{"podcast":{"title":"The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast","slug":"the-true-crime-enthusiast-podcast-397198","podcast_index_feed_id":397198,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66e15b1a7fb05edbd0bc5b7d","website_url":"https://truecrimeenthusiast.wordpress.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/66e15b1a7fb05edbd0bc5b7d/1780030398712-69bf6f75-c247-45ff-9058-3efecaa01a24.jpeg","author":"The True Crime Enthusiast","episode_count":337,"summary":"Welcome to The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, which started off life as a weekly written blog in 2016, and soon made the jump into a regular one man and his mic, matter of fact straight talking podcast. In it, the host Paul looks at and recounts in-depth true crime cases from the UK and worldwide - both solved or unsolved crimes, but more often than not the lesser known and obscure ones. Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TheTrueCrimeEnthusiast/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/tc_enthusiast) , Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/truecrimeenthusiast/) Wordpress Blog (https://truecrimeenthusiast.wordpress.com) and contact us on truecrimeenthusiast@gmail.com. Also, you can support the show at Patreon for extra content and offers: The True Crime Enthusiast Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thetruecrimeenthusiast) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T04:19:33.395659+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-true-crime-enthusiast-podcast-397198"},"episode":{"title":"Failings","slug":"failings","published_at":"2026-03-25T20:12:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-true-crime-enthusiast-podcast-397198/failings","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-true-crime-enthusiast-podcast-397198","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-true-crimeenthusiastpodcast/episodes/failings","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66e15b1a7fb05edbd0bc5b7d/e/69c441b71d78c4aa57d6ca8b/media.mp3","summary":"The Justice and Mental Health services in the UK are, as much as they are supposed to for the benefit of the patient concerned, supposed to act dilligently and communicatively in the best interests of the wider public too. One morning in October 2011, 58 year old grandmother of two Sally Hodkin was to find out, in the most tragic of ways, that sometimes, there are failings in these systems... The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of injury detail, and descriptions of mental health delusions, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in.   Music used in this episode: \"The Descent\" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )   Dad's Lost Tape – Static Horizon Gretel – Fire Blooming Trees The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support   References - Assorted articles available from the BBC, ITV News, Mental Health Law Online, The Guardian, London Evening Standard, The Times, News Shopper, Kent Online, Newspapers.Com External Report Into The Case Of Nicola Edgington - (05 October 2016): Associate Caring Solutions UK   Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast Facebook Facebook Discussion Group Twitter Instagram Youtube Website TTCE Merchandise Patreon Page   Remembering Marion, and Sally. Failings is dedicated to them, and their families and loved ones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The Justice and Mental Health services in the UK are, as much as they are supposed to for the benefit of the patient concerned, supposed to act dilligentl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4548,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-true-crime-enthusiast-podcast-397198/episodes/failings/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-true-crime-enthusiast-podcast-397198/failings.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}