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The Open University. The future is open. Welcome to British murders, a true crime podcast with a focus on British murder cases.

My name's Stuart Blues, and I'm excited for you to join me on this journey of morbid discovery.

I'm by no means an expert on the subjects of homicide and serial killers.

However, I have always had a sick fascination with them.

Together, we will learn about some of the lesser-known British murderers,

as well as glimpsing occasionally at some of the more notorious ones.

The bite-sized presentation of this podcast is intentional,

as we look to cover an overview of the respective timelines of each case succinctly.

The phrase sweet FAA is well known in Britain. It is slang for nothing at all.

An example would be if someone asked you what you had done all day, you might reply, sweet F.A, indicating you'd done absolutely nothing.

In modern times, the initials F and A represent the words fuck and all, as in sweet fuck all.

However, you may not know the original wording of the phrase as well as the history of how it came into existence.

The original phrase is Sweet Fanny Adams.

It was created in the late 19th century by British Royal Navy Soldiers

after the introduction of tinned mutton to their food rations in 1869.

For reference, mutton is meat sourced from older sheep.

When sailors opened the tins of mutton, they claimed it looked like the butchered remains of

Fanny Adams. Since then, the saying has become a big part of British culture.

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