4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Here's the first episode of Toil and Trouble, a new true crime series from Hannah George and Taylor Glenn that steps into the world of magic and tells an incredibly gripping story exploring the line between care and control…that ends up in court. All episodes are out now just search for Toil And Trouble wherever you get your podcasts. Here's episode one...
Rye, East Sussex. Alfred Douglas, an 80-year-old scholar of the occult, is locked in his own home, surrounded by shattered glass. A teacher and beloved author, Alfred now lives with Maura, a former student who became his lodger during the pandemic. But what started as a friendship is changing into something far more dangerous.
This series contains themes of domestic abuse and coercive control. If you live in the UK and require support, there are a number of helplines listed on the UK Government website that can help, visit: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help
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| 0:00.0 | If you're sad to see the night's drawing in and the day is getting chilly, |
| 0:03.4 | don't be, because we're doing some live shows in October, November and December 2025. |
| 0:08.7 | That's right, we'll be at the Museum of Comedy in London on Thursday the 16th of October. |
| 0:13.8 | At Watford Palace Theatre on Saturday the 15th of November. |
| 0:17.4 | And we're back in my neck of the woods for a Christmas extravaganza at Brighton |
| 0:21.7 | Comedia on Monday the 15th of December. Tickets are available now and each show is a double |
| 0:27.3 | record so you'll get to see two cases, two guests and have two opportunities to tell your |
| 0:31.7 | own true crime stories for some drunk women solving crime coasters. What a time to be alive. So get your tickets now to avoid some serious FOMO. |
| 0:40.6 | That's right, because FOMO is a no-go. |
| 0:42.7 | Nice. |
| 0:43.2 | Very, very, very nice. |
| 0:45.4 | So nice. |
| 0:46.3 | The nicest. |
| 0:47.3 | Happy Halloween. |
| 0:49.1 | Oh, love a bit of Halloween. |
| 0:51.0 | Do you want to hear you vote, which do you like better? |
| 0:53.4 | Here's my witch noise. like better? Here's my witch |
| 0:54.2 | noise. Very strong. Here's my demon noise. Or is that Count Dracula? That's not demon. |
| 1:03.5 | Demon is this? Oh, that's better. Yeah. Okay. |
| 1:05.8 | It hurts my throat. What's your favorite? The Witch. Is it me saying my throat hurts? |
| 1:13.6 | Happy Halloween, guys. |
| 1:15.9 | Welcome. |
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