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Dec 2022
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Bad People present True Crime Crackers 2...

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Dr Julia Shaw unwraps Bad People’s choice of true crime podcasts in 2022.

She talks to Rachel Monroe about her story of lawlessness on the high-seas, BBC podcast Lost at Sea.

Julia also meets BBC social media and disinformation correspondent Marianna Spring to discuss her series Disaster Trolls, which investigates the trolling of victims of terror attacks by people who claim they never happened

We hear from Audrey Gillan, the acclaimed journalist whose podcast Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer reinvestigates horrific murders that shocked Glasgow over fifty years ago.

And Formula One expert Sarah Holt discusses the Spygate podcast which tells the story behind industrial espionage and bitter rivalries in motor racing.

CREDITS Presenter: Dr Julia Shaw Producer: Laura Northedge Assistant Producer: Hannah Ward Editor: Anna Lacey Music: Matt Chandler Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Assistant Producer: Adam Eland

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