Patrick Mackay: The Two Sides Of A Psychopath - Part 1

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

One of Britain’s most infamous serial killers is a man you may never have heard of, he's spent fifty years behind bars, holding the distinction of being Britain’s longest serving continual prisoner, and has been described variously as a ‘cold-blooded psychopath’, or “one of Britain’s most dangerous men” alongside killers like Peter Sutcliffe and Dennis Nilsen. – but who is Patrick Mackay?

In a ten part crossover series, and with many details told for the very first time, myself and my friend Mike of the Murder Mile Podcast have joined forces to bring you the full story, with Parts 1 to 4 here on the Enthusiast, and Parts A to F on Murder Mile, the two sides to the psychopath that is Patrick Mackay.

And I'll begin the tale right here with Mackay having a day trip to Kent...

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving crimes against children, references of a sexual nature and with disturbing descriptions of injury detail, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Always True Crime, a podcast network bringing you gripping real-life stories that you won't be able to stop thinking about.
0:08.2	Discover your next true crime obsession at alwaystruecrime.com.
0:16.0	Music The
0:23.6	The The
0:40.3	The Hello all and the warmest of welcomes to the True Crime Enthusiast podcast, the regular dose from my North Wales spare room of those tales of true crime that you won't find commonly on other shows. Some you may never have come across, others you may think, he's got to be making that up for sure but which are all true and which
1:28.9	I've scoured the UK and Ireland even worldwide now to bring to you doing so is myself
1:35.2	Paul the creator host and true crime enthusiast of the show's title my beloved toothless
1:40.3	mog Pee the true crime enthusiast is here with me as he always is,
1:44.9	and we are both completed by yourselves, the reason why I do what I do,
1:49.4	the wonderful enthusiasts who make the show go forth.
1:52.9	It is as fabulous as always having you joining me and Peeks,
1:56.2	which I thank you kindly for doing so,
1:58.0	and I do hope that as you have, then it's for an episode that
2:01.1	finds you and yours all good, all safe, and all well.
2:07.2	I'm pleased to be working here for the very first time with a good friend of mine in the show,
2:12.8	Mike from the fantastic Murder Mile podcast. If you've not heard it yet already, it's up there.
2:19.2	It is unbelievable. As for the next few weeks, we've put our heads together to collaborate on a
2:24.3	case that's long fascinated both of us, the case of Patrick Mackay. Hopefully, you've heard
2:30.2	our trailer about it. It may be a tale that's familiar to some, one others may not have a
2:36.4	clue about, but it is one you won't forget in a hurry, I promise you it's remarkable,
2:41.8	perhaps even somewhat tragic also. Because of its complexity, to do such a tale justice
2:48.3	means breaking it down into several parts, which will run concurrently
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