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Morning Cup of Murder

207: A London Taxi Driver Turned Killer - November 27 2019

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com You never know what will make someone snap. What could set off a mild-mannered and well liked man and cause him to go on a shooting spree that left 12 dead and 11 injured. On November 27th 1957 a man was born who would go on to commit one of the most deadly shooting incidents in UK history, the Cumbria Shootings. Derrick Bird Born (1957) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

We have a electricity line.

0:05.5

You never know what will make someone snap.

0:10.8

You never know what will make someone snap.

0:13.7

What could set off a mild-mannered and well-liked man and cause him to go on a shooting spree that left 12 dead and 11 injured.

0:22.6

On November 27, 1957, a man was born who would go on to commit one of the most deadly shooting incidents in UK history, the Cumbria shooting.

0:32.6

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and search your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:44.2

In the early hours of June 2, 2010, a man named Derek Bird, born November 27, 1957, left his home, got into his taxi, and headed to his twin brother's home

0:57.6

in Lamplu. It was there that he shot David Bird 11 times with a 22 rifle. Then, the normally

1:05.9

quiet and well-liked man drove to Frton, and shot and killed family solicitor Kevin

1:11.9

Commons. Following this attack, the police were called, but Derek wasn't finished. He drove

1:18.3

towards Whitehaven to a taxi rank on Duke Street. He then called over fellow taxi driver

1:24.2

Darren Roo Castle, whom he had conflicts with and shot him twice at point-blank

1:30.0

range. Next to be shot was taxi driver David Reed, who Derek drove alongside and shot twice in the

1:37.0

back and two more times while waiting on emergency services. He was wounded but ultimately survived

1:44.0

the attack. He did the same to driver Paul Wilson

1:47.4

as he walked down the street. He was shot in the face but survived. Police began following his

1:54.0

taxi, all while Derek kept shooting at passing taxis. This is how he shot and wounded driver Terry Kennedy and passenger Emma Percival.

2:04.9

He aimed at unarmed officers who were forced to take cover and fled.

2:09.9

A massive manhunt began and the residents in all of the surrounding areas were urged to stay indoors

2:15.6

as he began shooting randomly.

2:18.7

He arrived in Egremont and shot Susan Hughes as she walked home from shopping.

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