S1 Ep10: Mick Philpott, the Jeremy Kyle sofa star who killed

Devils in the Dark

True Crime, Comedy

4 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard dive into the world of Britain’s most hated father, Mick Philpott. After serving only three years in prison after being found guilty for a grisly grievous bodily harm attack in his early twenties, famous ‘benefits scrounger’ Mick is living the high life in the noughties in England. Finding fame through touting his government funded lifestyle on daytime TV shows like This Morning and The Jeremy Kyle Show, narcissist Mick thought he had the world in his hands… that was until one of his many long suffering partners decided to leave, triggering him to concoct one of the worst plans of revenge in history. Expect unbelievably arrogant behaviour, tales of dogging in Allestree Park and the story of one very heroic neighbour.

Devils in The Dark contains graphic details of sexual assault and violence, including violence against children, and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

00:00 - Introduction

06:25 - Where Mick’s story begins

07:16 - Mick’s first assault

09:06 - Mick leaves prison to start a new life

10:22 - Mick meets Mairead Duffy and Lisa Willis

15:05 - Mick goes to his local newspaper

16:27 - Mick’s stint on daytime TV

20:29 - Mick sends Mairead and Lisa to work

21:29 - Mick introduces Paul Mosely to Mairead and Lisa

22:01 - Mick goes dogging in Allestree Park

23:52 - Lisa Willis gets out

24:57 - The Plan

27:04 - Brave neighbour, Daniel Stevenson tries to save the children on Victory Road

33:32 - The aftermath of the incident

35:30 - Forensic scientist, Daniel Matthews, arrives to investigate

38:53 - Mick and Mairead hold a press conference

41:05 - Mick’s sick behaviour at the mortuary

42:43 - Mick Philpott and Mairead Duffy are arrested

44:49 - The arrest of Paul Mosely

48:00 - The trial of Mick Philpott, Mairead Duffy and Paul Mosely

53:55 - Outro

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Devils in the Dark with me Helen Anderson and me, Danny Howard.
0:04.9	We're two best friends entering the world of true crime.
0:08.6	I'll be sharing the stories of some of the worst and most horrific murder cases in history
0:13.5	with the help of professional criminologists and we're taking you along for the ride.
0:18.7	In this episode, we're looking into the infamous star of Jeremy Kyle.
0:23.0	It's Mick Philpott.
0:35.5	But first, Danny, how are you doing?
0:38.9	I'm good.
0:40.5	I've had some interesting nature encounters.
0:45.5	What?
0:48.0	I'm doing a lot of early morning in driving,
0:51.3	and now that spring has sprung,
0:53.5	and there's a lot more nature about and today before
0:57.6	I came here I um I thought I saw a a pheasant that was potentially injured and so I was like oh
1:06.4	and I pulled over to be like hello are, are you okay, pheasant?
1:12.6	Because it was like, it was like squatting, right?
1:16.0	And at first I was like, is it laying an egg?
1:17.9	And then it was a colourful one, and that means it's a man.
1:20.7	So he wasn't laying an egg.
1:22.7	I was like, oh, is he hurt?
1:24.2	And then he got away.
1:26.3	Like I got close and he sort of started flapping and
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