Crown Fools: Two Notorious Cases from the UK

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Society & Culture, History, True Crime

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🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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We tell a lot of wild stories about crimes that happened right here in the States—but it’s worth noting that our cousins across the pond are misbehaving just as badly. Y’know, same crimes, different accent. Today we’ve chosen two cases that each mirror so many of the ones we’ve covered from here: A woman consumed by her toxic obsession for the man she wanted to marry, and a man more interested in playing soldier and spy than he was in building himself a real life. Case 1: Jane Andrews, the murder of Thomas Cressman. Case 2, fantasist Michael Newitt. Sources:Channel 5's "Countdown to Murder," episode "The Duchess, the Killer and Her Lover"The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/21/royal-aide-jane-andrews-prison-release-murderDaily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14403185/Sarah-Ferguson-killer-aide-Jane-Andrews-sick-animals.htmlMurderpedia, Jane Andrews (various articles)https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The%2Bspy%2Bwho%2Bfooled%2Bme%3B%2BFAKE%2BMI5%2BAGENT%27S%2BEX-LOVE%2BTELLS%2BOF%2BLIES%2BTHAT...-a0188988173 https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/oct/31/ukcrime-jamesbond https://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/bond-style-secret-agent-fantasist-jailed-6036157 https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/fantasist-fooled-police-into-believing-he-was-spy-5sd29jd8wpr https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/two-years-in-jail-for-fantasy-james-bond-kqmsrwj8h0t https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21284267.fraudsters-james-bond-lifestyle-exposed/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3330805/Bankrupt-posed-as-James-Bond-style-secret-agent-for-two-years.html?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_firstFollow us, campers!Patreon (join to get all episodes ad-free, at least a day early, an extra episode a month, and a free sticker!): https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfirehttps://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/Facebook: True Crime CampfireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/truecrimecampfire/?hl=enTwitter: @TCCampfire https://twitter.com/TCCampfireEmail: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.comMERCH! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.1	Hello, campers, grab your marshmallows and gather around the true crime campfire.
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0:36.5	I'm Katie.
0:37.2	And I'm Whitney. And we're here to tell you a
0:39.1	true story that is way stranger than fiction. We're roasting murderers and marshmallows around the
0:43.7	true crime campfire. The weather. Tomorrow expect a biting cold front. Mmm, how naughty.
0:54.9	I wonder what I'll be wearing or taking off.
0:58.0	The night will be wild and untamed.
1:00.2	Expect heavy, lashing rain that'll soak you to the skin.
1:04.0	By Monday, temperatures will rise, slowly but surely, reaching their peak in the afternoon.
1:10.1	Not in the mood for miserable weather?
1:12.3	Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express.
1:15.2	Sun Express, nonstop sunshine.
1:19.6	We tell a lot of wild stories about crimes that happened right here in the States.
1:24.7	But it's worth noting that our cousins across the pond are misbehaving just as
1:28.8	badly. You know, same crimes, different accent. Today, we've chosen two cases that each mirrors so
1:35.5	many of the ones we've covered from here, a woman consumed by her toxic obsession for the man she
1:40.9	wanted to marry, and a man more interested in playing soldier and spy
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