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The Conspiracy Tapes

Ministry of Secrets | 6. Fisherman John's Catch of the Day

The Conspiracy Tapes

Sony Music

True Crime, History, Society & Culture, Documentary

41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Fourteen months after Lionel Crabb’s disappearance, in 1957, a corpse is found in Chichester Harbour, eight miles from Portsmouth. Is it Crabb? When Giles and Sarah discover a long-lost autopsy file in West Sussex archives, they seek help from Britain’s leading forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd. Subscribe to The Binge to get all episodes of Cover Up: Ministry of Secrets ad-free right now. Click "Subscribe" at the top of the Cover Up show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts. Show notes: Mark Elliott interview, 2014 - BBC Motion Gallery/Getty Images John Randall interview, 1957 - BBC Motion Gallery/Getty Images Sidney Knowles interview - David Jackson-Wills Various materials - West Sussex County Archives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

A quick warning before we begin, this episode contains graphic descriptions of a dead body.

0:14.0

In any great human drama, like an assassination or murder,

0:21.5

there are always eyewitnesses and bystanders.

0:25.0

People who aren't central to what happened,

0:27.0

but who can shed light on the unfolding events.

0:31.0

In the case of Lionel Krab,

0:32.0

one such bystander popped up on an old diving website,

0:36.0

Carrie McKinnon, and he claimed to have had a walk-on part in the unfolding drama of Crab.

0:42.0

And so my producer Sarah and I want to meet him.

0:45.9

It turns out he lives near Chichester, not far from Portsmouth.

1:00.0

What's the name of that house there? That one is called Melards and Magnolias, two houses.

1:03.7

What's the name of his house again?

1:05.2

That's a very good question.

1:06.2

It's called Tukk that's got really weird, don't you?

1:10.9

Bingo.

1:11.3

If our information... bingo.

1:18.0

If our information is correct, this is the home of Carrie McKinnon, the bystander in the story of Lionel Krab.

1:33.0

Hello. crab. You found him. You found him. Brilliant. We are making a podcast about Lionel Crab.

1:36.0

And we found your name on a very old internet site.

1:41.0

Come in, come in, come in, come in.

1:42.0

Carrie McKinnon. He's early 70s I reckon,

1:44.8

suntand a beaming grin and he looks like he's on holiday with his

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