Podcast Episodes

Encore: Charles Manson, Part One

We’re back in the MTW archives today for the first of our Charles Manson two-parter.

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is availa…

10 months, 1 week ago

Encore: The Missing Mona Lisa

We’re travelling back through the MTW archives to bring you Iain’s episode about the OTHER Louvre heist.

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Ia…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

99. The Heineken Kidnapping

Get ready for Iain’s distinctly non-Chrismassy Christmas episode. This week, we’re looking at the 1983 kidnapping of Freddy Heineken and his chauffeu…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

98. The Dandelion Poisoner

The infamous tale of Herbert Rowse Armstrong, a 20th-century solicitor accused of murdering not only a professional rival – but also… his own wife.

Mu…

10 months, 4 weeks ago

97. The Eiffel Tower Conman

Laura looks at the life of Victor Lustig, an ambitious 1920s conman who ‘sold’ both the Eiffel Tower and Tower Bridge to gullible businessmen. Plus, …

11 months ago

96. The Tommy Ball Shooting

It’s November 1923 when a young Aston Villa player is shot to death by his neighbour. Iain looks at what happened between Tommy Ball and George Stagg…

11 months, 1 week ago

95. The Mám Trasna Murders

In August 1882, a remote community in West Ireland is thrown into turmoil by a brutal massacre – followed by a shocking miscarriage of justice.

Murder…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

94. The Bootleg King, Part 2

In this second part of this case, Iain tracks George Remus’ dramatic downfall and explains the circumstances that led to the brutal murder of his wif…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

93. The Bootleg King, Part 1

In the first half of a two-part case, Iain introduces us to one of history’s most successful bootleggers. A man so rich that he lit his cigarettes wi…

1 year ago

92. The Giggling Granny

Laura digs into the shocking story of serial killer Nannie Doss, a woman who is said to have killed five of her five husbands as well as her own moth…

1 year ago