Between The Madness - Episode 5 - A Lockdown Birthday Dinner Turned Deadly - The Murder of David Jackson
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
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🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
On a cold February night in Somerset, England, a retired couple sat down to celebrate a birthday dinner during the COVID lockdown.
Hours later, police were standing outside their quiet bungalow while one of them calmly admitted what had just happened inside.
What began as an ordinary evening of steak, lobster, and a video call with family would end with a husband on the kitchen floor and a case that left even seasoned investigators struggling to understand how the night had spiraled so far out of control.
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| 1:04.0 | madness podcast. Listener discretion is advised. I'm. On February 13, 2021, a retired couple in Somerset, England, sat down to celebrate a birthday. |
| 1:47.8 | They'd been married nearly 25 years, and on the menu for dinner that evening was lobster |
| 1:53.0 | and steak. But before the night was over, one half of this long-married couple would be accused |
| 1:59.4 | of turning that perfectly ordinary meal into a violent crime scene. |
| 2:03.6 | Investigators would later trace the tension back to a frustrating video call, the pressure of COVID lockdown, |
| 2:10.6 | and an argument that escalated far beyond what anyone could have expected. |
| 2:15.6 | What unfolded next would challenge the picture of peaceful |
| 2:19.2 | retirement in the seaside corner of England, and the arrests that followed would leave an experienced |
| 2:25.3 | officer out of loss for words. A house call from police is rarely a pleasant moment, unless apparently it happens in England. |
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