{"podcast":{"title":"True Criminals","slug":"true-criminals-7076134","podcast_index_feed_id":7076134,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NSR2101694059","website_url":"https://www.audiobleachglobal.com/truecriminals","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9ec0c87e-97a2-11f0-89ab-5b29a978e351/image/d1bc89b0d024c596b5a531b8ea3664e0.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Lee Mann","episode_count":93,"summary":"Winner of Outstanding Independent Podcast at this year’s True Crime Awards in London, True Criminals is your weekly deep dive into both historic and contemporary crime stories, hosted by Sky News Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt and journalist Helen Fospero. With decades of frontline reporting experience, Martin and Helen go beyond the headlines to uncover exclusive insights and untold details from some of the most gripping criminal investigations. Each episode delivers powerful storytelling and rare access, featuring guests such as senior detectives, investigative journalists, bestselling authors, and individuals directly connected to the crimes. Whether it’s a high-profile case or one that’s never made the news, True Criminals offers a unique, behind-the-scenes view of the criminal justice system. Produced by Audio Bleach Global, the series is helmed by BAFTA-winning producer Russell Barnes. For questions and listener feedback, contact us at contact@audiobleachglobal.com Follow us: Instagram: @true.criminals YouTube: @True-Criminals TikTok: @truecriminalspodcast Connect with the hosts Martin Brunt on Twitter: @skymartinbrunt Read his book No One Got Cracked Over the Head for No…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T04:20:21.630644+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-criminals-7076134"},"episode":{"title":"The Brink’s-Mat Gold Heist | With Special Guest Former Flying Squad Commander Roy Ramm | PART 3","slug":"the-brink-s-mat-gold-heist-with-special-guest-former-flying-squad-commander-roy-ramm-part-3","published_at":"2026-05-25T22:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-criminals-7076134/the-brink-s-mat-gold-heist-with-special-guest-former-flying-squad-commander-roy-ramm-part-3","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-criminals-7076134","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR6483263209.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR6483263209.mp3","summary":"In the final chapter of this special three part series from True Criminals, the Brink’s Mat saga reaches its chilling, unsolved conclusion. The story moves from the immediate aftermath of the heist to the long, violent shadow it cast over the criminal underworld for more than three decades—culminating in a quiet garden in Essex. Hosts Martin and Helen are reunited with former Metropolitan Police Commander and head of the Flying Squad, Roy Ramm, to trace the extraordinary life and mysterious death of John “Goldfinger” Palmer. A Bristol jeweler who provided the commercial cover needed to melt down, contaminate, and disperse the stolen bullion, Palmer managed to beat the Brink's Mat handling charges in court, only to build a fraudulent timeshare empire fueled by violence and offshore laundering. The episode explores Palmer's brazen audacity—including the surreal moment he chose to cross examine police leadership while defending himself in a multi million pound fraud trial—and the massive institutional failures that allowed banks to handle bags of his cash unchallenged. Roy and Martin reflect on the infamous \"Golden Week\" lost by investigators when Palmer was gunned down by a professional assassin in 2015, a contract killing that remains unsolved to this day. As the team looks back on the 43 year legacy of Britain's biggest bullion robbery, they examine the dark myth of the \"Curse of Brink's Mat,\" a trail of untimely deaths that claimed figures like Charlie Wilson and Solly Nahome. This finale exposes how a single morning raid unexpected of gold forced Scotland Yard to fundamentally change how it fought organized crime, forever altering the landscape of global financial policing. This is the final chapter of a modern British tragedy—a story of indestructible commodities, r…","meta_description":"In the final chapter of this special three part series from True Criminals, the Brink’s Mat saga reaches its chilling, unsolved conclusion. 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