About What They Hide: Hidden Crimes in Plain Sight. A True Crime Podcast
What They Hide: Hidden Crimes in Plain Sight is a long-form investigative podcast exploring the crimes that went unnoticed — not because they were invisible, but because they were overlooked.Each episode examines a case where violence, abuse, or exploitation existed openly within families, communities, or institutions, hidden behind familiarity, routine, and disbelief. Through careful storytelling and factual analysis, the series looks beyond the perpetrators to examine the warning signs that were missed, the systems that failed, and the lives that were changed forever.This podcast is not about shock value.It is about understanding how harm survives in ordinary spaces — and what we must learn to prevent it from happening again. Hosted on acast.
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25 Oct 2026
Robert Bush: The Funeral Director Who Hid 35 Bodies | The Legacy Scandal
Robert Bush: The Funeral Director Who Hid 35 Bodies | The Legacy Funeral Home Scandal
Thirty-five bodies. Sixty-seven criminal offences. One funeral director trusted by hundreds of families.
In March 2024, police entered Legacy Independent Funeral Directors on Hessle Road in Hull and uncovered a horrifying scandal.
Thirty-five bodies were recovered from the premises. Families who believed their loved ones had been cremated discovered that the arrangements they’d paid for had never taken place. Others learned that the ashes they’d been given weren’t what they’d been led to believe.
At the centre of it all was Robert Bush, the man responsible for Legacy Independent Funeral Directors.
In this episode of What They Hide: Hidden Crimes in Plain Sight, Matt investigates how Bush’s offending went undetected for years, the police investigation that exposed his crimes, and the devastating consequences for the families who trusted him.
We examine the evidence, hear the experiences of those affected, and follow the case through to July 2026, when Bush was sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting 67 offences.
With Channel 4’s The Body Thief documentary exploring the scandal, this episode tells the story behind one of Britain’s most disturbing funeral industry criminal cases.
Because for the families involved, this wasn’t simply a financial crime. It was a betrayal of the people they loved.
Content warning: This episode discusses the mistreatment of deceased people, pregnancy loss, infant death, fraud and bereavement. Listener discretion is advised.
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Sources and further reading:
Crown Prosecution Service (https://www.cps.gov.uk/)
Humberside Police (https://www.humberside.police.uk/)
ITV News — Robert Bush sentencing (https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2026-07-31/funeral-director-jailed-over-bodies-and-ashes-horror)
Channel 4 — The Body Thief documentary announcement (https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-commissions-body-thief-wt-definitive-new-documentary-about-funeral-home)
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20 Oct 2026
Silk Road: Ross Ulbricht and the Dark Web Drug Empire
Silk Road: Ross Ulbricht and the Dark Web Drug Empire
In 2011, a young American named Ross Ulbricht created a secret online marketplace that would change the criminal underworld forever.
Its name was Silk Road.
Hidden within the dark web, the website allowed thousands of people to buy and sell illegal drugs using Bitcoin, generating hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions.
But behind the anonymous username Dread Pirate Roberts, something far darker was unfolding.
Alleged murder-for-hire plots. Stolen cryptocurrency. Corrupt federal agents. And an international investigation that would eventually lead to a dramatic arrest inside a San Francisco public library.
In 2015, Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison.
Then, in January 2025, President Donald Trump granted him a full and unconditional pardon.
In this episode of What They Hide: Hidden Crimes in Plain Sight, we investigate the rise and fall of Silk Road, the extraordinary evidence against its creator, and the controversy surrounding his punishment and release.
Was Ross Ulbricht a visionary who went too far, or a criminal mastermind who knew exactly what he was doing?
Content Warning
This episode contains discussions of illegal drug trafficking, fatal overdoses, threats of violence and alleged murder-for-hire arrangements.
Ulbricht was not convicted of murder-for-hire, and investigators found no evidence that the alleged contracted killings occurred.
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Research and Sources
FBI — Ross Ulbricht’s Laptop
https://www.fbi.gov/history/artifacts/ross-william-ulbrichts-laptop
US Department of Justice — Silk Road Conviction
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ross-ulbricht-creator-and-owner-silk-road-website-found-guilty-manhattan-federal-court
US Department of Justice — Life Sentence
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ross-ulbricht-aka-dread-pirate-roberts-sentenced-manhattan-federal-court-life-prison
US Department of Justice — Official Presidential Pardon, January 2025
https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1386096/dl?inline=
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