True crime with sharp Scottish banter.
The gist
Square Mile of Murder covers murders, disappearances, poison scandals, bombings, and old unsolved mysteries with a conversational true-crime-comedy rhythm. The show balances case detail with tangents, bad jokes, and a visible concern for victims not being reduced to footnotes.
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About Square Mile of Murder
Square Mile of Murder is a Scottish true-crime comedy show with a loose, lived-in rhythm. The cases are serious, but the delivery is conversational, skeptical, and quick to swerve into jokes when the evidence gets especially strange. Episodes cover serial crime, forensic genealogy, historic panic, poison scandals, bombings, missing people, and unresolved mysteries. The show is not polished into a cold documentary voice. It keeps the coughs, the interruptions, the research detours, and the occasional admission that an episode has gone long because the story demanded more space. That looseness is part of the texture. A Bear Brook discussion leads naturally into a deeper episode on Terry Rasmussen because the speakers do not want victims flattened into background details. The Terry Rasmussen story follows aliases, abandoned children, prison records, resurfacing identities, and the case of Eunsoon Jun with clear attention to how little is known about some victims and how much remains unanswered. Historical episodes stretch into different kinds of unease. The Axeman of New Orleans brings citywide fear, witnesses, door panels, axes, and speculation. The Mad Bomber episode lingers on bomb-disposal methods, theater scares, and the almost surreal details of old police equipment. La Voisin brings 17th-century Paris, alleged poison networks, aristocratic scandal, witch-hunting fear, and blunt commentary on power and abuse. Spooky-season entries shift toward mysteries such as Jeanette DePalma and the Flannan Isles Lighthouse, where atmosphere matters as much as answers. The show works best for listeners who want facts, but not reverence for the genre’s stiffest conventions. It is curious, sarcastic, and openly messy in the way long-running podcasts often are. It can be sharp. It can be rambling. It keeps circling back to the human cost behind the odd details.
Made for: For listeners who like detailed true-crime cases, historical mysteries, and forensic twists, but prefer conversational humour over solemn narration. It suits people comfortable with dark material presented through sarcasm and tangents.
What sets it apart: Square Mile of Murder stands out for its mix of victim-conscious case coverage and informal comic back-and-forth. The show can follow a dense trail of aliases, evidence, and historical panic without pretending the details are not strange.
In their own words
Square Mile of Murder is a true crime podcast recorded and produced in Glasgow, Scotland. Join Taylor and Kat as they describe lesser known, famous, and infamous crimes and make sarcastic comments and bad puns along the way!
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Episodes
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We're Back Veggies!
Sep 9, 2022·50m - 2
119: The Chameleon Killer
Hidden gemSquare Mile of Murder returns to Terry Rasmussen, the chameleon killer, after the Bear Brook murders coverage rushed past several victims.
Sep 1, 2022·1h 5m·2 clips - 3
118: Bear Brook & Forensic Genealogy
Hidden gem["Square Mile of Murder episode 118, \"Bear Brook & Forensic Genealogy,\" follows the Bear Brook murders in New Hampshire and the rise of forensic genealogy.", "Taylor says July disappeared because Kat lost her voice after her July 4 birthday and Taylor got COVID for the second or third time, which paused recording.", "The main case follows John Cody, Ronda Randall, and Scott Randall as they reworked missing-person records, local park maps, DNA evidence, and isotopic analysis to narrow the identities of the victims.", "The episode also turns to California, where Lisa, Gordon Jensen, Curtis Kimball, Gerald Mockerman, and Unsun Jun show how fingerprints and paternity testing complicate identity cases."]
Aug 25, 2022·1h 37m·2 clips - 4
117: The Axeman of New Orleans
Hidden gem["Square Mile of Murder's Axeman of New Orleans episode follows a 1918-1919 serial killer tied to 12 known victims and a newspaper letter about jazz.", "Taylor and Kat host the show, and Taylor says July disappeared because Kat lost her voice and Taylor got COVID, which delayed new recordings.", "The attacks move from Joseph and Catherine Maggio above Upper Line and Magnolia to Louis Bessemer, Harriet Lowe, Ann Schneider, Joseph Romano, and Mike Pepitone.", "The episode weighs the Axeman letter, the Giordano false accusation, the Black Hand theory, Joseph John Devia's jazz song, and the possibility of copycats."]
Aug 19, 2022·53m·2 clips - 5
116: The Mad Bomber
Hidden gemTaylor says July disappeared after Kat's July 4 birthday and both hosts got sick, so August will use older Patreon bonus episodes and September recordings.
Aug 11, 2022·1h 4m·2 clips - 6
115: La Voisin
Hidden gemSquare Mile of Murder's episode 115 examines Catherine Deshaies, known as La Voisin, a 17th-century Paris fortune teller who expanded into potions, abortions, black masses, and alleged poison services.
Jul 1, 2022·46m·3 clips - 7
114: The Pink Panthers
Jun 24, 2022·1h 4m - 8
113: The Hollywood Blacklist
Jun 17, 2022·1h 15m - 9
112: LISK (Part 2)
Jun 10, 2022·54m - 10
111: LISK (Part 1)
Jun 3, 2022·48m - 11
110: DB Cooper
May 27, 2022·1h 19m - 12
109: The Lufthansa Heist
May 19, 2022·56m - 13
108: The Mysterious Death of Alfred Loewenstein
May 12, 2022·59m - 14
107: The Montauk Project
Apr 29, 2022·1h 1m - 15
106: The Lost Cosmonauts
Apr 21, 2022·40m - 16
105: The Rendlesham Forest Incident
Apr 14, 2022·51m - 17
104: The Green Children of Woolpit
Apr 6, 2022·47m - 18
103: Inventing Anna
Mar 30, 2022·44m - 19
March Intermission
Mar 2, 2022·8m - 20
102: The Disappearance of Louis Le Prince
Feb 24, 2022·48m - 21
101: The Mysterious Death of George Reeves
Feb 17, 2022·53m - 22
100: Bible John
Feb 10, 2022·1h 20m - 23
Alice Kyteler & Her Band of Heretics
Feb 2, 2022·41m - 24
The Technical-Difficulty-Not-100th-Episode-Spectacular Featuring Florida Man!
Jan 26, 2022·47m - 25
99: Ice Cold Crimes
Jan 19, 2022·51m - 26
98: Jack Unterweger: Caught and Released
Jan 12, 2022·42m - 27
97: Death by Chocolate
Jan 5, 2022·46m - 28
Drunk Christmas Ramble
Dec 25, 2021·1h 2m - 29
96: Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
Dec 22, 2021·1h 1m - 30
95: Alexander Litvinenko
Dec 16, 2021·52m - 31
94: Michael Goleniewski: Abandoned by the West
Dec 8, 2021·42m - 32
93: The Mysterious Death of Gareth Williams
Dec 1, 2021·1h 7m - 33
92: Amelia Dyer & Victorian Baby Farming
Nov 24, 2021·52m - 34
91: The Poorly Laid Plans of Dr. Crippen
Nov 17, 2021·1h 2m - 35
90: Archibald Hall the Monster Butler
Nov 10, 2021·1h 3m - 36
Halloween Bonus: Ghost Stories!
Oct 31, 2021·35m - 37
Halloween Bonus: The Winchester Mystery House
Oct 30, 2021·24m - 38
Halloween Bonus: The Collyer Brother Mansion
Oct 28, 2021·59m - 39
89: North Korean Ghost Ships
Oct 27, 2021·43m - 40
Halloween Bonus: The Circleville Letter Writer
Oct 26, 2021·58m - 41
Halloween Bonus: The Lake Bodom Murders
Oct 25, 2021·52m - 42
Halloween Bonus: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
Oct 24, 2021·44m - 43
Halloween Bonus: The Panama Hikers Mystery
Oct 23, 2021·55m - 44
Halloween Bonus: Liu Pengli
Oct 21, 2021·20m - 45
88: Christman Genipperteinga
Oct 20, 2021·44m - 46
87: The Watcher
Oct 14, 2021·1h 3m - 47
86: Jeanette DePalma
Two hosts introduce their true crime podcast with sarcastic banter and bad puns, set in Glasgow, Scotland.
Oct 6, 2021·53m - 48
85: The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Mystery
Two hosts introduce a 120-year-old unsolved murder mystery with sarcastic commentary and bad puns.
Sep 29, 2021·55m - 49
84: Hazel Drew & Laura Palmer
Two hosts discuss lesser-known and infamous crimes with sarcastic comments and bad puns.
Sep 22, 2021·48m - 50
83: The Man on the Moors (BONUS)
The hosts introduce a bonus episode from their Patreon, explaining a new format they are trying for future content.
Sep 15, 2021·34m