Sinister South
Rachel & Hannah
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Join Rachel and Hannah on the Sinister South Podcast as they explore the shadowy corners of South London. Each episode digs into the gritty true crime stories that have left their mark on the local streets of South London. They’ll introduce you to the victims and dissect the mysteries while giving you a taste of the places these dramas unfolded. It’s not all doom and gloom; Rach and Han also have plenty of nonsense to chat about! So whether you're a true crime buff or just curious about the darker tales from their neck of the woods, pull up a chair, tune in and join the mischief!
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S4E5 It wasn't an accident: Andrea Bernard and the Janice Nix Case
But first, the important business: Rach's new hair (currently being hated on a strict day-two schedule), Will's ongoing obsession with the Sidcup goose tattoo man, and the small matter of a Netflix…
S4E4 Sally Hodkin: 500 Yards From Home | The Nicola Edgington Case
On the morning of 10th October 2011, 58-year-old Sally Hodkin left her house in Bexleyheath for her usual walk to work. She was 500 yards from her own front door when she was attacked and killed by…
S4E3 Five Feet of Water: The Unsolved Death of Mary Clarke
This week, we go back to 1831 and the Croydon Canal, where two empty boats were found drifting on still water. A week later, the body of a pregnant woman surfaced. Her name, or at least the name…
S4E2 Andrea Troupe: The Girl in Warwick Gardens
This week, after a truly chaotic opening involving a pork pie-related road traffic incident, pocket hummus at the Palladium, Paul McCartney’s Meat Free Mondays, and the questionable social etiquette…
S4E1 The Cycling Cop and the Clapham Execution: PC Patrick Dunne & William Danso
Welcome back, Trevors! It's season four and we are BACK, although you'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise given the chaos of recording this one (third intro, second go at the case, Hannah's suitcase…
S3E4 Bludgeoned in Bed: The West Norwood Lodging Murder of Donald MacPherson and Luciano Schiano
In October 2009, two men were brutally murdered inside a flat in West Norwood, South London. Donald MacPherson, a Scottish chef and grandfather, and Luciano Schiano, a familiar face on Streatham High…
S3E31 Two Women, One Monster: Marsha McDonnell, Amélie Delagrange & the heinous crimes of Levi Bellfield
In February 2003, nineteen-year-old Marsha McDonnell stepped off a bus yards from her front door in Hampton and never made it home. Eighteen months later, twenty-two-year-old Amélie Delagrange was…
S3E30 The Child No One Heard: Ellie Butler
This week’s episode comes with a very serious warning.We’re covering the case of Ellie Butler, a six-year-old girl whose death shocked the country and exposed devastating failures within the child…
S3E29 A Fragile Ego: The heartbreaking murder of Natalie Jarvis
This week, we start where we always do… somewhere between a rant about marketing “safe spaces” and a full-blown identity crisis over snake trousers 😅But very quickly, things take a turn.We’re telling…
S3E28 A life cut short: The shooting of Lathanial Burrell
After a bit of chat about pub quizzes, questionable general knowledge, and why some people should never be trusted with a quiz answer sheet, we turn to a story that is anything but light.In March…
S3E27 The village that wasn’t safe: The children of Shirley Oaks
We start this week as we usually do, a bit of chaos, questionable life updates, and an Oreo milkshake that frankly had no business being that big… before we move into one of the most difficult cases…
S3E26 The cost of secrets: The mysterious death of Nimal Samarasinha
HanFan Trevors... have we got good news for you! We're back... slightly frazzled, mildly sleep deprived and very much doing our best. Tune in for chat about chaotic coach journeys, questionable life…
S2E25 A Briefe Discourse of Murder: The Tudor Slaying of George Saunders
#Trevors, journey back with us to 1573 and Shooters Hill in the Tudor period, where Rach walks us through one of the oldest cases we've covered on Sinister South, the murder of George Saunders by…
S2E24 The boy the media forgot: The shocking murder of Wayne Taylor
We kick this one off the only way we know how.A bit tired. A bit dramatic about adulthood. Slightly over-analysing targeted ads that know we’re stressed. There’s chat about mini retirements, South…
S2E23 Communities under attack: The London Nail Bombings
We start this week exactly how you’d expect.A bit of chat. A bit of South London waffle. Probably a side quest before we’ve even technically started. We mention Electric Avenue. Yes, the song. Yes,…
S2E22 The Unanswered Murder of Mark Corcoran
This week, we’re back together after a short break and doing what we do best. Catching up, oversharing, laughing at ourselves, and gently easing into the darkness.Then we turn to Croydon.In 2008, 26…
S3E21 Let Him Have It: The death of Sidney Miles and the trial of Derek Bentley
In this week's episode, Rachel takes us back to the chilling atmosphere of 1952 Croydon to unravel the tragic and highly controversial case that gripped Britain: the fate of Derek Bentley. What…
S3E20 The cost of confidence: The death of Charlotte Brown
A first date. A December night. A man who looked confident, capable, and in control.In this episode, we tell the story of Charlotte Brown, a thoughtful, ambitious young woman who went out for dinner…
S3E19 Before somebody gets hurt: The bloody murder of Tommy Cressman
This week on Sinister South, we do what we do best. There’s midweek chaos, including Rach questioning her own judgement after agreeing to a gig with the kids in tow, celebrating her slow and…
S3E18 Profit, Silence and Infant Death: The Case of Margaret Waters
In this episode, we head back to Victorian Brixton and into one of the most disturbing cases we’ve ever covered on Sinister South.Before we get there though, we do what we do best and chat absolute…
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