A Deadly Grudge : Episode 512
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
It was a small village in Hertfordshire, where very little ever disturbed the peace - certainly not the kind of brutal violence that unfolded when retired Army Colonel Robert Workman was shot dead on his own doorstep.
Robert was an old-fashioned military man: well spoken, private, proud, and known for his calm and easy-going nature. He lived a quiet life and had no obvious enemies. So when news spread that he had been murdered outside his own home, the question on everyone’s mind was chillingly simple - who could possibly have wanted him dead, and why?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Always True Crime, a podcast network bringing you gripping real-life stories that you won't be able to stop thinking about. |
| 0:08.2 | Discover your next true crime obsession at alwaystruecrime.com. |
| 0:13.5 | Hello and welcome to episode 512 of the UK True Crime Podcast. I'm Adam. |
| 0:19.9 | Thank you so much for joining me today and if you are in the |
| 0:22.1 | UK, I hope you've been enjoying this amazing weather. We've even had the sun here in Scotland. |
| 0:28.2 | Today we look at a shocking murder from the south of England, where a man was found dead on his |
| 0:33.3 | doorstep to his own house with no clear motive. But first, let's set some context for our story |
| 0:39.1 | with our guests the month and year game. You ready? Top of the UK music charts was Mad World |
| 0:45.6 | from Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules. In the US outcast with Hayah, we're at number one. |
| 0:51.5 | And in Australia, Guy Sebastian's debut album, just as I am, |
| 0:56.6 | top the album charts. |
| 0:59.0 | In the news this month, NASA's Opportunity Rover landed on the surface of Mars. |
| 1:05.2 | The coroner's inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Alphiade, |
| 1:10.3 | officially opened, as the Daily Mirror |
| 1:12.8 | published a blacked-out portion of a letter where Diana, Princess of Wales, alleged that |
| 1:18.3 | someone was trying to kill her. The BBC cancelled the appearance of Coca-Cola's sponsorship credits |
| 1:24.4 | in the music charts on its BBC One Top of the Pop show, after criticism |
| 1:29.2 | from politicians and health campaigners, that it would be promoting junk food and unhealthy |
| 1:34.4 | drink products of teenagers. Some things never change her. And in UK true crime news, serial |
| 1:41.4 | killer Harold Shipman was found dead in his cell one day before his 58th birthday, |
| 1:47.5 | following his suicide by hanging. So did you get the month and year? It was January 2004. Okay, so |
| 1:57.1 | let's get on with the story. The rural village of Fernex Pelham lies in Hertfordshire in the south-east of England. |
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