Introducing...Dangerous Memories When Sarah watched her 23 year old daughter cycle away from her in Chelsea - a well-off corner of London - she had no idea it would be the last time they’d see each other for 6 years. What would make a loving child from a life of privilege sever ties with friends and family, and disappear?  It turns out, Sarah wasn’t alone in losing a daughter. Something strange was happening to other young women, too. And they all had one thing in common: a kind of therapist...

We are partnering with Wondery, so that we can continue to bring our listeners brilliant investigations like Three Doors Down. You can join Tortoise as a member to get early and ad-free access to new series and support our investigations at www.tortoisemedia.com/invite From Wondery and Goalhanger Podcasts, this is Legacy. A Corsican boy, an outsider, seizes his chance to make a name for himself when France is turned upside down by a long and bloody revolution. He’s relentless in his pursuit...

The police say they are not looking for any more victims of David Boyd but we met other women who were confronted by the killer. This episode contains descriptions of child sexual abuse. This is the final episode of a 5-part series from Tortoise. For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app.  For early and ad-free access to all our podcasts, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts. If you’d like to further support slow...

Sharon's case should be extraordinary but it isn't. A few miles away from Sharon another mother was left to solve her own daughter's murder after being let down by police.  For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app.  For early and ad-free access to all our podcasts, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts. If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating...

The number one suspect is interrogated by police until he confesses but it's not until 30 years later that the right man is put on trial. For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app.  For early and ad-free access to all our podcasts, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts. If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at...

Rumours choke the case and a vulnerable suspect is arrested. The first 48 hours after a crime are crucial: what did the police get so wrong in the days after Nikki went missing? For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app.  For early and ad-free access to all our podcasts, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts. If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider...

In 1992 on a council estate in Sunderland a seven year old girl is murdered. It took the police 30 years to find the killer, a convicted child sex offender who lived three doors away from where Nikki Allan went missing. What happened on the night of her disappearance? For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app.  For early and ad-free access to all our podcasts, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts. If you’d like to...

Three doors down: a murder, a mother and a thirty year investigation In May in a packed room at Newcastle Crown Court, David Boyd, was found guilty of the brutal murder in 1992 of seven year-old Nikki Allan. Sharon Henderson, Nikki’s mother, called for a public inquiry into why it had taken the police so long to find and convict her daughter’s murderer.  When Nikki was murdered, Sharon was a single mother of four living in Wear Garth, a rundown housing estate in Sunderland. David Boyd lived a...