Behind the Crimes with Robert Murphy

A podcast about crime - both real and fictitious# WINNER: Outstanding Indie Podcast @ True Crime Awards 2024 #Crime is one of the biggest genres in books and on TV: both true crime and fiction.Why?What makes a criminal? What drives a person to ignore the laws and conventions of normal society and pushes them to perform truly dark acts?Sex? Money? Revenge? Love? Humiliation?And why do so many creative people drawn to crime as a fertile ground for stories?Award-winning TV crime correspondent Robert Murphy speaks with writers, directors, police and experts about their work.Which true crimes inspired some of our favourite books, shows and films?And why do we as a society find crime so compelling?In this series, Rob speaks with creatives including Lee Child, David Baldacci, Lynda La Plante, Jackie Kabler, Mark Gatiss, George Kay and many, many others about their true crime inspiration.For video interviews, evidence from each case, articles and more, go to https://robertmurphy.sub

Behind the Crimes with Robert Murphy is a fiction podcast hosted by Robert Murphy, with 69 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Val McDermid: The Stories Too Dark for Fiction

  May 13, 202647 minS0

  <p>Val McDermid is one of the world’s most celebrated crime writers. She’s sold more than 20 million books with her series which include Karen Pirie, Tony Hill and Kate Brannigan. But before becoming a literary powerhouse, she spent years as a newspaper journalist covering some of Britain’s most notorious cases. </p><p>Subscribe for FREE: robertmurphy.substack.com</p><p>In this episode of Behind the Crimes, Val reflects on her path from newsroom reporter to bestselling novelist.</p><p>Val speaks candidly about her years in journalism, which included covering stories such as Lockerbie, Hillsborough and the Pe...

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  Anthony Horowitz: Murder is a fast way to become interested in people.

  Apr 22, 202657 minS0

  <p>Subscribe for free: robertmurphy.substack.com</p><p>Anthony Horowitz may be best-known for his Alex Rider hit novels. But as a writer of adult crime fiction he has a unique and distinguished career.</p><p>He was the first author entrusted by the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle to reimagine Sherlock Holmes for a new book. And then he wrote three official James Bond novels.</p><p>But his own inventions as an author and a screenwriter have now become parts of our cultural life: Foyle’s War, the Susan Ryeland books and TV shows and the Hawthorne an...

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  David Baldacci: The real crimes which inspired his fiction

  Apr 9, 202652 minS0

  <p>Subscribe for free: Robertmurphy.substack.com</p><p>David Baldacci was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1960. What was it like growing up amidst the legacy of the Jim Crow laws? How did becoming a Washington lawyer finesse his storytelling skills? And how did he write his breakout debut Absolute Power while working 90-hour weeks as a litigator?</p><p>David has written more than 60 books in the last three decades and has become one of the world’s best-selling crime-writers.</p><p></p><p>His latest novel, Hope Rises, is the second part of David’s Walter Nash series. It t...

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  Gone - the series finale: Director Richard Laxton

  Mar 22, 202647 minS0

  <p>Subscribe for FREE: robertmurphy.substack.comRichard Laxton discusses how he directed the ITV drama Gone.Why did he want to tackle the subjects of male repression and coercive control?What strengths did the lead actors Eve Myles and David Morrissey bring to the show? </p><p>And how did his experience as a young gay man who didn’t come out until he was 21 inform this drama about an institution which has a public and private face?Richard also discusses his previous crime series including, Joan, Honour and The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe?</p><p></p><p></p>...

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  ITV's Gone: Screenwriter George Kay and the crimes that shaped a drama

  Mar 15, 202643 minS0

  <p>Subscribe for free: robertmurphy.substack.com</p><p>How - and why - did celebrated screenwriter George Kay take a true crime story and create a tense, claustrophobic thriller set in an English private school?</p><p>‘Gone’ stars Eve Myles as overlooked detective sergeant Annie Cassidy brought in to investigate the disappearance of the wife of domineering headmaster Michael Polly (David Morrissey.)</p><p>In this interview, George describes how he was inspired by the detective Julie Mackay (last week’s episode) and her book To Hunt a Killer.</p><p>But the series was influenced by two other...

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