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British Murders with Stuart Blues

S18E02 | Catherine Wells-Burr (Ashill, Somerset, 2012)

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

True Crime

4.7699 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In September 2012, the town of Chard in Somerset awoke to devastating news - a car had been found engulfed in flames by the side of the A358, with the body of a young woman inside.


23-year-old Catherine Wells-Burr had a bright future ahead of her. Intelligent, hard-working, and deeply loved by her family, her brutal murder shocked the local community.


As the investigation unfolded, police uncovered a disturbing plot driven by greed and betrayal. Catherine had been targeted not by a stranger, but by the one person she trusted the most.


What followed was a complex and chilling case involving deceit, manipulation, and a calculated plan to cash in on a life insurance policy that had only not long been taken out.


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Disclaimer:

The case discussed in this podcast episode is real and represents the worst day in many people's lives. I aim to cover such stories with a victim-focused approach, using information from publicly available sources. While I strive for accuracy, some details may vary depending on the sources used. You can find the sources for each episode on my website. Due to the nature of the content, listener discretion is advised. Thank you for your understanding and support.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

A likable young girl who's burned her family home to the ground, a man with no memory of the night he killed his wife, a teenager whose visions and voices have had murderous effect.

0:09.8

From Broadmoor to the Old Bailey, these are the true stories from the casebook of Britain's leading forensic psychiatrist,

0:16.6

described as engrossing by Dr. Richard Shepard, gripping, by the Irish Independent and, as tense as a thriller by the Daily Mail.

0:24.1

The Criminal Mind by Dr. Duncan Harding is available now in paperback, e-book and audiobook.

0:32.8

Disclaimer. This podcast contains elements that may be alarming to some listeners.

0:37.8

The case discussed in this episode is real and represents the worst day in many people's lives.

0:43.7

While I strive for accuracy, some details may vary depending on the sources used.

0:49.1

Due to the nature of the content, listener discretion is advised.

0:53.3

You are now listening to British Murders, a true crime podcast hosted by Stuart Blues.

1:21.6

Hello everyone and welcome to British Murders with Stuart Blues, a podcast focusing exclusively on listener-suggested British murder cases.

1:29.5

This is the second episode of season 18, and as always, we open with two icebreaker segments, the jingles of which a voice by my daughter. The first is this.

1:33.5

True facts that will blow your mind.

1:37.4

Did you know that the Great Fire of London only caused six deaths?

1:42.9

Now I use the term only lightly there, of course,

1:45.9

but it seems a remarkably low number,

1:48.4

considering that the 1666 fire

1:51.0

destroyed more than 13.5,000 homes

1:53.9

and displaced more than 80,000 people.

1:58.4

The show's final opening icebreaker segment is this.

2:02.0

Random quote of the week.

2:04.6

It's not how long, but how well you have lived that is the main thing.

2:09.7

That was said by Seneca.

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