61. The Deacon’s Double Life

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Iain looks at a famous Scottish case from the 1780s that served as inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ novel.

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0:00.0	he was one of the most enigmatic owners in football
0:04.4	can you describe Vladimir Romanoff in one word mysterious
0:07.7	his roller coaster reign of hearts had incredible highs
0:11.7	heart made by Wengold O'Nell and remarkable lows
0:15.4	he fires the coach right there on the bus in front of all the team
0:19.1	so who was Vladimir Romanov?
0:21.8	And where is he now?
0:22.9	If you gave this storyline to a Hollywood filmmaker,
0:25.8	get rejected too incredulous.
0:28.3	I'm Martin Geisler,
0:29.6	and this is Romanov, Tsar of Hearts.
0:32.4	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:36.1	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:40.1	Hello everybody and welcome to yet another episode.
0:43.9	And there has been huge developments in the murder they wrote studio.
0:48.7	An alliance has been broken and a new alliance has been formed.
0:52.8	What?
0:52.9	There has been a switching of teams.
0:55.7	Oh, you're talking about the dog?
0:56.7	Mick the dog, for the first time in about 20 episodes, maybe more, has decided to sit on
1:02.4	his papa's knee and not his mama's knee.
1:05.4	I've got Ryan on my side, though, so, you know.
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