Serial Killer / James Desborough

When two vulnerable men disappear, investigators begin piecing together their final movements. Their enquiries soon lead to a secluded woodland property and its owner…

*** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED ***   

This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.

Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.

Audio editing by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.

Narration, additional audio editing and mixing, additional writing, and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.

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MUSIC: 

Come Back by Cody Martin 

Asylum by Cody Martin 

Confessions by Cody Martin 

Desert Storm by Cody Martin 

Harbinger by Cody Martin 

Pandora’s Box by Cody Martin 

Rhosphere by Cody Martin 

Seeking Answers by Cody Martin 

Shadow Passage by Cody Martin 

Rising Sun by Colossus 

Negative Thoughts by Craig Allen Fravel 

Enigma by Hill 

Chancellor by JMPSCR 

Crooked Man by Wicked Cinema 

Hollow by Wicked Cinema 

In Plain Sight by Wicked Cinema 

Leather Face by Wicked Cinema 

Out Of Time by Wicked Cinema 

Rag Doll by Wicked Cinema 

Rogue Asset by Wicked Cinema 

Vanished by Wicked Cinema 

REFERENCES: 

COURT / CPS

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/James-DESBOROUGH.SENTENCING-REMARKS.290726.pdf

https://www.cps.gov.uk/national-news-south-west/news/man-guilty-murder-after-remains-two-bodies-discovered-woodland

NEWSBANK

CornwallLive (England), June 28, 2025

CornwallLive (England), July 9, 2025

Sun, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), July 9, 2025

CornwallLive (England), July 10, 2025

Western Morning News (Plymouth, England), July 10, 2025

Western Daily Press (Bristol, England), July 11, 2025

Cornish Guardian (Truro, England), July 16, 2025

Cornish Guardian (Truro, England), July 16, 2025

CornwallLive (England), July 16, 2025

Voice Newspapers (England), July 16, 2025

West Briton, The (Truro, England), July 17, 2025

CornwallLive (England), July 22, 2025

Daily Record, The / Sunday Mail: Web Edition Articles (Scotland), July 22, 2025

Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), July 25, 2025

Chronicle, The: Web Edition Articles (Newcastle on Tyne, England), July 25, 2025

CornwallLive (England), July 26, 2025

CornwallLive (England), July 28, 2025

CornwallLive (England), July 29, 2025

Cornish Guardian (Truro, England), July 30, 2025

CornwallLive (England), July 30, 2025

CornwallLive (England), September 9, 2025

Sun, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), September 17, 2025

CornwallLive (England), June 22, 2026

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ONLINE

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3307d54ep7o

https://news.devon-cornwall.police.uk/news-article/baa42cc6-9c8a-f111-9d9b-6045bdd24049

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/dexter-fan-laughed-mention-burial-11057900

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/jury-hears-horrifying-details-gruesome-11028974

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/murder-accused-three-explosions-fatal-11079760

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/devastated-families-tell-triple-murderer-11083741

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/28/james-desborough-convicted-murder-claudio-aquilino-daniel-coleman-cornwall

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-prisoner-allegedly-murdered-inquest-10523763

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prisoner-charged-murder-after-inmate-35921910