Interview #7 | Stephen Bates (Writer and Journalist)

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

True Crime

4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

I welcome British writer and award-winning journalist Stephen Bates to the show in this interview episode to discuss the Major Herbert Armstrong case from 1921.

For over 45 years, Stephen has reported as a journalist from more than 40 countries worldwide.

He's reported for the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, and The Guardian for 22 of those 45 years.

Stephen is now a freelance writer, a regular broadcaster and the author of nine books, with one more scheduled for publication in 2022.

Stephen's latest book 'The Poisonous Solicitor: The True Story of a 1920s Murder Mystery', released on April 7, 2022, is available to purchase here:

https://iconbooks.com/ib-title/the-poisonous-solicitor/

You can find and support Stephen Bates here:

http://stephenbateswriter.com/

For all things British Murders, please visit my website:

https://www.britishmurders.com/

Intro music:

David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'

https://linktr.ee/davidjohnbradymusic

My recording equipment:

Shure SM7B Vocal Microphone

Cloud Microphone Cloudlifter CL1

Focusrite Scarlett Solo USB Audio Interface

Rode PSA-1 Professional Studio Boom Arm

Recorded using:

Zoom

Edited in:

DaVinci Resolve 17

Mastered in:

Auphonic

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0:34.9	Music for fast heartburn relief. Rennie Pepperment, always read the label. Hello everyone and welcome to British murders,
0:37.2	the podcast that focuses exclusively on British
0:40.1	murder cases with an occasional glimpse at horror movies.
0:43.2	I'm your host, Stuart Blues, and this week I have another very special guest on the show.
0:48.5	He's an award-winning journalist who's reported from more than 40 countries around the world
0:53.3	over a period of 45 years.
0:56.2	He's reported for the BBC, the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail,
1:00.0	and for 22 of those 45 years, he's reported for The Guardian.
1:05.3	With eight books written today and two more scheduled for release in 2022,
1:09.5	my guest this week is now a freelance writer and broadcaster.
1:13.2	Please welcome to the show, Stephen Bates. Welcome, Steve. Hello, Stuart. How are you?
1:18.7	I'm very well, thank you. How are you? Okay. I hope I got all those facts right. I did steal them from your
1:24.1	website, I must admit. Yeah, that sounded pretty fair.
1:28.8	Yeah.
1:29.2	You've had a great illustrious career from the looks of things.
1:32.2	Your CV is stacked, I would call it.
1:35.1	How did you actually get into the whole journalism thing?
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