The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast

The only unsolved tale of this Horrors Over The Holidays season I have curated drops here with a tale of tragedy, cruelty, and an account of a truly horrific ordeal from Christmas 1995 where we meet a 'gentle giant' named Alan Holmes. His tale, I'm sure, you'll never forget. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer SupportReferences - Available upon request.Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast PodcastFacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon Page Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Horrors Over The Holidays season continues here with a tale from Christmas 2021 that highlights just how evil, violence and tragedy don't take a Christmas break at all....The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer SupportReferences - Available upon request.Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast PodcastFacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon Page Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I bring a selection of tales of Horrors Over The Holidays this festive season, each day bringing a different tale, and beginning here with the tale of how on Christmas Day 1976, one family in Hull got the worst, and most shocking surprise that you can imagine that Christmas....The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer SupportReferences - Available upon request.Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast PodcastFacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon Page Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Psychopath - The Two Sides Of Patrick Mackay, my collaboration with Mike from the fabulous Murder Mile, is now out in its full 10 parts. A few weeks ago, having finished it, me and Mike managed to sit down and discuss the case in full, which we have recorded us doing, and which we bring to you for a bonus time around. It's totally unscripted, very largely unedited, perhaps a lot less serious than both of us usually are - and which I bring to you here. The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving descriptions of animal cruelty, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast PodcastFacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon Page Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My final offering of Psychopath: The Two Sides Of Patrick Mackay comes this time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, where I bring my side of the tale full circle, and account Mackay's 1975 trial for the murders he confessed to - those that he DIDN'T retract, of course; the years following his incarceration, and pose the following question:Could the UK's longest continually serving prisoner, now in his 51st year inside, one day be released?The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving descriptions of animal cruelty, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in. Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Femur – P.O.PSelf Esteem – I Do And I Don't CareThe True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer SupportReferences - Assorted articles from the Evening Standard, The Daily Mail, The Daily Mirror, Kent Live, The Daily Express, Sunday Mirror, Sunday People, London Evening News, Shropshire Star, available from the British Newspaper Archive or Newspapers.com. "Britain's Forgotten Serial Killer" - John Lucas (Pen and Sword Books 2019)"Psychopath: The Case Of Patrick Mackay - Tim Clark and John Penycate (Routledge and Keegan Paul 1976)Real Life Crimes And How They Were Solved Issue 55 (1993)"Danger Men" - BBC Documentary 1990SCENES OF CRIME: Colin Ireland / Patrick Mackay (Channel 5, 2002)"London's Scariest Mysteries - Patrick Mackay"Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast PodcastFacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon Page Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.