Bonus Episode : Christian Brückner - The Prime Suspect In The Madeleine McCann case. Interview With German Journalist, Alex Frieling
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This podcast normally has a focus on victims of crime. Today, is different as I focus on the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, Christian Brückner.
In this special episode, I chat with Alex Frieling, a freelance German journalist covering crime, justice and investigative stories. He has reported extensively on Christian Brückner and the disappearance of Madeleine McCann for several British and German media outlets, including the Daily Mirror and The Sun. Over the past few years, he has attended court hearings, spoken with sources connected to the case and conducted on-the-ground reporting in Germany and so I was very keen to talk with him about Brückner.
To follow his work - and I highly recommend it - Alex can be found on TikTok and other social media platforms under his name, Alex Frieling.
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| 0:00.0 | We'll get back to your true crime story in just a moment. This podcast is part of the Always |
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| 0:37.0 | Check out the show and more at alwaystruecrime.com. |
| 0:42.2 | Hello and welcome to this special episode of the UK True Crime Podcast. |
| 0:47.1 | I'm Adam. |
| 0:48.1 | We are all familiar with the case of Madeline McCann, |
| 0:51.5 | the three-year-old English girl who went missing on a family holiday in Portugal |
| 0:55.0 | on the evening of the 3rd of May 2007. You would also have heard the name Christian Bruckner, |
| 1:02.4 | who the German authorities have named as the prime suspect in Madeline's disappearance. |
| 1:08.3 | Today I'm delighted to be joined by freelance journalist Alex Freeling. He's based in |
| 1:13.1 | Germany and has spent several years investigating and researching Christian Bruchner and reporting |
| 1:19.3 | on developments in the Madman-McCann investigation for British audiences. You may well |
| 1:24.0 | have seen his pieces in our papers and media. It's a fascinating conversation. |
| 1:28.9 | So let's get into it. |
| 1:31.1 | So, Alex, the question that everyone once answered, |
| 1:34.9 | did Christian Bruckner kill Madeleine McCann? |
| 1:38.8 | That's the biggest question in this whole case. |
| 1:42.1 | Let me quote the public prosecutor from Braunschweig. |
| 1:45.1 | He said, we are sure that he is the murderer of Madeline McCann and he even said he's 100% sure. |
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