{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/669ad3d4fc4972011b8d1577/6a9c8d2a2a7730b896d3b37a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bonus Episode : Interview With Top Crime Reporter Martin Brunt","description":"<p>In this bonus episode, I chat with top crime reporter, Martin Brunt.</p><p><br></p><p>Martin spent 36 years at Sky News and built such a reputation for contacts that, during the 2006 Ipswich serial murders, a police press officer reportedly told a rival journalist: 'Call Martin Brunt. He knows everything before we do.'&nbsp;Martin Brunt joined Sky for its launch in 1989, reported from the Gulf and Balkan wars, then became one of Britain's best-known crime reporters, covering cases including Fred and Rose West, Sarah Payne, Jill Dando, Madeleine McCann and the Hatton Garden raid.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>His book, 'No One Got Cracked Over the Head for No Reason', opens up his notebook on the victims, detectives, villains, sources, errors and ethical choices behind those headlines, and asks why some crimes seize the public imagination while others barely register.&nbsp;Martin stepped back from full time reporting in 2025, but retirement seems to have evaded him: he remains a Sky crime commentator and, with Helen Fospero, co-hosts the award-winning True Criminals podcast.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>I release new episodes of the UK True Crime podcast every Tuesday and Friday - please join me for the next episode on Tuesday.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Listen to Martin's podcast, 'True Criminals'</strong></p><p>Search 'true criminals' in any podcast app or go to: <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/13ygW5EE83FbE3CZeLdUQ6\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://open.spotify.com/show/13ygW5EE83FbE3CZeLdUQ6</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Buy Martin's book:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Cracked-Over-Head-Reason-ebook/dp/B0BSB8FQT4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Cracked-Over-Head-Reason-ebook/dp/B0BSB8FQT4</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Find out more about me, Adam Lloyd, &amp; UK True Crime</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://uktruecrime.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://uktruecrime.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Support me at Patreon:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Buy Me a Coffee</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://buymeacoffee.com/uktruecrimepodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://buymeacoffee.com/uktruecrimepodcast</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Watch my YouTube Channel</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@Adam-uktruecrime/videos\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/@Adam-uktruecrime/videos</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Join UK True Crime Facebook Group</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime</a></p>","author_name":"Always True Crime"}