Episode 55 - Ronald Platt
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
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🗓️ 4 August 2019
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ola, imagine you're in Spain, and you've just poured a refreshing Strya Galicia, |
| 0:05.6 | Cervesa. You hear the bubbles in the glass calling out. |
| 0:08.6 | In the Penlyown and bro Alithia since 1906. |
| 0:15.0 | 100% authentic. |
| 0:17.3 | But not all Spanish beers are what they seem. |
| 0:19.8 | A bit like me. |
| 0:21.1 | I'm not Carlos from Acrouna. I'm Charles from Cambridge. Estreia Galicia. |
| 0:27.0 | Spanish. Not Spanish. |
| 0:30.3 | The opinions expressed in the following episode do not necessarily reflect those of the Minds of Madness podcast. |
| 0:37.0 | Listener discretion is advised. Oh, 51 year old Ronald Platt was thrilled to be invited boating with his dear friend David Davis. |
| 1:18.0 | Davis was a semi-retired Canadian businessman who lived in Wood and Walter, a village about 80 kilometers northeast of London in the English County of Essex, with his young wife and two beautiful daughters. |
| 1:33.0 | Ronaldin Davis booked a room at the Steam Packet Inn in Tautness in preparation for their adventure. |
| 1:41.0 | Davis had told Ronald that he needed help sailing his boat to Essex and Ronald was all too |
| 1:47.5 | happy to assist his friend. |
| 1:52.1 | On the morning of Saturday, July 20th, 1996, the pair set sail in the English Channel near the Devon |
| 1:59.9 | Resort town of Torqui. |
| 2:02.2 | On Davis's 24-foot yacht, the Lady Jane, and Ronald was never |
| 2:08.4 | seen alive again. Join me now as we take a look into a case that crosses continents and involves a |
| 2:20.2 | devious international con man with numerous false identities. |
| 2:26.2 | As we unravel the twists and turns of this astonishing case, |
| 2:31.4 | you'll learn about watches that tell much more than time, unsettling incest, and the |
| 2:38.5 | cold-hearted murder of a trusting friend. In 1991, Ronald Platt, a divorce TV repairman was rarely in contact with his family, |
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