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REDRUM true crime

The Surgeon Who Planned A Murder

REDRUM true crime

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History, True Crime

4.6532 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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At 4:15am on 14 January 2021, a consultant plastic surgeon woke to the sound of shattering glass inside his Nottinghamshire home. As he walked downstairs, he was met with the smell of petrol soaking into his carpet ...and a masked man holding a knife.

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0:00.0

It's 4.15am when Graham Perks is woken up.

0:09.0

Downstairs a conservatory door shatters, and for a moment it doesn't make sense.

0:14.0

He lies still, listening.

0:16.0

Then he gets out of bed and makes his way downstairs.

0:20.0

What he's faced with is the stench of petrol and a man standing dressed in camouflage and a balaclava.

0:27.8

And he's holding a knife.

0:31.4

This is Red Rom.

0:33.0

Stories about the true victims of crime.

0:35.3

I upload episodes on a Monday and a Thursday. Make sure you're

0:38.6

subscribed so you never miss an episode. So our case today revolves around a man called Graham

0:45.9

Perks and I just want to say before I get into the nitty gritty of the case, as I was doing

0:53.6

some research for this, I came across a YouTube

0:57.0

video. It's a recording of Graham speaking about his life and his journey as a doctor, amongst other

1:04.0

things. He speaks so incredibly, kindly, and he is super modest. He speaks about how he was surprised by his grades,

1:16.1

how he hadn't expected to do so well. He's very friendly when talking with the others on the call.

1:22.2

And then there's this conversation part and he's speaking about how he's frustrated about the emotional

1:28.5

stress around the NHS. Honestly, with where we get to in the case, it really got me and it gave

1:35.7

me a real sense of the kind of person he comes across as and I wanted to share some of that

1:41.4

with you. So I'm going to read a quote from him. Just to give you a sense of Graham Perks.

1:46.7

Quote, I really don't know why I've been so lucky.

1:49.9

People walk down the corridor and ask me how I am, and I say, I'm great.

1:54.2

I'm having a great time.

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