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True Crime Creepers

Joyce McKinney Part 2

True Crime Creepers

Cloud10

True Crime, Comedy

4.8 • 959 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In Part 2 of our Joyce McKinney saga, we pick up with Kirk Anderson’s daring escape and the wild fallout that ensued. From her arrest in the UK to the media circus that turned Joyce into an international tabloid sensation, this episode dives into the court drama, shocking revelations, and Joyce’s bold (and bizarre) escape from justice. Sources: Documentary - Tabloid Book: Joyce McKinney and the Case of the Manacled Mormon by Anthony Delano Joyce McKinney and the battle of the tabloids | Documentary films | The Guardian Joyce McKinney and the Manacled Mormon | by Glenn M Stewart Woman accused of running over holocaust survivor has led a tabloid life Dog cloner Joyce McKinney sought over burglary to fund horse's wooden leg Sponsors: Acorns Head to acorns.com/creepers or download the Acorns app to get started Acorns Early Head to acorns.com/creepers or download the Acorns app to get started. Quince Go to Quince.com/creepers for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Shop plans at MINTMOBILE.COM/CREEPERS Want more True Crime Creepers? Find us on Patreon for bonus episodes and ad free episodes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to another episode of true crime creepers where we talk about all the real life creeps from serial killers to con artists.

0:07.1

I'm Kristen, the true crime fanatic, who loves to tell these stories.

0:11.1

And I'm not moab still. It's destiny for part two.

0:16.6

Okay, this is part two of our episode on Joyce McKinney, who, if you recall, kidnapped her Mormon missionary ex-boyfriend, took him to a cottage in Devon, spent three days assaulting him, and insisted that it was all consensual because they were in love.

0:35.8

At this point in our story, Kirk Anderson has managed to escape Joyce's clutches by

0:41.0

pretending that he was going to marry her to get her to drive him into London, and she last

0:46.4

saw him leaving on a train to head back to Surrey.

0:49.5

But as soon as he got back, Kirk went to the police and told them everything about his kidnapping.

0:55.5

Jackson Shaw, the pilot, said that he was back in the U.S. during all of this at his apartment

1:00.3

in Long Beach when the police called him and said the homicide department wanted him to come

1:04.9

down to the station and talk to them. And he was pretty freaked out by that, but he went down

1:10.1

and he told them the whole story,

1:12.0

everything he knew about Joyce. They actually had him give them his story twice to make sure

1:16.8

that both stories matched. And they did. So police in the UK set up a sting operation to

1:23.3

arrest Joyce and Keith. They left a message for her that said, quote, it's been crazy, but I think I

1:30.5

finally got them off my back now. I still love you, Joy. Call me any time at the number above.

1:37.4

So she called the number and she said she wanted to speak to Kirk and they set up a meeting for

1:42.3

two o'clock the next day. On September 19th,

1:46.0

1977, Joyce and Keith set off to the meeting. Joyce said she was so excited. She just kept

1:53.5

singing, I'm getting married in the morning. But on the way, they were stopped by police. She said

2:00.8

they nearly ran her off the road and they were both arrested for false imprisonment and kidnapping.

2:06.7

And she's shocked.

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