Sinister South
Join Rachel and Hannah on the Sinister South Podcast as they explore the shadowy corners of South London. Each episode digs into the gritty true crime stories that have left their mark on the local streets of South London. They’ll introduce you to the victims and dissect the mysteries while giving you a taste of the places these dramas unfolded. It’s not all doom and gloom; Rach and Han also have plenty of nonsense to chat about! So whether you're a true crime buff or just curious about the darker tales from their neck of the woods, pull up a chair, tune in and join the mischief!
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Episodes
75 episodes
The Torture Gang: The Richardsons’ Reign in South London
This week we’re diving into one of South London’s darkest and most infamous stories. The rise and fall of the Richardson Gang. A firm built on scrap metal, long-firm frauds, fruit machines, corrupt officers, brutal punishments and a level of vi...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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1:44:42
The Student Predator: The Case of Zhenhao Zou
A plausible-looking PhD student at University College London, living the student life — until the mask slipped. Zhenhao Zou invited women to his flat under the guise of study or drinks, used drugs to incapacitate them, then filmed the assaults....
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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57:38
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Marked as Solved: The Axe Murders of Brian Price and Susan Tetrault
This week, we kick things off with talk of fireworks, chaotic bonfire night crowds, and Hannah dropping some insanely awesome news (the kind that actually makes us both a bit emotional). But after that burst of brightness, we take a sh...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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1:15:40
Halloween Compendium: Four senseless deaths on Halloween night
The Halloween CompendiumFour Halloween nights. Four South London stories. None with a happy ending.This episode brings together the cases of Scotty Kouebitra, Rocky Djelal, Ben Gardner, and Richard Price, four men whose liv...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:51:29
Taken by Mistake: The Muriel McKay Story
We start this one with a bit of chaos, as usual, a catch-up about gigs, half term, the price of fireworks and the ongoing trauma of David Walliams audiobooks (because honestly, why is he everywhere?). But once we’ve had our rant, we’re heading ...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:12:57
Thomas Neill Cream: The Doctor Who Couldn’t Keep His Mouth Shut
After a chaotic catch-up involving friendship break-ups, ignored WhatsApp messages, and the glamour of eating Super Noodles in the bath, we take a sharp turn into the gas-lit streets of Victorian Lambeth.This week, we’re heading back to ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:10:03
The Beast of Bermondsey: The horrific crimes of Michael Roberts
On Boxing Day 1988, a 57-year-old woman returned home to her Bermondsey flat after spending Christmas with family. Inside, someone was waiting. Over the next 18 months, four elderly women across Southwark and Rotherhithe would be brutally attac...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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1:19:57
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The devastating case of Daniel Evbuomwan
In this week's episode, we cover the devastating case of three-year-old Daniel Evbuomwan, who was murdered in a house in Downham by his own uncle, Ben Igbinedion. It's a case that shocked the local community, not only because of Daniel's young ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:04:23
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Bludgeoned in Bed: The West Norwood Lodging Murder of Donald MacPherson and Luciano Schiano
In October 2009, two men were brutally murdered inside a flat in West Norwood, South London. Donald MacPherson, a Scottish chef and grandfather, and Luciano Schiano, a familiar face on Streatham High Street where he sold The Big Issue,...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:04:10
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Execution in Tulse Hill: The Killing of Avril ‘Miss Irie’ Johnson
In the summer of 1998, 30-year-old mother and DJ Avril “Miss Irie” Johnson was brutally murdered in her own home in Tulse Hill. Armed men forced their way in, tied up her family, and executed Avril in front of her husband and two young daughter...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:05:41
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Boiled to Bones: The Gruesome Murder of Julia Martha Thomas
We're back in Victorian South London with a case so grim it became known as the Barnes mystery. In March 1879, widow Julia Martha Thomas hired a new servant, Kate Webster - a decision that would prove fatal. Within weeks Julia was dead, dismemb...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:20:26
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The murder of Lee Rigby: Terror in Woolwich
We're back! Season 3 is a go... what does season 3 do differently from season 2 you ask? Well... nothing really! HOWEVER... We're back with a big ol’ case – the brutal murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich in 2013.In this episo...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:43:41
Lakanal House: The Fire We Should Have Learned From
We start this week chatting about Hannah’s all-consuming new farming obsession (no, not in real life – in a mobile game) and Rachel’s daughter delivering the line of the year to a would-be eight-year-old suitor. But soon we turn to ...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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1:15:27
The Man Who Never Was: Romance Scammer Fredrick Diji
Camberwell, South London. A quiet flat just off the main road. Nothing about it stood out—least of all the man inside. But for over a decade, Frederick Diji was running a romance scam so insidious, one victim sent him money for 14 years....
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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1:15:01
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Driven to Kill: The Murder of Levi Ernest-Morrison
A teenage boy. A knock at the door. And a mother who made a devastating choice.In this episode, we tell the story of 17-year-old Levi Ernest-Morrison — a kind, funny, and thoughtful boy from Sydenham with a love of motorbikes, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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1:04:39
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Five Litres of Petrol: The Murders of Nabiha and Maleha Masud
On a quiet summer night in Tooting, five litres of petrol were poured through a family's letterbox and lit. By morning sisters Nabiha and Maleha Masud were dying in hospital. The attack came without warning, leaving detectives and the girls gri...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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1:11:00
Seven shots on the northern line: The killing of Jean Charles de Menezes
In this week’s episode of Sinister South, we revisit one of the most harrowing chapters in modern British policing – the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. On 22nd July 2005, just two weeks after the 7/7 London bombings, Jean Charles, a...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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1:12:10
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The Murder of Lorraine Benson: DNA, Danger, and a System That Didn't Listen
In the winter of 1988, 22-year-old Lorraine Benson left a work Christmas party in Clapham Junction and never made it home. Her murder shocked South London – not just because of its brutality, but because it exposed the serious failings in how v...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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1:03:39
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The body in the boot: The horrific case of Gagandip Singh
In February 2011, 21-year-old Gagandip Singh was found in the boot of his burning car on a residential road in Blackheath. At first, police thought it might’ve been a stolen vehicle, torched for the hell of it, but what they uncovered was a cal...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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1:13:16
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Murdered for what he knew: Bulic Forsythe
In this episode, recorded amid cat flap dramas, church hall trauma, and a frankly terrifying inflatable dinosaur, we dive into one of the most disturbing and under-reported cases in South London’s history: the murder of Bulic Forsythe.In...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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Lightning Struck Twice – Naomi Hunte & Fiona Holm
This week we bring you the devastating story of two women, Naomi Hunte and Fiona Holm, both murdered by the same man: Carl Cooper. Both had warned police. Both were ignored. And both were lost because no one acted when it mattered.We tal...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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1:13:17
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The Murder of Riches Obi – Sham Marriages, Real Consequences
After a slightly chaotic opening involving anxiety spirals, pocket-based trouser strategy, and a traumatic passport photo, things quickly turn grim as we cover the brutal 2020 murder of 25-year-old Riches Obie in Elephant & Castle.H...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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Art, Ammo and the Ahearnes: A tale of theft and attempted murder
A man shot in his kitchen. A Ming vase in a JD Sports bag. An iPad dumped in the Thames.This one has it all: a failed assassination, a Geneva museum heist, and three South London men who left a digital trail as messy as their getaway. P...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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1:09:04
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A Tragedy Behind Closed Doors: Sayagi Sivanantham
In the summer of 2020, the quiet suburb of Mitcham was shaken by an unthinkable tragedy. Five-year-old Sayagi Sivanantham was found critically injured in her family’s flat, and what followed would unravel into a story that forced a difficult na...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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1:04:02
Sweets and secrets: The mysterious murder of Laura Mordaunt-Chapman
This week, we’re off to Twickenham (yes, it is in South London—Han’s learning geography as we go), where a wealthy widow was found brutally stabbed and partially burned in her own home in 1936. Laura Mordaunt Chapman lived a quiet, reclusive li...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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1:14:15
