This Much is True Crime

This week, we're discussing the case of James Desborough, the killer whose crimes in Cornwall earned him comparisons to the fictional serial killer Dexter Morgan.

Desborough murdered two men at his isolated shack in the Cornish woods before later killing his own cellmate while serving time in prison.

We look at Desborough's three murders, what happened at the secluded woodland shack, and how a man already convicted of killing twice was able to murder again behind bars. We also explore the comparisons between Desborough and Dexter, and what we actually know about the man dubbed the "Cornwall Killer".

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Does the motive for the alleged kidnapping of grandmother Nancy Guthrie lead back to a Manhattan tv studio and an obsessive fan?Kidnapping claims, mysterious ransom notes, and fresh developments—this episode examines the latest verified updates in the Nancy Guthrie case, separating confirmed facts from rumor and exploring what investigators have revealed so far.
On 1 February 2026, 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC News journalist Savannah Guthrie, was abducted from her home in Arizona. Bloodstains found at the scene confirmed she had been taken against her will, triggering a major investigation involving the FBI, US Customs and Border Protection, and local law enforcement.

We examine the chilling ransom notes demanding payment in cryptocurrency, the newly released doorbell camera footage of a masked suspect, and what these latest developments could mean for one of America's most closely watched kidnapping investigations.

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Britain’s prisons are full — and thousands of offenders are being released earlier than expected to create space.

But who is being let out, how much of their sentence are they actually serving, and what happens when prison capacity begins to dictate justice?

In this episode, we examine Britain’s overcrowding crisis and the emergency early-release schemes introduced by the government. We also look in detail at the devastating killing of PC Andrew Harper, the sentences handed to the three men responsible, his widow Lissie Harper’s campaign for Harper’s Law, and why the possibility of early release has caused renewed outrage.

Are victims’ families being failed? Is the public being placed at risk? And does a prison sentence still mean what people believe it does?

Because when Britain runs out of cells, someone has to be released.

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This week, we're discussing one of Britain's most enduring unsolved mysteries: the disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh.

40 Years on, Suzy Lamplugh’s killer, it has to be him!

It is still one of the great murder mysteries of modern times, who killed 25 year old estate agent Suzy Lamplugh? In this episode, Britain’s leading criminologist Professor David Wilson revisits the evidence and is left in no doubt who abducted and killed Suzy and where he likely first saw her

In July 1986, the 25-year-old estate agent left her office to meet a client known only as "Mr Kipper" and was never seen again. Despite one of the largest missing person investigations in British history, no trace of Suzy has ever been found.

We explore the timeline of her disappearance, the suspects who have come under scrutiny over the years, and why the case continues to raise questions almost 40 years later.

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This week, we're discussing the extraordinary case of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.

After shooting her lover, David Blakely, outside a London pub in 1955, Ellis was convicted of murder and executed just months later. More than 70 years on, her case continues to divide opinion, with fresh debate surrounding her conviction, the abuse she suffered, and whether justice was truly served.

We explore the events leading up to the murder, the trial that shocked the nation, and why Ruth Ellis has now been granted a conditional posthumous pardon.

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