Patrick Radden Keefe: London Falling
Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 7.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 69 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
In 2019, surveillance cameras at the headquarters of Britain’s spy agency in London recorded video of a 19-year-old man. He was pacing back and forth on a high balcony of a luxury tower along the bank of the river. A two in the morning, he jumped into the water. Soon, his family discovered that he had lived a secret life that might have led to his death. From the bestselling author Patrick Radden Keefe tells me about his book, London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth.
Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4gF2K18
See more information on my books: katewinklerdawson.com
Follow me on social: @tenfoldmore (Twitter) / @wickedwordspod (Facebook) / @tenfoldmorewicked (Instagram)
2026 All Rights Reserved
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is exactly right. |
| 0:06.9 | Hey, it's Jake Brennan, and on my podcast, Disgraceland, I tell stories from the dark side of the music business. |
| 0:13.2 | And I'm thrilled to announce that now, Disgraceland and its celebrity spin-off, Hollywoodland, |
| 0:18.0 | have found a new home here at the Exactly Right network in partnership with |
| 0:22.1 | iHeart podcasts you can binge over 250 episodes of disgrace land's back catalog and listen to new |
| 0:28.4 | episodes every tuesday bonus episodes on thursday and rewinds on sunday now on exactly right listen to |
| 0:37.0 | disgrace land in hollywood land on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or |
| 0:41.3 | wherever you get your podcasts this story contains adult content and language listener discretion |
| 0:47.7 | is advised he basically said, you know, you civilians, you normal people, you just assume you can Google someone. |
| 1:02.0 | But the real badge of class is if you Google someone and they don't come up. |
| 1:16.3 | I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a nonfiction author and journalism professor in Austin, Texas. |
| 1:20.7 | I'm also the co-host of the podcast Buried Bones on Exactly Right. |
| 1:27.3 | And throughout my career, research for my many audio and book projects has taken me around the world. On Wicked Words, I sit down with the people I've met along the way, |
| 1:31.3 | amazing writers, journalists, filmmakers, and podcasters |
| 1:35.3 | who have investigated and reported on notorious true crime cases. |
| 1:39.3 | This is about the choices writers make, both good and bad, |
| 1:43.3 | and it's a deep dive into the unpublished |
| 1:46.0 | details behind their stories. In 2019, surveillance cameras at the headquarters of Britain's spy |
| 1:54.3 | agency in London recorded video of a 19-year-old man. He was pacing back and forth on a high |
| 2:00.5 | balcony of a luxury tower along the |
| 2:03.0 | bank of the river. At two in the morning, he jumped into the water. Soon his family discovered that |
| 2:09.2 | he had a secret life that might have led to his death. Best-selling author Patrick Radden-Keefe |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

