What Really Happens at a Crime Scene? | Two Former CSIs Reveal the Truth
British Murders with Stuart Blues
Stuart Blues
4.6 • 876 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I’m joined by two former Crime Scene Investigators, Angela Davies and Dionne Watson, the hosts of The Crime Scene Insiders Podcast. Between them, they’ve worked countless real-life investigations - the kind you don’t see neatly wrapped up in 40 minutes on television.
We talk about what crime shows actually get right (if anything) and the many things they get completely wrong. From forensic myths and unrealistic lab results to the realities of working long hours inside taped-off properties, Ange and Dee take us under the barrier tape and into the real world of CSI work.
We also discuss some of the more unusual and unexpected discoveries they’ve made at crime scenes, moments that have stayed with them long after the evidence bags were sealed. If you’ve ever wondered what really happens once the police cordon goes up, this episode gives you an honest look behind it.
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| 0:00.7 | 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. |
| 0:12.9 | Okay, everyone, I am here live and kicking with Ange and Dee from the Crime Scene Insiders podcast, but you two are not just podcasters. You are |
| 0:22.8 | real life CSIs. I first met you guys in Newcastle at the True Crime Forum. That's what it's |
| 0:31.0 | called, right? Yes, that's right. And up there, there was three slots of talks that you could |
| 0:36.7 | choose to watch. and you guys were |
| 0:38.4 | were you on first we were the morning slot yeah yeah I thought you know what I've never heard |
| 0:44.4 | from a CSI in real life is that what attracted you that's what attracted to me yeah and then |
| 0:49.8 | I regret at it I'm only joking I just thought thought you guys were really funny in the way that you |
| 0:57.0 | spoke about it because it's a serious job that you do. But I think it's the same with all these |
| 1:03.8 | kind of jobs, whether it's a cop, a crime scene investigator, all these jobs that the normal person, |
| 1:09.7 | not that you're abnormal, would think that's a bit |
| 1:13.7 | above my pay grade. But having that dark humour seems quite a common thing with you guys. |
| 1:19.8 | But just briefly, whoever wants to start, just tell me about how you met and how you got into |
| 1:25.1 | this whole CSI thing. Do I take it, dear? |
| 1:28.4 | Go on then, I'll take it. |
| 1:30.7 | So me and Ange met at university at Teesside University. |
| 1:35.3 | We were studying crime scene science. |
| 1:38.6 | So we did go the degree route. |
| 1:40.5 | You don't need a degree to become a CSI, but we went the degree route and we met there. |
| 1:46.7 | And then on graduation, we both went to work for the same police force. And that's kind of where |
| 1:52.8 | our friendship came together more, wasn't it, when we started working together. So we worked in |
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