MYW Mailbag: Guinea Pigs, Geography Gaffes & Getting Corrected (Again!)

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Guinea pigs, mistaken towns, and a 100-year-old rabbit! Laura & Iain open the inbox for wonderful tales (and tails) from our Living Legends.

Plus! There’s a pun so good it had to be written in and listener corrections that keep us on our toes (as always!)

If you want a chance to be featured in our next mailbag episode, email us at [email protected].

Transcript

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0:00.0	August 31st, 2018.
0:04.4	It's just before seven when the doorbell rings.
0:07.9	Immediately, I know there's something wrong.
0:10.6	The day I've been dreading has finally arrived.
0:13.7	Two things could be about to happen.
0:15.8	I'm going to be arrested or I'm going to be shot dead.
0:19.1	The true story of legal surveillance, state secrets
0:22.9	and six unsolved murders in Northern Ireland.
0:26.1	It has changed our lives.
0:28.4	Nothing ever will be the same.
0:30.6	Assume nothing, the hack.
0:32.5	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:36.1	BBC Sounds, music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:45.9	Dear Living Legend, spelled correctly, welcome back to yet another murder they wrote.
0:51.7	And today, it's one of our favourite things to do.
0:54.5	It's a mailbag episode.
0:57.0	Welcome everyone.
0:58.0	Yes, welcome back.
0:59.5	In these episodes we deep dive into the murder they wrote inbox to showcase the best thing about this podcast, the emails we get from our living legends.
1:06.9	So lock in for some wonderful anecdotes, strange confessions, case suggestions, and of course, pictures of your pets.
1:16.7	First off, we have an email here from Nick.
1:18.7	Hello, Nick.
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