{"podcast":{"title":"Unreliable Witness | Storycast","slug":"unreliable-witness-storycast-573722","podcast_index_feed_id":573722,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/unreliable-witness/","website_url":"https://news.sky.com/story/storycast-podcasts-true-crime-and-murder-mystery-12041779","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cd46e8b3-9e8f-406a-b494-613f6c1fc70d/6195c239e8488a9253d0c584dcd4bc37.jpg","author":"Sky News","episode_count":54,"summary":"SEASON 6: Unreliable Witness (2024/25) Investigating the high-profile case of Ellie Williams, the young woman jailed for lying about sexual assault and grooming in her home town. Sky News’ Jason Farrell and Liz Lane look at what could have led her to make these claims and if, underneath it all, there is some other secret buried amongst the lies. NEW YORK FESTIVALS RADIO AWARDS - GOLD, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM PODCAST SEASON 5: Patient 11 (2024) Following the death of her brother, young mother Alexis Quinn seeks temporary respite in NHS psychiatric care, never imagining that three days, would turn into more than three year ordeal that would ultimately expose a national scandal. PRESS GAZETTE FUTURE OF MEDIA AWARDS - PODCAST OF THE YEAR NEW YORK FESTIVALS RADIO AWARDS - SILVER, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM PODCAST SEASON 4: StoryCast 21 (2021) Through extraordinary personal stories, Sky News revisits 21 of the world’s biggest news events this century. NEW YORK FESTIVALS RADIO AWARDS - GOLD, PERSONAL LIVES DRUM MEDIA AWARDS - PODCAST OF THE YEAR SEASON 3: Polonium and The Piano Player (2020) Two Russian agents release a miniature nuclear weapon in a 5-star London hotel. But former KGB sp…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-21T10:21:19.269816+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unreliable-witness-storycast-573722"},"episode":{"title":"StoryCast '21: EP16/21 Escape the Taj Mumbai","slug":"storycast-21-ep16-21-escape-the-taj-mumbai","published_at":"2021-09-27T02:00:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unreliable-witness-storycast-573722/storycast-21-ep16-21-escape-the-taj-mumbai","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unreliable-witness-storycast-573722","url":"https://news.sky.com/story/storycast-podcasts-true-crime-and-murder-mystery-12041779","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/9c6f830e-b2ff-4bea-a83e-897de48f4923.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=b6cf3528-8036-4ac1-976b-616b44fe1004&aw_0_1st.episodeid=9c6f830e-b2ff-4bea-a83e-897de48f4923","summary":"On the evening of 26 November 2008, Director and photographer Daniela Federici was in the lobby of the five-star Taj Palace hotel, Mumbai, when Islamic terrorists began a deadly 4-day terror attack using automatic weapons and grenades. Hours before, the Australian had arrived in the Indian port city – referred to my many in India as the ‘City of Dreams’ – to begin recording for a new TV documentary series. Instead, she found herself fleeing deep into the hotel’s vast warren of corridors as the terrorists, sent from Pakistan, mercilessly hunted down and murdered guests and security personnel. Escape the Taj Mumbai is Daniela’s story of survival and ultimately, escape. In 2021, Sky News is marking some of the century’s biggest news events through the personal stories of lives defined by unforgettable moments from the last 21-years. Escape the Taj Mumbai is episode 16 of the 21-part series StoryCast ’21 CREDITS - Escape the Taj Mumbai was written and produced by Rob Mulhern Recordings by Tom Gillespie Special thanks to Daniela Federici and Ashish Joshi Digital by Tom Gillespie Presented by Jayne Secker TV treatment, Victoria Hudson-Grant Head of Sky News Radio Dave Terris Design and graphics, Brian Gillingham Social media, Chris Scott Press and Marketing, Alexandra Horton Email: storycast@sky.uk For more on this story visit www.skynews/storycast21 #StoryCast21","meta_description":"On the evening of 26 November 2008, Director and photographer Daniela Federici was in the lobby of the five-star Taj Palace hotel, Mumbai, when Islamic te…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1263,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unreliable-witness-storycast-573722/episodes/storycast-21-ep16-21-escape-the-taj-mumbai/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unreliable-witness-storycast-573722/storycast-21-ep16-21-escape-the-taj-mumbai.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}