S13 Ep2: The Crossbow Cannibal
Blood Ties Podcast
Peter Shevlin
4.4 • 668 Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In May 2010, Stephen Griffiths stunned a courtroom by giving his name as the Crossbow Cannibal. By December that year, he was convicted of three brutal murders. But who was Stephen Griffiths before that chilling moment? And what drove him to commit such horrific crimes?
Join us as we dig deep into the life, psychology, and crimes of Stephen Griffiths — a case that shocked Britain and left a lasting mark on true crime history.
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Presenters: Geoffrey and Molly Wansell
Producer: Peter Shevlin https://pod60.com/
Artwork: George Leigh
Music: Dan Wansell
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| 0:00.0 | He is completely obsessed. |
| 0:05.0 | Laden with poor girls. |
| 0:09.0 | A thing about Griffiths in the end is that he... |
| 0:14.0 | Hi, I'm Molly Wonsall. |
| 0:25.0 | And I'm Geoffrey Wonsall. |
| 0:26.3 | We're a father and daughter, as those of you who listened to Blood Ties in the past will remember. |
| 0:30.6 | And we meet every week, and often our conversation has turned to murder. |
| 0:35.0 | Which is why we originally launched Blood blood ties and why we've now decided |
| 0:38.8 | to bring it back in its new fresher form. We're really excited to be back and we would love it |
| 0:45.2 | if you could also check out our Patreon. Just search Blood Ties on Patreon. Thanks so much. |
| 0:49.9 | Thank you. |
| 0:57.1 | Hi everyone. |
| 0:58.1 | Welcome back to the Blood Ties podcast. |
| 1:00.1 | I'm Molly Wansall and I'm here with my father, Jeffrey Wansel. |
| 1:03.1 | Welcome back, everyone. |
| 1:04.3 | Welcome back to the rebirth of blood ties. |
| 1:08.4 | Blood ties in a new, fresher form. |
| 1:11.3 | How long do you think you can say that for when and then eventually you've just |
| 1:14.0 | going to be like. |
| 1:14.4 | Well, I can say it as long as I'm new. |
| 1:17.6 | I may be 80, but I'm still new. |
| 1:20.4 | I'm not going to take any, you know, hard time here. |
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