The Trial

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  • For ad-free listening to The Trial, exclusive bonus episodes every week, and complete access to previous series of the show, subscribe to The Crime Desk now. Visit thecrimedesk.com to become a member. The Trial goes behind the headlines of some of the biggest trials in the world. We take you into the courtroom, bringing you the detail as the evidence unfolds, examining key moments and carrying out exclusive interviews with detectives, victims, and experts. Follow us on @thetrialpod Contact us at thetrial@dailymail.com Leave a comment on Spotify or even send us a voice note on WhatsApp - +447796657512 (start your message with 'Trial') A Daily Mail Production. Seriously Popular.
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  • T​hree trials. Three continents. Here’s what’s coming up next week.

    T​hree trials. Three continents. Here’s what’s coming up next week.
    Apr 25 2025
    Next week, The Trial returns, taking you inside three of the most explosive legal battles playing out across the globe. In the U.S.A., music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs stands accused of multiple charges including sex trafficking and racketeering, which he strongly denies. We'll be on the ground, reporting the facts as his trial unfolds in New York. In Australia, Erin Patterson will stand trial, accused of three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder, after allegedly serving poisonous mushrooms to her ex-husband’s family members. We’ll be reporting from the courtroom in Morwell, Victoria as the case plays out. And in Paris, the men accused of robbing Kim Kardashian at gunpoint in 2016 finally stand trial. We’ll be there, reporting every detail as it happens. Follow all of our feeds now to listen. The Trial of Diddy The Trial of Erin Patterson The Trial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • The Inquiry: Over to the CCRC

    The Inquiry: Over to the CCRC
    Apr 3 2025
    In this episode Caroline and Liz have the latest on Lucy Letby’s defence case after her barrister Mark McDonald hand delivered the evidence which he says proves her convictions are unsafe, to the Criminal Cases Review Commission. So we sent Liz to have a chat with him. Also we’d love to know a bit more about you, and the kind of content you like - so we can bring you more of it. It’s a super-short survey but it would be so valuable to us if you could find 2 minutes to fill it in. Here’s the link: https://ex-plorsurvey.com/survey/selfserve/550/g517/250305?list=4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    30 mins
  • The Golden Toilet: ‘Not a bog standard burglary’

    The Golden Toilet: ‘Not a bog standard burglary’
    Mar 18 2025
    In this seventh episode, Caroline and Jack bring you the verdicts from the trial of the golden toilet. Michael Jones was convicted by a unanimous verdict of burglary, while Fred Doe was convicted of laundering the stolen gold by a majority of 10 jurors to two. Bora Guccuk was acquitted. The episode features all the latest from court as well as explosive new details about the background to this case. Follow us on instagram @thetrialpod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com Whatsapp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Chelsey Moore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. This episode contains some details that listeners could find distressing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    29 mins

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Gripping and professionally produced

Highly recommend. The podcast shares lots of detail in an unbiased and sensitive way.

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Gripping Listening

Very professional production with all the evidence presented without prejudice. The jury will have a tough job with this case which at times is a tough listen.

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Interesting listen

Some of the voice actors are quite corny and very amateur, but the overall presentation is good. The trial proceedings are explained clearly and respectfully. I wish they would explore the psychology behind Letby more, but maybe that is for a future episode.

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Well Presented.

A gripping listen and very well put together. However, presenters and actors (all apart from guest speakers) are monotone / flat and a little painful to listen to.
But totally appreciate this is not a performance but delivery of a sensitive topic and cannot be sensationalised.

Excellent podcast.

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interruptions

Great pod cast, very well executed, informative, real truthful points made and produced well. But.....the two hosts are always interrupting guests, and each other. Let the guest speak and finish their sentace, rather than talking over them with another question while they are still explaining the current question. You both talk over each other also, and it's slightly annoying. wait, take a breath, let the other perolson finish, then ask another question. It's not difficult.

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Gripping

Excellent podcast - fascinating and well thought out and presented
Only 4 stars as they don’t play in chronological order !
So you have to be on it quick to make sure at the end of episode it doesn’t leap to the newest episode. It’s like having a book that keeps falling open at the last chapter revealing the end.
Don’t know if this is audible or podcast settings though

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Chilling subject matter, insipid podcast

I, like many, have been shocked by the case of Lucy Letby, so wanted to hear more than a quick soundbite on the news about it. While this podcast is indeed thorough with presenting what has happened each stage of the court case, it is fairly excruciating to get through and not just because of the topic.
Both presenters are monotonous, all things "voiced by actors" are terrible, and the only time it becomes interesting is when there's a guest and the conversation flows more naturally. The intro at the beginning of each episode is almost 3 minutes long and is the same, which becomes annoying after a couple of episodes.
There's a weird decision to use quite childlike language, as if the audience are stupid - tummy, poorly etc. These are words my 2 year old uses! And there's an ongoing assurance that each baby was "tiny", mentioned several times every episode in case you forget that premature babies are in fact, small, and as if they weren't, it would be any less barbaric.
I'm sure there were certain choices made to remain as professional and objective as possible as well as choices made in order to conform to any rules about reporting on such cases however, I feel as if these choices make the podcast fall flat. It is not engaging in the slightest and a total slog to get through.

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Constant Interruptions to listening

I'm not sure if this is a criticism of the podcast or the platform but the interruptions are constant. The episodes are very short so the same introduction is not really necessary every 15 minutes or so. Also there's no option to play next at one click, you have to go back through the whole episode list to find the next episode. No way to just leave it playing while you go for a run or do some housework which is how I usually listen to podcasts.

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