The Luck Of The Irish:

The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast

The True Crime Enthusiast

True Crime, Murder

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Up to the mid 1960’s, capital punishment was in force in the UK for the crime of murder, and many a soul watched in fear as the presiding judge placed the black cap onto his or her head, and pronounced sentence of death upon them. There are countless tales of these to recount, but the tale I bring this time around on the Enthusiast is one of an individual who cheated the hangman for such a capital crime, not once, not twice – but three times, over a period of 13 years.

Someone who really did seem to have 'the luck of the Irish', so the old saying goes, on his side.

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of injury detail, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in.

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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.
0:23.6	Discover your next true crime obsession at alwaystruecrime.com. The The The
0:40.3	The Hello all and the very warmest of welcomes to the True Crime Enthusiast podcast.
1:15.4	North Wales's very own intrepid jaunt into those tales of true crime that aren't usually ten a penny,
1:21.2	sometimes quirky, bizarre or just plain horrifying, but are all true.
1:26.7	Bringing you these tales is myself, Paul, the creator host and
1:29.7	true crime enthusiast of the show's title. I'm accompanied as ever by my true crime enthusiacat,
1:35.3	Peexie, who is sat here watching over me with his one big evil eye, and we've both been waiting
1:41.3	for yourselves, the wonderful enthusiasts that me and the
1:44.5	Mog do this for. Well, I do, of course. He's simply the one I can do. It is tremendous of
1:51.6	you joining us today, which I thank you kindly for doing so, and I do hope that as the episode
1:56.1	finds you, it finds you and yours all good, all safe and all well.
2:04.2	Up to the mid-1960s, capital punishment was in force in the UK for the crime of murder,
2:10.5	and many a soul has watched the presiding judge place a black cap onto his head and pronounce
2:15.5	sentence of death upon them.
2:22.6	There are countless tales of these to recount, but the tale I've selected and that I bring this time around on the enthusiast is one of an individual who cheated the hangman for such
2:28.3	a capital crime. Not once, not twice, but three times over a period of 13 years.
2:37.9	The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events that some listeners may find
2:43.1	disturbing and or distressing, so please use discretion whilst listening in all.
2:49.2	Bearing that in mind, please join the true crime enthusiast for an episode I've entitled
2:53.8	The Look of the Irish.
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