meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast

Maniac: Part 4 - The Pagan Who Became A Pariah (Part 1)

The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast

The True Crime Enthusiast

True Crime

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Maniac arc continues here on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast with the first part of a two episode week - in which we learn the story of a man who rapidly became, in police eyes anyway, their prime suspect in the murder of Rachel Nickell.

This episode contains descriptions of crimes and events, including that of a sexual nature, that some listeners may find extremely disturbing or upsetting, so discretion is advised whilst listening.

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/)

The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast Macmillan Cancer Support Fundraiser

Playlist Tracks:
  • Freedom Fighters - The Music
  • Sugar Spun Sister - The Stone Roses
Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast
Remembering Rachel.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The The

0:23.6

Oh!

0:24.6

The and the world. Hello. Hello all, warmest welcomes to the True Crime Enthusiast podcast,

1:01.9

the Premier North Wales-based one person and the hairy football,

1:05.6

true crime show that seeks out recounts for your listening

1:08.7

the often-forgotten forgotten unfamiliar dark deeds that the

1:12.0

UK and Ireland have in the dark histories. Bringing you these tales is myself, Paul, the creator,

1:18.7

host and true crime enthusiast of the show's title. And I should explain that the hairy football

1:23.9

is my companion often whilst I'm researching and writing now my cat peaky he's always

1:29.5

about and he pops up in the background of the recording sometimes i'm sure you may have heard

1:34.7

his little bell going so it's only fair that i thought should mention him you guys are the

1:39.9

enthusiasts of the show that keep me coming back for more. It's fabulous as ever having you all

1:44.8

joining me and I hope that as the episode finds you, each of you guys are good and well.

1:51.0

So massive thanks out for the feedback so far on this series multi-episode maniac arc, which

1:56.4

of course we're cracking on with today. There's lots of tale to come with that yet. And also for the response to the latest bonus patron episode number 28, Brandy Dan

2:06.4

and Auntie Elsie, which dropped last week.

2:09.8

For those of you recognise here on the show my enthusiasm, shall we say, for Crime Watch

2:14.8

UK, then in the latest Patreon episode, I recount an anecdote of my own

2:20.0

brush with Crime Watch itself. It's a bit of a tale too and it's one that I've long held off

2:25.5

telling here on the show. If any of you guys are intrigued and wish to hear more, then it's so

2:30.9

cheap it should have been born in a nest and it's easier to do than hating made in

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The True Crime Enthusiast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The True Crime Enthusiast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.