Murderous Secrets Of The Moors : Episode 447

UK True Crime Podcast

True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.4 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

It was a couple walking their dog who found the human remains in a beautiful part of Dartmoor. This grisly find led to a tricky investigation for police to find out who the person was and just what had happened to them. The answer to this investigation lay not in forensics or other technology, but good old-fashioned police work.

Writing Credit: Chris Wood

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0:00.0	To mix a perfect mojito this summer, all you need is some ice, some rum, and then top up with zesty, refreshing, fever tree mojita mixer.
0:14.3	Finish with a splash of sunshine and some good friends and enjoy.
0:21.0	Mmm, maybe you don't need the sunshine.
0:24.6	Vivetri Mahita Mixer. Mix with the best.
0:28.3	Please enjoy responsibly.
0:30.2	Hey, it's Tom from Always True Crime and I'm hooked on the new multi-parter from the
0:34.4	Murder Mile podcast. It tells the story of British serial killer and
0:38.2	cannibal Peter Bryan, who murdered three people, two of them whilst under psychiatric care.
0:44.0	Having strangled Richard, he claimed, I wanted to kill him since the day I first saw him.
0:48.9	This is a really detailed account with no stone left unturned. It's the first time this story
0:53.8	has been told in full.
0:55.3	If you think you know it, think again.
0:57.6	But what disturbed the officers most?
0:59.6	Wasn't the dismembered corpse?
1:01.4	But why Peter had scrubbed his face with bleach?
1:04.8	From Always True Crime,
1:06.2	just search for Murder Mile wherever you get your podcasts.
1:16.8	Music murder mile wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome to episode 447 of the UK True Crime Podcast. I'm Adam. Thank you so much for
1:24.3	joining me this week for the weekly episode. And a huge thank you to you if you were at CrimeCon in London this weekend and you said hi.
1:32.7	It was fantastic to see so many people who listened to this podcast.
1:38.3	Okay, so for today's story, we head to the southwest of England for a very unpleasant murder.
1:44.0	And just for once, someone walking their dog found the body.
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