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UK True Crime Podcast

The Arrogant Surgeon: Episode 327

UK True Crime Podcast

UK True Crime Podcast

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4.32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Surgeon Anthony McGrath had developed a passion for antiques from his surgeon father, growing up in a beautiful Georgian Stately Home in County Meath. He amassed quite a collection for himself as an adult, but then one day, he called Bedfordshire Police to say that thieves had stolen over £180,000 worth of his precious collection.

But the investigation wasn't quite as straightforward as Anthony had expected....

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to episode 327 of the UK True Crime Podcast.

0:07.4

I'm Adam.

0:08.4

Thank you for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed the bonus interview with the

0:13.1

very impressive David Swindle this week.

0:16.2

With the many so-called experts constantly commenting on current live investigations recently,

0:22.0

I think a number of them could learn from David and other similarly respected professionals

0:28.1

who refuse to publicly comment on live investigations, don't you?

0:32.3

Also from that interview, a lot of the national newspapers have picked up David's comments

0:37.6

about bringing back crime watch to this week.

0:40.3

I know that you're a fan, me too.

0:43.5

Moving on, please do let me know who else you'd like me to interview if you would like

0:47.9

to hear more of this type of bonus content.

0:51.5

Very quickly, this week is another milestone for this podcast which now has incredibly

0:57.0

passed a milestone of 30 million listens, so thank you so much for taking the time to

1:02.7

listen to this show.

1:04.3

Okay, so onto today's story which comes from Bedfordshire and returns to one of our key

1:10.4

themes on this podcast, Perception vs Reality.

1:15.7

In this case today we look at a top surgeon married to a GP who have seemingly everything

1:21.2

going for him, but of course in all of our lives things are not quite so simple as they

1:27.4

seem.

1:28.4

A huge thank you to listener Louise Ross for closely working with me on this episode.

1:34.8

Thanks Louise.

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