S14 Ep2: The Grindr Killer: Four young men, a web of lies, and a predator hiding in plain sight
Blood Ties Podcast
Peter Shevlin
4.4 • 668 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Blood Ties, Geoffrey and Molly Wansell examine the chilling case of Stephen Port, a serial killer who hid in plain sight in modern London.
On the surface, Port seemed deeply unremarkable. A softly spoken bus depot chef who kept largely to himself, he lived a quiet, almost invisible life. He rarely socialised, spending most of his time alone in his flat, trawling internet dating sites and apps such as Grindr. To the few who knew him, he appeared awkward, isolated and strange but hardly dangerous.
The truth was far more sinister.
In this gripping episode, Geoffrey and Molly unravel how Stephen Port was able to operate in plain sight, the failures that allowed the killings to continue, and the devastating human cost of a case that shocked the nation.
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Presenters: Geoffrey and Molly Wansell
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Music: Dan Wansell
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| 0:00.0 | This week on Blood Ties. |
| 0:02.0 | The motive is clearly sexual. |
| 0:18.0 | He wishes to subdue the victims, to control the victims, so they cannot object. |
| 0:31.6 | They are, if you like, slabs of meat or objects. |
| 0:50.3 | But for him, they are his fantasy, which he's been living out by looking at a lot of hardcore gay porn videos, mostly of older men attacking boys. |
| 1:07.6 | Music boys. Hi, I'm Molly Wansall. |
| 1:18.6 | And I'm Geoffrey Wonsall. |
| 1:20.6 | We're a father and daughter, as those of you who listened to Blood Ties in the past will remember, |
| 1:24.6 | and we meet every week and often our conversation has turned to murder, |
| 1:29.0 | which is why we originally launched blood ties and why we've now decided to bring it back |
| 1:34.0 | in its new fresher form. |
| 1:36.2 | We're really excited to be back and we would love it if you could also check out our Patreon. |
| 1:41.2 | Just search Blood Ties on Patreon. |
| 1:43.2 | Thanks so much. |
| 1:44.0 | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 1:48.4 | Hi everyone. Welcome back to the Blood Ties podcast. I'm Molly Wansall and I'm here with my father, |
| 1:54.8 | Jeffrey Wansall. Hello everyone. Welcome back to Blood Ties 2.0. Wonderful to have you with us. |
| 2:03.9 | This one is quite interesting. It's a story we did in the past. An archive episode. Which, in fact, it was the, according to my |
| 2:11.3 | rather marvelous list, the ninth episode of series two, which we actually recorded in April |
| 2:17.4 | 2018. |
| 2:20.0 | Just shows how long we've been doing this. |
| 2:23.1 | It's about a man called Stephen Port, who is known as the Grindriller. |
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