logo
episode-header-image
Feb 2024
24m 2s

An Impending Retirement: Episode 378

Always True Crime
About this episode
It was just one of the thousands of missing persons cases that were reported in the UK that year when 63 year old Don Banfield disappeared from his home in north-west London. He had been having issues in his marriage and had talked about moving back to Trinidad - where he was born and the place he loved. But he had spoken to a number of people about being concerned for his safety: had Don come to harm?

Just what happened to Don Banfield?

Writing Credit: Megan Grant. See Megan's work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megathachristie/?igshid=MmIzYWVlNDQ5Yg%3D%3D

Watch the True Crime Podcasters Roundtable - February 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XsBoMbcpEU

Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast:
https://www.uktruecrime.com

Join me at Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime

Join the UK True Crime Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime

Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201

Sources
https://www.chippingcampdenhistory.org.uk/content/history/incidents-and-events/the_campden_wonder 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21506482
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20120404/281586647569181
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/tax-inspector-killed-husband-then-fled-to-whitby-1906475
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2124569/Accountant-Donald-Banfield-murdered-wife-daughter-Body-missing-decade-on.html
https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5a8ff71060d03e7f57ea6ffd
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17583485
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/03/bookmaker-murder-wife-daughter-life-sentence
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html
https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/don-banfield-murder-trial-wife-and-daughter-bookie-are-found-guilty-killing-him?sp=3&sq=relief%2520fund%2520
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17371761
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2381961/Lady-killers-Shirley-Lynette-Banfield-murder-convictions-quashed-Court-Appeal.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22544419
https://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/10585245.wife-and-daughter-accused-of-killing-wealdstone-man-don-banfield-have-murder-convictions-quashed/


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Up next
Jul 7
A Very Public Murder: Episode 451
This episode is from East Anglia and looks at the story of 17 year-old Amanda Wagg. Amanda had so much going for her in life, but she was being abused by her boyfriend 22 year-old Shaun Thrower and despite doing all she could to leave him, Thrower turned up at her work one normal ... Show More
30 m
Jul 3
Bonus Episode With REDRUM Podcast: 'Faking His Own Death'
I was delighted to join one of my favourite podcasters, Grace from the excellent REDRUM True Crime Podcast, as she shared a true crime story which if you didn't know was true, you would be sure it was fiction. A story that stretches from the US to a hospital bed in Glasgow.REDRUM ... Show More
54m 33s
Jun 30
Doing The Right Thing : Episode 450
This episode looks into the story of Joseph Harris, an animal rights activist who went from peaceful campaigning to more extreme action. We talk about what pushed him down that path and the legal trouble that followed. Was he fighting for justice — or going too far?Find out more ... Show More
29m 55s
Recommended Episodes
Sep 2023
181. The Peterborough Ditch Murders
On this episode, Payton discusses the female serial killer Joanne Dennehy and how she manipulated men in order to go on a knife rampage. https://linktr.ee/murderwithmyhusbandLove of Blood: The True Story of Notorious Serial Killer Joanne Dennehy by Christopher Berry-Dee AllThatsI ... Show More
42m 57s
Jun 2024
A Daughters Last Words - June 7 2024
June 7th: Judith Roberts Killed (1972)You never know when the last words will be spoken to loved ones. On June 7th 1972 a young girl left her home in anger and never spoke to her family again. The victim of a brutal crime that remains unsolved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre ... Show More
12m 11s
Dec 2021
Episode 224 - The Guildford Four & The Maguire Seven
On the 5th of October 1974, the Provisional Irish Republican Army blew up a military pub in Guildford, killing four soldiers, one civilian and injuring sixty-five others. The responsibility for the heinous act of terror was quickly thrown at three young Irish men and a seventeen- ... Show More
1h 14m
Feb 2024
205. Murder in Paradise - Chris Farmer and Peta Frampton
In this episode, Payton and Garrett delve into the tragic case of Chris Farmer and Peta Frampton, two college students in search of adventure. However, their quest takes a devastating turn when they encounter the wrong individual, leading to the loss of their lives.NEW MERCH!http ... Show More
44m 46s
Jun 2024
Was The Wrong Person Sentenced To Death? - June 9 2024
Follow on Spotify today!June 9th: Cheryl Lynne Harper Disappears (1959)Sometimes there are doubts about the person placed behind bars for a crime. On June 9th 1959 a young girl disappeared in a case that saw a quick conviction. One that, decades later, was called under question. ... Show More
15 m
Aug 2022
Catching A Killer - August 22 2022
August 22nd: Henry Lee Jones Kills (2003) What happens when a dangerous man, one with a rap sheet a mile long, is continually allowed to walk the streets a free man despite the increasingly violent allegations against him? On August 22nd 2003 a man who showed time and time again ... Show More
24m 46s
Oct 2018
David Alan Westerfield
David Alan Westerfield is unlike many killers that we profile on True Crime All The Time. There doesn't seem to be anything in his childhood that would point to the fact that he would become a killer. He didn't have a record. He was successful and many people in his life and arou ... Show More
1h 13m
Jul 2019
Ian Huntley
In 2002, Ian Huntley murdered 10-year-old girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, England. These are often referred to as the Soham murders as they shocked the small town. Many people turned out to look for these two girls after they went missing.Join Mike and Gibby as th ... Show More
1h 18m
Jul 2018
William Devin Howell | Sick Ripper feat. Anne K. Howard - Part 2
William Devin Howell is an American serial killer who was convicted of murdering seven people in 2003. He is believed to have been the most prolific serial killer in Connecticut history. In November 2017, while already serving a 15-year prison sentence for manslaughter, he was se ... Show More
1h 3m