The story this week is from the north-east of England. Four teenage boys were found murdered in similar circumstances, but the police believed it was solvent abuse that caused their deaths and were unaware that there was a serial killer on the loose. But the families of the boys knew that was more to the deaths than the police believed and when a new detective arrived on the scene to lead the investigation, he agreed with the families and reviewed the evidence so far, with shocking results.... Please support my sponsor - Dirtea For a limited time my listeners get an exclusive 10% OFF offer! Just head to www.dirtea.com and use the code TrueCrime to get 10% off your first order. Writing Credit: Megan Grant. See Megan's work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megathachristie/?igshid=MmIzYWVlNDQ5Yg%3D%3D Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast: https://uktruecrime.com Join me at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201 Bloodhound Gin Please head to persiedistillery.com/uktc to find about more about UK True Crime Bloodhound Gin. Remember to use the special discount promo code UKTC (UK adults only). Sources https://www.mysunderland.co.uk/article/25698/30-interesting-facts-about-Sunderland?ccp=true#cookie-consent-prompt https://www.sunderlandecho.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/true-crime-sunderland-the-story-of-mary-ann-cotton-the-nurse-dubbed-britains-first-female-serial-killer-4024549 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/oct/28/my-child-the-murderer https://www.pressreader.com/uk/sunderland-echo/20131019/282239483360461 https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10737162.serial-killer-admits-1990-sunderland-schoolboy-killing-denies-murder/ https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Murder+case+man+loses+legal+fight.-a066620198 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4C0soir2Ek    https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Victims+of+a+gay+strangler%3B+Boys%27+burnt+bodies+%27put+police+off+his...-a061310121 https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/sunderland-strangler-who-killed-four-29333706 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8Ig5SpMtw&t=2297s https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-24637648 https://www.re-solv.org/volatile-substance-abuse/ https://www.talktofrank.com/drug/glues-gases-and-aerosols#addiction https://www.vice.com/en/article/jmk4p3/glue-sniffing-epidemic-mdma-ecstasy-deaths-uk-narcomania http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3266443.stm https://news.sky.com/story/nitrous-oxide-how-buying-laughing-gas-from-corner-shops-is-as-easy-as-buying-a-loaf-of-bread-12812979 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Grieveson https://www.independent.co.uk/news/secret-gay-killed-and-burned-three-boys-1326632.html https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/steven-grieveson-confessed-police-killed-6183976 https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/nikki-allan-murder-could-12-10993033 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/teenage-son-lives-fear-sunderland-14078065 https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/grieveson-steven.htm