soho was again said to be ‘up...
21 Aug 20251h 6min
S19E03 | Gabrielle Chapman (Rugby, Warwickshire, 2010)
In 2010, the market town of Rugby in Warwickshire was shaken by a tragedy that few could have predicted. Gabrielle Chapman - known fondly as “Gabi” to those closest to her - was a nurse and midwife wh...
20 Aug 202526min
A Charming Stranger: Episode 457
The story this week comes from a small town in South Wales. It is a story about trust misplaced, lives shattered, and the devastating cost of chasing a dream that was never real. Find out more about m...
19 Aug 202530min
The Offfering Of Sundown And Allegra
Satanism, Black Magic, and Devil Worshipping are terms that have been around since the Middle Ages. In the majority of cases today, people who follow this do so somewhat out of boredom, it drawing som...
17 Aug 20251h 12min
#311 - 'The Hooker with the Heart of Gold' (Jeanne Odette Western, 3 Peter Street, Soho, W1)
On Monday the 12th of May 1975 at 2:40pm, two prostitutes on the first and second floors of 3 Peter Street were ‘entertaining’ their clients. With these small flats connected by a communal door, their...
14 Aug 20251h 3min
S19E02 | Saraya Broadhurst (Torquay, Devon, 2001)
In the early 2000s, the quiet seaside town of Torquay in Devon held a dark secret. One that would remain hidden for years before finally coming to light in the most harrowing of circumstances.Saraya B...
13 Aug 202525min
A Crime With No Motive : Episode 456
This week, we head to the Yorkshire city of Doncaster, where 19 year old Rebecca Stephenson was struggling with drug addiction and leading a very chaotic lifestyle when she vanished. Tragically, her b...
13 Aug 202527min
