Bonus Episode: In Conversation with Former Scotland Yard Murder Squad Detective Steve Gaskin

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Holy crap! We got Former Scotland Yard Detective Steve Gaskin to come along and have a chat with us. He was in the Metropolitan Police for 25 years and worked on several high-profile cases, such as Archibald Hall and Levi Bellfield, which he tells us all about. He also talks to us about offender profiling, serial killers, lie detection and updates us on the Wayne Couzens case (RIP Sarah Everard).

Are psychopaths always dangerous? Who’s afraid of the dark, and going out in it? Just how many homicides were there last year in the UK? Why are victims of crime not confident to go to the police? Could Wayne Couzens have been arrested for flashing before he committed murder? Would that have spared Sarah Everard’s life, or just delayed his murderous instinct? What was his nickname while he was on the force? How many men have actually served the rather pathetic maximum sentence of 2 years for stalking? What impact have the cuts to the police force had on its efficiency? What are Steve’s recommendations for sorting the police service out? Are private police forces a thing? Are the police trusted? What’s the best technique for lie detection? And why do people bite each other at crime scenes? Just how many types of bite marks are there?

And that moment when Steve asks if we know Colin Sutton.

Fuck yeah, we know that absolute legend!

Steve has a very exciting in-person and online events schedule, so catch him at one of his upcoming gigs!

And don’t forget to follow him on his website and socials!

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