The Cinderella Killing: Episode 18
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2017
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
We head to Portsmouth, on the south coast, to examine the murder of Linda Cook in December 1986. Tracking a pair of shoes worn by the killer looks like it could be the key to solving the crime, leading to it being dubbed the 'cinderella murder'. With a spate of sex attacks in the area, and now a brutal murder, police are under pressure to make a quick arrest. Suspicion falls on an 18 year old sailor from the Royal Navy, Michael Shirley.
References:https://www.whatdotheyknow.comhttps://matthewhamlenisinnocent.wordpress.com/tag/neil-humber
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk
http://www.gazettelive.co.ukhttp://www.birminghammail.co.ukhttp://news.bbc.co.uk
http://www.independent.co.uk
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 18 of the weekly UK True Crime Podcast. |
| 0:04.9 | I'm Adam. |
| 0:05.9 | Before we begin, a huge thank you, a really huge thank you to our five new patrons who |
| 0:11.4 | signed up in the last week. |
| 0:13.4 | Prithi Chaparrala, Melissa Williams, Eki, SPJ and Maggie. |
| 0:19.6 | Who will be better known to those of you on Twitter as the Queen of the True Crime Podcast |
| 0:24.8 | Storm Lightning Bane. |
| 0:26.9 | For details of how you could further support this show via Patreon, please head to patreon.com-uktrue- |
| 0:36.5 | crime. |
| 0:37.5 | For today's episode, we go back to December 1986, when the House Martins featuring a very |
| 0:44.2 | youthful Fat Boy Slim were at number one in the UK Music Charts with Caravan of Love. |
| 0:50.4 | If you aren't familiar with it, check out the video which as well. |
| 0:54.3 | In a way I think we should just quickly move on. |
| 0:56.9 | In the US, Bon Jovi with UGIV Love a Bad Name had just been displaced by Peter Satira |
| 1:02.9 | and Amy Grant with the next time I fall. |
| 1:05.6 | And friend of the show on Twitter at Kim Bassett's 8 had just graduated from college. |
| 1:11.3 | Portsmouth is a city on the south coast of England, 70 miles southwest of London. |
| 1:16.6 | Most notable for being the place where I was born, it's also known for its maritime heritage |
| 1:21.5 | and Portsmouth historic Dockyard. |
| 1:24.5 | The Dockyard is home to the Wooden Warship HMS Victory, where Admiral Lord Nelson and |
| 1:29.6 | 56 was men died in the Battle of Trafalgar. |
| 1:32.8 | The Tudor Ship Mary Rose is also conserved in a Dockyard Museum there. |
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