Tuesday 09th Dec 2025
Episode Number:
473
Trusted | A Hidden Killer
It was the usual bus to college in Plymouth that 18 year old Alicia Eborne had caught so many times before. But this time, she had not made it to college or even been seen since leaving home as usual that morning – had she even made it to the bus? But one person knew exactly what had happened to Alicia. A man trusted by so many, but a man capable of a terrible murder…
Episode Credits:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/aug/03/patrickbarkham
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/life-for-bus-driver-who-murdered-teenager-7907356.htm
https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/bus-killer-jailed-6970336.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/17/ukcrime
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/17/ukcrime.jamiewilson
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/crime/bus-driver-is-charged-with-murder-of-college-student-78771.htm
https://www.tavistock-today.co.uk/news/life-sentence-for-alicias-killer-359634
https://www.tavistock-today.co.uk/news/discovery-of-alicias-body-shocks-village-35677
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/bus-driver-held-in-hunt-for-missing-teenager-78472.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/alicia-busman-charged-6944329.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jan/27/ukcrime.immigrationpolicy
https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/murderers-who-plead-guilty-must-spend-longer-in-jail-7211590.ht
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/crime/life-for-bus-driver-who-murdered-teenager-7907356.html
Writing Credit: Chris Wood
You can buy Chris’s second book, ‘Death in the Theatre’ here: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Theatre-Chris-Wood/dp/1399009117
