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Five years ago today, on December 3rd, 2020, I released the first three episodes of British murders.

I had no idea what I was doing, no audience other than family and friends,

and no clue whether anyone would even listen.

And yet, here we are, half a decade later, still going strong.

So, to mark the show's five-year anniversary, I wanted to do something a bit

different. This episode isn't a deep dive into a case, there's no script, other than this

intro, of course, and no big narrative. It's just me, chatting through my listeners' questions

and peeling back the curtain a bit for anyone who's curious about what actually

goes on behind the scenes of a true crime podcast. How the show works, what the process looks like,

the stuff I don't usually talk about. And look, if Q&A episodes aren't your thing, that's totally

fine, you can skip this one and come back tomorrow when I release episode 223 in the

usual format. But if you've ever wondered what life is like on my side of the microphone,

grab a brew and settle in. This is the British Murder's five-year anniversary Q&A special.

I posted recently on Facebook, Instagram and Patreon asking people what they'd

like to ask, so that's where these questions come from. I've tried to structure them in as

chronological and order as possible so that the questions make sense and follow the show's

origins to where we are now. If you end up liking this casual

format, I release what I call a journal episode every single week on my Patreon page. It's just

me chatting about my week basically. So if you want more of this, head to patreon.com forward

slash British murders. And you'll also gain add free access to all my episodes, which you can listen to

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