Sport's Strangest Crimes
Hosted by Clare Balding and James Montague and James Montgaue and Rich Hall · BBC Radio 5 Live
4.6from 348 ratings
- 123
- Episodes
- 53
- Transcribed
- 348
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Sport's Strangest Crimes
When sport collides with true crime.
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 5 Live
- Category
- sports · true crime
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Jun 2021
- Latest episode
- 12 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
53 of 123 episodes have a transcript.
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Tennis' Darkest Hour: 5. Where is Monica Seles?
Published 12 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] That is why people go so long without opening up about it because they can't imagine getting through the day without it or they can't imagine ever moving on from those behaviours. We know from the account in Monica's book that when they discovered that her dad's cancer had not only returned, but had spread, she would self-soothe with trips to the supermarket and load her trolley with junk food. She said, I felt empty and damaged inside, and all I wanted to do was stuff myself with empty, damaging food. She did much of her binging in secret, away from her family, a habit that would keep her locked in a cycle of shame for many years to come. […]
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- 4.2 / 5
- 67 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 281 ratings
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- 97
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Clare Balding and James Montague and James Montgaue and Rich Hall host the show. Published by BBC Radio 5 Live.
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