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UK True Crime Podcast

A Suicide Pact: Episode 236

UK True Crime Podcast

UK True Crime Podcast

History, Society & Culture, Uk, Serial Killer, True Crime, Murder, Uktruecrime, Robbery, Police, Crimepodcast, Fraud, Personal Journals, Crime, Guns, Drugs

4.32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Brian Darbyshire was diagnosed with MS at just 47, and his health continued to decline. After the death of his wife in 2008, his daughter Claire became his primary carer. In 2015, the pair decided that neither wanted to live any longer and agreed a suicide pact.

Or did they?

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to episode 236 of the UK True Crime Podcast. I'm Adam.

0:07.1

Today's story from East London is a difficult tale about chronic illness and the potential

0:13.2

implications for those suffering and their friends and families.

0:18.9

This Thursday on UK True Crime Live, I'm genuinely excited that means Chantal are joined by

0:24.8

Professor David Wilson. If you're in the UK and have watched any true Crime on TV over

0:30.6

the last five years, you'll recognize him. David will be talking about his books and

0:35.3

answering any questions that you have for him, so please search Adam Lloyd on Crowdcast

0:40.6

Register or check the show notes here on look on any of my social media. You don't want

0:46.1

to miss this one. As always a huge thank you to all of my supporters

0:50.4

at Patreon, especially the new members of this exclusive club. That is Amy Blithe, Mary

0:58.2

Rose and April Braid. Thank you so much for your support which is so much appreciated.

1:06.0

As well as bonus episodes and other exclusive content, all Patreon supporters can enter

1:11.2

the competition to win a fantastic Central London hotel room in the Crime Con Hotel for

1:16.7

the Saturday night of Crime Con in September. Join us now at patreon.com slash the UK True

1:23.7

Crime. Let's set some context for today's story and play our infamous month and year

1:30.8

game. Just go in with it, we said hard on yourself, top of the UK music charts. In the US

1:37.6

it was Omi with cheerleader and in the Australian album charts immortalised by disturbed.

1:44.4

Isn't that just two random words? Okay, never mind. Was top of the tree.

1:51.0

In the news this month Queen Elizabeth II became Great Britain's longest reigning monarch

1:55.2

at 63 years and 7 months. Beating the previous record, set by her great great grandma, Queen

2:02.0

Victoria. Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the UK Labour Party and in UK True Crime

2:09.3

News. Members of a Norwich sexual abuse ring were jailed for utterly depraved sex abuse

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