S2 Ep10: Archibald Hall, The Monster Butler

Devils in the Dark

True Crime, Comedy

4 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Helen and Danni head to Scotland and beyond this week to learn all about The Monster Butler…Archibald Hall. Growing up, young Archibald (or Roy, as he liked to call himself) became obsessed with the glitz and glamour of the silver screen. He fell in love with it’s debonair leading men, and all the wealth they enjoyed… and so, he thought, why not me? Thus ensued a lifetime of crime, lies and ultimately… murder. Expect possibly one of the shittest robbers in British history, another EXCELLENT voice for Danni’s collection and a murder story that almost feels a bit Del Boy had it not been so sad.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Once upon a time, Amazon Music met audiobooks and listeners everywhere rejoiced.
0:05.8	Oh yeah.
0:06.6	Because now they could listen to one audiobook title a month from an enormous library of popular audiobook
0:12.2	titles including Romantasy, autobiographies, true crime, and more.
0:19.3	Suddenly listeners didn't mind sitting in traffic or even missing their flight.
0:23.4	Amazon Music Unlimited now includes Audible. No way. Download the Amazon Music app now to start listening.
0:29.2	Terms Apply. Welcome to Devils in the Dark with me, Helen Anderson and me, Danny Howard.
0:35.1	We're two best friends entering the world of true crime.
0:38.6	We'll be sharing the stories of some of the worst and most horrific murder cases in history
0:42.6	with the help of professional criminologists.
0:45.2	And we're taking you along for the ride.
0:47.7	In this episode, we're looking into the crimes of the monster butler Archie Bald Hall.
0:53.6	Music the crimes of the monster butler Archie Bald Hall.
1:10.9	Hello, hello. How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you?
1:11.9	I'm all right.
1:16.5	Oh, just before you get into what you're going to get into, because I can tell it's going to be really good.
1:18.8	I have a quick update.
1:19.7	Yeah.
1:26.3	I was just listening to the craze episode that we did.
1:26.8	Yes.
1:30.1	Where we spent way too long talking about cranes.
1:30.7	Important.
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