Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling
Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling love true crime - in fact, they're a little bit obsessed. And now they want to share that obsession with you.Join Laura and Iain as they dive deep into some of the world's most jaw-dropping crime stories. Expect murder, mayhem, blackmail, betrayal, and more.Each week, the pair choose a new crime and divulge all the details you're dying to know. They unpick the crucial moments and get to the heart of the whodunnit - all while making each other laugh along the way.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is...
Episodes
93. The Bootleg King, Part 1
In the first half of a two-part case, Iain introduces us to one of history’s most successful bootleggers. A man so rich that he lit his cigarettes with £100 bills.
92. The Giggling Granny
Laura digs into the shocking story of serial killer Nannie Doss, a woman who is said to have killed five of her five husbands as well as her own mother, two of her children and one of her grandchildren.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore …
91. The Bolton Forger
Iain looks at the life and crimes of Shaun Greenhalgh, a master forger from Bolton.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BBC Sounds. Subscribe now so you never miss an episode. Email us at laur…
90. The Murderous Marquise
Laura looks at a 17th-century, Parisian scandal involving vengeful lovers and home-brewed poisons.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BBC Sounds. Subscribe now so you never miss an episode. E…
89. The Pastor & The Poison
Iain looks at a case involving a lovesick nurse, a family tragedy… and some very suspicious blackberries.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BBC Sounds. Subscribe now so you never miss an epi…
88. An Anarchist at the Observatory
Laura’s case this week is a little bit different. She’s looking at the mystery of Martial Bourdin and his attack… on time?Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BBC Sounds. Subscribe now so you …
87. The Kentucky Book Heist
Iain looks at a case involving a group of hapless university students who try to pull off a multi-million-dollar heist.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BBC Sounds. Subscribe now so you nev…
86. The Nuremberg Foundling
Laura is in her element this week, digging into a 200-year-old mystery involving a young German boy with a seriously intriguing backstory.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BBC Sounds. Subsc…
85. The Monkshood Murderer
This week, Iain looks at an historic poisoning case in Wimbledon. When Percy Malcolm dies in his bed at Blenheim House boarding school, his teachers and fellow pupils are horrified. But his headmaster thinks he knows what happened – and he…
MYW: The Jigsaw Murders, Revisited
This week, Laura and Iain are revisiting a case from the Murder They Wrote archive, The Jigsaw Murders, to bring listeners up to speed with some new developments.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a w…
84. The Texas Flapper Bandit
We’re back! To kick things off after our summer break, Laura is digging into the story of Rebecca Bradley, a woman who earned herself the moniker of “Texas Flapper Bandit” after a rather unusual bank heist.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitm…
MYW Mailbag: Bluetooth Crimes & Bug Heists!
Laura and Iain dive into the mailbag to uncover a £50k bug heist, a Bluetooth inspired podcast obsession, and a listener traumatised by Shrek!Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BBC Sounds. S…
83. Murder on the Brighton Express
Iain takes a look at a 1881 murder case on a moving train. When 22-year-old Percy Lefroy arrives at Preston Park station, covered in blood, the police jump into action to find his attackers. But, as their investigation unfolds, Percy's stor…
MYW: Cornwall’s Murderous Love Triangle
Iain tells the story of an 1844 love triangle that ended with the infamous murder of Charlotte Dymond; the girl with the green dress.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BBC Sounds. Subscribe …
82. The Jedi Heist
In 1983, a college freshman in Kansas stole some coveted Return of the Jedi movie reels at gunpoint.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BBC Sounds. Subscribe now so you never miss an episode.…
MYW: Essex’s Range Rover Case
Laura takes a look at a shocking triple murder case that took place on a countryside road in Essex in 1995.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BBC Sounds. Subscribe now so you never miss an e…
81. The Farmhouse Murders
Iain tells the chilling story of Belle Gunness – a prolific American serial killer whose own death is surrounded in mystery.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BBC Sounds. Subscribe now so yo…
MYW Mailbag: A Ransom Note Has Arrived...!
A ransom note has arrived at the Murder They Wrote HQ. Plus, DB Cooper theories – and a very upright dog.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BBC Sounds. Subscribe now so you never miss an epi…
80. The Barbara Mackle Kidnapping
Barbara Mackle was your average university student. Until she was snatched in the middle of the night and forced, by her kidnappers, to hide out in the most terrifying place imaginable.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling…
MYW: Coventry’s Last Public Execution
Listener Julie has sent in a famous Coventry case involving a very unhappy marriage and a chilling murder. Plus, Iain explains the legend of Lady Godiva.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BB…
79. The Slippery Life of Soapy Smith
Iain dives into the life and crimes of Soapy Smith, a 19th-century con artist who earned his nickname by mastering the art of ‘The Soap Game’. Hear about how Soapy went from a small-time crook to the leader of a major criminal empire in Ame…
MYW: The Isle of Man’s Missing Postie
Laura heads to the Isle of Man to investigate a 159-year-old unexplained murder involving a horse-drawn cart. And Iain tells a story about a famous Manx witch… with an unexpected ending.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirlin…
78. The Chorus Girl Mystery
Three friends are exploring an abandoned mineshaft in Wales when they stumble upon a human skull. As the police arrive to search the area, they continue to make a number of gruesome discoveries. And they find something else: a diamond engag…
MYW Mailbag: Puddings, Poodles & Pulled-Down Pants!
From jam-filled Yorkshire puddings to famous dogs and unexpected trouser mishaps, the Murder You Wrote Mailbag delivers again.Plus, Laura and Iain need your help cooking up the ultimate true crime-themed dinner party. Got a pun-filled cours…
77. Riot at the Hate Factory
When a prison riot breaks out inside Scotland’s Peterhead Prison, two officers are taken hostage and the SAS are secretly called in. But the truth of what happened wouldn’t come out for years...This is the story of a brutal prison, a high-s…
MYW: Southampton’s Secret Sea Chest
Listener Cat sends Iain a case involving her husband’s distant family, taking him to Southampton 1924 when a 15-year-old family secret involving a hidden sea chest comes to light and shocks the authorities.And Laura tells Iain a story about…
76. A Fire in Room 66
A late-night fire tears through Room 66 at a hotel in Margate. One guest runs for help, another is pulled from the smoke, but it’s already too late. As investigators begin to piece together what happened that night, a different kind of stor…
MYW: York’s Ski Masks, Stolen Stamps & Skulduggery
Laura heads to York to unravel Craig Townend's £1m art gallery heist leads to even more bizarre thefts in England's most haunted city.Plus, Iain shares York's weirdest theft stories: a replica skull stolen from the city's most haunted pub o…
75. The Goatfell Murder
In 1889, Edwin Rose vanished on a hike up Goatfell. His body is later found hidden under a pile of rocks. Was it a tragic fall, or something more sinister?All eyes turn to John Annandale, the man who last saw Edwin alive. But when John sudd…
MYW Mailbag: Guinea Pigs, Geography Gaffes & Getting Corrected (Again!)
Guinea pigs, mistaken towns, and a 100-year-old rabbit! Laura & Iain open the inbox for wonderful tales (and tails) from our Living Legends.Plus! There’s a pun so good it had to be written in and listener corrections that keep us on our toe…
74. The Brown Palace Murders
A love triangle erupts into a gunfight at Denver’s Brown Palace Hotel, exposing a scandalous affair that ends in a double murderIain unpacks the heated rivalry between Frank Henwood and Tony von Thul, two men competing for the affections of…
MYW: Bradford’s Deadly Delicacies
Iain transports us to 1858 Bradford – then the world's wool capital, where confectioner William Hardaker ("Humbug Billy") unknowingly sold arsenic-contaminated sweets that resulted in one of Britain's most devastating mass poisonings.Plus y…
73. The Kidnapped Duke
Iain takes us back to the swinging 60s to revisit the theft of a portrait that had been hanging in London’s National Gallery for just 19 days before it vanished.At first, no one believes it’s been stolen – but when a handwritten ransom note…
MYW: Lurking in the Lake District
Laura takes us to the hauntingly beautiful Lake District and uncovers three chilling murders. Meanwhile Iain digs up tales of thieving pensioners, bad parking and a Viking church mistaken for a public toilet.The Lake District might be stunn…
72. The Green Bicycle Case
Laura retraces the twists of one of Britain's most debated unsolved cases. In 1919, a farmer found the body of a young woman on the side of a quiet country road, lying next to her bicycle. While first deemed an accident, it soon becomes cle…
MYW Mailbag: Pronunciation Debates – Milngavie, Bearsden, Gotham… Tortoise!?
Laura and Iain dive into the inbox and face a full on tribunal from Living Legends across the UK. Is it “Mull-guy”? What about "Gotham"? And how do you say “tortoise”? Iain’s mum, Allison, might just have the final word.Plus! Mystery banana…
71. Public Enemy No.1
Iain takes us to the 1930s to uncover the twisting tale of Pretty Boy Floyd, a young outlaw that escapes a prison train and vanishes into the hills. Follow this smooth-talking fugitive who charmed the public and was named Public Enemy No.1 …
MYW: Croydon’s Conundrum – Poison, Plots & Piles of Rubbish?
Listener Simon sends Laura to Croydon for a trio of tales: unsolved family poisonings, a 1930s airport gold heist, and a fly‑tipper with a skip-load of nerve. Plus, cardboard box–loving cats, a recovering Jack Russell-Corgi cross and an avo…
70. The Cameo Cinema Murders
Laura revisits the shocking case of The Cameo Cinema Murders, a deadly robbery that shook Liverpool in 1949. When a cinema manager and his assistant are shot dead, police rely on the testimony of questionable witnesses to build their case. …
MYW: The Lost Lord Lovat of Inverness
Iain dives into the wild story of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, a tale packed with betrayal, dramatic beheadings, and the mystery of his missing remains. Meanwhile, Laura explores the curious world of Loch Ness Monster insurance. Plus, listener…