Horrors Over The Holidays - Alan's Story

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🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The only unsolved tale of this Horrors Over The Holidays season I have curated drops here with a tale of tragedy, cruelty, and an account of a truly horrific ordeal from Christmas 1995 where we meet a 'gentle giant' named Alan Holmes.

His tale, I'm sure, you'll never forget.

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in.

Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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0:00.0	Welcome to Always True Crime, a podcast network bringing you gripping real-life stories that you won't be able to stop thinking about.
0:08.2	Discover your next true crime obsession at alwaystruecrime.com.
0:23.6	Discover your next true crime obsession at alwaystruecrime.com. The The The
0:40.3	The Hello all and the very warmest of welcomes to the True Crime Enthusiast podcast, coming to you from North Wales, bringing you my own intrepid jaunt into tales into tales of true crime that I find from all around the world that aren't usually too familiar, sometimes they're a bit weird, bizarre, or just plain horrific,
1:29.4	but all of which are true.
1:31.6	Bring you these TED Tales is myself, Paul, the creator host and true crime enthusiast of
1:36.2	the show's title.
1:37.6	I'm accompanied as ever by my true crime enthusiacat, my beloved Peeksy, who sat here watching
1:43.5	over me with this one big, evil, beautiful
1:46.0	eye. And both me and Peaksie isn't too bothered about anything except chicken and being warm
1:53.9	in front of his fire. But we're both pleased to be joined by yourselves, the wonderful enthusiasts
1:59.3	that make the show, now rapidly approaching
2:02.2	its ninth year. Well, I do it, of course. He's the one eye candy. It is as amazing as always
2:11.0	having you joining us today, which I thank you kindly for doing so, and I hope that as the
2:15.1	episode finds you, it finds you and yours all good, all safe and
2:19.6	all well, and as you're listening, you're either waiting for having or have had a wonderful
2:26.2	Christmas and a happy New Year. I truly hope that you have because I'm undoubtedly,
2:34.0	I'm going to take it down a notch with the content here.
2:39.1	Traditionally each year for Patreon subscribers, I do an episode around this time themed horrors over the holidays,
2:45.9	and for which I curate tales of crimes and events.
2:49.3	It's as simple as it says on the tin that take
2:51.6	place at points over the Christmas or New Year period. Simple as that. I've done several of
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