Killed by the People He Trusted: The Murder of Adam Vincent | Ep. 274

Killed by the People He Trusted: The Murder of Adam Vincent | Ep. 274

From British Murders with Stuart Blues by Stuart Blues

September 9, 2026 · 34 min · Episode 274

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This episode examines the murder of Adam Vincent, his struggles with addiction, and the subsequent investigation into his disappearance.

In early 2011, 33-year-old Adam Vincent was living in the shadow of a heroin addiction in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Vulnerable, in poor health and increasingly dependent on the people around him, Adam became involved with a group running a local drug operation, but when the people around him became convinced that Adam had stolen from them or betrayed their trust, he found himself facing something far more dangerous than the addiction he was already struggling to escape. Over the following weeks, Adam's situation became increasingly frightening. People in the local community noticed that he was injured and terrified, while behind the doors of a house in Scartho, tensions within the drug operation were reaching a breaking point. When Adam disappeared, detectives were left trying to work out what had happened to him and why a group of men had gone to such extraordinary lengths to keep their secret hidden. What followed was a huge and complex murder investigation spanning Grimsby, the waterways of Lincolnshire and beyond. In this episode of British Murders with Stuart Blues , I examine the murder of Adam Vincent, the drug operation surrounding him, and the investigation that eventually…

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