Hello and welcome to episode 33 of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast. I'm Adam.

Firstly a big thank you to Lisa Stevens and Vicki who have supported me on Patreon

this week. I really appreciate your help.

Today we go back to the summer of 1996. So let's start off by taking a look at the music

at the time. Top of the US chart was that crossroads by bone thugs and harmony.

Now anyone in the UK who watches Love Island come on we'll be interested in this.

Well I use the term very loosely. To know that a cover of this song was blazing squads first UK

number one. Although interestingly it's only reached 82 in the German chart. Okay I'm boring

myself now so before we head to the UK charts let's take a look at the news of the time.

Independence Day starring Will Smith, Bill Paulman and Jeff Goldblum premiered as did Nutty

Professor starring Eddie Murphy and John Grisham's The Runaway Jewry was one of the top setting books.

Is there anyone who hasn't once read a John Grisham book on holiday?

Irish journalist Veronica Gurean was shot in her car while in traffic on the outskirts of Dublin

and the Nintendo 64 was launched in Japan. In sport at the French Open tennis,

Steffi Graff beats A Rancher Sanchez Vicario in the longest ever ladies final in Paris.

But there was no German whitewash of the major titles as Michael Steech lost to Yves Genny

Kaffelnykov in the men's final. The UK was football crazy as we hosted a major tournament

the European football championships Euro 96 which if you don't know is held every four years.

The UK charts were topped by the Fugies with Killin' Me Softly. The song of the summer was still at

number four. Three lines by Frank Skinner, David Bediel and The Lightning Seeds. Even non-football

supporters were caught up in Euro 96 Viva. As Terry Renable's squad,

since at last have a real chance of winning England's first major football tournament since 1966.

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