Podcast appearances and mentions of Simon Ford

ExpicitIt took over a decade and more than fifty brutal murders before Soviet authorities finally captured Andrei Chikatilo. Dubbed The Butcher of Rostov, his cold, clinical detachment stunned even the most hardened investigators.In this second part of our deep dive, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell follow the hunt to its chilling conclusion – the arrest, trial, and execution of the USSR's most prolific serial killer. They perform a psychological autopsy of a man who sodomised, tortured, and cannibalised his victims – most of them women and children. What made him? How did he slip through the cracks for so long? And the most disturbing question of all: could it happen again – in a democracy, in our own time?Footage of Andrei Chikatilo's death sentence – the monster meets his fate.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.

ExplicitHe looked harmless—bookish, quiet, almost invisible.But behind the thick glasses and timid manner, Andrei Chikatilo was a sadistic predator who haunted the Soviet Union for over a decade.Nicknamed The Butcher of Rostov, Chikatilo lured women and children, especially vulnerable runaways, with false promises of food, warmth and safety. What followed was unspeakable. His crimes were brutal, methodical... and astonishingly prolific.How did one of history's most savage serial killers slip through the cracks for so long?The answer lies in the secrecy, dysfunction and decaying infrastructure of the late USSR — a system so broken it let a monster roam free.In this chilling episode, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell go beyond the headlines to ask two disturbing questions:Could a killer like Chikatilo strike again today?And more unsettling still — could it happen in a modern Western democracy?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.

Just when you thought you'd done everything you could do with Bluetooth, along comes something new and unique. At a recent technical conference, I was witness to a very cool demo that was all based on Bluetooth. Rather than attempt to describe it myself, I asked Simon Ford, the Founder of Blecon, the company providing the demo, to explain what it is, how it works, and why it's so difficult to achieve. Hear it on this week's Embedded Executives podcast.

Send us a textOver the 2010s, Fords Gin transformed from a bartender-driven startup to a cocktail culture staple, securing a key position in Brown-Forman's prestigious portfolio. Co-founder Simon Ford built his career immersed in the cocktail scene that his brand would later come to represent.In this episode of the Park Street Insider Podcast, Simon Ford discusses his journey working alongside major spirits industry brands before founding Fords Gin—a company now synonymous with premium gin. He reveals how he combined marketing expertise with his extensive bar world relationships to create a brand that caught Brown-Forman's attention, leading to a successful acquisition by one of America's top spirits portfolios.Featured Guests:Simon Ford, Co-Founder, Fords Gin  Connect with Fords Gin:Fords GinBrown FormanSimon Ford on InstagramWant to stay in the know about new episodes from the podcast? Fill out the form below: https://share.hsforms.com/1MEb-81x2TXi3f15qO_yEpA4tip1Learn More About Park StreetSign up for our Daily Industry Newsletter.Sign Up for our Monthly Newsletter.Check out Park Street's Guide to Getting Started in the U.S. MarketFollow us for more industry insights onLinkedIn FacebookTwitterInstagram

Listener discretion advisedAs French police continue to investigate the violent deaths of British ex-pats Andrew and Dawn Searle, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell discuss the possible behind-the-scenes developments of the inquiry.This podcast is also available as a video on YouTube.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.

It wasn't planned, but Martinis pop up a few times in this episode. Not in our product reviews, which feature Planteray Cut and Dry Coconut Rum and Tito's Handmade Vodka (although, come to think of it, the latter would make a fab base if vodka-based Martinis are your thing).As the title suggests, they're front of centre of our featured book 'The Martini – The Ultimate Guide to a Cocktail Icon' by Alice Lascelles; then they pop up in fine style in our bar review at one of the oldest restaurants in London – Rules, as well as in this week's Cocktail Hack with Simon Ford.With more than 20 years experience in the drinks industry under her belt, it's fair to say that this week's guest Charlotte Voisey knows her way around a Martini. But rather than that, we're talking to her about her brand new, exciting role as Executive Director of the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation. Tune in to find out more.For more from The Cocktail Lovers, visit thecocktaillovers.comFor the products featured in this episode, see websites below:What we're mixing:Split-base Sazerac10ml absinthe rinse30ml cognac30ml rye whiskey10ml sugar syrup4 dashes Peychaud's Bitters1 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters10ml Absinthe rinseMethod:Chill an old Fashioned glass, then swirl with absinthe to coat. Then add remaining ingredients to mixing glas and stir over ice. Strain into glass them=n garnish with a lemon twist.In this episode:Planetary Cut & Dry Coconut RumRules RestaurantThe Martini – The Ultimate Guide to a Cocktail Icon by Alice LascellesThe Winter Garden Cocktail Bar at RulesTito's Handmade VodkaThe Cocktail Lovers theme music is by Travis 'T-Bone' WatsonEdited by Christian Fox Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we get a masterclass on brand building from Simon Ford, owner of Ford's Gin. We dig deep on his journey, the early days and how he built it into the "bartender's gin" and the new challenge of retail sales and growth. If you are a small brand, this is a must watch! FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM – Shawn Soole https://www.instagram.com/shawnsoole/ Soole Hospitality Concepts https://www.instagram.com/soolehospitalityconcepts/ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER - https://twitter.com/ShawnSoole FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGgDDJZM7HvJiQCaqmXEVNA

Boy oh boy, have we got a packed episode for you and the key words are: Luxury, Limited-edition, Sensualism and Secret Hideaway…The luxury comes in the form of our first product, Komos Anejo Cristalino tequila while the limited-edition is Le Clos Series, Batch #5 from our friends at Takamaka rum in the Seychelles.Sensualism is courtesy of our book choice, The Maison Premier Almanac: Cocktails, Oysters, Absinthe, and Other Essential Nutrients for the Sensualist, Aesthete and Flaneur. And as for that hideaway, it's the underground gem of a bar that is Archive & Myth.One other word to add to the mix is legend, as in our interview with one of the most respected and influential people in the drinks world, Simon Ford, founder of Fords gin.For more from The Cocktail Lovers, visit thecocktaillovers.comFor the products featured in this episode, see websites below:What we're mixing:Tomatini2 Datterini/cherry tomatoes60ml Ketel One Vodka2 teaspoons of white balsamic vinegar1 teaspoons of sugar syrupPinch of salt & PepperMethod:Muddle tomatoes in a cocktail shaker. Add all ingredients, shake with ice and then double strain into a chilled Coupe glass. Garnish with a cherry tomato and a crack of black pepper.In this episode:Archive & MythFords GinKomos Anejo Cristalino tequilaTakamaka Le Clos Series, Batch #5Thames DistillersThe Maison Premier Almanac: Cocktails, Oysters, Absinthe, and Other Essential Nutrients for the Sensualist, Aesthete, and FlaneurThe Cocktail Lovers theme music is by Travis 'T-Bone' WatsonEdited by Christian Fox Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kappy sits down for an inspiring conversation with Simon Ford, co-founder of Fords Gin and a celebrated figure in the world of spirits and cocktails. As a returning guest, Simon reflects on his journey in gin-making, emphasizing the deeper values Fords Gin brings to the hospitality community. He shares how Fords is more than just a bottle on the shelf; it's a commitment to bringing people together, supporting industry creativity, and giving back through memorable experiences. Simon also gives us a sneak peek (sneak listen?!) at the new cocktail bar at the Fords Gin distillery in London. Enjoy this episode as we go Beyond the Drink… with Simon Ford. This season of #BeyondtheDrink is brought to you by Fords Gin, a gin created to cocktail.Follow Beyond the Plate on Facebook and X.Follow Kappy on Instagram and X.Find Beyond the Plate on all major podcast platforms. www.beyondtheplatepodcast.com www.onkappysplate.com

This week on the Mr. Beacon podcast, Simon Ford, founder of Blecon and IoT expert, discusses how Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is revolutionizing industries like healthcare, logistics, and asset tracking. With over 17 years at ARM, Simon shares insights on building scalable IoT solutions and Blecon's role in transforming BLE for business applications. Tune in to explore the future of IoT connectivity, real-time asset tracking, and the challenges of integrating BLE into modern infrastructure.Simon's Favorite Songs:“All I Need” by Jacob Collier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue6g7SPSyAM“Many of Horror” by Biffy Clyro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyl_ICA853s“Mass Destruction” by Faithless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wft2olm_VU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Simon Ford, CEO of Blecon, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss using Bluetooth Low Energy for IoT connectivity. The conversation covers the advantages and challenges of Bluetooth Low Energy, the role of BLE in edge AI, energy scavenging, and other IoT trends, the pragmatic deployment of IoT solutions, and insights into the future of BLE and how it aligns with enterprise requirements. Simon Ford is the founder and CEO of Blecon, a company enabling low-cost cloud connectivity for engineering diagnostics, product analytics, and sensor data using Bluetooth Low Energy. Simon has over 20 years of industry experience in microelectronics, mobile, and IoT, with a strong focus on providing technology to developers. He founded ARM's embed OS to help launch ARM Cortex-M to market alongside other developer technologies such as CMSIS-DAP, DAPLink, and pyOCD, and was technical lead for the ARMv7/NEON architecture used to launch the smartphone revolution. Blecon enables physical products to communicate with cloud applications using Bluetooth Low Energy. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in the UK, Blecon combines the inherent benefits of BLE with the deployment model of WiFi and the network model of cellular to achieve low-cost and low-power IoT connectivity. With its flexible architecture and ease of integration, Blecon democratizes access to Bluetooth Low Energy IoT connectivity. Discover more about Bluetooth and IoT at https://www.iotforall.com More about Blecon: https://www.blecon.net Connect with Simon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonford/ (00:00) Intro (00:10) Simon Ford and Blecon (00:33) What is Bluetooth Low Energy? (03:19) Bluetooth Low Energy use cases (07:37) Challenges of Bluetooth Low Energy (10:33) How does BLE relate to other IoT trends? (13:58) Future developments in Bluetooth and IoT (16:33) Learn more and follow up Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2NlcEwm​ Join Our Newsletter: https://www.iotforall.com/iot-newsletter Follow Us on Social: https://linktr.ee/iot4all Check out the IoT For All Media Network: https://www.iotforall.com/podcast-overview

Message from Simon Ford on August 4, 2024

Benito Mussolini was a textbook psycho – arrogant, grandiose and heartless. He established a fascist dictatorship in Italy by brutally repressing his political opponents.Mussolini invaded Ethiopia and Libya, where his troops committed extensive war crimes, including civilian massacres and the use of chemical weapons. He took Italy into World War Two, a national catastrophe that led to widespread death and suffering.In the first of two podcasts, journalist Simon Ford and retired detective Jacques Morrell explore the events surrounding Mussolini's fall from power. How can a psycho enthral a nation – and are there lessons for our time in the story of Mussolini: Italy's psychopathic dictator?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.

During our conversation with Simon Ford, the co-founder of revered spirit brand Fords Gin, he recited an adage that could be inscribed on the walls of any successful company: “People don't do business with brands, they do business with people.” He's lived by the maxim throughout a 20-plus year career that includes experience in wine retail, bartending, spirits marketing, and, of course, entrepreneurship. In 2012, Simon and master distiller Charles Maxwell launched The 86 Company, a portfolio of high-quality and versatile spirits, including Fords Gin, developed to set a standard for modern bars and mixologists. Fords Gin emerged as one of the definitive brands represented at high-end cocktail bars around the world and was key to the acquisition of The 86 Company by beverage alcohol giant Brown-Forman in 2019. In this episode, Simon speaks about how a diverse background in spirits and hospitality helped him create extensive connections within each industry, what he means when he says that he “never pitches business,” the reasons behind successful – and unsuccessful – relationships, his belief that naivety is a gift and how he cultivated a strategic partnership with Brown-Forman. Show notes: 0:35: Simon Ford, Co-Founder, Fords Gin – Simon, who met with Taste Radio editor Ray Latif at Bar Convent Brooklyn 2024, talks about how his grandmother's book of traditional cocktail recipes and his first sip of gin helped guide his interest in spirits and what he considers to be the keys to a great brand story. He also shares his preference between negronis and martinis, how Fords Gin differentiated itself via package design and why he values industry expertise as an entrepreneur. Simon also explains why he loved the experience of selling the company and working with Brown-Forman and offers a few suggestions on esoteric bands or musicians that people should listen to, particularly on vinyl. Brands in this episode: Plymouth Gin, Fords Gin

Simon Ford is a spirited visionary. He shares his journey of a career in the beverage world, the story of the creation and building of Ford's Gin, and the impact he has made in the industry

Julie Reiner and Simon Ford, two extraordinary minds and close friends in the cocktail world, each bring their unique contributions to the bar scene. With 25 years of elevating New York City's cocktail scene through iconic establishments like Flatiron Lounge and The Pegu Club, Julie has become a trailblazer in the industry. She was recently featured as a judge on the acclaimed Netflix series, Drink Masters.Simon Ford is the co-founder of The 86 Co. and Ford's Gin. He is a prominent voice in the spirits and cocktail world. Simon is a returning guest of Beyond the Plate (Season 6 and Season 8) and while he's had a huge impact on gin culture in the US and beyond, he shares the global impact and influence Julie's had on the cocktail scene.Sharing their commitment to community, Simon discusses how Fords Gin is always trying to push their social consciousness forward through their support of the bartending community. Julie explains her work with the Kokua Restaurant & Hospitality Fund, a fund that provides immediate assistance to restaurant, bar and hospitality workers displaced by the devastating wildfires in West Maui communities. Enjoy this episode as we go Beyond the Drink… with Julie Reiner and Simon Ford.This season is brought to you by Fords Gin, a gin created to cocktail.Check out our #BtPlatepodcast Merch at www.BeyondthePlateMerch.com Follow Beyond the Plate on Facebook and TwitterFollow Kappy on Instagram and Twitter

Jack the Ripper. The unknown serial killer murdered and mutilated at least five women in the East End of London in 1888.Every time he gave the police the slip. He only made one mistake – dropping a piece of apron ripped from his fourth victim. Catherine Eddowes was murdered in Mitre Square in the City of London. A copper found the apron piece in Goulston Street, less than half a mile away in Whitechapel.So, what was the East End like at the time of the killings? And how would a modern homicide team investigate them?Jacques Morrell and Simon Ford joined Ripperologist, Mick Priestley, on a tour of Jack the Ripper's backyard.

Daniel Singer (@filthydaniel) is the CEO of Filthy (website, Instagram), a company working to change the way people think about things like cocktail garnishes.Not only did I love this conversation, but Daniel's comments about entrepreneurship requiring a high pain tolerance and his resolve to banish negative thoughts because they are not worth the energy landed heavily on my heart.Mentions: Julia Momosé, Kumiko, Simon Ford, Luxardo cherries, John Lermayer, Joshua Wagner, Colin Asare-Appiah, Amanda Gunderson, olives (are related to fruits like peaches and plums), Dyslexia, LovemarkNot long before our conversation, Filthy released a campaign called “Love is in the Details.” The entire series is worthwhile, but below are several that came up.Thanks for reading to the end! Subscribe to keep up with my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit decodingcocktails.substack.com

Andy Whittaker continues to explore Michael Sams' past with ‘Psycho Killer' podcaster Simon Ford, the conversation turns to another well known criminal. Donald Neilson, known as ‘the black panther', who served time in the same prison as Sams. Also in this episode, there's a new revelation from former detective John Plimmer about how covert police officers were used narrow down the kidnapper's location after Stephanie was returned. Producer: Andy Whittaker. Online Producer: Rachael Smith. Executive Editor, BBC Radio Nottingham: Chris Pegg. Executive Producer: Kathryn Morrison.

Andy Whittaker and ‘Psycho Killer' podcast host Simon Ford dive into Sams' past and uncover a startling revelation from a witness in the BBC Archives. Also in this episode, Julie Dart's uncle Gary Atkin remembers the court case at Nottingham Crown Court. Producer: Andy Whittaker. Online Producer: Rachael Smith. Executive Editor, BBC Radio Nottingham: Chris Pegg. Executive Producer: Kathryn Morrison.

Tasting Notes: Crafted by bartender, turned brand entrepreneur Simon Ford, Ford's Gin was hand built from the ground up to be the most useful and flavorful gin for classic cocktails. 9 botanicals leaning heavily but balanced on Italian juniper along with grapefruit and lemon peel for a bright, citrussy but lifted earthy aroma. Bottled at 90 proof, PERFECT for a classic martini. The juniper bite is persistent in the best way possible for a flavor-forward gin. If you LIKE the flavor profile of Tanqueray but want just a slight step up in flavor, this should be your new go-to. They didn't make gin all that different, but they did it perfectly in my opinion.

On this episode of THE COCKTAIL GURU PODCAST, hosts Jonathan & Jeffrey Pogash tipple with gin evangelist—and veteran British barman—Simon Ford, Founder & CEO of Fords Gin and easily the individual who's done more to foster the modern gin renaissance than any other. All brought to you by Fords Gin, Glenmorangie and Monin Premium Gourmet Syrup. ABOUT FORDS GIN: Distilled in London at Thames Distillers, Fords Gin is a collaboration between eleventh generation Master Distiller Charles Maxwell and Simon Ford. A mix of nine botanicals, the gin starts with a traditional base of juniper & coriander seed and is balanced by citrus (bitter orange, lemon & grapefruit peel), florals (jasmine flower & orris) and spices (angelica & cassia). Steeped for 15 hours before distillation in 500-liter stills, the botanicals deliver an aromatic, fresh and floral spirit with elegant notes of orange blossom that creates a “cocktail gin” that plays beautifully in classic and innovative gin cocktails. Since its launch in 2012, Fords Gin has received numerous awards and accolades. https://www.fordsgin.com/ For full show notes of this episode visit: TheCocktailGuru.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thecocktailgurupodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thecocktailgurupodcast/support

What a few weeks! Time to talk our way through what's been happening. Shitty Serena Williams ad for Superbowl for Remy Martin? Check!Controversy about the technical files for Irish single pot still whiskey? cHECK!Jack Daniels? Ago Perrone? Salvatore Calabrese? Simon Ford? Matsuhisa Nobu? Bob de Niro? Check, check, check, check?. Wild times  - ENJOY THE LISTEN! Get in touch with Duff!Podcast business enquiries: consulting@liquidsolutions.org (PR friends: we're only interested in having your client on if they can talk about OTHER things than their prepared speaking points or their new thing, whatever that is, for a few hours. They need to be able to hang. Oh, and we won't supply prepared or sample questions, or listener or “reach” stats, either.) Retain Philip's consulting firm, Liquid Solutions, specialised in on-trade engagement & education, brand creation and repositioning: philip@liquidsolutions.org Philip on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philipsduff/ Philip on Facebook: Philip Duff Philip on X/Twitter: Philip Duff (@philipduff) / Twitter Philip on LinkedIn: linkedin.com Old Duff Genever on Instagram: Old Duff Genever (@oldduffgenever) • Instagram photos and videos Old Duff Genever on Facebook: facebook.com Old Duff Genever on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/oldduffgenever?lang=en www.oldduffgenever.com...

Barry Prudom was a loner. A quiet bloke, obsessed with the army.But the army wouldn't have him. So he made up his own fantasy world where he pretended he was in the special forces. And instead of a toy gun, Prudom had smuggled in the real thing. His little friend was a Beretta Jaguar – his pride and joy – and they played happily together until one day, on manoeuvers when Prudom pulled the trigger. In a policeman's face.Prudom went on the run. He killed again. And again. That summer of 1982 witnessed the biggest armed police operation the UK had ever seen. For weeks, Prudom gave the cops the slip. But they cornered him in the end and blew his hiding place to pieces. When the gunsmoke cleared they found that the electrician from Leeds had already killed himself.Ex-detective Jacques Morrell followed Barry Prudom's bloody footsteps to Girton – an isolated village on the banks of the River Trent in Nottinghamshire – where he met fellow Psycho Killer host and true-crime investigator, Simon Ford.

This week is all about the martini! We caught up with Simon Ford of Fords Gin to discuss Music to Drink Martinis To, a new program that serves as a love letter to the iconic martini cocktail and the brand's affinity for music. Simon shares all about the program, which includes a seven-track vinyl LP with an accompanying booklet filled with martini tips, tricks and recipes. In this episode, Simon talks all about the history of the martini and the various components including the iconic glass, ice, vermouth, garnishes and of course, gin. Enjoy this episode as we go Beyond the Plate AND Beyond the Drink... with Simon Ford. Check out our #BtPlatePodcast Merch at www.BeyondthePlateMerch.com Follow Beyond the Plate on Facebook and TwitterFollow Kappy on Instagram and Twitter

Discover the bleak workshop where Stephanie Slater was held and hear the amazing story of how she managed to build a rapport with her captor. Andy Whittaker and criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw discuss events from the day, with Stephanie's best friend Stacey Kettner, host of the 'Psycho Killer' podcast Simon Ford and former detective John Plimmer. There's graphic descriptions of violence told in a mixture of contemporary interviews and BBC archive. For details of help and support in the UK, visit bbc.co.uk/actionline. Producer: Andy Whittaker. Online Producer: Rachael Smith. Executive Editor, BBC Radio Nottingham: Chris Pegg. Executive Producer: Kathryn Morrison.

Stephanie tries to heal from her ordeal and reveals more details of her captivity, some of which haunts her as she changes her name and starts to make a new life in the Isle of Wight. Meanwhile, the ransom money is found buried underground and Michael Sams is convicted. Andy Whittaker and Dr Julia Shaw explore these events, featuring conversations with former detective Bob Taylor, journalists Paula Boys-Stones and Simon Ford and Stephanie's best friend Stacey Kettner. There's graphic descriptions of violence told in a mixture of contemporary interviews and BBC archive. For details of help and support in the UK, visit bbc.co.uk/actionline. Producer: Andy Whittaker. Online Producer: Rachael Smith. Executive Editor, BBC Radio Nottingham: Chris Pegg. Executive Producer: Kathryn Morrison.

Journalists Pip Watts and Simon Ford join retired major crime detective Jacques Morrell to investigate the life and crimes of one of Scotland's most reviled serial killers. Peter Tobin, who died in October 2022, was exposed as a paedophile, rapist and murderer of at least three young women. As he rotted in jail, Tobin's name became linked to a spate of sex murders in Glasgow in the 1960s – the so-called Bible John killings. In this podcast, the team unearths evidence of unspeakable evil and cruelty in their search for answers.

Fords Gin was founded in 2012 by drinks industry veteran Simon Ford, on the premise of creating the ultimate gin for use in cocktails.   Now when I initially heard about that concept, my reaction was, how is that different to other gins already on the market?   Aren't they all designed for mixing?   It felt like saying you've created the ultimate frankfurt for use in hot dogs.   Simon sets me straight this episode as he explains the serious R&D that went into Fords Gin using 150 bartender mates as a consultation panel.   Working with 11th-generation distiller Charles Maxwell to balance the botanical recipe, Simon had the bartenders involved in every step, from the liquid to the shape of the bottle. In doing so, they sought to reverse engineer the most practical and versatile cocktail gin in the business.   Many of those same bartenders – including King Cocktail himself, the legendary Dale DeGroff – effectively became ambassadors for Fords when they invested their life savings into the company to get it off the ground.   Fords Gin was sold to Jack Daniel's owner Brown-Forman in 2019, but there were plenty of moments where Simon questioned his decision to leave a cushy job at Pernod Ricard for the risky pursuit of spirits entrepreneur.   It's an unglamorous tale of sleeping on couches, indirect budget flights, constantly running out of money and – at one stage – almost losing the business altogether. This is a special episode of Drinks Adventures, created in partnership with Fords Gin.   Settle in as we hear about Simon's exhilarating and exhausting journey, plus his insights on the cocktail renaissance and gin's crazy evolution over the last decade.

The dog days of summer are upon us, all the more reason to take a deep dive into the coolest of the cool drinks. And that's exactly what Dan does on this episode, with the help of world renowned bar-stars Ivy Mix, Bad Birdy, Simon Ford and H. Joseph Ehrmann. One of the drinks on the list is the Mai Tai. Tune in to find out what other libations made the cut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Watch the video on YouTube https://bit.ly/bess-sheppard-murderBessie Sheppard lived a hard life in perilous times. That life was snatched from her after 17 years by a vagrant ex-soldier called Charles Rotherham. The crime horrified the community. So much so that they raised a memorial stone at the spot where Rotherham battered Bessie to death. The year was 1817. And as Simon Ford explains, Bessie's murder is the beginning of a story spanning more than two centuries.

Psycho killers come in all shapes and sizes. This fellow fancied himself as a poet. His rage and resentment built up over the years. Then, in a carefully-planned murderous rampage, he set about annihilating his neighbours. Ex-homicide detective, Jacques Morrell, and journalist Simon Ford investigate Kosei Homi, Japan's 'Haiku Killer'.Featuring special guest Pippa Phillips: @IpsaHerself https://ko-fi.com/pheaganAcknowledgement: ABC News Australia

The Metropolitan Police is without a Commissioner following the resignation of Dame Cressida Dick as London's police chief. A recent report about racist and sexist officers was one of many controversies she faced. Among the cases covered by Psycho Killer are:- The murder of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens, a serving police officer (https://bit.ly/sarah-everard-wayne-couzens)- The murder of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman by Danyal Hussein (https://bit.ly/danyal-hussein)- The investigation into Stephen Port, the Gridr Killer (https://bit.ly/grindr-killer)Former West Yorkshire DCS Bob Taylor is a critic of Dame Cressida. In an interview with Simon Ford recorded in October 2021, he held her responsible for the Met's failings. Simon Ford asked DCS (Ret) Taylor: what would he do to put the Met's house in order?

It started with the unexplained deaths of four young, gay men, whose bodies were found in Barking, East London. It led to the conviction of Stephen Port, whose warped fantasies drove him to administer lethal doses of the date-rape drug, GHB. But the case of the Grindr Killer is far from over, with calls for a Public Enquiry into allegations of institutionalised homophobia at the Metropolitan Police. But why did the 'catalogue of errors' come about? How were crucial errors made? Were processes, not people, to blame?In this podcast, former major crime detective, Jacques Morrell, and journalist, Simon Ford, examine the evidence.

Pre-sentencing reports are being prepared on David Fuller, the self-confessed murderer who also admitted sexually abusing more than 100 dead bodies in a hospital mortuary. Fuller was unmasked s the 1987 Tunbridge Wells Bedsit Killer by DNA evidence. He'd lived a normal life under the noses of the police for more than three decades. Detectives stumbled upon evidence of his other, sickening crimes when they raided his home in East Sussex.Simon Ford, writer and journalist, and former major crime detective, Jacques Morrell, discuss the case and its fallout. Acknowledgement: Kent Police/Sky News

David Fuller, an electrician from Kent, will go into the history books as Britain's most prolific necrophile. He confessed to nearly 80 offences at the hospital where he worked for three decades. Fuller, 67, was on trial for the murders of two women in the 1980s. He'd been living an outwardly normal life until DNA evidence put him in the crosshairs of a police investigation.Jacques Morrell was a major crime detective for 30 years. He worked on homicides and complex investigations into institutionalised sexual abuse. Simon Ford is a journalist and former crime reporter.

Visit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.Psycho killers Danyal Hussein and Wayne Couzens should be executed for their crimes, according to DCS (Ret.) Bob Taylor, the former head of West Yorkshire CID.This week, teenager Hussein was jailed for 35 years for stabbing to death two sisters at a park in Wembley, north-west London. He murdered Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman in a supposed "sacrifice" he believed would give him a lottery win. Met Police officer Wayne Couzens was sentenced to a whole-life term for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. Ms Everard was selected at random by Couzens wh spent months planning the vicious attack. Speaking exclusively to Psycho Killer's Simon Ford, Bob Taylor says the time has come to bring back the death penalty for Britain's most evil criminals.

Visit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.Detective Chief Superintendent Bob Taylor was instrumental in bringing some of the UK's most notorious killers, rapists and kidnappers to justice. In the second part of our exclusive interview, he tells Simon Ford about the part he played in the 2002 Soham murder investigation. Plus, he expands on what makes a psychopath; developments in forensic science; and the impact of terrorism on police procedure.Simon starts by asking DCS Taylor about the questioning of John Humble, the 'I'm Jack' hoaxer who sent the Yorkshire Ripper investigation on a wild goose chase — with fatal consequences.

Visit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.Bob Taylor retired as Detective Chief Superintendent of West Yorkshire Police with an unprecedented 100% clear-up record. In a career spanning 31 years, Taylor and his team were responsible for putting some of Britain's most evil criminals behind bars. That's why his officers called their guv'nor 'Crimebuster'. Taylor cut his teeth on the Yorkshire Ripper investigation. Then he tracked down some of the country's most notorious psychopaths and murderers, before becoming head of operations at the elite National Crime Squad, the UK's answer to the FBI.In this exclusive interview with Simon Ford, Bob Taylor talks about the Ripper enquiry, the shoe-fetish killer Christopher Farrow, the interrogation of psychopath Michael Sams, and the chilling case of the sadistic serial rapist, Clive Barwell.

Visit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, and articles.Frederick Bailey Deeming was many things – a bigamist, a swindler and murderer of two women and four children. But was he also Jack the Ripper? Journalist Simon Ford and former major-crime detective Jacques Morrell plunge into the life and brutal times of this Victorian enigma. Deeming's career spanned the globe – Australia, South Africa, Latin America – under a catalogue of aliases. He was an unscrupulous psychopath who would stop at nothing to cheat the wealthy and defend his freedom. A contemporary of Jack the Ripper, some theorize he was Jack. But does the evidence support the theory? What propelled Deeming on his international rampage anyway? And how was he stopped?The Six O'clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.Transcript[Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to the Six O'clock Knock, coming to you from the National Justice Museum in Nottingham, England I'm Simon Ford a writer and broadcaster and I'm Jacques Morrell a former major crime detective the National Justice Museum is based in Nottingham's former courts and county jail you've probably seen it on tv and not even realized it because when they need a grand Victorian courtroom this is where they send the cameras and our case today would have been tried in a court like this it's a murder hunt that spanned the British Empire at a time when Britain's imperial power was at its zenith Britannia ruled the waves and Jack The Ripper terrorized the alleyways of Whitechapel indeed the murderer in our story could have been Jack The Ripper so come with us as we step back in time to the closing decades of the 19th century john Samford stood with his back to the bedroom door a pickaxe over his shoulder and a look of grim determination on his face not only had his tenant left the rented house without notice but the woman who was lined up to replace him had backed out complaining of a disagreeable smell in the second bedroom Samford butcher and landlord was determined to get to the bottom of it he and the estate agent Mr Connop faced the fireplace the agent held a handkerchief over his nose and mouth his face was the colour of putty Samford swung the pickaxe into the fresh concrete underneath the hearthstone it yielded like a pie crust instantly the smell became stronger Connop choked blurted something about breathing and turned towards the open window Samford swung again a chunk of concrete came away another swing the fluke of the pickaxe found something softer despite the unbearable stench Samford bent down and using both hands shifted a substantial slab of concrete what he saw had auburn hair and the remains of a face [Music] the date is the 3rd of march 1892. the place Andrew street Melbourne in the then colony of Victoria Australia john Samford had just discovered the remains of Emily Mather who'd been living in the house with a foreign gentleman representing himself as a toolmaker's engineer Samford had been attracted by the fellow's respectable heir and the fact that he paid six weeks rent in advance but then he'd left suddenly and reports of a lingering odour started soon afterwards a post-mortem examination found that Emily made his skull had been bashed in and her throat had been cut the hunt for the killer spanned the British empire from the beginning the press connected the murder with the despicable crimes of Jack The Ripper the age newspaper reported that from the outset a suspicion of insanity is almost suggested and a tinge of the white chapel murders is hinted the body hacked and mangled the cool manner in which the cementing was carried out the taking of a house etc the laborious obliteration of all traces of the crime all these things suggest the malevolence and craft of which can scarcely accompany the sane murderer no matter how callous and brutal the story that unfolded in the wake of Emily Mayer's murder began at Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire in the summer of 1853 with the birth of young Frederick Bailey demon Deeming's parents were working class his father Thomas was a brasier by all accounts Deeming had a terrible childhood often suffering horrific beatings from his father who tried to commit suicide by cutting his throat on four occasions and ended up dying insane in a workhouse young Fred had it was said an unnaturally strong relationship with his mother Anne she was a Sunday school teacher who often force-fed her youngest son her views on the bible it said that Deeming became obsessed with sin and punishment the youngest of three boys he was a difficult child he ran away to see at the age of 16 and embarked on a life of theft obtaining money under false pretences and ultimately as we're to hear murder Deeming became a consummate con artist fraudster and bigamist it was this downward spiral that led him to become associated some say conclusively with Jack The Ripper [Music] in February 1881 Deeming married Marie James in Tranmere a suburb of Birkenhead on the Wirral in north west England the couple lived briefly in Birkenhead before making the sea passage to Melbourne Australia by 1886 Deeming and Marie had two Australian-born daughters bertha and Marie junior two years later Deeming wrote to his brothers Alfred and Walter he and the family were returning to England he boasted with a considerable fortune so is this the part where Deeming stops his galivanting settles down and becomes a respectable citizen it wouldn't be much of a story if he did would it in fact this is where it becomes obvious that Deeming is living a double life or i should more accurately say one of several alternative lives he lived concurrently until he was caught Jacques in your career investigating serious crime is living a double life a common criminal characteristic most certainly men behave differently when in new circumstances they try to impress and to big themselves up add to the criminal aspect and whoa it becomes a convoluted cover story so Simon what do we know about Deeming's movements between 1888 and 89 well it's a bit sketchy Maurice Gurvich and Christopher Wray wrote the Scarlet Thread. a book about Deeming in his crimes they found he was in South Africa for a time and was involved in a diamond mine swindle in Transvaal it looks like Marie and the children stayed at home in Birkenhead Marie had another baby anyway Deeming drew attention to himself while returning to England on the steamship Yumna flashing cash and jewellery generally making a nuisance of himself with some of the female passengers ss Yumna docked at Hull on the east coast of England in November 1889. i daresay the captain was glad to see the back of the ostentatious Frederick Bailey Deeming Jacques if you were in possession of the facts and had the opportunity would you be waiting on the key side for a kind of nautical Six O'clock Knock you know to ask Deeming what he'd been up to to get rich so quickly the police are naturally interested in unexplained wealth but i think it's early days on any investigation that said I'm sure that with the safety of the ship being paramount the captain would have thought very carefully about this nuisance passenger he may well have turned him into the police for something that happened on board ship maybe her majesty's customs and excise would have been interested in him perhaps to throw the authorities off his scent Deeming takes up lodgings in the nearby town of Beverley under the name Harry Lawson passing himself off as a retired sheep farmer from Queensland living on fifteen hundred pounds a year now that makes him a millionaire in today's money we've seen this before Simon the ant whistle case English guy arrives in America rents an expensive house tells everyone he's due a load of money from the government when he's actually out of work and owed nothing it was all a deception it's reasonable to speculate that this pot of gold coupled with Deeming's silver tongue is what bowls Helen Matheson the 21 year old daughter of Deeming's landlady clean off her feet Deeming bigamously married nelly as she was affectionately known on the 18th of February 1890 almost nine years to the day since he married Marie James in Tranmere a port city on the opposite side of the country what is it they say about sailors having a girl in every port yeah Fred Deeming or Harry Lawson as i should call him is the living proof I'd like to take a moment now to compare Jack The Ripper's timeline with Frederick Deeming's [Music] Jack The Ripper murdered his five victims Marianne Nichols Annie Chapman Elizabeth Stride Catherine Eddoes and Mary Jane Kelly between August and November 1888. this was around the time when Deeming was supposedly in South Africa pulling off his diamond mine scan it would take three weeks to travel by steamship from Liverpool to cape town so did Deeming allow himself a three month stopover in the east end of London indulging in a killing spree before continuing his sea voyage well I'm not well versed in the finer details of the Ripper case but first impressions the Ripper was killing sex workers and targeting them Deeming is more of a traveller who lays on the charm and forms relationships with women I'd need to see something more than we just don't know where he was during the period of the white chapel murders so let's leave white chapel and travel the 200 and something miles north east to hull because after a honeymoon with Helen Matheson Deeming disappears and promptly leaves for Uruguay the police are waiting for him when he docks in Montevideo and arrest him for another swindle this time at a jewellers in hull he used forged checks to get 286 pounds worth of jewellery that's Read more: https://bit.ly/australian-ripper-transcript

Visit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.Michael Benneman Sams was one of life's losers, a little man with big, bad ideas. He snatched his victims and held them to ransom locked in a wheelie bin. Birmingham estate agent Stephanie Slater walked free when her employers paid £175,000. Julie Dart, a teenager from Leeds, wasn't so lucky. She escaped from the wheelie bin, triggering Sams's silent alarm. He murdered her before she could break out of his workshop in Newark, Nottinghamshire, and dumped her body in a field in Lincolnshire. But the police caught up with Sams. His ex-wife and son had long memories. When they recognised him on BBC Crimewatch they were quick to turn him in. Sams, now 79, will die in prison.This podcast features an exclusive interview with Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Superintendent (retired) Bob Taylor of West Yorkshire Police.The Six O'clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.Transcript[MUSIC] Hello and welcome to the Six O'Clock Knock. I'm Simon Ford, a journalist and broadcaster. And I'm Jacques Morrell a former major crime detective who just can't hang up his boots!Put us together and what have you got? A series of insightful, provocative and challenging new ‘takes' on cold cases and landmark investigations. Jacques spent 30 years on the force, and I've spent as long chasing scoops and scribbling in courtrooms. About a year ago we shook hands, sat down and started comparing notebooks. And I can honestly say that deciphering Simon's shorthand is the most difficult piece of detective work I've ever done.Read more: https://bit.ly/michael-sams-transcript

Visit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.In straight-laced Victorian Britain, the railway line between London and the seaside town of Brighton was a bordello on wheels. Inevitably, the secret trysts and dodgy deals conducted in its curtained carriages led to some unsavoury crimes. A series of murders on the Brighton Line shocked polite society and some remain unsolved to this day. Others saw their perpetrators sent to the gallows. Brighton's reputation as a Bohemian playground was matched only by the town's notoriety for violence. The curious characters of Grahame Green's novel Brighton Rock were typical of those Simon Ford and detective Jacques Morrell encountered on this journey through the archives.The Six O'clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.TranscriptHello and welcome to the Six O'clock Knock, the true-crime podcast that takes a fresh look at murder I'm Jacques Morrell I served as a police officer from 1985 to 2015. my last 12 years in the job was spent exclusively dealing with homicides as a detective sergeant and I'm Simon Ford a journalist and writer I have years of experience in radio and broadcasting I still have a nose for a good story and Jacques is still keen to apply his copper's brain to cases whether solved or not that's right and this episode will focus on murder on the railway of course we touched on the railways a few episodes back didn't we the Frederick Deeming case serial swindler and bigamist with a parshan for murdering his wives yes indeed he used the opportunity to travel that steam trains and steamships gave 19th century society he travelled extensively and he used a different name in every town the Victorian era meant that travel was so much easier and quicker the railways had revolutionized transport replacing those horse-drawn stage coaches that up to then were the quickest way to get from one town to another right mass travel had arrived passengers were less conspicuous traveling in greater numbers the commute had arrived and with it the travelling criminal yeah we're looking at this subject after someone suggested a particular case known as the murder on the Brighton line but when we started digging we found two others on the same stretch of railway line between London and Brighton well as your fellow journalist the late Sir Harry Evans said keep digging the truth is down there somewhere wow it's not often I mentioned in the same breath as the late great Harry Evans so um thanks for that mate and in terms of the truth yes it certainly is so we're going to dig into all those grisly crimes and trust me they are grisly Jacques did you ever deal with any railway cases well not really because railways in the UK have their own police the British Transport Police, or BTP, we occasionally asked them for information or made inquiries relating to people moving through railway premises but to be honest we really saw BTP officers at our police stations well the British transport police force has its roots very early in the history of British policing the earliest record of railway police predates the formation of the metropolitan police usually recognized as the first modern police force in England and Wales by at least four years no one knows just how many individual railway dock and canal police forces existed in the 19th century but they probably numbered over a hundred largely unsung and in many cases unremembered I suppose a modern equivalent would be private security firms in the united states safeguarding the interests and assets of corporations these early forces combined to form the modern BTP we looked at the recent crime figures for the BTP there was a significant rise in all crimes of 12 percent in 2019 Adrian Han stock the deputy chief constable said the record number of passengers using the railways was behind the jump in crime rates which were mainly theft and anti-social behaviour Hanstock put a lot of this down to the fact that railway stations are becoming increasingly commercial environments well that's certainly true anyone familiar with some pancreas station in London will know that the original storage areas below platform level they're now a stylish shopping centre and the Victorian booking office is a bar and a restaurant the force also reported a surge in the number of vulnerable people it dealt with including through providing mental health support officers and rail staff performed 2529 life-saving interventions up 32 percent on the year before despite this there were only six homicides on the British railway network in 2018 to 19. one was the awful death of 51 year old Lee Pomeroy who was stabbed to death by a paranoid schizophrenic after an argument on a train maybe there is an argument for the BPT to be amalgamated into the regional forces to share experience and intelligence public transport will only increase in the years to come integrated management of our transport network imagine that so do criminals use the rail network as a way of getting about or do they prefer to use the roads instead well of course they use both but you know over the years I've thought about how the world has changed not just in a policing sense but how society has changed in how it moves around if I'm completely honest the core has a lot to answer for this may be just my opinion but the car has made us selfish and anti-social we treat the car as an extension of our private lives whilst it's given us choice and freedom to move around when we want to we seem to enjoy the anonymity that the car brings us and as policing has taught me the public don't like it when they're challenged do they no I suppose not we all resent being stopped by the police or getting a fixed penalty notice through the post I know I do how dare they take a photo of me driving through that red traffic light not that I make a habit of it incidentally I suppose the car has also allowed criminals to operate in even wider areas and as you say Jacques being less conspicuous you're spot on burglars are the best example dwelling house burglars usually have a rule of not [ __ ] on their own doorstep they prefer to steal from neighbouring estates or areas they were passing through they always had a problem though how to transport their ill-gotten gains now jewellery and cash is not a problem electrical goods not so easy the car changed all that not only does the car provide transport and storage they don't stand out or look out of place do they it's just another car driving on a public road privacy no interaction with the public yeah I get it I'm trying to imagine myself as a burglar and having to use public transport while carrying the contents of somebody else's house with me I've got a heavy hold all bulging with jewellery and ornaments candlesticks that sort of thing a Sony PlayStation and I'm having to plan my getaway so 10 minute walk to the station buy a ticket wait around a bit I'm restricted by the timetable several people might see me look at me heavens even speak to me that's it and the car changed all that within a couple of hours at any time of day a criminal could drive to another town commit a crime drive to a different town dispose of the goods then return home the risks of being stopped by the police you'd take your chance even if the police showed an interest in you, you could hide any evidence in the worst case scenario you could fail to stop for them and try and get away yeah I see what you mean there the car allows people to move around unnoticed at a time to suit them protected by a metal shell things were very different 140 years ago it is 1881. the telephone has not long been invented Matthew Webb has recently swung the English channel and unwittingly his image has made it onto millions of matchboxes the first Boer war has just ended in south Africa where the British got their butts kicked two years ago 75 people died in the Tay bridge railway disaster in Scotland this case is much further south almost as far south as you can get on the British mainland in Brighton on the south coast of England [Music] the London and Brighton railway opened in 1841 and it brought Brighton within the reach of day-trippers from London the population grew from around seven thousand in eighteen hundred and one to more than a hundred and twenty thousand by nineteen hundred and one in 1881 there was overcrowding and disease clean water and sanitation would desperately needed just 47 miles from London the train was popular the regular service to the capital went to Croydon and then split into two one line to London Victoria and the other to London bridge stations on the route from London included East Croydon, Three Bridges, Hayward's Heath, Willsfield, Burgess Hill, Hassocks and Preston park. It's Monday the 27th of June at 2pm Preston park is a small quiet station serving a village on the outskirts of Brighton the ticket collector watches the arrival of the train from London bridge a male passenger gets off there's something about him that draws the ticket collector's attention the man emerges from the first class compartment and steps onto the platform he seems unsteady on his feet he's not wearing a hat which is unusual nor is he wearing the collar and tie even more concerning he's covered in blood he seems distressed the collector goes to his assistants the man mumbled something about having been attacked as the train entered Merced tunnel now Merston tunnel is just south of Croydon and several stops from Preston park probably a 30 minute journey Read more: https://bit.ly/brighton-line-transcript

Visit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.Part 1 of a two-part UK true-crime documentaryIt was the culmination of a reign of terror climaxing in a crime that horrified a nation. Between 1967 and 1974, an athletic, shadowy figure carried out a series of nighttime raids on sub-post offices in the English Midlands. The masked robber, who always wore dark clothing, was as ruthless as he was physically fit. These characteristics earned him the nickname ‘The Black Panther'. Before long, the Panther turned to cold-blooded murder. Then, with the same chilling disregard for life which characterised his earlier crimes, he kidnapped and murdered a teenage girl. The girl, who he believed to be heiress to a vast fortune, was Lesley Whittle. The Black Panther was eventually unmasked as Donald Neilson, a psychopath with a massive chip on his shoulder. The Six O'clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.Transcript[Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting hello and welcome to the Six O'clock Knock the podcast where we combine a journalist's curiosity with the detectives powers of logical deduction I'm Simon Ford writer broadcaster and former BBC reporter and I'm Jacques Morrell a former major crime detective I might have left the job but I can't leave the job alone it's in our blood you see so we decided to get together and compare notes about old cases cold cases and just plain weird cases and boom the Six O'clock Knock was born we're going to get under the skin of one of the most violent sinister and mysterious British criminals of the 20th century the expression reign of terror could have been coined to describe his career of crime so little is known about this mercurial murderer and kidnapper we've reimagined some moments from his life using eyewitness testimony court transcripts and accounts from the period his name was Donald Neilson but in the 1970s he was known and feared by the nickname bestowed on him by the press the black panther [Music] Donald Neilson was born with the different and slightly unfortunate name of Donald Nappey on Saturday the 1st of August 1936 he was just 10 when his mother died he was bullied at school and he soon found himself in trouble with the law it was military service that interrupted his downward spiral the teenage Donald Nappey had met the love of his life the British army it was more than a love affair though it was an obsession [Music] oh Nappey rash golly flags it was the kind of stupid remark Donald Nappey was used to hearing from his fellow conscripts in the king's own Yorkshire light infantry a zealous non-smoker lance corporal Nappey drew himself up to his four five feet four inches and bellowed gets a bloody move on you lanky streaks of piss before I put you both on a charge all because he turned down his cigarette ration instead of sharing it with the other soldiers what do you want striker [ __ ] short ass Nappey his surname had been a source of torment from almost the day he was born bullied at school the taunting continued when he enlisted in the army for national service but despite having to repeat his basic training and a uniform that always appeared a size too big the army life suited young Donald it was regimented and orderly you knew where you were with orders in a year he'd gone from an orphan delinquent to a young man with a purpose he'd hardly started shaving cue more teasing when they promoted him to lance corporal now he got to issue a few orders of his own not that his obsessive list making nit-picking and penalties for petty infringements earned him much respect from his subordinates humour the squad his best friend was how they coped with his type Nappey two pubes Nappey one ball Nappey the 18 year old jogged across Strensil Camp high on the north Yorkshire moors his wiry frame humping a 30 pound bergen rucksack the other men grumbled about the so-called lazy wind it goes through you not around you but lance corporal Nappey embraced the chilly conditions wait until they get to Aden or Kenya he said to himself and they're miles from anywhere with no rations or facing some Mao Mao gorillas when the ammo runs out they'll wish they'd listen to me then the sarcastic bastards by now Nappey was double timing it his hobnailed ammunition boots wrapping on the brushed concrete of the perimeter road up here on the moors the route around the base was both his running track and assault course they could say what they liked but lance corporal Nappey had the rest of them licked when it came to PT just don't mention that business with the SAS lads absorbed in the rhythm of running Donald Nappey was enjoying a daydream in which he as commander of his own elite unit showed the SASs how to do it properly this unforgivable lapse of vigilance explained as he would later tell himself his failure to register the parked land rover with heart-stopping suddenness colonel Nappey of the special air service found himself face to face with an enraged Alsatian he was so close that the phone flying from its gnashing jaws caught him full in the face sweet Jesus Christ he roared somebody get that [ __ ] monster under control yes sorry cool bro replied the handler smirking as he jumped out of the canvas covered land rover Spartan's been cooped up all day you know what he's like when he hasn't had his exercise despite varying his route and the timing of his runs lance corporal Nappey was prone to encounter the same dog with uncanny regularity this time the Alsatian had emerged from the tarpaulin at head height like some furious canine cuckoo from a clock exercise my ass private insubordination fatigues guard room 1500 hours got it what about spartan xeon for teams as well corporal the snarling dog was straining at the leash dancing like a bear on its hind legs lance corporal Nappey hoped the sentry hadn't seen that his knees were knocking under his car key drill shorts bloody dogs he hated bloody dogs 1500 hours and think yourself lucky I don't have the bugger shots the private jumped to attention snapping up a salute dismissed Nappey spat back infuriated that his voice was an octave higher than normal he swallowed hard and was waiting for the land rover to disappear when he thought he heard a whisper don't worry spartan he won't shoot you he wouldn't know which way round to point the bloody gun Nappey scanned the heather and the gorse but there was nobody there bloody imagination getting the better of him in the distance a helicopter was circling wakka wakka wakka wakka there's gonna be a few changes around here be hollered in case anyone was listening then checking the two synchronized wristwatches he always wore lance corporal Nappey resumed his steady pace and followed the perimeter fence back towards the main gate that sodding name will have to go for a start he thought no son of mine will be saddled with a moniker like Nappey dirty Nappey nipper Nappey happy Nappey he'd had enough he fancied Neilson that had a ring to it that would get respect [Music] it wasn't until 1960 that the 24 year old Donald Nappey changed his name to Neilson by that stage he'd left the army and married Irene Tate they had a daughter Catherine and that spurred Mr Nappey to make the switch to Neilson Saturday's child works hard for a living and Donald Neilson slogged away at a few jobs he was a taxi driver and a handyman but he never stuck at anything for long why did he leave the army if he enjoyed it so much that's an excellent question I've read that Irene persuaded him to leave he was 18 when they wed and she was 20 and he never served more than his compulsory two years national service the consensus is that he was a Walter Mitty character you know full of high ideals and daydreams but he simply couldn't cut the mustard he was a poor marksman had to repeat his basic training and of course because of his name he was the butt of jokes but despite this he was super fit physically strong and mentally alert he even studied military training methods and particularly the survival techniques of Britain's royal marine commando units and the crack special air service Neilson could have been a good soldier if he'd stuck at it instead he transferred that rigorous military discipline into his domestic life treating his wife and daughter like raw recruits taking them on military-style manoeuvres into the local woods balling at them like a sergeant major the army had changed him yeah like flicking a switch that couldn't be turned off what's more Neilson had developed a brooding sense of injustice he blamed everyone and everything else for his lot in life in particular he despised immigrants as a national serviceman in Aden and Kenya he'd seen himself as a defender of the British empire but in the 50s Britain was no longer a global power the Suez crisis in 1956Read more: https://bit.ly/black-panther-part-1-transcript

Visit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.Two musicians; two murders, separated by hundreds of miles. On the face of it, ex-Beatle John Lennon and Reggae star Peter Tosh were gunned down in very different circumstances. Lennon was shot by an obsessed fan; Tosh a victim of 1980s Jamaican gun culture. On closer examination, however, their deaths have more in common than first meets the eye, not least because they were both peace-loving men who wanted mankind to live in harmony. Jacques Morrell and Simon Ford unpack the archives and their vinyl collections in this investigation.Featuring the voices of C.C. Anderson, Tim Bryn Smith and Denroy Shakespeare.The Six O'clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.Transcript[Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to the Six O'clock Knock the true crime podcast that takes a fresh look at murder I'm Simon Ford a journalist and broadcaster with 20 odd years in the business and I'm Jacques Morrell 30 years of British police officer and detective I spent many an hour on the press benches of various courts reporting on the kind of crimes that Jacques spent his career detecting now the English legal system has influenced many others around the world our system of common law or case law originated in the practices of the courts of the English kings following the Norman conquest in 1066 and to be clear Scotland wasn't conquered by the Normans which is why the Scottish legal system is different from the one in England and wales absolutely and comparisons as the saying goes are odious now the British empire imposed that English legal system on its far-flung colonies many of which retained the common law system today these systems give great weight to judicial precedent today of course there's no British empire but one third of the world's population lives in common law jurisdictions including Jamaica and that other former colony the united states of America [Music] Jamaica declared its independence from Britain in 1962 but remained a member of the commonwealth and it's to Jamaica that we are heading today then we'll look at a second case also from over the Atlantic both cases are very different but both involve the murder of prominent musical artists and both involve firearms our main focus is that of the murder of Winston Hubert McIntosh better known as Peter Tosh Jamaican reggae artist [Music] Peter Tosh was the baritone who left Bob Marley and the Wailers went solo and worked with the Rolling Stones among others the one who learned how to ride a unicycle and rode onto the stage on it that's him his other claim to fame he was shot and killed in 1987. We'll compare his murder to the fatal shooting of John Winston Lennon British musician founder member of the Beatles shot and killed seven years earlier in 1980. I suppose everyone remembers where they were when a celebrity gets murdered I'll be honest though Peter Tosh was less well known in our household but John Lennon now his murder took place on the evening of Monday the 8th of December 1980 in New York five hours behind London time so I woke up to the news on Tuesday the ninth now my dad had bought a colour tv in time for Christmas and John Lennon's murder was one of the first stories I saw in colour on the tv news John Lennon is dead shot several times by a young American as he was going into his home in New York the former Beatle who was 40 was returning home from a recording studio with his wife Yoko Ono when he was murdered it took a few days for the enormity of what had happened to sink in the significance of the talent that had been lost but there was a school assembly I remember where John Lennon's music was played in tribute and even some of the teachers were moved to tears it was one of those moments that made me want to record significant events and I guess set me on the path to becoming a journalist now I know very little about Peter Tosh but you're a fan aren't you Jacques tell me something about the man and his music well from what I know his childhood was one of survival he was abandoned by his parents and moved around between relatives now this was rural Jamaica and when his aunt died he moved to trench town in Kingston aged about 15. his introduction to music was amazing though he used to sit and watch a man playing guitar in the street now this man only played the one tune but Tosh was mesmerized after seeing him many times Tosh picked up the guitar and played the song back to the man the man asked him who taught him to play guitar and Tosh replied you have he'd learned by watching Tosh then learned some singing skills from a guy who gave free music lessons to young people and it was there he met Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer who were doing the same thing and as they say the rest is history that's fascinating and do you recall where you were when the news of these deaths was reported yes and no I was working full-time in 1987 and while I have some Peter Tosh records at home I don't remember where I was when news of his death broke I guess as a young cop working shifts I was just too busy to follow the news I can remember clearly when the news of Lennon's death happened the difference is that I was 17 years old in 1980 and there's something about teenage memories that seem stronger isn't there that's very true yeah I'd agree with that my memory of the first colour tv and the teachers in tears that kind of thing it's just frozen there somehow that moment crystallized and when I think about it it's as though I'm back in my tiny box of a bedroom it's just big enough for a single bed wardrobe a chair and a bedside cabinet I had a radio alarm clock I can picture it now it had an illuminated red digital display classic seventies I was listening to the morning show on radio one the DJ I think was Mike Reed and I could hear something different in his voice he was emotional and struggling for words I knew then how much of a big deal it was as the whole show was a news item with a few John Lennon songs for those people who do not know and it may have just joined us John Lennon died earlier today as the result of what seems to be one of those idiotic and pointless attacks by someone who probably didn't even know him he was shot dead in New York about four o'clock GMT yes I remember now we had the BBC news on in the kitchen and John Lennon was shot four times in the back his killer Mark David Chapman waited for the police to arrive and immediately admitted what he'd done well Peter Tosh was killed on the 11th of September 1987. he was shot during a robbery at his home in Kingston Jamaica his killers though didn't hang around for the police to arrive they were arrested later one man was convicted of the crime Dennis Lobben although he still maintains his innocence now these murders were seven years apart and happened in very different circumstances the only connection being both were musicians and both were shot in cold blood and both men shared the same full name of Winston don't forget yes that's an interesting coincidence isn't it I wonder if it's significant the motive for their killings is very different while their respective killers are still in jail what would have happened to them if their victims had not been famous artists almost certainly released I guess what we also want to do is to expand on the detail and then consider whether there's a similarity in the mindset of the killers the killers of both Peter Tosh and John Lennon I guess it's hard for us in the UK to appreciate the place that guns have in society in both the USA and Jamaica but the fact remains that nearly 40 years after the murders of John Lennon and Peter Tosh firearms are disproportionately used in killings in both countries the united states relationship with guns and gun control is well documented and according to a survey in 2017 Jamaica is one of the most armed countries per head of population in the world it seems so alien to us in the UK we have some of the strictest firearms controls in the world although to an extent some of that gun culture has spread over here Jamaican law allows firearm ownershipRead more: https://bit.ly/blood-and-fire-transcript

Visit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, and articles.Mild-mannered, handsome and geeky were all terms used to describe Neil Entwistle. Yet this British computer engineer was convicted of shooting dead his wife and baby daughter at their home near Boston, Massachusetts. Entwistle fled the scene, jumped on a plane and ran home to mum and dad. The American authorities caught up with him in London and put him on trial in the United States, where he was found guilty. Despite the weight of evidence stacked against him, Neil Entwistle continues to protest his innocence, denying any part in the fatal shootings of 27-year-old Rachel and 9-month-old Lillian in January 2006.The Six O'clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.Transcript[Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to the Six O'clock Knock, the true crime podcast presented by me Simon Ford and major crime detective Jacques Morrell hi Jacques how you been hi Simon I'm much better thank you uh better for getting out and about again uh just like in the green bicycle case from the other week yeah I think we set a new standard for socially distanced investigations with that one didn't we yeah so today we are in the heart of Sherwood forest the legendary home of robin hood on the trail of an equally enigmatic outlaw yes and thanks to the notorious British summer weather we've taken shelter not in a hollow tree but in the historic forest lodge hotel at Edwinstowe across the road from the 9th century church where tradition has it Robin Hood married Maid Marian anyway apart from a drop of locally brewed ale what else brings us to royal Sherwood Simon oh well I was coming to that today's case is a modern one from right here in old Sherwood in fact I covered this story as a journalist and a news presenter with the BBC in Nottingham and it stuck with me ever since because you know I've been around a bit but this is my old stamping ground it's where I grew up and it involves an i.t expert Neil Entwistle from the nearby town of workshop he was found guilty in 2008 of shooting to death his wife Rachel and baby daughter Lilian rose at their home in the united states to be precise Hopkinton Massachusetts a small town in the Boston commuter belt Neil Entwistle was 28 and Rachel was 27. little Lilian was just nine months old the killings in January 2006 were the subject of a transatlantic media frenzy and we'll get into why shortly but first it's important to note that throughout the trial and his subsequent incarceration Neil Entwistle and his family have protested his innocence in fact a couple of years ago Neil Entwistle's father Clifford published a book called Neil's story trial by media that's right Simon and I do recall the case although it's not one I had any involvement in so coming at it fresh for me really and it's one of three books you asked me to read before this meeting today there was heartless the true story of Neil Entwistle and the brutal murder of his wife and child and that was by a woman called Michelle R. McPhee and there was a further book Neil Entwistle's Day In Court by Michael Wells Gleuck now I want to point out that the McPhee book was published right at the start of the trial in 2008 and Cliff Entwistle cites this as an example of what he calls trial by media he alleges that coverage like this made a guilty verdict to foregone conclusion and in the face of this media bombardment he claims his son didn't stand a chance and here is Cliff Entwistle as he speaks to reporters outside the court in 2008 we will continue to fight for our innocent son with the hope that one day justice will prevail and our little granddaughter lily may rest in peace okay then those are our sources along with contemporary records and transcripts let's get into it and ask the difficult questions was Neil Entwistle a victim of trial by media was he the victim of a miscarriage of justice if so who killed his wife and daughter [Music] okay first some background Neil met Rachel Souza as she was then at the university of York in 1999 he was studying electronic engineering and business management she was an American studying English on her year abroad and they were in the university rowing club in 2001 after a stint back in the U.S. Rachel returned to the UK and worked for three years as a teacher at Redditch in Worcestershire the couple married in 2003 by which time Neil had started work at the Malvern office of the defence and security firm kinetic Lilian rose was born in April 2005. in july of that year Neil left his job at kinetic for domestic reasons six weeks or so later the family had relocated to Massachusetts where they moved into the home of Rachel's mother and stepfather Priscilla and joe Matarazzo okay just take you back slightly there Simon what do you mean there by domestic reasons well that was the phrase used by a kinetic spokesman who was contacted by the Worcester news in the aftermath of the murders and that I'm afraid is all the information I have okay anything else around this time well yeah it emerged later that between 2003 and 2004 Neil Entwistle registered a number of websites and start-up businesses including million maker dot co dot UK which promised customers six thousand dollars in monthly earnings and SR Publications .co.uk which listed as its flagship product the big penis manual I see well that's interesting um I wonder if his wife knew um now that certainly shows there's another side to the and whistle it must be his secret life yeah I think that's what you call it isn't it um Neil spent four months living with his in-laws at their home in Carver Massachusetts there were arguments perhaps because he didn't have a job lined up and was having trouble finding work Cliff Entwistle says in his book Rachel shared with us that she was not settling in that Lilian had stopped sleeping through the night and that there were constant arguments between herself Priscilla and joseph for the sake of keeping the peace Neil and Rachel decided to move out and so it was after Christmas and Lilian's christening the couple leased a house in Hopkinton a little town about 50 miles from carver and near the highway into Boston they moved in around the 10th of January 2006 into what sort of house well six cubs path is a spacious four bed detached house with three bathrooms at the end of a cul-de-sac in a secluded wooded area in fact I got that from the realtor's website and I've got to say it's a gorgeous looking property yeah I'm just looking now the rent twenty seven hundred dollars a month that's two and a half thousand pounds it will take a steak dinner I suppose so how would the admissions afford this kind of house with neither of them working yeah I don't know uh maybe they borrowed money from the Matarazzos maybe they had savings maybe they'd sold somewhere in this country before they moved to the united states Michelle r McPhee says in heartless that Neil claimed to be waiting for payments from the British government to clear well if that's true it would set the alarm bells ringing wouldn't it what we got here and it specialist who resigned from his job sets up a dubious get rich quick scheme on some website moves to the us without a job then claims he's due a lot of money I would be buying a second hand the car off this guy well talking of cars the couple also leased a car a BMW x3 in Rachel's name and that was a further dollars a month so that's monthly outgoings by my ropey mathematics of almost 3 200 with no visible income that's before you add the bills and the credit card purchases of furniture etc McPhee says the couple owed nearly nine thousand dollars on credit cards with Rachel's student loan repayments on top of that and that is a lot of debt so unless there really was a wad of cash coming Neil's way from Whitehall Michelle McFee says money never seemed to be an issue Neil had given his in-laws the impression that he was earning ten thousand dollars a month from the English military to advise them on secretive computer programs let's take that with a pinch of salt Neil's dad Cliff was unaware of any money troubles and he wants to think that his son would have come to him first if he needed money okay maybe so Cliff and his wife also owned their house in workshop in Nottinghamshire so they had the resources to bail him out but Neil never asked and another thing as Cliff Entwistle tells us Neil was not going to gain through insurance policies so that was out [Music] so turning to the crime itself now this was a particularly horrible double murder which is in a large part what galvanized the media around it remember the us is different with these kind of media stories so let's look at the circumstances well this is Neil's story as told to the Massachusetts state police in a phone interview he made from his parents' home in the UK on Monday the 23rd of January 2006. in this call he claims that at 9 00 am on Friday the 20th he went out to run errands he was supposed to be going to a job interview but that had been cancelled he hadn't told his wife this as far as Rachel was concerned Neil would be out for all or most of the day he says that he went to staples to buy a wireless router for his computer they had one but he wanted to see if Walmart had it cheaper he says he got lost on the way to Walmart and stopped at Read more: https://bit.ly/entwistle-murders-transcript

Visit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, articles, and transcripts.Part 3 of a three-part British true-crime documentary seriesJohn Samuel Humble killed nobody, but he had blood on his hands, and he knew it. He was the hoaxer who pretended to be the Yorkshire Ripper. Dubbed Wearside Jack by the newspapers, his infamous ‘I'm Jack' tape sent the Ripper investigation on a wild goose chase, during which the real killer, Peter Sutcliffe, claimed more victims. One of them, Jayne MacDonald, was a 16-year-old school leaver walking home from a night out. Humble said he goaded detectives with the intention of spurring the enquiry. His plan failed spectacularly. Like many hoaxers, he thought he was safe under a cloak of anonymity, but he reckoned without the determination and long memories of West Yorkshire CID.This podcast features an exclusive interview with a member of the Yorkshire Ripper incident room, Detective Chief Superintendent (retired) Bob Taylor of West Yorkshire Police.The Six O'clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.TranscriptMusic] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to the Six O'clock Knock the true crime podcast where we look at old cases through a modern lens and draw our own unique conclusions I'm Simon Ford a writer and broadcaster with more than 20 years in the business and I'm Jacques Morrell I spent 30 years as a major crime detective with an expectation to ask those awkward and yet obvious questions I felt a few collars in my time and whilst I've hung up my boots my yearning for the truth is as strong as ever so the two of us got together decided to do some sleuthing and make podcasts from our enquiries we call it the Six O'clock Knock because that's when a detective likes to pay their suspect a visit first thing in the morning when they're least expecting it this podcast is about a Six O'clock Knock that was 25 years in the making it showcases the kind of dogged police work and dedication to duty that mean criminals always need to be looking over their shoulders and it shows how advances in forensic science coupled with determination professional pride and long memories mean there is no hiding place for criminals especially those who think just because of the passage of time that they've got away with it [Music] we're going back into the story of Peter Sutcliffe the Yorkshire Ripper and one of the most bizarre and baffling aspects of that case the letters and tape recordings sent to assistant chief constable George Oldfield by a man purporting to be the Ripper as soon as Sutcliffe confessed the whole charade was exposed as a wicked hoax the senior detectives on the Yorkshire Ripper case were faced with the realization they'd pinned their hopes on a wild goose chase a wild goose chase which diverted precious resources and cost three women their lives so how was the hoaxer able to enthral the leading detectives George Oldfield and dick holland and why did they ignore other avenues of investigation in their pursuit of a phantom [Music] it started with the letters George Oldfield received the first postmarked Sunderland in march 1978. Dear Sir I'm sorry I cannot give my name for obvious reasons I am the Ripper I've been dubbed a maniac by the press but not by you you call me clever and I am you and your mates haven't a clue that thought were in the paper give me fits and not bit about killing myself no chance I've got things to do my purpose is to rid the streets of them [ __ ] my one regret is that young lassie MacDonald did not know because change routine that night up to number eight now up to seven but remember Preston 75 get about you know you are right I travel a bit you probably look for me in Sunderland don't bother I'm not daft just post a letter there on one of me trips not a bad place compared with chapel town and Manningham and other places one horse to keep off the streets because I feel it coming on again sorry about that young lassie yours respectfully Jacques the Ripper might write again later I'm not sure last one really deserved it [ __ ] getting younger each time all slot next time I hope what has failed never again too small close call last one the second was sent to the editor of the daily mirror newspaper dear sir I've already written to chief constable George Oldfield a man I respect concerning the recent Ripper murders I told him and I'm telling you to warn them [ __ ] I'll strike again and soon when the heat cools off about the MacDonald lassie I didn't know she was decent and I'm sorry I changed my routine that night up to number eight now you see a seven but remember Preston 75. easy picking them up don't even have to try you think they'd learn but they don't mostly young lassies next time try an older one I hope please haven't a clue yet and I don't leave any I'm very clever and don't think I'm looking for me fingerprints because there aren't any and don't look for me up there in Sunderland because I'm not stupid just pass through the place not a bad place compared to chapel town and Manningham can't walk the streets for them [ __ ] don't forget to warn them I feel it coming on again if I get chance sorry about lassie didn't know yours respectfully Jacques the Ripper might write again after another one's gone maybe Liverpool or even Manchester again too hot here in Yorkshire bye I have given advanced warning so it's yours and their fault the writer threatened to kill an old [ __ ] in Manchester or Liverpool Oldfield thought the murder of vera millward the Ripper's ninth victim in Manchester in May 1978 was the Ripper making good on his grim promise almost a year later a third letter dated the 23rd of march 1979 confirmed this suspicion in Oldfield's mind again it was postmarked Sunderland dear officer sorry I haven't written about a year to be exact but I haven't been up north for quite a while I wasn't kidding the last time I wrote saying the hall would be older this time and maybe I'd strike in Manchester for a change you should have took aid that bit about her being in hospital funny the lady mentioned something about being in the same hospital before I stopped a [ __ ] and wears the lady won't worry about hospitals now will she I bet you wondering how come I haven't been to work for ages well I would have been if it hadn't been for your cursed coppers I had the lady just where I wanted her and I was about to strike when one of your curse and police car stopped right outside the lane he must have been a dumb copper because he didn't see anything he didn't know how close he was to catching me to tell you the truth I thought I was coloured the lady says don't worry about the coppers little did she know that bloody cop has saved her neck that was last month so I don't know when I'll get back on the job but I know it won't be a chapel town too bloody hot there maybe Bradford's manning him might write again if up north chat the Ripper PS did he get letter I sent the daily mirror in Manchester the writer claimed Vera millward had had treatment at the Manchester royal infirmary the hospital next to where she was murdered both Oldfield and his number two dick holland were convinced this information could only have been divulged by vera to her killer what they didn't know or chose to ignore was that newspapers in Manchester had been told as much by vera's common law husband the story was out there for anyone with a mind to read it Oldfield was being taken in by the person writing those letters an investigative team was brought together in Sunderland to find the letter writer and nailed the Ripper there were other tantalizing similarities whoever wrote the letter had the same blood group as one found at one of the Ripper murder scenes June in the Pennine foothills is compensation for the bitter months of winter summer transforms the bleak landscape swathes of green cloaked the moors and the parks of Leeds in Bradford become a playground of wide lawns and leafy groves sergeant Megan Winterburn walked through the sunlight of a June morning to her job at Leeds central police station Milgarth was a seven-story brick fortress the lower floors were windowless those above them were little more than slits this brutalist block house was home to the Ripper investigation in the summer of 1979 the incident room already took up two floors one floor was the incident room itself the floor beneath was empty except for the pit props supporting the weight of the paperwork above assistant chief constable George OldfieldRead more: https://bit.ly/wearside-jack-transcript

Visit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, and articles.Part 2 of a three-part British true-crime documentary series‘Wicked beyond belief', is how the trial judge summarised the character of Peter William Sutcliffe. Between 1975 and 1980 he murdered 13 women and attempted to murder seven others. The north of England was gripped by fear during a reign of terror the police were unable to terminate. Simon Ford joins former major-crime detective Jacques Morell in an examination of Sutcliffe's life and crimes. Sutcliffe (who changed his name to Coonan in prison) slipped through the net nine times before being caught almost by accident. Simon asks Jacques: would today's policing methods have stopped the Yorkshire Ripper sooner?This podcast features an exclusive interview with a member of the Yorkshire Ripper incident room, Detective Chief Superintendent (retired) Bob Taylor of West Yorkshire Police.The Six O'clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.Transcript[Music]This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to the Six O'clock Knock the true crime podcast that re-examines historical cases through a modern lens I'm Simon Ford a writer journalist and broadcaster and I'm Jacques Morrell an author and former major crime detective in case you're wondering the Six O'clock Knock is police jargon for a dawn raid 6 am being the time a suspect is most likely to be at home and off guard it's the time when we make an arrest on our terms it could be a knock at the door or sometimes we'd go in with a sledgehammer or a battering ram we used to call that the enforcer in this podcast we're going back to the 1970s and a series of murders and attacks on women that transfixed the north of England the perpetrator was one Peter William Sutcliffe or to give him the title chillingly bestowed on him by the press at the time the Yorkshire Ripper when Paul's teacher asked him about his three favourite things the ten-year-old would say Leeds united David Bowie and going on round with our Alan this Thursday morning Paul was in his element cramming a doorstep jam buddy into his mouth and wrapped up against the autumn chill he was riding shotgun on Alan's milk float never mind that Leeds had lost to Manchester united last Saturday never mind that Art Garfunkel was keeping David Bowie off number one he was Starsky and Alan was Hutch the electric float hummed down Scott Hall Avenue the empty milk bottles jingling like sleigh bells Alan slowed to take the right turn into the Prince Phillip playing fields it was hard to see in the fog and the milk floats headlights dimmed unpredictably Alan stopped outside the caretaker's house lit an embassy and jumped out Paul clambered down beside him hoping the caretaker might say hey up and slip him a packet of sweet cigarettes the red-tipped candy sticks were a treat but Paul was collecting the football cards inside he was desperate to get his idol Leeds midfield hotshot Peter lorimer it was then he noticed something on the grass someone's left a guy out he shouted dashing into the mist shh hissed Alan how many bloody times it was twenty to eight Paul ran over to where the object was lying anticipating a Guy Fawkes effigy like the ones his mates touted round the back streets before bonfire night then he came racing back Alan noticed his expression had changed something made the older brother freeze the bones of Paul's face had rearranged themselves to make room for two enormous eyes it's a body was all he said [Music] the dead woman was Wilma McCann she was 28 and mom to four children all under nine she was the first woman killed by the Yorkshire Ripper although there had been three other assaults on women earlier that year which bore the hallmarks of Wilma's murder crushing blows to the head with a hammer in addition Wilma had been stabbed in the chest and throat there's no memorial to the victims of the Yorkshire Ripper but there should be between October 1975 and November 1980 Sutcliffe murdered 13 women in Leeds Bradford Huddersfield and Manchester he attacked a further seven women who survived but who bore the scars mental and physical for the rest of their lives to say nothing of the families devastated by Sutcliffe he said he targeted sex workers some of his victims were others were not when he was caught Sutcliffe seemed to be attacking women in general his victims did have one thing in common they were all alone vulnerable and unable to defend themselves before we get into it here are the names of the women who died and those we know who survived the first to be murdered was Wilma McCann then Emily Jackson Irene Richardson Patricia Atkinson Jane MacDonald Jean Jordan also known as Jean Royal Yvonne Pearson Helen Rytka Vera Millward Josephine Whittaker Barbara Leach Marguerite Walls and Jacqueline Hill the victims who survived include Anna Rogulskyj Olive Smelt Tracey Brown Marcella Claxton Maureen Long and Marilyn Moore we've decided not to dwell on Sutcliffe's crimes the failure of the police to catch him is well documented first and foremost in the Byford report commissioned in the immediate aftermath of the investigation it was excoriating instead we're going to look at the lessons learned from the Ripper's five-year reign of terror and how they've helped shape modern policing here in the united kingdom the improvements that have been made and we're going to pose the question in the spirit of the Six O'clock Knock how would a modern investigative team approach the inquiry at its key stages [Music] we know that Sutcliffe was interviewed nine times by the police but somehow managed to evade the dragnet in the words of one detective Chris Gregg we had the fly on the flypaper why was Sutcliffe allowed to go free; free to kill again on multiple occasions Jacques I'm wondering when you joined the police in the 1980s was the Yorkshire Ripper mentioned at training college for example and if so what did people say I don't remember much being said by colleagues about the case I worked in the midlands and my training was in Coventry the Yorkshire Ripper case certainly hadn't found its way into the police training manuals although by the time I worked on my first murder case there had been changes to the incident room procedures I also joined in 1985 when the police and criminal evidence act was new I guess that what I'm trying to say here is the outdated attitudes of 1970s policing was changing the way murder squads were formed though still meant it was potluck how good those senior detectives were going to be the families of murder victims should get a golden service every time in 1970s Yorkshire this was still a long way off [Music] a working man's weekly wage in 1977 was about 50 pounds a little over 400 pounds in today's money which meant the crisp new fiver Peter Sutcliffe paid Jean Jordan for sex that October Saturday night would be worth about 40 quid in 2020. Little did Jean who also used the surname royal know she was about to become the fifth woman to be killed by the Ripper Sutcliffe had chosen Manchester because as he later told police things were hotting up a bit in Leeds and Bradford on wasteland near to Manchester's southern cemetery Sutcliffe smashed Jean ten times over the head with a hammer but he was disturbed by a courting couple hid her body and fled the scene [Music] later he realized the brand new five-pound note could be traced back to his pay packet so the next weekend Sutcliffe slipped away from a family party and returned to the scene of the crime when his search for the incriminating banknote proved fruitless he directed his rage at Jean Jordan's body stabbing wildly he found a broken pane of glass and slashed open the stomach of the week old corpse the stench he later told detectives made him vomit then in an attempt to confuse his pursuers he tried unsuccessfully to sever the head with a hacksaw tony fletcher one of the first investigators on the scene thought some ghoul had dug up a body from the nearby cemetery but an examination of the injuries provided an even more shocking explanation the woman's half-severed head was pulped and her face unrecognizable she'd been intimately mutilated with a 10-inch sharpened screwdriver described at Sutcliffe's trial as a most wicked agent a coil of intestine was wound around her waist her clothes and belongings had been strewn over the surrounding area as if a pack of animals had been at work in fact it was the work of just one animal Peter Sutcliffe Manchester CID had a Ripper murder on their hands on the 15th of October two weeks after the murder an allotment holder came across Jean Jordan's handbag in it was the fiver the banknote which both Peter Sutcliffe and the Ripper inquiry knew could be used to trace him down via his employer Clarke's haulage Sutcliffe later told police I read about the note being traced to a Shipley bank I knew Clark's got the wage money from a Shipley bank and that a local inquiry would be made and by some miracle I escaped the dragnet Jacques was it a miracle that Sutcliffe wasn't detected at this point it's difficult to say how close they were but in 1977 they had their best chance to catch him in that year there were four murders three in west Yorkshire and the one we described in Manchester there was a really good line of inquiry in the first murder that year they had officially confirmed they had a serial killer the west Yorkshire chief constable appointed his most senior detective assistant chief constable George Oldfield and more significant if not ironic it was the Manchester murder that produced the best opportunity to date the Manchester team knew they were onto something the five-pound note had been part of a delivery of new notes from the bank of England to Leeds just four days before Jean Jordan's murder the chances of a Read more: https://bit.ly/yorkshire-ripper-transcript

Visit our website https://psycho-killer.co for exclusive videos, photos, and articles.Part 1 of a three-part British true-crime documentary seriesPeter Sutcliffe's heinous crimes made him one of the UK's most notorious serial killers. In 1981, the gravedigger turned lorry driver from Yorkshire was found guilty of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980. He was serving a whole life term when he died on 13 November 2020 aged 74.The Six O'clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.Transcript[Music] This podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to this special edition of the Six O'clock Knock the true crime podcast presented by me Simon Ford and me Jacques Morrell I'm a retired major crime detective and now with my friend and sparring partner we reinvestigate historic homicides on our quest to find the truth whatever that may be it was announced this morning that peter Sutcliffe alias the Yorkshire Ripper Britain's most prolific serial killer had died in jail Sutcliffe was 74 he'd been serving a whole life prison sentence for the savage murders of 13 women in and around the cities of Leeds Bradford and Manchester in the 1970s Sutcliffe had a deep-seated hatred of women he claimed that god told him to rid the streets of sex workers in fact his crimes were indiscriminate his M.O. his modus operandi was the same though blows to the head with a hammer followed by frenzied stabbing one case involves strangulation between 1975 and 1980 the Yorkshire Ripper as he was styled by the media inflicted a reign of terror on northern England for years women were afraid to go out alone after dark proposals for a women-only curfew sparked outrage coupled with the failure of the police to catch the killer that failure is the subject of two future episodes of the Six O'clock Knock why was Sutcliffe allowed to terrorize and butcher women in the dead of night with impunity how did Sutcliffe escape a police dragnet that involved hundreds of officers cost millions of pounds of public money and generated so much paperwork a police station had to be reinforced to stop it collapsing under the weight it's all the more incredible when you learn that in that terrible period Sutcliffe was questioned an astonishing nine times by detectives we've also spoken to a senior police officer who was a rookie when the Yorkshire Ripper claimed his first victim Bob Taylor was a detective constable and later a detective sergeant in the Ripper incident room he retired a few years ago as detective chief superintendent of west Yorkshire police in the 70s Taylor could only watch as the then assistant chief constable George Oldfield a hard drinking hard-bitten and hard-biting Yorkshireman botched bungled and bullied his way through the biggest manhunt in British history Bob Taylor says Oldfield's handling of the Ripper investigation was disastrous from beginning to end i think what i learned from working on the cases that George Oldfield was in charge of was uh of how not to do it there was no room for anybody to make suggestions from the lower ranks uh and there were several good suggestions i mean one of the detectives who i worked with detective constable they said why don't they look at what was known as the Canadian system which was a geographical plotting system the principle behind it was that the offender would travel to avoid detection so the first attacks were more likely to be close to home the other thing about working on the Ripper case they couldn't conceive they couldn't get their head around the fact that some of the victims could have survived and of course not recognizing that there was a massive loss of evidence one of the victims in chapel town she did the artist's impression of ‘Dave' he used the name Dave and she was just dismissed that was probably the closest picture that anybody produced of Sutcliffe when another colleague went and said i used to be a good vehicle driver Josephine Whitaker which is several park the footprints one of the boots shared everywhere they said that's what my boots were like as a heavy goods vehicle driver uh one boot used to wear out before the other and we just told get on with your work and what was our work our work was eliminating people on criteria that wasn't correct incredible there were survivors who could have identified Sutcliffe but their evidence was brushed aside Anna Rogulsky, Olive Smelt, Tracey Brown, she was a kid of 14 when Sutcliffe smashed her skull and left her for dead in a country lane Marcella Claxton dismissed because of her race and her so-called reputation Maureen Long Marilyn Moore and that business with the boot impression at one of the crime scenes there's no way when i investigated homicides that that kind of forensic evidence would have been overlooked but of course my police career came after the Yorkshire Ripper in fact the mistakes they made changed the way we investigate murder in Britain indeed that's what we do on the Six O'clock Knock we take your powers of investigation Jacques wave the evidence under my journalist's nose and go after the stories behind the headlines and wherever you are in the world there will be lots of headlines about Peter Sutcliffe the Yorkshire Ripper he remains in death Britain's most prolific serial killer so if you haven't already please do subscribe to the Six O'clock Knock the first part of our series about the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper how it shaped police procedure and shifted society's perspective in so many ways is coming tomorrow in the 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The UK has just experienced the horror of its first mass shooting in decades. The first indications are that Jake Davison killed his family before turning the gun on himself. What drives some men – and it is mainly men – to murder their families? The motivation for familicide is only partly understood but seems to be linked to a ‘loss of control over masculine domains', even where there is no prior evidence of domestic abuse. Detective Jacque Morrell takes reporter Simon Ford on a disturbing journey into the dark side of gender identity, where lives unravel with catastrophic and unimaginable consequences.The Six O'clock Knock is a Psycho Killer production.Transcript[Music] this podcast contains descriptions of death and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Hello and welcome to episode three of the Six O'clock Knock, the true-crime podcast that takes a fresh look at murder the Six O'clock Knock is presented by me Simon Ford and former major crime detective Jacques Morrell in our previous episodes we looked at some unsolved British cases from the 1940s and the 1960s and you asked for our analysis of some more recent cases these are tragically all detected cases that we're going to talk about now there's no mystery associated with them but they do illustrate our topic and the topic is familicide [Music] we started looking at a case from 1993 where a father inexplicably killed his grown-up daughter and this made us look at other cases and how we as a society deal with the really difficult topic of murder within the family so murder in the family is termed familicide right is this something that you dealt with in your police career quite a lot or is it unusual well no unfortunately yes on a number of occasions we in the police never use the Latin terminology though each case that came before us was different you know I can remember them all I've included a reference to one of them in this episode too but looking back I think it's the family secrets and the what ifs that make these cases so intensely tragic it's bad enough having a family member violently killed don't get me wrong but uh when it's done by someone within the family when the killer is someone who was supposed to care for them it becomes so inexplicable and it's no surprise I suppose in most of these cases they never explain their actions so we started looking at these familiar side cases and we came across a recent one in Australia and it's a stark reminder that familiar sides occur in every society across the world this first case involves Camp Hill in Queensland in Australia which is a pleasant residential suburb of Brisbane and the houses are spacious and the roads are lined with trees and grass verges and in this lovely setting an unimaginable tragedy took place on the morning of Wednesday the 19th of February 2020 what happened in Camp Hill will affect the community there for a long time at 8 25 am during the school run emergency services received a number of calls to an incident on a quiet suburban street as with all incidents that take place in full view of the public numerous calls are made by people who witness things differently often calls are made from people who are passing by who may be confused or unsure about what's happening they just know that they need to call the emergency services in this incident there was a mention of an explosion then another of a fire involving a vehicle it was even a report that there'd been a road traffic collision so when the emergency crews arrived they found a car on fire a woman with severe burns and a man with fatal stab wounds once the fire had been extinguished those at the scene discovered the really horrible reality of the situation on the back seat of the car were the remains of not one but of three kids they were all under 10 years of age and they'd been burned alive in what had been a ferocious fire this was a chaotic scene but the officer in charge began to understand what had happened the woman had been driving her three children to school and her car was hit by another vehicle having come to rest the male driver of the other vehicle got out and approached the woman in her car then he poured petrol into it and immediately set it on fire causing what people had described as an explosion the woman despite being on fire herself managed to get out somehow run away as members of the public stopped and tried to help the man told them not to do anything before stabbing himself to death the woman was rushed to hospital she had 97 burns and died later that day the man involved was Rowan Baxter he killed his estranged wife HAnneah and their three children there'd been a long history of domestic abuse Jacques what do you make of that truly awful this was in broad daylight and in public the case gained national attention if not international the media frenzy was extensive and there was a lot of soul-searching in Australia as always there's a hope that something could be learnt from these kind of incidents something to prevent it from happening again but there was also some criticism of how the case was reported and there were calls for changes in the law there was reporting from theconversation.com who said too often when fathers kill their children the tendency is to frame it as a case of mental illness rather than gender driven violence now this is interesting because even the Aussie prime minister Scott Morrison he was criticized for sympathizing with Rowan Baxter's state of mind rather than the family had been a victim of his violence and controlling behaviour and he chose to identify support next week for mental health services rather than pledging to tackle domestic violence in the country and this raises some questions did anyone at any time in their relationship suggest to Rowan Baxter that he sought help for his abusive and controlling behaviour towards his wife did he attempt to seek help immediately before committing this awful murder do we really expect people like Rowan Baxter to tell people about their intention to kill would it have been better if society had been able to change his behaviour at an early stage wow there are three four really big questions there aren't there so from the conversation.com the report goes on based on what we know so far in the killings HAnneah Clarke experienced an extreme form of coercive control by Rowan Baxter he'd control how she dressed and where she went Clarke also had a domestic violence order against him had recently left the relationship and had expressed fears her husband may kill her control and the imminent loss of it was central to Baxter's actions against both Clarke and her children this is true in cases I worked on they may be all be different but it's that loss of control that drives these perpetrators to extreme violence yeah the headline in Australian media read it's time that coercive control was made illegal in Australia I think we're allRead more: https://bit.ly/family-murder-transcript

In this episode I am joined by Simon Ford - AVP EMEA at CyrusOne. We discuss Simon's career and how CyrusOne have adapted to the rapid growth and changing demands within the data centre sector. Simon studied Minerals Estate Management at university before starting a career in the oil & gas sector. As a result of a downturn in the oil industry Simon moved into networks and the data centre sector. We discuss how the data centre sector has evolved during Simon's career and why data centre real estate differs from commercial real estate. We then cover a number of key topics in the industry, including the changing demands created by covid, how CyrusOne have adapted to meet the increased demand, how cloud has impacted the sector, and what the future looks like for the world of data centres.Simon has a great insight into the changing demands of customers within the data centre sector and he shares some excellent advice on how others can develop a successful career in the sector.