Hello and welcome to episode 60 of the UK True Crime Weekly podcast. I'm Adam.

So I'm still on a Mexican beach with little access to a phone or laptop and this episode

was pre-recorded in December. So if I have any supporters on Patreon, thank you very much

for your support. I will name Czech you when I'm back live next week. So how is 2018 so

far? Did you stay up to see in the new year? So far is it shaping up well or have you

written it off already as a dud and you're waiting for 2019? Last year when I arrived

back in my office for the new year, I'd managed to forget on my passwords so I could access

nothing. But as I waited for IT, I still had that niggling concern that I may actually

have been fired over the holidays and know nothing about it. Well, you can't completely

be sure, can you? In today's episode, we cover a story that was widely reported in the

UK when it happened in August 2008, but I'm going to cover it today as I never heard

the full explanation behind the shocking events in Tropshire which left three people dead.

I think it's a fascinating tale on many levels, but for me, it's that theme we see a lot

in the podcast which is of particular interest. This is that however perfect someone's

life seems on the outside and via social media, some of your friends and mine seem to

live the perfect lives in every single way, don't they? Of course, we know full well this

is only the impression they choose to give to the outside world. The reality is always

very, very different. I hope you enjoy hearing this story today and come and join us at

our Facebook group to discuss your thoughts on what you've heard. You'll be very welcome.

But before we begin, let's put the story into context by looking at the music we were

listening to at the time. The UK number one was Katie Perry with I Kiss to Girl, keeping

the man who can't be moved by the script off the top spot. In the US, number one was

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