{"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":"The Luck Of The Irish:","slug":"the-luck-of-the-irish","published_at":"2026-01-24T16:51:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-true-crime-enthusiast-podcast-397198/the-luck-of-the-irish","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-true-crime-enthusiast-podcast-397198","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-true-crimeenthusiastpodcast/episodes/the-luck-of-the-irish","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66e15b1a7fb05edbd0bc5b7d/e/6974f8826c5100c2bb1ed08f/media.mp3","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. 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/ )   Stereolab – French Disco POLICA – Dark Star   The True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support   References - Available upon request.   Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast Facebook Facebook Discussion Group Twitter Instagram Youtube Website TTCE Merchandise Patreon Page   Remembering Tom, Rose, and Florrie.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4190,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-true-crime-enthusiast-podcast-397198/episodes/the-luck-of-the-irish/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/the-luck-of-the-irish.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}