Reverend Paul Flowers: The Crystal Methodist

Seeing Red A True Crime Podcast

Mark Randell & Bethan Trueman

True Crime

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In our season 13 premier we take a look at the life and crimes of 74-year-old debauched deviant Paul Flowers. Flowers first came to the public's attention in 2013 when he was blamed for the near-collapse of the Co-operative Bank - he was the bank's chairman from 2010 to 2013. Some bad decisions were made during his tenure and it's not hard to see why - Flowers was often turning up to work following all-night cocaine and ketamine benders. He was in no fit state to be running a bank and when a sex worker filmed him in the act, it was the beginning of a spectacular downfall that would see his personal and professional lives implode in the most public way possible. If you would like access to exclusive bonus content and to support us on Patreon, you can find us here: www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast If you would like to GIFT a Patreon membership to a special someone, head to www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast/gift If you would like to buy us a coffee (or wine!), hit the link below: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/seeingredtw Get your merch here: www.seeingredpodcast.co.uk Theme music arranged and composed by Holly-Jane Shears - check her work out at www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Co-Producer: Ade Parsley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	...you know,
0:08.0	... Hello and welcome to our season 13 premiere.
0:37.8	It's great to be back in your ears.
0:39.6	Thank you for having us once again.
0:40.9	I'm Mark.
0:41.5	Yes. Welcome everybody.
0:43.2	Welcome to season 13.
0:44.8	I'm Bethan.
0:45.6	So welcome everybody for joining us.
0:47.7	If you're new to the show, that's really exciting and welcome indeed.
0:50.7	But if you're an existing listener, sorry that we weren't here last week thank you for
0:56.1	waiting we have a couple of well one special mention and one announcement to make where shall we
1:03.1	begin? And lots of Patreon supporters as well we've got yeah let's do your special mention which
1:10.2	sounds really creepy but it's not creepy it It's not creepy. It's just the way you wrote it to call it a special mention.
1:17.8	Well, that's all I could think of how to say it. So yeah, before we get stuck into anything, we'd like to give a special mention to long-time listener and Patreon supporter Daniel
1:28.4	Edwards who is currently recovering from surgery. Partner Harry got in touch to ask if we would
1:34.1	give him a special shout-out. So we are both wishing you a speedy and full recovery, Dan.
1:39.6	Yeah, get well soon, Dan. I remember, I think, I'm pretty sure. You guys can, you can tell me off if
1:45.8	I'm wrong, but I feel like Harry maybe got Dan, or Daniel, sorry, in case you don't go by a
1:52.4	short end name, the Patreon subscription maybe for a birthday or Christmas or something like that.
1:58.2	Do you remember that? I remember that. Yeah, I'm sure.
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