This week it’s a mini episode and we are recommending and reviewing some true crime related podcasts & TV programmes. Hope everyone is keeping safe & well out there.
Show notes.
Kelly – Hello everyone and welcome to this weeks Wives & Knives.
Dani – Yes, Hello. We hope you are all keeping safe & well out there.
Kelly – This week we have a true crime top 5 for our lovely listeners.
Dani – But before we get into that, let’s have our usual little catch up. I ventured to the shops for the first time this weekend I had a few bits to get including a card for Lucy – one of the OG wives and knives members whose birthday it will have been the day before this airs –
SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCY
I also need to say thank you to Seeing Red who sent me a beautiful gift through their random acts of kindness.
What about you Kelly?
Kelly – I’ve been feeling a bit run down, so getting some tests done, Sharon doesn’t know it yet but i will be popping in to get stabbed in the arm by her. She’s very good at it bless her.
Seeing some friends later on, haven’t seen them for quite a while due to lockdown so very excited to see them and their new baby Blake. That baby is going to get some serious squishes off me this afternoon.
It was Beltane yesterday, I am aware we have some Celt reconstructionist? neo pagan &Wiccan listeners so - Blessings.
Lea has done us a proper edit of the theme tune, which you will have just heard as well. I’ve got him a bit of something to say thank you from both of us for all the work he’s put in. I’m not saying what it is because he may not have it before Wednesday.
Kelly – Debs told me a story about a woman who died cleaning her wheelie bin, its always after the episode. I’m like I need this content pre record mate.
Dani – my first recommendation is a podcast called The Missing. I only discovered it a few weeks ago but I’ve listened to all 15 episodes and found them fascinating. The missing focus’ on the long term unsolved missing cases with help from missing people – the charity and locate international. I love it because it's t well informed, it’s a very professional podcast which feels a little like a news report. I found it when looking for information on Andrew Gosden, it also covers the case of Suzy Lamplugh.
D - The missing also covers cases I’ve never heard of such as Natalie Putt a 17-year-old who went missing in Dudley in 2003- and 49-year-old Tony Haigh who went missing in 2009 from Anglesey.
I find it so sad that so many long-term missing cases never get the coverage that we assume a missing case would get. I really recommend it. What's your first for this week?
Kelly – My first recommendation is a film called Looks that kill. It’s written and Directed by Kellen Moore and is currently available on Now TV, but you can no doubt find other viewing avenues.
It’s a little Gem of a film, funny, thoughtful, and thought provoking, it did get me in the feels a fair few times as well as making me laugh too.
So the premise, on the outset isn’t massively new it’s a couple of teenagers both with their own personal crosses to bare, a tragic teen rom com of sorts.
But it’s much more, let me tell you a little bit about the characters. The film starts with Max, who was born with a very unusual condition. Anyone who looks at his face, dies. And he has unfortunately killed a fair few people just by showing them his face. Can you even imagine? He goes through life with his face wrapped in bandages. He has great parents (fabulously played by Peter Scolari & Annie Mumolo), few friends and serious depression due to his affliction.
He is about to jump off a bridge when he meets Alex. Alex is a quirky character who volunteers at an old folks home, supplying some solid supporting story arcs. Alex has issues of her own, mostly related to an enlarged heart. It’s important that avoids extremes of emotion, so experiencing life and falling in love would kill her.
I thought this was just gonna be along the lines of a fault in our stars, which isn’t my cup of tea and then I read the blurb and thought, mmm interesting and I’m glad I gave it a go.
Ultimately yes it is a love story, it was cute and I didn’t hate that element of it. The performances, all of them were very well acted. It’s funny, and also handles some serious themes of grief, euthanasia and assisted suicide.
It’s not the perfect film, there are a few unanswered questions around Alex’s condition but I’m happy to ignore them, it was visually nice to look at, all in all a nicely crafted whimsical love story. This is Kellen Moore’s debut film so for me it’ll be interesting to see what comes next.
Dani – My 2nd recommendation for this week is a small series of documentaries I’ve been watching – also on now TV although it was originally an MTV series. IT’s called True Crime UK and covers a crime per episode, some solved and some unsolved or with a questionable resolution. They remind me of the type of thing you would get on BBC 3 – they feel like they should be presented by Stacey Dooley – that kind of vibe. There is a particular episode that has really stuck with me and it focus’ on the death of Kirsty Maxwell.
Other mentions.
Hollywood scandal podcast
MasterChef Australia
The Sewing Bee
Glow up
Line of Duty
Silk Road
Underbelly
Sources
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