All those years after Jack the Ripper, in 2007 Derek Brown killed two women on the same Whitechapel streets where Jack the Ripper murdered at least five people. But did he kill more?  My latest video (of 62) is now out there. Take a look. https://www.youtube.com/@Adam-uktruecrime/videos The post The CopyCat Killer first appeared on UK True Crime ..read more

John McGeechan killed two innocent, law-abiding men in Scotland. A man for whom life is cheap and violence comes easy, he is now in prison, where he will surely now stay for the rest of his life. Meanwhile, the families and friends of Amjid Ismail – just 34 when he was killed – and Martin […] The post A Double Killer in Scotland first appeared on UK True Crime ..read more

Today, I want to follow on from my last blog. In my last piece we followed Edinburgh based criminal Roddy Mclean as he planned a drugs shipments into the UK. In one operation off the north-east coast of Scotland in July 1996, McLean, known as ‘Popeye’, was arrested when police and customs officers captured a […] The post The Death Of Roddy McLean first appeared on UK True Crime ..read more

Straight after university I joined Customs & Excise and when we pick up the story in 1996 I was working as Private Secretary to the Chairperson of the organisation, Valerie Strachan, based at Sea Containers House, near Blackfriars station in Central London. I remember her utter devastation that a serving Customs officer, 47 year old […] The post Always Cheat: Always Win first appeared on UK True Crime ..read more

They say that almost everyone in prison will tell you they are innocent. In this case, Barri White was sentenced for the murder of his girlfriend Rachel Manning in Milton Keynes. But Barri didn’t kill Rachel. Take a look at my latest video to hear the whole story. The post An Innocent Man first appeared on UK True Crime ..read more

Todays story is from Cardiff, the capital and largest city in Wales, a place with very good memories for me from my time as a student and always a great place to visit. Fairwater is a district of Cardiff and it is where author Roald Dahl was born in 1916. In fact, author doesn’t come […] The post A Random Attack first appeared on UK True Crime ..read more

This week, I sat down for a chat this week with Stuart Blues, who hosts the popular British Murders Podcast.  Stuart is always engaging company and someone who says exactly what he thinks. I was keen to talk with him to find out how his show has evolved, where it is going – and to […] The post Interview with Stuart Blues – Host of the British Murders Podcast first appeared on UK True Crime ..read more

Described as a small town with a big heart, or more cynically a place where only multi-millionaires can now afford to live, the East Sussex market town of Lewes is as charming as it is picturesque. Packed with independent and quirky shops the maintains tradition. A working brewery for example, lying in the heart of […] The post The Murder of Nicola Stevenson first appeared on UK True Crime ..read more

One of the most chilling crimes I have ever read about is the murder of 43 year old Grant Price in 1994. Grant, who was an accountant in Southampton, was out shopping with his son when kidnapped in his own car by two men who robbed him and then murdered him on a remote shingle […] The post New YouTube Video – Murder on a Remote UK Beach first appeared on UK True Crime ..read more

Today’s story comes from the Isle of Sheppey, an island of 36 square miles off the northern coast of Kent, neighbouring the Thames Estuary, about 40 miles south-east of central London with a population of about 40,000. There are three prisons on the Island so close to 3,000 inmates are based there. There is a lot of […] The post The Killing of Gary Pocock first appeared on UK True Crime ..read more