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She went on her honeymoon and never came home. 🌊 Isabella Rodriguez disappeared from a catamaran in the Caribbean in 2017. Her husband said she was swept overboard. Investigators found a wrecked boat that told a completely different story. Become a supporter to this podcast https://www.spreaker.com/podca...

Christmas Eve, 2008. A man in a Santa suit knocks on the door of a family party in Covina, California. By the time the night was over, nine people were dead and the house was on fire. The man behind the mask wasn't a stranger, he was the family's own ex-son-in-law, and he'd been planning this for weeks. Become a supporter to this podcast https://www.spreaker.com/podca...

Kenny Ong flew home to Malaysia to be at her father's side through a life-threatening surgery. On her final night before returning to the US, her family gathered for a celebratory dinner — and within minutes, she was abducted from the restaurant's car park, caught on CCTV, three hundred feet from the people who loved her. This episode traces her story from Ipoh to Los Angeles and back again, the failed police stop that let her captor escape, the discovery of her body days later, and the thirteen-year fight for justice that followed — a case that ultimately reshaped public safety policy across Malaysia. Become a supporter to this podcast https://www.spreaker.com/podca...

He was 15. Trafficked 6,000 miles from Vietnam. Locked in a house, growing cannabis under threat of death — and when police finally found him, they didn't rescue him. They arrested him. 🔒 This week on Black Crime File, we're exposing one of Britain's quietest justice failures: the trafficked children who were prosecuted as drug criminals instead of protected as victims Become a supporter to this podcast https://www.spreaker.com/podca...

Become a supporter to this podcast https://www.spreaker.com/podca... A routine paper round. A farmhouse he'd visited dozens of times. And a crime that shocked a nation. This episode of Black Crime File covers the 1978 murder investigation into the death of 13-year-old Carl Bridgewater.

In 1978, Nora Trott stepped out to run an errand for a friend. She never came home. 🕯️ For 26 years, her killer walked free — known to police only as "Babyface," a sketch built from a hypnotised witness's memory. Then, in 2004, a routine drink-driving stop put his DNA into a national database. And the case that time forgot finally had an answer. Become a supporter to this podcast https://www.spreaker.com/podca...

Become a supporter to this podcast https://www.spreaker.com/podca... In September 2019, 20-year-old Keeley Bunker went out to celebrate her birthday with her best friend in Birmingham. Hours later, she was dead — murdered by a man she'd known and trusted since infant school. This episode covers the full case: Keeley's life, the night she disappeared, the discovery of her body in Wigginton Park, the unravelling of her killer's ever-changing story, and the trial that finally brought him to justice. This is a heavy episode dealing with themes of sexual violence and homicide. Listener discretion is advised.

A mother picked up the phone and heard her daughter screaming for her life. It took police less than a day to call it "not a crime." Because the voice on the other end wasn't real, it was AI. Cloned from just 3 seconds of audio. Become a supporter to this podcast https://www.spreaker.com/podca...

Three marriages. Three murders. Decades of abuse hidden behind a rotating list of false names. This is the story of Peter Tobin and the victims and survivors whose names deserve to be remembered.https://www.spreaker.com/podca... ⚠️ Disclaimer ⚠️ This episode contains detailed descriptions of sexual assault, domestic violence, and murder, including crimes against minors. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

On Christmas Day 2009, 63-year-old Hannah Smith spent the afternoon just as she always did on the phone with family, singing carols, looking forward to seeing her granddaughters that evening. She never got the chance. By the time her brothers forced open her front door three days later, they found a scene of horrific violence that would take police days to fully understand. This episode traces Hannah's life from her childhood in Glasgow's East End, through the devastating loss of her daughter Tracey, to the compassion she kept showing a troubled young woman named Amanda Nichol the same woman who would eventually take Hannah's life in her own living room. This is Hannah's story, told with the care and respect she deserves. Black Crime File centers victims, not perpetrators, and examines the systemic failures addiction, isolation, under-resourced communities that so often sit behind these headlines. Subscribe for new episodes covering true crime cases with a victim-first lens. ⚠️Listener disclaimer: This episode contains detailed descriptions of violent crime and may not be suitable for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.https://www.spreaker.com/podca...