Show Notes
In this bonus episode of Codename Badger, presenter Eugene Henderson and producer Andy Clark go behind the scenes of the podcast’s creation. Hear additional details from the investigation that didn’t make it into the main series.
They discuss how they first uncovered the story of John Cottell, the challenges of researching a case that spanned more than 70 years, and how they shaped decades of mystery, deception, and evidence into a six part series.
Plus, psychologist Dr Drew Curtis, an expert in lying and deception, explores how the falsehoods at the heart of the story were able to endure for so long, and why so many people believed them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A true story of crime, corruption and two impossible thefts. In 1965, the world's largest uncut diamond is stolen from the Natural History Museum. The man arrested is David Knight, a 24-year-old window cleaner who lived yards away. Josie Long tells the story of a man who may have been innocent when he walked out of Wormwood Scrubs but went on to pull off a famous heist that almost no one knew he was behind… until now.
After Codename Badger was released Eugene and Andy received a mysterious message
Eugene and Andy have identified more victims as they dig deeper into the mysteries surrounding John Cottell. Find out what they've uncovered in a new episode on July 28th or listen a week early from July 21st only on the Always True Crime Patreon.
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