Revisited - Who Killed Janet Murgatroyd?
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Janet Murgatroyd was just 20 when she was killed. A student at the University of Central Lancashire, and a part-time staff member with Lancashire Police, she had so much to look forward to and enjoy. But tragically, her body was found in the River Ribble in Preston after a night out in 1996.
Today I have re-released my coverage of her murder from June 2017 as nobody has still been convicted of Janet's murder.
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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. |
| 0:13.1 | Hello and welcome to a special bonus episode of the UK True Crime podcast. I'm Adam. |
| 0:19.1 | As you will know, I don't cover many unsolved crimes. But there is one |
| 0:23.5 | that I initially covered way back in the summer of 2017, when I'd only been podcasting for a few |
| 0:30.6 | months, which has really stayed with me for all of these years. And that is the murder of Janet |
| 0:36.4 | Murgatroyd. And now all those years on in January |
| 0:40.2 | 2026, there is still no progression of the investigation. So I wanted to release the episode again, |
| 0:47.3 | just as I initially recorded it, just in case there was anybody listening who may have |
| 0:52.9 | that vital piece of information to solve the crime. |
| 0:56.2 | Please take a lesson. |
| 0:58.8 | Even non-football supporters were caught up in Euro96 fever, |
| 1:03.1 | as Terry Venables' squad seemed to at last have a real chance of winning England's first major football tournament since 1966. |
| 1:13.4 | As the sun rose on Saturday the 15th of June, the whole nation was eagerly anticipating that afternoon's match between the |
| 1:19.1 | oldest rivals in sport, England and Scotland at Wembley. In the northwest of England in Manchester, |
| 1:27.3 | the city was bustling of activity as people tried to get their shopping finished before 3 o'clock. |
| 1:33.6 | Many were buying presents for the upcoming Father's Day, and literally thousands of football supporters flooded into Manchester to make a day of it for the big game started. |
| 1:43.3 | There were also a large number of Russian and German supporters in the city |
| 1:46.9 | and their associated media, |
| 1:49.2 | ahead of their clash the next day at Manchester United's Old Trafford Stadium. |
| 1:54.1 | Unbeknown to all these people, |
| 1:55.7 | in terms of having a day of fun and banter in the sunshine, |
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