S2 Ep17: S02E17: Firebrand

Blood Ties Podcast

Peter Shevlin

Society & Culture, 415885

4.4 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

"A female terrorist, a firebrand, a knifewoman." Model and barmaid Tracie Andrews appeared at a press conference on the 3rd December 1996 with a bruised face, clutching the hand of a mother who had lost her son. Both women appealed for information from the public. Andrews said her fiancé, Lee Harvey, had been the victim of a road rage attack from "a fat man with staring eyes." It turned out Andrews herself had committed the crime, having stabbed her partner over 40 times with a pen knife.

Her lawyer would later argue the press had made it impossible for Andrews to receive a fair trial: "her name and picture quickly became synonymous with unmitigated wickedness, cunning and duplicity in the collective public mind."

CREDITS:
Producer: Poppy Damon
Artwork: George Leigh
Music: Dan Wansell

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0:00.0	I'm Molly Wansall and I'm Geoffrey Wonsall and for the last 16 years or thereabouts we have been having lunch every Saturday and often our conversation turns to murder and that's what's prompted us to launch this true crime podcast called blood ties.
0:19.7	Hi everyone, welcome back to the Blood Ties podcast. I'm Molly Wansall and I'm here with my father Jeffrey Wansall.
0:26.2	Hello everyone, welcome back. Thank you again for listening. Hope you find them interesting.
0:31.9	Every time I do one with Molly, I learn more about the case than I know before.
0:41.0	And it helps me concentrate.
0:45.9	I think there are a fascinating collection of cases,
0:49.1	and I think it's very exciting to do,
0:51.4	and I'm very proud to do it with my daughter.
0:52.9	Oh, thanks, Dad.
0:54.4	I love doing the podcast with you.
0:55.7	It's great.
0:58.3	So what about your week, Molly?
1:01.5	Or shall I do mine first?
1:02.7	Yeah, you do yours.
1:05.5	No, mine's been active.
1:10.9	But I think the highlight of the week was going to see translations by Brian Friel at the National with one of your clients in it.
1:13.3	Very, very fine play.
1:15.8	Beautifully done.
1:17.1	Wonderfully staged.
1:19.1	Utterly engrossing.
1:21.3	And just the perfect matinee.
1:25.6	My only reservation about matinees, which I think are wonderful,
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