S14 Ep6: The Wests
Blood Ties Podcast
Peter Shevlin
4.4 • 668 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Fred and Rosemary West looked like an ordinary couple. A home in Gloucester. A family. A life that, from the outside, seemed unremarkable. But inside 25 Cromwell Street, a house later dubbed the House of Horrors, unimaginable crimes were unfolding.
Together, they tortured, abused, and murdered young women, including members of their own family. Their victims were buried beneath the house, hidden in plain sight while the world carried on around them.
In this episode, Geoffrey and Molly Wansell unravel the disturbing partnership at the heart of these crimes. A relationship built on control, cruelty, and silence.
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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 | This week on Blood Ties. |
| 0:12.8 | He puts Linda Goff in an in an inspection pit in the garage behind 25 Cromwell Street, |
| 0:21.2 | which he later moves and he concretes it over. |
| 0:24.4 | Caroline Cooper becomes the first of the victims in the cellar. |
| 0:32.6 | Caroline Cooper, just as Lucy Partington, |
| 0:40.6 | were almost certainly kept hostage in the cellar and tortured. |
| 0:57.0 | West took trophies, finger bones, kneecaps, cervical vertebrae. The girls were hung upside down from a beam in the cellar and mutilated. Hi, I'm Molly Wonsall. |
| 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. |
| 1:50.7 | Hi, everyone. |
| 1:51.6 | Welcome back to the Blood Ties podcast. |
| 1:53.3 | I'm Molly Wansel and I'm here with my father, Jeffrey Wansel. |
| 1:56.0 | Hello, everyone. |
| 1:56.8 | Welcome back to Blood Ties 2.0. |
| 1:59.5 | Wonderful to have you with us. |
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