Podcast appearances and mentions of hazel buchanan

Colin Howell appeared to be a devoted family man and respected dentist, but behind closed doors, he harbored dark secrets. Colin seemed to have the opinion that he could do whatever he wanted and then repent for his sins later. Eventually, Colin started an affair with Hazel Buchanan, creating a 'love square' between them and their respective spouses. Sadly, their affair escalated into a deadly plan to rid themselves of their spouses on May 18, 1991. For nearly two decades, the truth remained buried. It wasn't until 2009, driven by personal tragedies and a guilty conscience, that the truth of what these two dirtbags had done was finally revealed. If you enjoy listening, there are a few ways for you to help us out: Buy us a snack, follow us on social media, click 'follow' where ever you're listening from, and give us a rating and review! Thanks for listening! BUY US A SNACK: https://ko-fi.com/buriedmotives Follow us on FaceBook: https://m.facebook.com/Buried-Motives-107918331555188/ Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/buriedmotives Email us: buriedmotives@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy starts us off with a paranormal art history lesson by diving into the background of several allegedly cursed and/or haunted paintings. Then Monique covers the story of devoutly religious duo Colin Howell & Hazel Buchanan which posits the question: If you sin but you lie about it, does that still make you a sinner? Spoiler: yes, it absolutely does. If you liked this episode, please take a moment to rate, review, and subscribe. Edited by: LNC Sound ~ @lncsound

Colin Howell and Hazel Buchanan had an affair and unfortunately their spouses were found dead in an apparent suicide pact. 19 years later though, Colin had a confession.If you would like to get in contact:Instagram/Twitter - crime_divers_podEmail - crime_divers_pod@outlook.comYouTube - CrimeDivers PodcastTikTok - crimediverspodcastIf you would like to make a donation or subscribe:www.buymeacoffee.com/crimediverswww.patreon.com/crimediversProud member of the Darkcast Network

This one is a weird one. Megan takes this one solo because one of our microphones broke on us! It's short. We'll get this issue fixed very soon.Anyway, Megan tells us the Northern Irish case of Colin Howell & Hazel Buchanan. Colin had an illicit affair with Hazel, and decided to ease off their partner's "pain" by killing them off in a staged suicide pact.Sources:Let This Be Our Secret by Deric Hendersonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpiUiBX7yRMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy-wPh0yTiEhttps://www.thejournal.ie/hazel-stewart/news/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-12383602Social media:Twitter, Instagram: @giveusmorgueFacebook: Give Us MorgueWebsite: www.paypal.comTikTok: GiveUsMorgue

In May of 1991, the bodies of Lesley Clarke and Trevor Buchanan were discovered in a fume filled car, parked in Lesley's deceased father's garage. The deaths were ruled a tragic double suicide - probably the result of the affair that Lesley and Trevor's spouses were carrying on together. But 18 years later, a startling confession would launch a renewed investigation into the deaths, this time as a case of murder. The prime suspects were the victim's spouses - Colin Howell and Hazel Buchanan. ******** With thanks to our sponsors for this episode: Sign up for professional online counselling at https://betterhelp.com/mensrea and get 10% off your first month! 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Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/******** (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) Sources: Deric Henderson Let This Be Our Secret (Dublin: Gill & McMillan, 2011) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Let-This-Be-Our-Secret/dp/0241957338) “Colin Howell' estranged wife 'will not face charges'” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-24978359 (17 November 2013)  “Man suspects Colin Howell over father's death” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-12643326 (4 March 2011)  Deborah McAleese, “Killer dentist Colin Howell got payout of £400,000 after death of wife” in The Belfast Telegraph https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/killer-dentist-colin-howell-got-payout-of-400000-after-death-of-wife-28589652.html (17 February 2011)  “Killer dentist Colin Howell: Failed hunt for Japan's war gold triggered my confession” in The Belfast Telegraph https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/killer-dentist-colin-howell-failed-hunt-for-japans-war-gold-triggered-my-confession-28590107.html (18 February 2011)  “Howell conned out of life savings” in The Belfast Telegraph https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/howell-conned-out-of-life-savings-28574522.html (3 December 2010)  “The secret life of Colin Howell” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-12606874 (2 March 2011)  “Dentist Colin Howell admits double murder” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-11784184 (18 November 2010)  “Inside the mind of Colin Howell” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-12733348 (15 March 2011)  “Who is Hazel Stewart?” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com (https://www.bbc.com/) /news/uk-northern-ireland-12383602 (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-12383602) (2 March 2011)  “Hazel Stewart found guilty of murder” from RTE News https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0302/298225-stewarth/ (2 March 2011)  “Murderer Stewart could have saved husband” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-12756395 (16 March 2011)  Nicola Weir, “Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan: police 'overlooked murder clues'” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-16038375 (6 December 2011)  “Dentist Colin Howell pleads guilty to indecent assaults” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dentist-colin-howell-pleads-guilty-to-indecent-assaults-1.574319 (18 May 2011)  Maurice Fizmaurice and Chris Kilpatrick, “Killer dentist Colin Howell's £587k pension axed after convictions for groping patients” from Belfast Live https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/killer-dentist-colin-howells-587k-11249818 (6 May 2016)  Bimpe Archer, “Colin Howell: 'A Devious plan pre-meditated in a manner that might be described as professional” from Irish Central https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/01/29/news/colin-howell-a-devious-plan-pre-meditated-in-a-manner-that-might-be-described-as-professional--1538496/ (29 January 2019)  Henry McDonald, “Hazel Stewart, policeman's wife who hid terrible secret for nearly 20 years” in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/mar/02/hazel-stewart-murder-colin-howell (2 March 2011)  Natalie Corner and Chris Kilpatrick “The Secret: Colin Howell's nine children divided as its revealed only one of them visited him in prison” in The Mirror https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/secret-colin-howells-nine-children-8014417 (20 May 2016)  “Hazel Stewart verdict 'no cause or celebration'” in The Belfast Telegraph https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/hazel-stewart-verdict-no-cause-for-celebration-28594100.html (2 March 2011)

In a small, quiet seaside town in 1991, the bodies of young nurse Lesley Howell and police officer, Trevor Buchanan, were found in a car filled with carbon monoxide. Lesley wore headphones playing her favorite Christian music. She was surrounded by family photos. These deaths stunned the community and broke the hearts of family members. What would cause these devout Baptists and parents of young children to take their own lives?Lesley and Trevor did have one common struggle: Their spouses were involved in a lengthy love affair. Both deeply religious, Lesley’s husband Colin played his role as a family man and a well-liked dentist while Hazel Buchanan lived her life as a teacher, a wife and a mother. But they were living a lie.The depravity and hypocrisy of this affair was a painful reality for Lesley and Trevor, but not everyone was convinced that they had resorted to a suicide pact. Not until a surprise confession nearly twenty years later would the horrible truth come to light.Join us at the quiet end for Indecency. Infidelity is not a crime, but what this affair led to was one of the most twisted and memorable crimes in Ireland’s history.

After a year long affair in Northern Ireland, Colin Howell and Hazel Buchanan made a deadly pact in 1991. Together, they helped each other murder their spouses and stage their suicides. But after their deaths, the burden of their shared secret weighed on the couple, and it wasn't long before they turned on each other. Sponsors! Best Fiends - Download the 5-star rated mobile game app for FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play. That’s FRIENDS without the R, Best Fiends! The Bouqs - Send the Mom’s Day flowers your mom deserves from The Bouqs. Order today and get an extra 20% off when you enter code PASSION. Care/of - For 30% off your first Care/of order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter PASSION30. 

The Tale of a Dentist, His Boot & His Bike, Claire's True Crime case takes us to Northern Ireland. Described as a ‘master of the double life’, on Saturday 18th May, Colin Howell played the devoted father at his child’s birthday party. Howell, fashioned a gassing pipe from a hose and his own child’s baby bottle. Using this device, he connected it to the exhaust of his car, held the tube his wife's face, gassing her. She is eventually consumed by the fumes and passes away. He continues his murder plot by going after his mistress's (Hazel Buchanan) husband. On the 19th May, 1991, two bodies were found in a fume-filled car in Castlerock, Ireland. This is the True Crime cases of Colin Howell, a Northern Irish convicted double murderer. Hosted by Angie and Claire, Murder On Our Minds discusses true crime cases from all over the world, powered by wine, snark and a genuine fascination with murder. ***THIS PODCAST DEALS WITH ADULT THEMES WHICH SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING. LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED.*** Make sure to rate, review and subscribe. Follow us on Social Media Instagram: @murderonourmindspodcast Twitter: @murderonourminds Facebook Group (now live): www.facebook.com/groups/329888131197720/ or @moompodcast Or email us with your comments or suggestions at MurderOnOurMinds@Gmail.com https://www.patreon.com/MurderOnOurMinds Resources & Links http://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/howell-colin.htm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12591162 https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/01/29/news/colin-howell-how-the-murderer-s-18-years-of-deceit-prevarication-and-depraved-self-justification-finally-ended-1538459/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-n2mY7M3qY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Howell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_(TV_series) Crime In The News Update - Mother jailed for female genital mutilation on three-year-old https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47502089 Everett teen gets 22 years for school massacre plot foiled by grandmother https://komonews.com/news/local/everett-teen-gets-22-years-for-school-massacre-plot-foiled-by-grandmother Kew murder: Woman's body found in shallow grave https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47483188 Idiot Of The Week Florida Man Stole $33,000 In Rare Coins From His Friend And Cashed Them In At Coinstar For $29.30 https://brobible.com/culture/article/florida-man-stole-rare-coins-coinstar/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/murder-on-our-minds/message

Church-going family man, Colin Howell, started an illicit affair with Hazel Buchanan, a married woman who attended the same church. In order to be together, they did the unthinkable. The secret of their crime remained between them for 17 years. If Colin Howell did not come forward, would they have gotten away with it? For pictures and more information, join us on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/evidencelockerpodcast/) Want to become a Patron of the podcast? Visit [Patreon Page](https://www.patreon.com/evidencelocker) For a full list of resources and credits visit [Evidence Locker Website](http://evidencelockerpodcast.com/2018/11/28/23-ireland-in-the-name-of-the-father) **This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.**