Welcome to Hooked on True Crime, where we unravel the clues and tie up loose ends and where no victim becomes the footnote to someone else's story. True crime stories from Ali (the host of Neverlostpod, Neverlost Stories and Twisted Britain) and his wife Sarah. Expect Historical true crimes, unsolved cases and listeners suggestions . Light-hearted additions brought to you by our binge watch of the week and Ali's Scottish word of the week. Sometimes Ali is responsible for a home-based misdemeanour! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1385112779403649/ https://www.instagram.com/
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Welcome to Hooked on True Crime, where we unravel the clues and tie up loose ends and where no victim becomes the footnote to someone else's story. True crime stories from Ali (the host of Neverlostpod, Neverlost Stories and Twisted Britain) and his wife Sarah. Expect Historical true crimes, unsolved cases and listeners suggestions . Light-hearted additions brought to you by our binge watch of the week and Ali's Scottish word of the week. Sometimes Ali is responsible for a home-based misdemeanour! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1385112779403649/ https://www.instagram.com/
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July 21, 2026
Eps-65: The strangling of Chrissie Gall
<p>In this episode Ali and Sarah look at the sad death of Chrissie Gall in Glasgow in 1931. Her then partner Peter Queen was convicted of her murder by a majority verdict, but was he guilty? The 2 most eminent forensic pathologists of the time thought not. Sir Sydney Smith and Sir Bernard Spillsbury both appeared for the defence at the trial testifying that they believed it was an unusual case of self strangulation.</p><p>Ali and Sarah discuss all of the evidence for and against and look at the circumstances leading up to Chrissie Galls sad death, and the difficulty that a jury would have had at the time believing that someone could have done that to themselves.</p><p><br></p><p></p><p>Use CodeHooked for 10% off your tickets at <a href="https://www.crimecon.co.uk/">https://www.crimecon.co.uk/</a></p><p>Support thispodcast by buying us a coffee <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/hookedontruecrime">https://buymeacoffee.com/hookedontruecrime</a></p><p> </p><p>References</p><p>Books.</p><p>MostlyMurder by Sir Sidney Smith</p><p></p>
July 12, 2026
Eps.64-The Murder of John Thomson
<p>In this Episode, Ali and Sarah talk about the famous deductive skills of Forensic Pathologist Sir Sydney Smith. They briefly discuss a case in Egypt where Sydney Smith had just 3 bones to examine but was able to tell a great deal about how the victim had died. Then they go into detail about the murder of John Thomas in 1939 and how systematically reconstructed Johns death from the evidence at the crime scene.</p><p><br></p><p>Scottish word of the week- Sgian dubh.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Use CodeHooked for 10% off your tickets at <a href="https://www.crimecon.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.crimecon.co.uk/</a></p><p>Support thispodcast by buying us a coffee <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/hookedontruecrime" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://buymeacoffee.com/hookedontruecrime</a></p><p> </p><p>References</p><p>Books.</p><p>MostlyMurder by Sir Sidney Smith</p><p>Web.</p><p><a href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1939-08-01/1939-08-31?basicsearch=murder%20john%20thomson&exactsearch=false&retrievecountrycounts=false®ion=north%20west%2c%20england&mostspecificlocation=north%20west%2c%20england&sortorder=dayearly" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Results for 'murder john thomson' | Between 1st Aug 1939 and 31st Aug 1939 | North West, England | Location | British Newspaper Archive</a></p>
June 28, 2026
Eps. 63- The Shark Arm Murder (James Smith). Self Assassination (Reginal Holmes)
<p>In this episode Ali gets distracted from Sydney Smith and tells the story of the Shark Arm Murder Case form 1935. </p><p>A tiger shark regurgitates a human arm in an aquarium in Australia, but how did James Smiths' arm get inside the 14 foot long creature?</p><p> While discussing the murder of James Smith, Ali and Sarah consider the many possible scenarios which could have led to his untimely demise. Who actually killed James and who could have ordered the killing? This case is technically still unsolved.</p><p>They also look at the death of Reginal Holmes, the star witness at the trial of Patrick Brady who was charged with James' murder. After Holmes death, and a very original interpretation of “Corpus Delicti”, the charges against Brady were dropped.</p><p> </p><p>Use CodeHooked for 10% off your tickets at <a href="https://www.crimecon.co.uk/">https://www.crimecon.co.uk/</a></p><p>Support thispodcast by buying us a coffee <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/hookedontruecrime">https://buymeacoffee.com/hookedontruecrime</a></p><p> </p><p>References</p><p>Books.</p><p>MostlyMurder by Sir Sidney Smith</p><p>Web.</p><p><a href="https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/shark_arm_murder_1935">Shark Armmurder 1935 | The Dictionary of Sydney</a></p><p><a href="https://www.noiser.com/detectives-dont-sleep/the-arm-in-the-shark">TheArm in the Shark | Article | Detectives Don't Sleep | Noiser History Podcasts</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qImNGqruYlg">The Shark Arm Murders</a></p><p> </p><p></p>
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