Seeing Red A True Crime Podcast

On 12 August 1966, three Metropolitan Police officers were carrying out their duties on a quiet street near Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London.

Within minutes, all three would be dead.

The cold-blooded killings of Detective Sergeant Christopher Head, Detective Constable David Wombwell and Police Constable Geoffrey Fox sent shockwaves across Britain, sparking one of the largest manhunts in the history of British policing.

But what could have driven someone to murder three police officers in broad daylight? Who was responsible? And how would the events of that summer's afternoon leave a legacy that would endure for decades?

Sixty years on, this week on Seeing Red, we revisit the shocking Shepherd's Bush murders, a case that changed British policing forever.
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Daniel Jones was sentenced to 20 years in prison in November 2017 for starting a deadly house fire in Stanley, Wakefield, that killed 42 year old father of 2 Andrew Broadhead, and his eight-year-old daughter, Kiera. Jones was found guilty of two counts of manslaughter and one count of burglary, and received a 20-year prison sentence.

Bethan has not been able to shake this case, it is one she still thinks of whenever she researches an episode with a fire.

Originally released in June 2019 and newly remastered, with a new introduction and update.
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In the summer of 1984, seventeen-year-old Melanie Road had almost everything ahead of her.

Bright, popular and ambitious, she was approaching the end of her A-levels and looking forward to university and the freedom of adult life.

But in the early hours of 9 June, after spending the night out with friends in Bath, Melanie began the short walk home.

She never made it.

Her murder would become one of Britain's most haunting unsolved crimes. Police had evidence. They had witnesses. They had something left behind by Melanie's killer that would one day prove crucial.

But as months became years and years became decades, the person responsible remained free.

For more than thirty years, Melanie's family waited for an answer.

And then, in 2015, something happened that would finally begin to unravel a mystery that had endured for a generation.

This week on Seeing Red, we follow the murder of Melanie Road, the extraordinary investigation that followed, and the breakthrough that finally brought detectives face-to-face with the man they had been searching for since 1984.
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In January 2011, 27-year-old Michaela McAreavey travelled to the tropical island of Mauritius with her new husband, John, for what should have been the happiest holiday of their lives.

Married just eleven days earlier, the young couple were looking forward to beginning their new life together. But behind the luxurious surroundings of their five-star resort, an unimaginable horror was about to unfold.

When Michaela failed to return from a brief visit to their hotel room, John went looking for her. What he discovered would shatter his world and spark an international murder investigation.

How could a young bride be brutally murdered in what should have been the safety of her honeymoon suite? And why, more than fifteen years later, has nobody been brought to justice?

This week on Seeing Red, we uncover the shocking murder of Michaela McAreavey, a case of heartbreak, unanswered questions and a family's enduring fight for justice.
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