Simon Ford
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Simon Ford
@simonford01.bsky.social
Podcaster, journalist, sometime lecturer, and all-round gas bag.
🩸 He murdered dozens… the system let him.
In Part 2 of our deep dive into Andrei Chikatilo: The Butcher of Rostov, we reveal the chilling final chapter.

👉 The execution
👉 The fallout
👉 And why it could happen again

🎧 Listen now on Spreaker:
www.spreaker.com/episode/andr...
June 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Europe’s Post War Men Disperse
Seemingly Riddled With A Curse
Carrying The Weight Of Cultural Baggage
Impromptu Liaisons Lead To Marriage
The Product Of Which, Even Worse

Milat may be dead, but he’s cast a long shadow over Western perceptions of Australian men.

www.spreaker.com/episode/miss...
June 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Mark Martin always had time for the hungry and homeless, but he was no Samaritan.
He took what little they had – their benefits, their drugs, their remaining shreds of dignity. And when he had sucked them dry, he disposed of them like garbage.

open.spreaker.com/6A5mfhFZpBgu...

#nottingham
May 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Dr Buxton was increasingly jealous

Til his actions became over-zealous

A notorious case that made headline news

And after piecing together all the clues

We learnt some big words like cerebellis

open.spreaker.com/yPxL9j4WdwKQ...

#forensicscience #truecrime #lancaster #moffat #truecrime
May 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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🎧 Dive Deeper into the Minds of Killers
Ever wondered what drives a person to commit unthinkable crimes?
Support us on Patreon to access exclusive episodes and behind-the-scenes content.

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May 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Some killers feel nothing. Not even guilt.
But how did they get that way?
Genetics?
Abuse?
Or something far more terrifying?
We investigate in our latest episode.
You’re not ready for this one.
#PsychoKiller #TrueCrimePodcasts

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Are Psychopaths Born Or Made? Jeffrey Dahmer And Adolf Hitler: The Origins Of Evil
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May 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
They’re charming. Cold. Deadly.
But were they born this way? Or made by the world around them?
Psychologists weigh in.
Killers confess.
You decide.
New episode: “Are Psychopaths Born or Made?”
#TrueCrimePodcast #Psychopath apple.co/4k0jn8Y
May 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
William Sheward: The Misogynistic Monster of Norwich is a chilling yet thoughtful deep-dive. Smartly scripted, historically grounded, and free of sensationalism—true crime that respects its subject and its audience. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
April 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Support us, get more content and help us ensure our core values:

Authentic true-crime stories

High-quality storytelling

Editorial integrity

Broadcast-standard production values.

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April 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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There's a special place in hell for Robert Black.
He is dead, but the law of averages says there are others like him out there.
So if you believe in a god, or none at all, pray they're stopped before they inflict this kind of suffering on the world.

www.spreaker.com/episode/4697...
April 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Just found Assassinations and Politically Motivated Murderers and it’s such a thoughtful take on true crime. Less gore, more context—real stories, real people, and the political forces behind it all.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

#TrueCrimePodcasts #WomenWhoListen
April 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Happy House Horror
Domestic Dream Destroyed
Reputation Rocked

Was Dr Sam a homicidal maniac, or the victim of a miscarriage of justice?

www.spreaker.com/user/1241857...

#haiku
March 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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It was 1970, the height of the Cold War. Stories of espionage started circulating. And the more amateur sleuths probed the mystery the more baffling the story became.
So we decided to unravel the case – and lay to rest the so-called Isdal Woman once and for all.

www.spreaker.com/user/1241857...
March 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Legend has it that in West Virginia there's a blood-thirsty psychopath dressed in a rabbit suit
Who was this murderous character who became part of American horror folklore?
Was The Bunnyman real or and is he still out there — somewhere?

www.spreaker.com/user/1241857...
March 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Can you prove a murder when there’s no body?
That was the daunting challenge for detectives in Nottingham, England, in 2014 when Polish street drinker Bogdan Nawrocki vanished without a trace.

spreaker.onelink.me/A4NZ/7h62zgwc

#missingperson
March 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Thanks to those who have already seen our latest episode.
Bogdan Nawrocki vanished in 2014.
We know what happened to him (a man is doing time for his murder) but we don't know where his body is, although several people do know.

Czy możesz pomóc znaleźć Bogdana?

spreaker.onelink.me/A4NZ/7h62zgwc
March 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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With a nod to the Nottingham of Alan Sillitoe, we asked Canva to provide an image that complements this senryu about our latest episode.

Britain’s Grass Greener

New Career In A New Town

Old Habits Die Hard

spreaker.onelink.me/A4NZ/7h62zgwc
March 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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There are kids out there with no real name

Who on the streets played a dangerous game

Abandoned at the garden gate

To a fantasy world and an unknown fate

Their future, now secured, but riddled with shame

www.spreaker.com/episode/kids...
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Kosei Homi worked in a city before moving to a small hamlet in rural Japan. Having tasted a cosmopolitan lifestyle, the old ways didn’t suit him. He became increasingly isolated and finally snapped, taking revenge on the tiny community.

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March 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Ben offered hope after the Great War

To deliver, he sent his army out for more

Arrogant, aloof and ‘always right’

Ultimately choosing to run rather than fight

A fate sealed by those who he chose to ignore

open.spreaker.com/dRMATvvQvQTe...

#mussolini #fascism
March 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Righteous Reveller

From Dancefloor To St Patrick’s

No Church Confession

As Peter Tobin rotted in jail, he was linked to unsolved murders from the 1960s.
We explore the full horror of Peter Tobin's life and crimes, and the links to the 'Bible John' killings.

www.spreaker.com/user/1241857...
April 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Two musicians; two murders, separated by hundreds of miles.
John Lennon and Peter Tosh died in very different circumstances, but on closer examination, however, their deaths have more in common than first meets the eye.
#celebritymurders

www.spreaker.com/episode/4318...
April 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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As French police probe the violent deaths of British couple Andrew and Dawn Searle, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell discuss how such a complex investigation works behind the scenes.

After requests from followers we have published this as a video for you

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#france
February 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Mary Bell never meant to kill them; little Martin Brown and Brian Howe went along with her ‘game’. She squeezed their throats and they went to sleep. It wasn’t her fault they didn’t wake up, was it? What do you think? open.spreaker.com/m5GGxCmPVt1x...
January 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
What drove 11-year-old Mary Bell to kill two little boys in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1968? Find out with the latest Psycho Killer #TrueCrime #Podcast.

open.spreaker.com/y7K8L67DHrbJTn…
January 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM