Once Upon A Crime Podcast

08/05/2025

At Once Upon a Crime, we’re not just obsessed with true crime, we’re also full-blown animal lovers. 🐾🔍

Meet the official OUAC mascots: our fur-partners in crime! 🐶🐱💀

Now it’s your turn, drop a pic of your own four-legged accomplices in the comments.

We want to see your ride-or-die pet detectives! 🐾🖤

08/05/2025

✨ London’s nightlife in the ‘50s was glamorous, seductive, and risky. Follow Ruth Ellis as her life spins out of control between two rival lovers. Uncover the scandal and emotion. Ruth Ellis & The Price of Passion - Part 3: Love Triangle.

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📸 2. The Little Club. Ruth’s flat was on the second floor
📸 3. Desmond Cussen and Ruth
📸 4. David Blakley and Ruth

07/29/2025

Hanged: Ruth Ellis and The Price of Passion – Part 2 is now streaming!
This week, we step into London’s post-war nightclub scene where Ruth Ellis sought glamour and stability but found danger and heartbreak.
From a turbulent marriage to secret affairs and domestic violence, discover how Ruth’s pursuit of love and respectability spiraled into tragedy.
A powerful, haunting story of human vulnerability and the price of passion.
🎧 Listen now and uncover the truth behind Britain’s last woman to be executed.

In this gripping second installment of “Hanged,” we delve into Ruth Ellis’s tumultuous journey through London’s shadowy nightlife, her relationship with the infamou…

07/22/2025

We're excited to bring you the first episode of our new series, "Hanged: Ruth Ellis and the Price of Passion," out now! Watch this video for a special invitation to join us for this special series and learn how to help us out if you usually listen on Apple Podcasts. 🔎🕵️‍♂️🎙⚖️🎧

07/22/2025

Season 10 is now live.🚨
HANGED: Ruth Ellis and The Price of Passion. - PART 1: Becoming Ruth.

A crime of passion that shocked a nation. A story that begs to be told. 🩸
Season 10 of Once Upon A Crime kicks off with Hanged: Ruth Ellis and the Price of Passion. our first deep dive into love, violence, and history.
Don’t forget to subscribe and download. Link in bio! 🎧🕵️‍♀️

2. - Ruth as a child
3. - Ruth was a brunette before coloring her hair blonde.
4. - One of her first photo shoots.

07/19/2025

Are you ready for Season 10 of Once Upon A Crime? 🔪🖤

This time, we’re doing something different: a gripping 7-part serial diving deep into the life, loves, and crime of Ruth Ellis. The last woman to be hanged in London. 🩸🕰️

Make sure you subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss a single twist. Season 10 drops this Monday. July 21, 2025!

07/17/2025

🎉 We did it. 18,000 subscribers on YouTube! 🥳

Huge thank you to every single one of you who’s watched, liked, shared, and subscribed. Your support means the world! ❤️

If you haven’t joined us yet, hit that subscribe button and help us reach 20,000 by the end of the summer! I know we can do it!

Let’s keep growing together! 📈🔥

Step into the darker side of history with Once Upon A Crime, a true-crime podcast that delves deep into some of the world’s most gripping cases. Hosted by an expert storyteller, Esther Ludlow, each episode unravels the mysteries behind notorious crimes, exploring the lives of victims and perpetrat...

07/16/2025

🩸✨ One woman. One crime that shook a nation.
In 1955, Ruth Ellis became the last woman ever executed in the UK — after murdering her lover in cold blood… or was it something more complicated?
This season on Once Upon A Crime, we’re doing something different:
A special 7-part deep dive into the crime, the trial, the execution… and the woman behind it all.
New season drops July 21.
Subscribe now and listen wherever you get your podcasts.

You won’t want to miss a single chapter. 🎙️

07/13/2025

Some couples go to fancy dinners… we go down rabbit holes of unsolved cases. 🕳️🕵️‍♂️
Tag your partner who understands! 🖤🔪