The Hand Of The Devil : Episode 486
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Often on this podcast, there are stories that you can't quite believe happened in a residential street in the UK on just a normal day. And so it is today when our story takes us to the West Midlands and the terrible, tragic murder of Lorraine Howell.
Buy My New True Crime Content Creators Online Course
https://adam-s-site-be58.thinkific.com/products/courses/true-crime-content-creation-course
Watch my YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/@Adam-uktruecrime/videos
Listen/Watch the True Crime Catch Up
https://audioalways.lnk.to/TrueCrimeCatchUp
Find Our More About Me
Join UK True Crime Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Always True Crime, a podcast network bringing you gripping real-life stories that you won't be able to stop thinking about. |
| 0:08.2 | Discover your next true crime obsession at alwaystruecrime.com. |
| 0:13.5 | Hello and welcome to episode 486 of the UK True Crime podcast. I'm Adam. |
| 0:19.9 | Thank you so much for joining me today for a gruesome story |
| 0:22.9 | of murder from the West Midlands. But before we begin, let's quickly set some context for our story |
| 0:28.8 | with our guests a month and year game. You ready? It was another great month for Heavy Rock |
| 0:34.3 | with West Live topping the chart with Swear It it again. In the US it was no scrubs |
| 0:40.1 | from TLC in the top spot. And in Australia, the fifth most popular album this year was songs from |
| 0:47.0 | Dawson's Creek. No really. In the news this month, SpongeBob Square Pants debuted. Hey, I didn't |
| 0:53.6 | promise you the rest is politics. |
| 0:55.9 | In Sheffield, Stephen Hendry claimed his Seventh World Snooker Championships. |
| 1:00.7 | The Scottish Parliament met in Edinburgh for the first session, and the National Assembly for Wales held its first session on the same day. |
| 1:09.6 | And in true crime news, Giordando was buried in her hometown of Western |
| 1:13.8 | Supermare. Her killer today remains unknown. And David Copeland appeared in court, charged with |
| 1:21.2 | the recent nail bombings in London. The bombs killed three people and injured 140, four of whom lost limbs. |
| 1:29.2 | Copeland would later receive six life sentences for his crimes. |
| 1:34.8 | So did you get the month and year? |
| 1:37.2 | It was May 1999. |
| 1:41.0 | Today's story comes from Witnessfield in the West Midlands. |
| 1:46.1 | Last time I covered a story from here, |
| 1:49.8 | I called it Wednesday by mistake and boy, did you let me know my error. |
| 1:55.8 | Weddnesfield is in Staffordshire, about two miles from all the Hampton City Centre, and about 10 miles from Birmingham. When we pick up the story today in the spring of 1999, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from UK True Crime Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of UK True Crime Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.