Adam Lloyd
Host of the UK True Crime Podcast
Adam Lloyd has hosted over 200 episodes of the UK True Crime podcast, released every Tuesday since November 2016. Based in Edinburgh and with a day job in HR, Adam urges listeners to 'stay classy' yet drones on about the mighty Leeds United and his dislike of bands such as the Kings of Leon. And let's not even talk about the saunas of Rochdale.
Amanda Eales
Nicola Payne's Cousin
Coventry teenager Nicola Payne left her seven-month-old son at her boyfriend's home when she took a 10-minute walk to her parents’ house in December 1991. She never arrived.
The police believe she was murdered. But her body has never been found. It’s one of Britain’s biggest unsolved murder cases and has baffled detectives for nearly three decades.
At CrimeCon investigative Reporter Mark Williams Thomas will present unseen evidence and welcome Amanda Eales to share the Payne family story.
#findnicolapayne
Amy Aldworth
Domestic Violence Campaigner
Amy is a campaigner and advocate against tech and domestic abuse and is a survivor of tech facilitated stalking and abuse. Amy is working with Refuge to raise awareness about tech abuse and encourage other women to reach out for support.
Anita Rani
TV & radio broadcaster
An RTS Award winning broadcaster with a career spanning nearly 20 years, Anita Rani is a hugely popular presenter with TV audiences. As one of the lead presenters on BBC One’s Countryfile, Anita has become a familiar face on British television whilst also presenting a range of explorative documentaries for the BBC including Bollywood: The World’s Biggest Film Industry; My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947 and most recently, War On Plastic with Hugh and Anita alongside Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
Anita’s latest TV projects have included presenting Channel 4’s Britain’s Best Parent?, appearing on fan-favourite Celebrity Gogglebox alongside her Father and presenting Beneath The Crown, a YouTube series for Netflix described as the ultimate viewing companion to the latest series of the hit show, The Crown.
Growing up in Bradford, Anita had her own radio show on Sunrise Radio at the age of 14 and has continued to develop her relationship with radio ever since, joining the BBC’s Asian Network in 2005, covering numerous slots for BBC Radio 2 and most recently being announced as the new host of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour alongside Emma Barnett.
In 2020, Anita announced she was writing her memoir, The Right Sort of Girl, which will be published July 2021.
Brian Hook
Former New Scotland Yard Detective
Currently a lecturer at the University of West London where I teach undergraduate and post graduate students forensic crime scene assessment and investigation, policing and the investigative process of serious and international crime.
A career detective for 30 years in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) before embarking on my current academic adventure I served on the Anti-Terrorist Branch, Racial & Violent Crime Directorate, Major Investigation Teams and the Specialist Crime Directorate Homicide Command at New Scotland Yard where I was involved with the assessment, management and forensic examination of numerous high profile crime scenes and incidents, surveillance and covert forensics throughout the UK and overseas. Whilst serving in the MPS I trained and lectured extensively on terrorism related subjects to UK police forces and outside agencies including, NHS, Fire and Rescue Services, Security and intelligence Services, Military, FBI and the UK National Forensic Training Establishment.
I am an accredited ‘Expert’ for the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the subject of emergency preparation and response and the investigation and examination of nuclear or radiological emergencies, incidents and accidents.
I have been advisor for a number of TV drama programmes and award-winning authors of both crime fiction and non-fiction books. I have appeared in a range of documentary series on terrorism, homicide and cold case investigations as a presenter, co-presenter and specialist commentator.
Britain's / World's Most Evil Killers
Woodcut Media
World’s Most Evil Killers delves into the gripping real-life stories of the world’s most terrifying and prolific killers. From Fred and Rose West to Ed Gein (The Clown Killer) and even to The Milwaukee Cannibal.
Each episode focuses on one notorious killer and features authentic first-hand accounts of their behavior, from detectives who ran the case, journalists who reported on the stories, relatives - and at times, survivors - alongside series experts who provide analysis. These criminologists, crime journalists and psychologists examine how the infamous killers made headlines both nationally and internationally and why they still continue to evoke fear and fascination in the public eye.
We investigate the triggers that drove them to kill, delving into their insatiable appetites for murder and the chilling legacies they have left. We uncover what has given them a place on the list of the World’s Most Evil Killers and retell every chilling tale using a combination of compelling interviews, narration, archive footage and stylized reconstruction.
Professor Carl Chinn MBE Ph.D
Social Historian
Professor Carl Chinn MBE Ph.D. is a social historian with a national profile, writer, public speaker, and teacher. An off-course bookmaker himself until 1984, he is the son and grandson of illegal bookmakers in Sparkbrook, and the great-grandson of a peaky blinder, whilst his mother's family were factory workers in Aston. His writings are deeply affected by his family's working-class background and life in the back-to-backs of Birmingham and he believes passionately that history must be democratised because each and every person has made their mark upon history and has a story to tell.
Carol Ann Lee
Author
In 2010, Carol’s first true crime book was published: One of Your Own: The Life and Death of Myra Hindley. Issued by Mainstream Publications, it proved to be the definitive study not only of Hindley, but of the Moors Murders case. Carol interviewed a wide cross-section of those involved, from the victims’ families to the policemen who worked on the case originally, as well as many of Hindley's supporters. One of Your Own was both a Times and an Independent Book of the Week and was featured on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. It garnered outstanding reviews from the critics and readers alike.
During her research for One of Your Own, Carol met David Smith, chief prosecution witness in the Moors trial. This led to collaboration on the book Witness, published by Mainstream in 2011, in which David told his story for the first time. In 2012 Witness was re-published as Evil Relations, and was shortlisted for the CWA Non-Fiction Dagger, Britain’s leading award for crime non-fiction.
In September 2012, Mainstream published A Fine Day for a Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story, Carol's biography of the last woman to be executed in Britain. Again, she was given access to previously unavailable material, conducted new interviews, and visited Scotland Yard’s Crime Museum to examine the murder weapon. A Fine Day for a Hanging was shortlisted for the 2013 CWA Non-Fiction award.
In July 2015 The Murders at White House Farm was published with an extensive two-part serialisation in the Daily Mail. It was optioned for television by New Pictures Ltd and Carol acted as consultant, reading scripts, speaking to the actors, sharing research material and visiting the sets. Preceded by a huge publicity campaign, White House Farm, a six-part drama, aired on ITV1 and has received excellent reviews. Carol is fully credited at the start and end of each episode.
Among her other books to have been optioned are Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter: The Victims and Survivors of the Yorkshire Ripper, published in March 2019 by Michael O'Mara. Lynda La Plante chose it as her ‘Book of the Year’ in the Christmas edition of The Big Issue.
Carol’s latest book,
The Pottery Cottage Murders, is co-authored by Peter Howse, who was involved in the eponymous case while serving as Chief Inspector of Bakewell; he tackled armed killer Billy Hughes, for which he was awarded the Queen’s Medal for Bravery. He had never previously told his story. It was published in March 2020 by Robinson / Little, Brown and has also been optioned for television.
Cass Sutherland
Former Detective Sergeant Metropolitan Police London
A former Detective Sergeant in the Metropolitan Police London who retired after 30 years’ service. Former Vice President and Honorary Fellow of the UK Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences.
Started investigating murder in 1978, then with the formation of full-time murder squads in the early 1990’s, served on the Scotland Yard Homicide Investigation Unit. In the latter part of my service I became a Crime Scene Investigator for the Serious Crime Forensic Investigation Unit dealing with murder, attempted murder, serial, serious, unexplained death and mass disaster scenes in the Metropolitan Police Service area and abroad. In respect of mass disaster, I worked on both the Paddington rail crash at the scene and 7/7 Terrorist bombings in the mortuary alongside Forensic Pathologists, advising and collecting forensic samples to identify bodies and explosive remains.
Presented lectures on crime scene interpretation/investigation at forensic science conferences in the UK, Europe, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and America, as well as UK universities, colleges and Theakstones Crime Writing Festival.
I have worked with Lynda La Plant as a researcher and crime drama advisor for her TV productions and books for thirteen years. Prior to this, whilst a serving officer, I was involved as an advisor for her TV shows and books from 1998. I have also been involved in script development and assisting in the writing of plots for police, forensic and pathology scenes. I have also advised extensively on scripts, and on set, for television dramas made for ITV, BBC, Chanel 4 and film companies. Also, I was involved as an interviewer in the recent Listening to the Dead podcasts made by Bonnier Books; series two is now available to download.
Charlotte Reece
Charlotte Reece is the daughter of David who is currently serving a 19 year sentence for a crime he didn't commit. While her dad is still in prison Charlotte continues to fight for justice with the help of Inside Justice, the charity investigating miscarriages of justice.
Cheish Merryweather
Founder of Crime Viral
Founder of Crime Viral - one of the fastest-growing true crime communities with more than 350,000 followers - Cheish Merryweather is a true crime writer and serial killer expert.
Cheish is best known for her sell out tour around the UK with her talks
How To Raise A Serial Killer,
How To Spot A Psychopath and
Inside The Mind Of A Serial Killer. Since lockdown, she now hosts an online talk once a month
Inside The Mind Of Serial Killers which has attracted a loyal following worldwide.
Cheish has also appeared on Victoria Derbyshire and BBC Newcastle giving her expert insights on the darkest side of the human mind. Guaranteed to shock.
Dr Cheryl Allsop LLB (Hons) BSc (Hons) MSc PhD FHEA
Senior Lecturer and Course Leader BSc Criminology and Criminal Justice
Dr Cheryl Allsop is currently a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Wales. She is also on the board of Locate International, an organisation set up to work with the families of long-term missing people. She established the University of South Wales cold case unit, leading a multi-disciplinary team of students, community volunteers and experts reviewing unsolved missing people cases, unsolved murders and unidentified found remains, in conjunction with Locate International. Dr Allsop is the author of Cold Case Reviews: DNA, Detective Work and Unsolved Major Crimes, published by Oxford University Press in 2018.
Chris Atkins
Author
Chris Atkins is a BAFTA-nominated filmmaker. His documentaries Taking Liberties and Starsuckers were critically acclaimed and made front-page news. He has also worked extensively with Dispatches for Channel 4 and BBC Panorama. Following his release from prison, he is now back in North London, filming documentaries and writing.
Chris Bond
Alpha Canine Specialists
Alpha Canine Specialists is a bespoke highly motivated organisation who have husband and wife team Chris and Ruth Bond at its heart. Chris has 30 years of experience in the canine world and started with MWD in the British Army in the 80’s and throughout the years continued in different sectors. Chris spent 15 years as a volunteer with UK LandSar as a dog handler and search manager where he worked on many missing person searches some turning into murder enquiries from Daniel Nolan in Hampshire to the domestic related incident of a mother of two from Suffolk. Chris was also involved in high-profile cases across East Anglia. Ruth has joined the canine world in the last ten years and has stamped her presence with her Drug Detection Dog Stanley. She has taken a leading role in many Drugs operations lead by the Metropolitan Police to disrupt local drug dealers.
Chris Summers
Chris Summers, Crime Reporter and Editor of Totalcrime.co.uk
Chris is an experienced crime reporter who started out in local newspapers in 1990 and got his big break when covering the Fred and Rose West murders at the Gloucester Citizen. He covered the trial at Winchester Crown Court and put together a special supplement which was published after Rose was convicted.
He spent 18 years at the BBC before leaving in 2015 and in that time he interviewed Stanley “Tookie” Williams (co-founder of The Crips) on Death Row at San Quentin – Williams was executed two years later – and also met the “Rettendon Two” (Jack Whomes and Mick Steele) in prison while researching the alleged miscarriage of justice they suffered. He also investigated the wrongful conviction of Thomas Bourke (MOT murders in Manchester).
Among the trials he covered were the Securitas Robbery case, Operation Crevice (terrorism case, jury out for record number of days), the 21 July 2005 failed suicide bombers in London and Obina Ezeoke (convicted of double murder in 2020 after a record five trials).
Chris is an expert on organised crime, miscarriages of justice, serial killers and also fires. He works as a crime reporter and broadcaster and is looking to enter the world of true crime podcasting.
Chris Warburton
Radio Presenter
Chris Warburton is the presenter of the Weekend Breakfast programme on BBC Radio 5 Live. He is also the host of some of the BBC’s most successful True Crime podcasts. His first, ‘Beyond Reasonable Doubt’, which tells the shocking story of Michael and Kathleen Peterson, was also the BBC’s first ever podcast in the True Crime genre. Chris followed that up with ‘End of Days’, which explores the tale of the British people who joined David Koresh’s apocalyptic cult in Waco, Texas. Both series have been critically acclaimed and have won a series of awards, most notably in the British Podcast Awards. Chris’ latest podcast, ‘Ecstasy: The Battle Of Rave’, is half real life and half drama. It was released in 2020 and tells the story of when ecstasy and acid house first swept Britain.
Christopher Berry-Dee
UK's Number 1 True Crime Author
A noted writer and criminologist, Christopher Berry-Dee's recent books include Talking With Psychopaths and Savages, the UK's bestselling true-crime title of 2017, and Talking With Female Serial Killers. He is the country's No. 1 true-crime author.
Colin Sutton
Former Senior Investigating Officer
Colin Sutton was a Senior Investigating Officer in the Metropolitan Police from January 2003 to January 2011, leading more than thirty successful murder investigations, notably the Levi Bellfield case and the successful re-investigation of the seventeen-year reign of terror of the 'Nightstalker' Delroy Grant. His first book, Manhunt, was a Sunday Times bestseller.
Damian Allain
Head of Casework – Inside Justice
Damian is a former New Scotland Yard senior detective and specialised during his career in homicide investigation and serious and organised crime. He is nationally qualified PIP3 homicide senior investigating officer and associate assessor with the College of Policing and has taught and lectured in policing, law and criminology in the UK and abroad. Damian has a Masters Degree (MA) in Policing & Criminal Justice, is a Fellow of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and a Fellow of the RSA (FRSA) and is a visiting lecturer at Canterbury Christchurch, Portsmouth and Kingston Universities.
Danny Tipping
Documentary Maker and Executive Producer
Danny Tipping is an award-winning documentary maker and executive producer specialising in factual programming with 20 years’ experience in the industry. Having overseen development and production across a broad slate of factual genres Danny has also delivered over a 100 hours of high-rating True Crime television to broadcasters and audiences around the world.
Daniel Korn
Vice-President, Programming
As Vice-President, Programming for A+E Networks, Dan heads up a team responsible for sourcing over 2,000 hours of content a year, for the broadcasters’ four pay tv brands – Sky History, Crime+Investigation, SKY History2 and Lifetime, as well as its free-to-air channel, Blaze.
Recent original commissions for Sky History include Lost Relics of the Knights Templar, Damian Lewis’ Spy Wars, Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate The English, James Nesbitt: Disasters That Changed Britain and River Hunters; and for Crime+Investigation, Survivors with Denise Welch and Murdertown with Anita Rani.
Prior to joining A+E Networks, Dan spent 10 years as Senior Vice President and Head of Programming for Discovery Channel UK and EMEA, which he joined, in 2005, from leading independent production company, 3BM Television Ltd. At 3BM, Korn was Managing Director and Executive Producer, winning a BAFTA for the film, ‘Nuremberg: Goering’s Last Stand’ in 2006, a Broadcast Award for the series ‘Age of Terror’ for Discovery, as well as producing the Emmy Award-nominated ‘Holocaust on Trial’ and RTS-nominated ‘Boy With a Tumour for a Face’.
Daniel Smith
Author
Daniel Smith is the author of The Peer and the Gangster, investigating the relationship between Conservative peer Lord Boothby and Ronnie Kray and its subsequent cover-up. His other books include Scandal at Dolphin Square: A Notorious History, The Ardlamont Mystery (exploring the links between a true-life Victorian murder trial and its links to Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle) and The Spade as Mighty as the Sword (a history of the Second World War Dig for Victory campaign).
Born in London in 1976, Daniel studied English at Cardiff University before a career in publishing, including a stint in Kolkata, India. For twenty years he was a contributor to The Statesman’s Yearbook, a geo-political guide to the world published annually since 1854. He wrote his first book in 2009 and since then his work has been published in over 25 languages. He lives in East London with his wife and two children.
David Howard
Monster Films
David has worked as a director in television for over twenty years in a wide variety of genres. Founding Monster Films with his producing partner Rik Hall, since 2016 they have made over 100 hours of television and won the RTS AWARD for Journalism, and the Broadcast award for best documentary for “Interview with a Murderer” about the Carl Bridgewater case. “The Real Prime Suspect” was the fourth series Monster Films has produced for CBS Reality. Most recently, David has overseen production of the acclaimed series “Making A Monster” for Crime+Investigation Network, featuring the ground-breaking criminal profiling work conducted into the cases of Fred and Rose West, Levi Bellfield, Aileen Wournos, Robert Black, John Wayne Gacy, Michael Ross and Stephen Griffiths.
David Swindle
Former Detective Superintendent
Multilingual Independent Reviewer and Crime Expert and former Detective Superintendent David Swindle BA www.davidswindle.com worked on hundreds of murders and complex high profile UK wide investigations during his 34 years in the police including the serial killer Peter Tobin and Glasgow Airport Terrorist Attack investigations.
He continues to utilise his high profile investigative, crime expertise and international networks with his company “ David Swindle Crime Solutions” providing multilingual expert international advice, review and investigative support for families of victims killed abroad as a result of homicide or in suspicious unexplained circumstances.
David’s determined attitude regarding a victim focussed approach to serious crime investigations and crime case reviews for victims’ families are reflected in his company strapline “the search for the truth” and “leave no stone unturned” .
In addition to the media interest David’s work attracts, he is a regular contributor to TV Crime documentaries and is involved with CrimeCom
Deanna Thompson
Don't F**k With Cats
Recently featured in the Netflix Documentary, "Don't F**K with Cats", Animal Beta Project is an animal justice organization. We seek out individuals that have harmed an animal where the act or aftermath was captured digitally. We search for abusers and turn over evidence to the proper authorities in the correct jurisdiction.
Deanna Thompson (screen name Baudi Moovan), Muervet Douglas, and John Green joined forces to assist authorities in tracking down murderer Luka Magnotta. Their successful efforts blazed a trail that led to the creation of the Animal Beta Project. They will take the CC20 stage for two can't-miss sessions: a behind-the-scenes look at the hit docuseries and a moderated panel discussion about the ABP and the criminal implications of animal abuse.
Denise Welch
Broadcaster
Denise was born in Whitley Bay near Newcastle & started her career there at Live Theatre in Tom Hadaways Yesterday's Children.
Theatre credits include; 2019 Calendar Girls UK Tour, The Rise and Fall Of Little Voice at the Royal Exchange, the UK tour of Steel Magnolias, Smack Family Robinson at the Rose Theatre, Kingston and The Ancient Secret of Youth and The 5 Tibetans at the Bolton Octagon, Grease at the Haymarket in Leicester, Ruby in Yakety Yak at the Astoria Theatre.
Denise’s Television credits include; Series regular roles on Hollyoaks, ITV's Coronation Street, BBC's Waterloo Road, BBC Two comedy Boy Meets Girl, Down to Earth, Soldier Soldier (ITV) and Spender (BBC), along with appearances inBenidorm (ITV), EastEnders (BBC), Inspector George Gently (BBC), Down To Earth (BBC), Born and Bred(BBC) and The Vice (BBC)
Denise was a regular panellist and anchor on hit ITV chat show Loose Women for ten years and has most recently returned to her chair on the show.
Film credits include; Love Sarah, The Jealous God, Finding Fatimah and Burning Men.
Denise produced her own short film Black Eyed Susan which was successful on the festival circuit in 2018.
Denise has also written 2 personal memoirs and 2 novels. Her most recent ‘non fiction’ book based on suffering from mental illness for 30 years called ‘The Unwelcome visitor’ was released on the 25th of June 2020 and made it to number 1 in the Amazon & Supermarket charts and also spent 8 weeks at number 1 topping the Sunday Times ‘best seller list.’
Denise lives in Cheshire with her husband, the artist Lincoln Townley and her son Louis.
Her stepson Lewis lives in London working in Post Production and her son Matty is the lead singer of the Brit Award winning band The 1975.
Dermot Murnaghan
Journalist
Dermot has previously presented BBC Breakfast, Treasure Hunt, Eggheads, Celebrity Eggheads and Are You An Egghead (BBC 2), The State We’re In (BBC 3), Crimes That Shook Britain (CI) and Sky’s Sunday morning political programme Murnaghan.
Prior to this he fronted ITV’s Lunchtime, Nightly and Evening news bulletins for 11 years and was a key part of the presentation team covering the 2001 General Election. In 1997 Dermot broke the news to the nation about the sudden death of Diana Princess of Wales.
He has previously won the Royal Television Society’s Interviewer Of The Year Award for his interview with Peter Mandelson which resulted in his resignation from the Cabinet and has received Newscaster Of The Year Award from TRIC for his work at ITN.
Diana Carter
Diana Carter is Commissioning Editor and Head of Talent across the A+E Networks UK portfolio, focusing on the local commissioning of content and strategy.
She was appointed to the role of Commissioning Editor in 2015, having joined the company the previous year as Executive Producer on a local version of Dance Mums with Jennifer Ellison, A+E Networks UK’s first localization of an A+E US franchise.
The Head of Talent role was an expansion to the position in late 2015 after the vast majority of local content began to embrace the use of brand-relevant talent. Diana identified the opportunity to create a bespoke portfolio care and asset creation around talent, to maximise their association to the channels.
Diana has ensured that talent representation of the portfolio has moved from a PR interview only level – to a full body of work and cross platform asset level, including iconic key art, terrestrial broadcast appearances, cross-portfolio trailers and affiliate events.
Diana has consistently Executive Produced high rating local content for the portfolio. Most recently, Diana Executive Produced Murdertown, the highest rated local commission ever for Crime + Investigation in the UK.
Previously, Diana headed up the Production & Development team at MTV Networks Europe and International from 2006 – 2012. Whilst there, she was responsible for helping to commission consistently top rating local content - from Award Programming to local franchise extensions of US hit shows as well as Executive Producing the first MTV global commission of Super Sweet 16.
Prior to MTV, Diana spent 10 years in the Indie sector, with the occasional hop across to Network, covering off multiple seasons of Big Brother live programming both for channel and Endemol, T4 regular and special programming, as well as Executive Producing live terrestrial prime time shows for all the major broadcasters.
Diana started her career at MTV in its fledgling years in 1991 – 1997 as a Producer, covering a vast variety of content from Specials to live content centring around presenting and celebrity talent.
Diana is a dedicated mum of three and before joining A+E Networks UK, she took a 3 year sabbatical and lived in LA, bringing up her children.
Dr Emma French
Author
Emma French is a cultural historian who writes about how particular people, places and stories hit the headlines and capture the public imagination. Emma is co-author of the Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller Inside Broadmoor, published by Bonnier in 2019. Emma's other book include Selling Shakespeare to Hollywood and Hatton Garden: the Inside Story. She is currently under commission with husband and writing partner Jonathan Levi to author a new book about the secretive world of close protection officers.
Fiona Duffy
Journalist
Fiona, 53, has worked as a journalist for more than 30 years. After graduating from The College of Ripon and York St John (affiliated to Leeds University) with a 2:1 in English Literature and History, she became an apprentice journalist at the Watford Observer - gaining a Westminster Press diploma in Journalism.
Specialising in features, Fiona became Women’s Editor at the Yorkshire Evening Press and Liverpool Echo – where she first became aware of Marie McCourt’s plight.
In 1996, she moved to London for a seven year stint working in women’s magazines. While editing a story about Helen McCourt’s murder Fiona came to meet her inspiring mother, Marie McCourt. The two women forged a lifelong friendship resulting in countless articles and an award-winning campaign for justice for the families of missing murder victims.
As a freelance writer for 18 years Fiona has specialised in real life, health and fitness stories writing for publications including the Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Prima and Woman’s Own.
In December 2019, Fiona, with Daily Mirror staff writer Louie Smith, won the UK Press Gazette British Journalism Awards for Campaign of the Year for their work on Helen’s Law. The campaign also won the Journalism Matters Making a Difference Award in 2020.
Geoff White
Cybercrime Journalist
Investigative journalist, author and broadcaster Geoff White is among the UK’s leading technology specialists, working for BBC News, Channel 4 News, The Sunday Times and many more. In a career spanning 20 years he has covered election hacking, the dark web, the personal data trade and the emergence of cybercrime as one of the primal threats to modern society.
His first book, Crime Dot Com, was published in August 2020 by Reaktion Books. It was adapted by the BBC World Service into the hit 10-part podcast series The Lazarus Heist, created and co-hosted by Geoff, which immediately ranked number one in the UK Apple chart and within the top 50 in the US.
He has written and presented two major podcast series for Audible. The Dark Web exposes the shadow internet created by the US military and now home to hackers, crooks and freedom fighters. It has been a top ten hit on the platform since its launch in 2017. Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe? reveals the origins of AI, and shows how the technology is seeping into everyday life.
Geoff’s own podcast series Cybercrime Investigations takes you inside the world of an investigative journalist, detailing the twists and turns as the story unfolds.
An experienced public speaker, he has given keynote talks at some of the UK’s largest tech events, in addition to hosting conferences and chairing panels at venues ranging from London’s Chatham House think-tank to the Latitude music festival.
He is also the co-creator of The Secret Life of Your Mobile Phone, a live, interactive phone hacking stage performance which shows how the global technology industry is harvesting the data leaking from your handset. The show was a sell–out hit at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017, and has been performed at music festivals, political conferences and for corporate clients.
As the technology correspondent for Channel 4 News, one of the UK’s leading daily news programmes, Geoff won multiple awards for his work on the Snowden leaks, the hacking of Britain’s largest ISP TalkTalk and his exposés of fraud in the internet dating industry. He was the creator of the programme’s Data Baby project, a unique experiment which used a fictional online persona to expose how personal data is used – and abused – online.
Geoffrey Wansell
Author & Broadcaster
Geoffrey Wansell has been writing and broadcasting about crime for more than 25 years. He was the authorised biographer of the Gloucester serial killer Frederick West, and the biographer of Levi Bellfield, the man who murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler. He has appeared in more than 150 hours of television documentaries about crime, including five series of the World’s Most Evil Killers for Sky Crime and Pick. He also presented four series of Murder by the Sea for CBS Reality. His latest book, Pure Evil, about the men and two women serving whole life sentences in this country is published by Penguin in paperback.
George Stylianou
REGO CEO
George has spent many years appreciating and articulating how distinct behavioural patterns fundamentally determine the effectiveness of working relationships and its effects on productivity and organisational efficiency.
His work has played a major role in helping Rego to attract a diverse client base within both the public and private sector.
George originally launched his sales and service consultancy back in 2005. Over the next twelve years, he built a enviable client portfolio to include the likes of David Lloyd Leisure, De Vere Hotels, Hatton Fitness, Warner Leisure Hotels and a select group of independently owned health, spa and hotel leisure businesses.
On meeting Ian Washington-Smith, a co-collaborator on a project focused on providing wellbeing programmes for staff at Walgreens/Boots Alliance, they both realised the potential of adopting a practical mind/body approach in relation to improving workplace wellness. As a result, Ian and George devoted three years to developing a concept what was originally launched as CognitiveKpi, and is now known as the Rego Approach.
Rego as the company is now known promptly became a client and in less than a year, it acquired CognitiveKpi. This coming together has created an opportunity for us all to share our in-depth knowledge and experience to help individuals over-come stress and unhelpful behaviours, build resilience and maximise personal potential.
George’s extensive experience places him in a strong position to undertake his role leading Rego to provide technology driven people solutions to support individuals and organisations to realise the genuinely ‘ground-breaking’ potential of using our proven techniques and strategies.
Helen Higgins
Crime Scene Investigator
Helen is a highly-experienced Crime Scene Investigator, working for a busy UK police force. She has dealt with numerous major and high-profile cases during her service, and examined hundreds of crime scenes. She is also a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Investigation for the University of South Wales.
How I Caught the Killer
Woodcut Media
The true crime series that reveals what it’s like to be a police officer working on homicide cases with a desperate need to catch the killer before they strike again.
Featuring exclusive officer accounts and chilling evidence, How I Caught the Killer provides a gripping insight into what it’s like to work on complex cases.
The series shines a light on a myriad of murders and the outstanding officers who made key discoveries during investigations - from the dedication of the detectives, to the forensic analysis of the CSIs and the heart-wrenching role of the family liaison officers. Each 60-minute episode focuses on a different murder case, characterised by either a unique scenario to solve, particularly ingenious police-work or especially disturbing suspects. The series will include stories from both the UK and the US. The story of the investigation will unfold with pace using multiple voices in static interviews and on key locations, the urgency of investigations will be conveyed on screen mixing footage and photographs from the actual case files.
Telling the story of the investigation from the perspective of the police - former police officer and Crimewatch presenter Rav Wilding narrates this series packed with revelations from the people who solved murders and caught killers.
Ian Washington-Smith
Ex Detective Inspector
Ian has over 30 years of policing experience and retired as a Detective Inspector having spent most of his career involved in the investigation of serious crime. He retired in 2015, after leading a Covert Unit involved in the investigation of police corruption.
He had always been interested in behaviour and in particular criminal behaviour. He was able to develop his understanding through the further study of Stoic philosophy and Albert Ellis’, Rational Emotive Behaviour Theory empowering individuals to manage difficulties through a better understanding of their responses.
His qualifications include BA Hons. Humanities (Psychology and Sociology) and the training at College of Cognitive Behaviour Therapies in London qualifying with Advanced Diploma’s in REBT; REBT Mindfulness and Hypnotherapy and Integrative Therapies.
With George Stylianou and in Rego as the company is now known they developed their “Rego Approach” moving beyond behaviour and perspective to focus on the “development of perspective.” They offer practical non-psychological explanations of subconscious activity that are compelling and bring benefits to many different audiences.
Rego have been supporting Devon & Cornwall, Hertfordshire and Thames Valley Constabularies since 2016, as well as other public and private sectors bodies. They focus on organisational culture and employees. Their solutions extend to improving wellbeing, resilience and performance as well as the detection of crime.
Jennifer Rees
Forensics Lecturer
For six years, Jennifer worked as a Forensics Lecturer, teaching CSI and forensic psychology in Further and Higher Education. Previously, she has been a trainer on the Certificate in Knowledge of Policing, training Policing recruits on interviewing techniques, as well as dealing with suspects, witnesses and victims. Having trained in counselling and psychotherapy, she was one of 50 healthcare professionals selected by Google and Johnson & Johnson for the Youth Health Parliament to write a whitepaper recommendation for the NHS, where she was appointed the Vice Chair for mental health provision. Jennifer has graduated from Birkbeck's Institute for Criminal Policy Research with a Masters in Criminal Law (LL.M). She currently works as a public speaker, talking at sell-out shows across the UK.
Jeremy Craddock
Journalist & Author
Jeremy Craddock is a journalist and author. Born in the Lake District in 1968, he worked for more than 20 years on newspapers and magazines in the north west of England. One of the biggest stories he covered was the Lady in the Lake murder case in 1997.
He now teaches multimedia journalism at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he also contributes to a media law podcast, Bang to Rights.
The Jigsaw Murders: The True Story of the Ruxton Killings and the Birth of Modern Forensics is his first book. It is a case that has haunted him since childhood as he used to live near the murder scene.
Jeremy now lives in Cheshire with his wife and two children. He is working on his next true crime book.
Joel Orme
TV Producer
Joel Orme is a freelance TV Producer who has worked in the industry for over 20 years. Starting out by working on entertainment programmes including Saturday night staples such as You've Been Framed and Stars In Their Eyes, in more recent years Joel has moved into the Crime genre, producing the series Under Attack for Channel 5. This led him to coming on board as the Series Producer for the third series of the popular Crime and Investigation programme Murdertown. Joel has always had an interest in the genre that stemmed from a murder that occurred in his hometown of Wigan when he was a teenager, and in fact that very same crime will be covered in the third series of Murdertown.
John Sweeney
Investigative Journalist
John Sweeney is a writer and a reporter, old school. John was a war reporter at The Observer for 12 years before joining the BBC where he worked Panorama and Newsnight.
He’s door-stepped Vladimir Putin, challenged Donald Trump about his connections to the mob – Trump walked away from him - reported undercover from Zimbabwe and North Korea and lost his temper with the Church of Scientology. He’s won lots of prizes including the first Paul Foot Award for helping clear the names of three innocent mothers wrongly imprisoned for killing their children.
Some of his most memorable moments on the BBC included Scientology and Me, Fake Sheikh Exposed and Trump, The Kremlin Candidate. He’s written 12 books including the best-selling novel, Elephant Moon.
John spends his time between London and Italy and is currently writing and recording a series of True Crime Podcasts for Global Radio. He loves a limoncello.
Jonathan Levi
Television Executive & Author
Jonathan Levi is a multi award winning executive producer with hundreds of hours of tv under his belt and is the managing director of Content Kings. Previous roles include Head of Arts and Popular Culture at itv studios, Executive Producer at Warner Bros and Creative Director at Blue Ant Studios. His credits in scripted include Hatton Garden starring Timothy Spall, unscripted credits include the groundbreaking Broadmoor for itv and most recently Accused of Murdering our Son: The Stephen Clark Story for itv. Jonathan is co author of the Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller Inside Broadmoor published by Bonnier.
Joshua Miles
True Crime YouTuber
Joshua Miles is a True Crime Content Creator who covers a wide range of international criminal cases in long-form video format.
With over 130,000 subscribers and counting, he is constantly working to showcase lesser known cases to the public. His main series 'The Curious Case' looks into a range of solved and unsolved cases, both current and older, and it has been airing for over 2 years.
Jo Millington
BSc (Hons) MSc PGCert MCSFS MIABPA
Forensic Scientist
Jo is a Forensic Scientist and has been using science to help solve major crime for 25 years. She started her career in Scotland, before moving to the homicide division of the Forensic Science Service in London. She transferred from there to the Specialist Forensics Division of the Metropolitan Police Service, and then joined a small independent company before setting up her own forensic consultancy. She has worked on many high-profile forensic investigations from all over the world.
She is a renowned specialist in Blood Pattern Analysis (BPA) and delivers a range of training courses, including internationally. A few years ago Jo was invited to join the Advisory Panel of Inside Justice, a charity that investigates alleged miscarriages of justice, and their work has recently been the subject of a series of documentaries - Conviction: Murder at the Station and Conviction: Murder in Suburbia.
She is also a Forensic Advisor and recently worked on Woodcut Media’s Murders That Shocked The Nation, Des, Whitehouse Farm, Silent Witness and the recent podcast Mortem.
Julia Davis
Editor in Chief, Bauer Media
Julia Davis is Editor-in-Chief of Crime Monthly, as well as two successful Bauer Media weekly magazines, Bella and heat. She’s worked in women’s and consumer magazines for 25 years and been an editor for 12 years, taking over the helm at Bella in 2008 and turning it into the market leader which it remains so today. Julia is part of Bauer’s Diversity & Inclusion committee and the company’s mentor programme. The launch of Crime Monthly was born out of her personal fascination with true crime and an acknowledgement that the genre has become increasingly popular over all platforms in recent years. It is now the top selling crime monthly in the UK covering a range of important and thought-provoking subjects and features, as well as the nation’s only dedicated crime TV, film and book section.
Kate Beal
Woodcut Media CEO
Kate Beal entered the TV industry at just 15 years old; it was in 2005 that she founded KMB Productions Ltd producing acclaimed series such as Vicars’ Wives for ITV1 and By Royal Appointment for ITV. Then in 2008, KMB became Talent TV South. Talent TV South went from strength to strength, producing hit shows such as Tina Malone: Pregnant at 50, Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook and more. Talent TV South later rebranded as Woodcut Media in 2014, and today forms part of The Anthology Group of businesses. With offices in London, Hampshire and Bristol, Woodcut Media, (part of the Anthology Group of businesses), is one of the leading Indies in the UK, producing a broad range of factual programming. A leading true crime producer (Murder at My Door with Kym Marsh, The Beverley Allitt Tapes, The Killer in My Family, World’s Most Evil Killers), Woodcut works with multiple broadcasters worldwide such as Channel 5, Sky, National Geographic, Smithsonian Channel, Discovery and CI etc. Kate is also the author of The Krays: The Prison Years. 
Kate Morgan
Author
Kate Morgan is the author of Murder: The Biography, a history of the law around homicide in the UK, published by HarperCollins in Spring 2021. Kate qualified as a solicitor in 2008 and worked as a senior in-house lawyer for a number of years, specialising in health & safety and white-collar offences. She has also lectured in law and written for specialist legal publications. Murder: The Biography is her first book.
Kerry Daynes
Forensic Psychologist
Best known for her role as ‘The Profiler’ on Discovery’s Faking It: Tears of A Crime, Kerry Daynes is instantly recognisable as the UK’s best known and most respected forensic psychologist. With over 25 years at the frontline of her profession she appears regularly on TV and is the author of the best-selling book The Dark Side of The Mind. 2021 sees a brand-new series of Faking It, plus specials focusing on Michael Jackson, family killer Chris Watts and serial killer Ted Bundy. Kerry has also presented a three-part series on Jack the Ripper: Hidden Victims series for Channel 5. An impressive speaker, Kerry is bright, funny, and brings knowledge and experience gained through a remarkable career that has seen her stabbed, the victim of a terrifying stalker and locked in a cell with a dangerous prisoner for misogynistic laughs. Kerry’s next book will be published later this year.
Koulla Anastasi
Commercial Director, Woodcut Media
Koulla Anastasi is Commercial Director and Executive Producer at Woodcut Media. Working alongside CEO, Kate Beal, she is responsible for expanding the company’s global activities, with an initial emphasis on the North American and European territories and also spearheads the company’s fledgling programme sales business, Woodcut International. Her remit focuses on the strategic development of Woodcut’s true crime and specialist factual programming, building global partnerships, and new project co-development.
Prior to joining Woodcut, Koulla was Channel Director for Crime + Investigation at A+E Networks® UK and responsible for developing and driving the brand and editorial strategy for CI and Lifetime across commissions and acquisitions in the UK & Ireland and EMEA. She has developed, produced and commissioned more than 250 hours of true crime programming, including Murders That Shocked The Nation, Murder At My Door with Kym Marsh, Jo Frost on Killer Kids, the RTS award-winning Robbie Coltrane’s Critical Evidence, Murdertown with Katherine Kelly, Britain’s Darkest Taboos and the flagship documentary series, Crimes That Shook Britain.
Lea Thorley
Wife of Peter Thorley, sister-in-law of Beryl Evans
Lea Thorley has spent decades helping her husband Peter to solve the mysteries of 10 Rillington Place. Peter is the brother of Beryl Evans, who was brutally murdered in the house along with her baby daughter, Geraldine. After eight savage killings there, Lea and Peter were convinced that John ‘Reg’ Christie committed six of the murders. Timothy Evans was also hanged for strangling his daughter Geraldine and charged within the murder of Beryl. Evans was later pardoned, but Lea was amazed to discover that his conviction was never officially quashed. Peter told her how he had seen Evans threatening Beryl. Lea and Peter knew that Evans was an extremely violent man and they believe that he did, indeed, kill Beryl and Geraldine. Lea played a crucial role in gathering the evidence for Peter’s bestselling book, ‘Inside 10 Rillington Place’.
Lisa Cutts
Detective Constable
Lisa has spent over two decades within Kent's CID. In the Major Crime Department, she has worked on numerous murders, sexual offences and kidnaps. Her roles have included Disclosure Officer on a large-scale historic child sexual abuse investigation, Officer in the Case on murders, arsons and rapes, interviewing murder suspects and all manner of other enquiries. Lisa is a published crime writer.
Lisa Howells
Assistant Editor Crime Monthly Magazine
Lisa Howells has been a journalist in consumer media for the past 20 years and has worked across a huge range of market-leading magazines. She is currently Assistant Editor of recent true-crime launch Crime Monthly, which takes an in-depth look at modern crimes and cold cases, as well as the biggest historical investigations. In addition, she is also the Books Editor for the magazine, and has been a judge for the British Book Awards 2020: Crime & Thriller category and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2020. She frequently hosts author Q&As both online and in the real world when allowed.
Louise Shorter
Founder & Investigator – Inside Justice
Louise was a Producer of BBC’s long-running investigative TV series Rough Justice for 10 years before setting up Inside Justice. She is on the Board of Directors of Inside Time and was a consultant to the Guardian’s Justice on Trial website when it was launched. Louise is also a member of the Ministry of Justice's Youth Justice Board. Louise continues to be involved in casework investigations, chairs the Inside Justice expert Advisory Panel and acts as a spokesperson as well as on media projects, most recently Raw Television’s Conviction series for BBC.
Louise Hulland
Journalist and Broadcaster
Louise is a Sony Award winning journalist, TV & radio presenter, documentary maker and author - specialising in crime and investigations. In 2020 Louise published her first book, Stolen Lives, which is an investigation into human trafficking in the UK.
Her work has seen her report on unlicensed minicabs, girl gangs, organised crime, modern slavery, female bouncers, HIV in young people and has more than a decade of experience in news, current affairs, radio and TV production, and documentaries.
Louise currently hosts a breakfast show on BBC regional radio, and TV credits include BBC One’s The One Show, Watchdog, Watchdog Daily, Inside Out, ITV London News, ITN, and Channel 5’s Celebrity Trolls: We’re Coming to Get You.
Louise has worked with Woodcut Media many times, voicing their acclaimed series Killer in My Family, and producing The Krays: The Prison Years. Louise also worked with the team for her investigative crime documentaries for London Live. 
Lucy Snow
Senior Transformation Manager at Refuge
Lucy Snow is Senior Transformation Manager at Refuge and leads on developments to the 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline. Lucy has provided support to women on sexual and domestic abuse helplines in the UK and US and has a Masters in Woman and Child Abuse studies.
Lynda La Plante
Author
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National theatre and RDC before becoming a television actress. She then turned to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows. Her novels have all been international bestsellers. Her original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards from BAFTA, Emmy, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda has written and produced over 170 hours of international television.
Lynda is one of only three screenwriters to have been made an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer Award in 2000. In 2008, she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature, Drama and Charity.
Lynda is known for her meticulous research and authenticity. Lynda was the first lay person to be awarded with an honorary fellowship by The Forensic Science Society and fronts the true crime podcast “Listening To The Dead”.
Lyndon Smith
Ex-Detective Sergeant CEO & Co Founder Consulting Cops
An Ex-DS experienced in serious crime, Family Liaison work, Major Incident Rooms and Court Case Management. During a colourful career he served with the MPS, Dyfed-Powys Police and the Royal Military Police.
Marc Sigsworth
Director & Producer
Marc Sigsworth is a director and executive producer whose documentary films have been nominated for awards including the Amnesty Media Award for Iraq's Secret War Files (C4), the Grierson award for Stabbed (BBC1), the BAFTA current affairs award for All in a Good Cause (BBC1) and the RTS Home Current Affairs Award for Look Who's Working (C4) and Prisons Uncovered: Out of Control? for ITV. Many of Marc's films have been shown in the highly competitive 9pm slot. Nicking the Neighbours, Road Rage and Council Houses Cheats and Victims achieved some of the highest viewing figures for factual programmes on BBC1 in the year they were broadcast.
Marc has recently made two films about unsolved murders through his production company Turquoise TV: Jill Dando: The Twenty Year Mystery and he is currently in production on a 90 minute documentary about the unsolved murder of Suzy Lamplugh for C5.
Marie McCourt
Campaigner and victims’ champion
Marie McCourt was an ordinary, working, mum until one stormy night in February 1988 – when her 22 year old daughter, Helen, failed to return home from work.
Helen’s disappearance – just 700 yards from her home in Billinge, Merseyside - triggered one of the biggest missing person’s enquiries in the country.
Local pub landlord Ian Simms was charged and convicted of her murder as a result of overwhelming and groundbreaking forensic evidence (which has only become stronger over the years).
The case made global headlines as the first murder conviction without a body to use DNA evidence. It was also believed to be only the third ever ‘missing body murder’ conviction in Britain since the Second World War.
To this day, Simms’ refuses to say where Helen’s body is.
Determined that her daughter should have a decent, Christian, burial, devout Catholic Marie began a heartbreaking quest to find Helen’s remains and bring her home. The next three decades saw her embark on gruelling searches, become a champion for victims’ rights and take her fight for justice all the way to Westminster.
Mark Austin
Editor of History of a Drowning Boy
Mark first met Dennis Nilsen in 1992 following a year-long correspondence. Curiosity was his initial motive for contact (Mark had previously lived close to one of Dennis’ flat in North London) but they soon became friends. Over the years, Dennis handed Mark all of his writings, notes, documents, poems, received letters, official prison papers and reports, clothing, audio cassettes and artefacts etc, in fact, all his possessions – as they accumulated – for safe keeping. In 2009, he was registered as his next of kin and, in 2018, he was the only ‘civilian’ to attend Dennis’ funeral.
History of a Drowning Boy - Dennis Nilsen The Autobiography
In February 2021, Dennis Nilsen’s abridged autobiography will be published for the first time.

Seven years after his conviction in November 1983, Dennis Nilsen wrote more than 3.5 million words during his decades in prison. The Home Office banned the release of History of a Drowning Boy while Dennis was alive. He died in May 2018, leaving his memoirs to his next of kin, Mark Austin.
Dennis Nilsen is one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers, jailed for life after
being convicted of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder. Nilsen’s
(abridged but unedited 125,000 words) autobiography presents his life story in his
own words alongside a foreword from criminologist Dr Mark Pettigrew and an
introduction from Mark Austin.
Any profits from History of a Drowning Boy will be donated to victims charities.
Mark Pettigrew
Researcher and Criminologist
Dr Mark Pettigrew (BA Hons; MA; PhD; FHEA) is an award winning researcher and criminologist. After completing his doctoral research on capital punishment and death row incarceration in the United States, Mark began his career researching the use of whole life imprisonment in England & Wales and the crimes that give rise to the sentence. Since then, Mark has published extensively on sexual paraphilic disorders and their role in homicide and serial killing. His current research interests include sexual paraphilic disorders, homicide dynamics, and the crime scene behaviours of sexually motivated killers.
Mark Williams-Thomas MA
Investigative Journalist
A former police detective and a criminologist who has far-reaching experience of working at the center of high-profile investigations and undertaking major reviews.
Mark has over the last decade reported on nearly all the biggest crime stories including: Oscar Pistorius, The Alps murders, Tia Sharp murder , Claudia Lawrence murder, the murder of Alice Gross and the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
It was Mark's programme in 2012 for ITV's Exposure that finally exposed Jimmy Savile as one of the nation’s worst ever paedophiles. As a direct result of Mark's investigation, the Metropolitan police set up Operation Yewtree which led to the arrest of high-profile celebrities Rolf Harris and Max Clifford.
Martyn Linton
Serving Detective Sergeant
As a young person Martyn was involved with a low level street gang. In later life he joined the police and became a Detective working on a busy London Borough where he proactively investigated gang crimes. He has spent time in the US where he has completed gangs training and patrolled with gang enforcement units. He holds a US title of Certified Basic Gang Specialist and now teaches professionals on gangs and exploitation.
Matthew Gardner
Retired Chief Superintendent Metropolitan Police
A senior executive with longstanding experience in leading complex operational delivery across a highly complex public sector organisation. As former head of the Metropolitan Police DPS (Directorate of Professional Standards), Matt is a key note speaker at International Conferences such as 'EPAC- - European Partners Against Corruption, as well as being a GRECO evaluator for the European Commission and the International Police Lead for 'Curbing Corruption'.
Matt is an ethical leader and whilst in Service, his values and beliefs set the tone and standard across London’s police service of 50,000 employees. Matt has a comprehensive background in cultural change programmes and leadership. He is a great advocate of the “Rego Approach” and its focus on the solutions that can be gained from an understanding of the “development perspective”. He has benefitted personally from what he has learned and works to help organisations and institutions find new solutions with the benefit of this understanding as a Senior Associate in Rego.
Matthew Gordon
Executive Producer, Woodcut Media
With an illustrious career spanning more than 20 years, Matthew has worked across factual, features and documentary programming; from science and history through to drama-docs and consumer journalism. Other credits include Comic Relief does Car Booty (BBC1), Four in a Bed (Channel 4), Can’t Pay We’ll Take It Away and Murdered by my Fiancé (Channel 5). He is Executive Producer and showrunner for a number of Woodcut Media’s true crime series, including How I Caught The Killer (Sky Crime), Killer In My Family (Discovery+) and Murder At My Door (Crime + Investigation).
Matthew Steeples
A graduate of the London School of Economics, Matthew Steeples is a writer and marketing consultant. Prior to embarking on his writing career, Steeples advised companies in the food and drink sector on marketing strategies and organised showcases for renowned photographers and artists including John Stoddart, William Cookson and Aliona Adrianova. He conceived The Steeple Times as a media arena to fill the void between the Mail Online, The Huffington Post and such organs as the New York Social Diary in 2012 and has been lauded most especially for his investigative work into the Madeleine McCann and Ghislaine Maxwell cases.
Michael Buchanan-Dunne
Creator of Murder Mile Walks & Murder Mile Podcast
Michael is the creator of Murder Mile Walks and Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast. As a former author of very dark comedies at the Edinburgh Fringe Festivals and as a BBC & ITV trained script-editor, Michael brings something different to true-crime podcasting by infusing his passion for telling true-life stories about real people in difficult circumstances, all of which are told in an honest, sensitive and compelling way.
Michelle Chappell
Michelle joined Workerbee as Creative Director in 2019, leading a wide range of non-scripted from premium documentaries to factual entertainment for the UK and global markets. Before joining Workerbee, Michelle spent the last 10 years as a commissioning editor in the Channel 4 Documentaries department and Channel 5 Factual, responsible for series and singles such as The Bulger Killers, The Supervet, Secret Life of the Zoo, Rich House Poor House and World's Toughest Prisons. Prior to commissioning, Michelle worked for the BBC and in production for 12 years, where she launched The One Show and Crimewatch Roadshow for BBC1.
Miles Manning
Ex-Detective Sergeant
Miles was the Family Liaison Coordinator for many recent high profile terrorists attacks as well as The Tsunami. He is recognised as an expert in dealing with the death of UK nationals abroad. Miles was also The National Coordinator for The National Prisons Unit with an in depth knowledge of Policing within the Prisons Estate.
Murders that Shocked A Nation
Woodcut Media
Renowned journalist and presenter, Fred Dinenage takes a fresh new look at the murders that shocked the UK in the 20th century and the killers who committed them. In "Murder That Shocked the Nation" Dinenage guides the viewer step by step through the real stories. From the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK to the mystery disappearance of Lord Lucan, Dinenage meets with the people whose lives were affected by these crimes, experts who were involved in the investigations and journalists from the time. Leading criminologist Professor David Wilson also gives valuable and fascinating insights into each killer, ranging from “Black Panther” Donald Neilson to the “Brides in the Bath” murderer George Joseph Smith. "Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook" features criminology, forensic science and other modern techniques used to analyze crimes and to understand the motive, method and impact they had then, and still have even now.
Nancy Baughen
Executive Producer and Director
Nancy has over 20 years’ experience in organising live events and is an expert in creating experiences and memories for targeted audiences. True crime is a recently newly discovered genre for Nancy, a genre that has captivated her immensely. Nancy would now consider herself a true crime enthusiast and has been warmly welcomed by the true crime community. Every month, Nancy hosts CrimeCon UK book club on Instagram Live with Geoffrey Wansell.
As Event Director CrimeCon UK she works hard to curate a wide-ranging program that has something for everyone and that combines hands-on learning with plenty of chances to have fun meeting speakers, podcasters, and other fans. Despite that, hardly a day goes by that she doesn’t think about the fact that the topics CrimeCon covers often involve the worst day of someone’s life. Respect for victims, families, and law enforcement is always at the forefront of everything she and the wider CrimeCon team do.
Nazir Afzal OBE
Nazir was Chief Crown Prosecutor for NW England and formerly Director in London. Most recently, he was Chief Executive of the country’s Police & Crime Commissioners. During a 24 year career, has prosecuted some of the most high profile cases in the country and advised on many other and led nationally on several legal topics including Violence against Women & Girls, child sexual abuse, and honour based violence.
Ned Parker
Executive Producer and Director
Executive Producer and Director Ned Parker has been making television for nearly 20 years. He has worked on projects for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and a range of US broadcasters and in recent years he has been involved in a number of Netflix projects including ‘Formula 1: Drive to Survive’, ‘The last Czars’ and ‘I Am A Killer’.
‘I Am A Killer, originally produced for Crime + Investigation and Netflix in 2018, was Ned’s first foray into the true crime genre and he has overseen both series of the show as well as the spin-off mini-series ‘I Am A Killer: Released’.
In 2020 he oversaw the Sky and Oxygen series ‘The Murderer& Me’ and ‘Living with a Serial Killer’ and is the co-host of the podcast ‘Letters from a Killer’ which began airing in April 2021 and was the Apple’s number 1 crime podcast for the UK.
Neil Lancaster
Author & Former Metropolitan Police officer
Neil spent 25 years in the Metropolitan Police as a Detective Sergeant conducting investigations into the most serious criminals across the UK and beyond. He was a surveillance and covert policing specialist using all types of techniques to arrest and prosecute drug dealers, human traffickers, fraudsters, and murderers. He also successfully prosecuted wealthy and corrupt members of the legal profession involved in organised immigration crime.
Neil is a bestselling novelist with a number of published books inspired by his time in the police.
Professor Patricia Wiltshire
BSc, PhD, DSc (hc), FRSB, FCSFS, FLS
Forensic Ecologist
Patricia Wiltshire is a leading academic in the fields of botany and forensic ecology, with over 40 years of experience. A one-of-a-kind memoir on a truly fascinating career, her book Traces has true crime roots, while also touching on subjects of psychology, geography, and chemistry, as well as the universal themes of nature and mortality.
Pat shows how her work with a microscope reveals tell-tale traces of the world around us, and how these have taken suspects of the darkest criminal activities to court. From flowers, fungi, tree trunks to car pedals, walking boots, carpets, and corpses' hair, Traces is a fascinating, unique, and utterly compelling book on life, death, and one's indelible link with nature.
Professor Paul Britton
Consultant Psychologist
The founder of modern psychological criminal profiling in the UK, Professor Paul Britain has advised in a number of prominent murder investigations including the murder of Naomi Smith; the murder of Carol Wardell; the murders by Frederick and Rosemary West; the murder, abductions and extortions by Michael Sams; the murder of Rachel Nickell; the murder of Janet Brown; the murder of James Bulger; the Leicestershire DNA Murders; the Midlands prostitute murders and the Carl Bridgewater Murder Appeal. Such is his expertise and experience, he was commissioned by the Home Office to review forensic profiling internationally, and to recommend a national development strategy for the UK. In the course of his work, he has examined, treated and reviewed hundreds of men, women and children, detained by the Courts or as voluntary patients, who were offenders, suspects or victims in serious crime. Reported upon these people, and given evidence, on behalf of both the Crown Prosecution Service and the Defendants in the Crown Court and before the Lord Chief Justice in his Court of Appeal. Joint author/designer of the internationally successful CATCHEM database for managing and profiling child abduction, murder and extortion cases. As well as advising the Home Office and Association of Chief Police Officers Crime Committee on offender profiling, he has spent more than 20 years working as a consultant clinical and forensic psychologist, as well as being the former head of the Regional Forensic Psychology Service for Trent. He currently teaches clinical and forensic psychology at Birmingham City University.
Paul Sutherland
Host The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast
Hailing from North Wales, since 2017 The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast has gone from a simple blog to a 150 episode plus still going strong podcast that regularly features crime cases you’ll not usually be familiar with, not even believe sometimes - but that are always true, collected from all corners of the UK and Ireland: Curating and bringing you these is Paul Sutherland - researcher, writer, podcaster, music fan, joker, all round hero and True Crime Enthusiast of the shows title.
Peter Faulding
Founder & CEO of Specialist Group International
The founder & CEO of Specialist Group International (SGI), a world renowned company specialising in forensic search on land and underwater. Peter is a leading forensic search specialist and has worked on hundreds of cases, locating and recovering vital evidence and human remains in the remotest of places.
Peter has worked on many high profile missing person and ‘no body’ murder investigations including the serial killer Peter Tobin, Linda Razzell, April Jones, the mystery death of MI6 officer Gareth Williams and many more. He has trained police search advisers and the military at the police National Search Centre. Peter has been a guest of the United States Secret Service and presented to their specialist teams, the US military and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at their training school in Quantico Virginia, USA. Peter is a qualified commercial diver, helicopter and fixed wing pilot and holds UK & US licenses.
Peter Thorley
Brother of Beryl Evans
Peter Thorley is the brother of Beryl Evans, who was brutally murdered in 10 Rillington Place in 1949. Eight bodies were discovered, and Peter has spent several decades trying to find out what really happened to his sister. He grew up with mass murderer John ‘Reg’ Christie, who was hanged for his crimes in Rillington Place. Timothy Evans, Beryl’s husband, was also hanged and later pardoned. However, Peter has come up with new evidence and believes that Timothy was guilty of murdering Beryl and her daughter Geraldine. Peter visited Rillington Place many times to see his sister and niece, even playing cards and enjoying tea and sticky buns with Christie. His bestselling book, ‘Inside 10 Rillington Place’, was published by Mirror Books in 2020. Peter’s riveting story has been covered extensively in the national media.
Reece Watkinson
Documentary filmmaker
Reece is a filmmaker based in St Albans, Hertfordshire and runs an independent production company called Blackboard Films, who specialise in producing access documentaries.
Having graduated from university in 2007, Reece went straight into television production as runner. He worked his way up, and honed his craft of storytelling working on popular formats such as Secret Life of 4 Year Old’s, Interior Design Masters, and Grand Designs.
Whilst working as a Producer/Director on itv’s This Morning in 2016 making human interest films, he met Mark Williams-Thomas and together they made a short crime series for the show. They are still working on projects together now.
In 2017 Reece launched Blackboard Films with a fellow Series Producer to create digital content for brands, and develop their own non-scripted television ideas. Mark soon approached them with the idea to make a documentary about the Nicola Payne case. Filming began in 2018 as Mark re-investigated the case, and the cameras have followed his findings.
Refuge
Refuge is committed to a world where violence against women and girls (VAWG) is no longer tolerated. For almost 50 years, Refuge have empowered women and children to rebuild their lives, free from fear and violence, by providing a range of life-saving and life-changing services.
Today Refuge are the largest single provider of specialist services to 7,000 survivors of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence on any given day. Providing a national network of 48 refuges, child support services, independent advocacy and community outreach. They also run specialist services for survivors of modern slavery, ‘honour’-based violence, and female genital mutilation. Refuge also runs the Freephone 24 hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline which acts as a lifeline to women and the gateway to specialist services across the country.
Richard Lamplugh
Suzy Lamplugh’s Brother
Richard Lamplugh is the elder bother by one year of Suzy Lamplugh. It has been 35 years since Suzy’s abduction and murder; the Lamplugh family have found it very difficult not knowing where her body has been placed, and there have been many times when their hopes have been dashed. Richard was so saddened that his parents Paul and Diana did not live to see a positive outcome; they would dearly have wanted to bury Suzy where they chose to, not were her murder has.
Richard is extremely proud of his parents for setting up of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust. Even during the first few weeks of Suzy’s disappearance, Richard’s Mum Diana knew she wanted something good to come out of this tragedy. With the drive of both Richard’s parents, it has. It is so gratifying to Richard that this positive impact is continuing after their deaths, with the same mission to reduce the risk of violence and aggression through campaigning, education, and support.
As part of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, Paul and Diana Lamplugh set up a stalking helpline offering advice and training in the workplace as well as online to loan workers. Paul and Diana Lamplugh strove to create a society in which people are safer and feel safer from violence and aggression; they wanted people to be able to live life to the full.
It is testament to society that the work of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust is still needed, especially considering recent tragedies.
Richard Law
Ex-Detective Constable
Richard served as a Detective Crime Scene Investigator and Crime Scene Manager / Coordinator. He was responsible for planning and overseeing the examination of well over 5000 major crime-scenes. Richard is currently a full-time lecturer in Forensic Science with the University of South Wales.
Rik Hall
Monster Films
An award-winning docudrama specialist, Rik’s credits include ‘Ten Ways To Kill Bin Laden’ for History, Samurai Back From the Dead for Channel 4 and Kennedy’s Suicide Bomber for Smithsonian. With David Howard, Rik set up Monster Films in 2016, with the aim of making visually arresting films, with a uniquely visceral voice.
Robert Strange
Author and former Fleet Street crime reporter
With the full cooperation of the Scotland Yard Detective who spent years leading the murder investigation and search for Lord Lucan, Robert Strange wrote a best-selling book, and produced a Channel Four film about the case of the missing Earl. A published author of several other modern history books, Robert is a former Fleet Street crime reporter who was one of the first journalists on the scene on the night that the peer’s family nanny was bludgeoned to death in Lord Lucan’s Belgravia home. Throughout a long career as a television executive producer for both UK and American broadcasters he has never ceased making his own inquiries into the murder case and the whereabouts of the chief suspect, Lord Lucan. His latest research has exclusively uncovered facts about the killing which Robert believes would prove Lord Lucan’s innocence were he ever to surrender to the arrest warrant for murder that still exists in his name within the files of the Metropolitan Police.
Rossa McPhillips MBE
Rossa McPhillips MBE spent 10 years in British Military Intelligence, which included tours of Afghanistan and an attachment with UK Special Forces. This role involved working with the UK and other intelligence services on worldwide operations. Rossa left the army after receiving his MBE for a mission in Central Africa and moved into a intelligence analyst role with Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism. He received a Superintendent's Commendation for his work with the Metropolitan Police. He is now pursuing a career in screenwriting, specialising in crime and spy projects. Rossa is represented by Culverhouse Associates.
Ruth Bond
Alpha Canine Specialists
Alpha Canine Specialists is a bespoke highly motivated organisation who have husband and wife team Chris and Ruth Bond at its heart. Chris has 30 years of experience in the canine world and started with MWD in the British Army in the 80’s and throughout the years continued in different sectors. Chris spent 15 years as a volunteer with UK LandSar as a dog handler and search manager where he worked on many missing person searches some turning into murder enquiries from Daniel Nolan in Hampshire to the domestic related incident of a mother of two from Suffolk. Chris was also involved in high-profile cases across East Anglia. Ruth has joined the canine world in the last ten years and has stamped her presence with her Drug Detection Dog Stanley. She has taken a leading role in many Drugs operations lead by the Metropolitan Police to disrupt local drug dealers.
Professor Samantha Lundrigan
Criminal Investigative Psychologist
Professor Sam Lundrigan is a Criminal Investigative Psychologist
interested in the application of psychology to the understanding and investigation of stranger sexual violence. Sam has published widely in the field of geographic profiling, the spatial behaviour of serial murderers and the crime scene characteristics of stranger rape. She works closely with police and has provided offender and geographic profiles on serious crime investigations in the UK, USA and New Zealand. In 2016, she was appointed Director of the Policing Research Institute at Anglia Ruskin University where, working closely with national policing agencies, she leads research and innovation in the investigation and prevention of child sexual abuse and exploitation.
Shaun Atwood
Shaun Attwood is a former stock-market millionaire and Ecstasy trafficker turned YouTuber, public speaker, author and activist, who is banned from America for life.
Shaun’s writing – smuggled out of the jail with the highest death rate in America – attracted international media attention to the human rights violations: murders by guards and gang members, dead rats in the food, cockroach infestations…
While incarcerated, Shaun was forced to reappraise his life. He read over 1,000 books in just under six years. By studying original texts in psychology and philosophy, he sought to better understand himself and his past behaviour.
Shaun is writing a series of books exposing the War on Drugs, featuring the CIA and the cocaine Mafia. He is writing the longest ever Escobar biography: Pablo Escobar’s Story – 4 books totalling over 1,000 pages.
On his true-crime podcast on YouTube, he interviews people with hard-hitting crime stories and harrowing prison experiences.
Simon Hobson
Ex-Detective Constable
Simon has vast experience within the MPS in Criminal Investigation. He has 15 years of FLO experience working within the most sensitive of investigations. His particular specialism lay in child homicide investigation , Category ‘A’ Homicide investigations and Road Death investigations
Dr Sohom Das
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
Dr Sohom Das (MBChB, BSc, MSc, MRCPsych) is Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist who lives and works in London. This niche specialism involves the crossroads of offending and severe mental illness. In his role, Dr Das assesses, treats and rehabilitates mentally disordered offenders (or who the tabloids but tabloids might call ‘the criminally insane’).
Dr Das is also an experienced expert witness, who regularly provides evidence to the Criminal Court and advises judges about a range of medico-legal issues. He assesses defendants in courts, in prisons and in special secure psychiatric units that are reserved for the most dangerous and violent mentally ill patients.
His subjects typically assault, rob, stab, set fires and rape. Some kill. They suffer a range of mental illnesses from schizophrenia, to Bipolar Affective Disorder to Anti-Social Personality Disorder. Their crimes and are often driven by paranoia, delusions of grandeur and hearing voices.
Dr Das has made miscellaneous media appearances; from appearing on Murder, Mystery and my family on BBC 1, to being interviewed on Radio 4. He hosts the true crime YouTube channel, A Psych for Sore Minds. He is also an author and has dabbled in stand-up comedy.
The Real Mr Smith
Ex-Detective Constable
Dominic's area of expertise surrounds working against Serious Organised Crime Groups including Terrorist organisations. He worked as a deep Undercover Office for 15 years in the guise of an HGV driver, multi kilo drug dealer, and corrupt Police Officer to name but a few. He was deployed to work with MI5, HMRC and other Police Forces within the UK, Europe and the USA
The Real Mrs Smith
Ex-Detective Constable
Veronica has over 25 years experience within the Counter Terrorism and Serious Crime environment. She has been deployed as an Undercover Officer, both nationally and internationally, working with other agencies and overseas covert units dealing with cases such as contract killings and high value frauds. Veronica currently delivers counter terrorism training to foreign agencies
Tracey Hobson
Ex-SOCO / Fingerprint Expert
Tracey's expertise is as a Scenes Of Crime Officer having worked for the MPS on general casework and as part of the forensic team who dealt with both the Marchioness and Alpha Piper disasters. Tracey worked within SO4 learning all aspects of fingerprints allowing her to give expert evidence in this field at criminal and civil courts.
Wensley Clarkson
Author
WENSLEY CLARKSON has investigated numerous crimes across the world for the past thirty years. His research has included prison visits, surveillance operations, police raids and even post mortems.
Clarkson's books - published in more than thirty countries - have sold more than two million copies. He has made numerous documentaries in the UK, US, Australia and Spain and written TV and movie screenplays. His most recent major TV project is Florida-based drama series Boca Grande which he created, developed and wrote with BAFTA award-winning Peaky Blinders director David Caffrey. Clarkson's recent book Sexy Beasts - about the Hatton Garden raid - was nominated for a Crime Writer's Association Dagger award.
Zoe Hines
Zoe Hines is a Series Producer and BAFTA, Grierson and RTS award-winning Self-Shooting Director (Muslims Like Us, Race Across the World and Bear Grylls Survival School), with experience filming in over 20 countries worldwide. In 2017, Zoe joined Danny Tipping on the first series of I Am A Killer and has since continued to work as a Series Producer across Transistor Films’ factual slate.
