REAL
Real is an independent true crime podcast made by award winning TV Producer Naomi Channell.
Each episode is an audio documentary, telling a true crime story that is almost unbelievable. But these stories, are Real.
If you would like to support the show, you can do so here, thank you: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/podcast4justice
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 200
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Episode 6: Bad Grandpa
It wasn't only the media that were now paying attention to the Children of God survivors, so were the authorities.
In this episode, we hear from Mary Mahoney, who joined the Children of God when she…
00:45:49 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Episode 5: Bad Grandpa
In the 1990s, more survivors who had escaped the Children of God started appearing on television around the world, sharing their stories. And it wasn't just the media the survivors were talking to...…
00:40:00 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Episode 4: Bad Grandpa
It is estimated that over 100 people who were part of the Children of God have taken their own lives. The abuse they endured and the control they were placed under whilst in the cult has had tragic l…
00:47:45 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Episode 3: Bad Grandpa
Ricky Rodriguez was Davidito. The story of his childhood had been shared in a book produced by the 'Children of God' called 'The Story of Davidito' - a 'childcare manual' sent to thousands of familie…
00:33:56 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Episode 2: Bad Grandpa
David Berg's 'Children of God' cult now had thousands of members across the globe. But he didn't want them to consume media from the outside world, so he produced his own.
He sent hundreds of lette…
00:26:48 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Episode 1: Bad Grandpa
In the 1960s, David Brandt Berg formed a cult that would become widely known as the 'Children of God'. He declared himself a prophet and he was known too many of his followers, as 'Grandpa'.
But 'G…
00:26:40 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Episode 84: The Murder of Lynsey Quy
When 21-year-old Lynsey Quy was reported missing in February 1999 by a social worker, the police soon discovered that she had last been seen two months prior, in December 1998. Lynsey had been in an …
00:28:45 |
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Episode 83: The Girl On The Couch
On the 3rd of January 2022, Sheila and Clay Fletcher called 911. They had found their daughter Lacey unresponsive on the couch.
When the officers arrived, they entered a scene that was so horrific,…
00:26:52 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
Episode 82: What happened to Margaret and Nicola?
On the 10th of May 2013, Premier Inn hotel staff discovered the bodies mother and daughter Margaret and Nicola McDonough. They had severe injuries and nobody could figure out why these two kind and h…
00:28:20 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
Episode 81: A Year of True Crime
This episode is slightly different to the usual format of 'Real'. This is going to give you an update on all the deep dive cases covered on 'Real', including the cases of Stuart Lubbock, Claudia Lawr…
00:48:14 |
Wed 18 Dec 2024
Episode 80: Death by Text: The Crimes of Michelle Carter
When teenager Conrad Roy Jnr III met 16-year-old Michelle Carter in 2012, he thought he found someone who truly understood him. They both had battles with mental health conditions and they became eac…
00:42:40 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
Episode 79: A Mother's Love - The Case of Julie Hogg
In 1989, Julie Hogg went missing after finishing a shift at work. When she failed to turn up to collect her son from her mother Ann the next day, Ann knew something was very wrong.
She could never …
00:30:10 |
Wed 04 Dec 2024
Episode 78: The Crimes of Simon Mellors
Janet Scott had separated from her husband and was looking for love. She met Simon Mellors in a pub in Nottingham and became smitten. But Simon had a dark past that he kept secret in the beginning of…
00:27:32 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
Episode 78: What Happened To KJ?
In May 2019, police in Sturgis, Michigan received an anonymous call from a man who told them that there was a body in the home of local man Wade Allen. They believed it to be the body of his girlfrie…
00:32:03 |
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Episode 77: The Crimes of Alexander McCartney
In October 2024, news outlets reported that police in Northern Ireland had caught 'the UK's biggest catfish'. But 26-year-old Alexander McCartney did much more than just lie about who he was online. …
00:32:22 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
Episode 76: The Murder of Angela Wrightson
In December 2014, 39-year-old Angela Wrightson was at her home when the unthinkable happened, she was killed in her own home, where she should have felt safe.
But when the police discovered that th…
00:26:40 |
Wed 06 Nov 2024
Episode 75 - Part 4: The Disappearance of Michael Frison
On the 13th of July 2024, 25-year-old Michael Frison went missing from a volunteer site in Sardinia, Italy.
With a criminal investigation now underway, Michael's mother gives us an update on the ca…
00:32:00 |
Wed 30 Oct 2024
Episode 75 - Part 3: The Disappearance of Michael Frison
On the 13th of July 2024, 25-year-old Michael Frison went missing from a volunteer site in Sardinia, Italy.
In this episode, we look at a disturbing email found on Michael's phone and the possible …
00:39:20 |
Wed 30 Oct 2024
Episode 75 - Part 2: The Disappearance of Michael Frison
On the 13th of July 2024, 25-year-old Michael Frison went missing from a volunteer site in Sardinia, Italy.
In this episode, we continue to explore what happened in the lead up to his disappearance…
00:30:14 |
Wed 30 Oct 2024
Episode 75 - Part 1: The Disappearance of Michael Frison
On the 13th of July 2024, 25-year-old Michael Frison went missing from a volunteer site in Sardinia, Italy.
Up until last month, Michael's disappearance status was 'voluntarily missing' but it is n…
00:44:40 |
Wed 30 Oct 2024
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