EXCLUSIVE: Audible and Brit presenter Yinka Bokinni are teaming on a podcast that can look at real-life instances wherein criminals had been hiding in plain sight together with soccer coach Barry Bennell and disgraced information anchor Huw Edwards.
Produced by ITN Productions, Past Suspicion: The Criminals Who Betrayed Our Belief will take a deep dive into surprising examples of on a regular basis individuals masking abuse, manipulation and homicide.
Earlier than delving into the hole between media portrayal and true story, every episode will open with a cinematic reconstruction of the topic’s life and crimes, narrated by Bokinni.
Examples embody Bennell, a soccer coach who served a 34-year sentence after being convicted of a collection of kid intercourse offences. The pod can even inform the story of Edwards, who final 12 months pled responsible to creating indecent photographs of kids having for many years been one of many BBC’s lead anchors. One other topic will probably be Ian Paterson, the surgeon who left a whole bunch of sufferers disfigured after finishing up unnecessary operations.
Bokinni is a British TV and radio host who’s helming the BBC’s upcoming P Diddy: The Rise and Fall.
Bokinni mentioned: “Working with Audible and with the ability to create this authentic podcast has been really eye opening. What struck me most whereas making this podcast is simply how regular these individuals appeared to everybody round them. These are tales not simply of crime, however of belief, deception, and silence. We owe it to the victims to grasp how this occurs so it’d by no means occur once more.”
The pod launches at the moment.
