About this episode

The episode discusses the tragic case of Michael Menson, who was found on fire, leading to a family's fight for justice against police failures.

On the night of 27 January 1997, a driver made his way along the North Circular Road in north London. In the darkness ahead of him, something was wrong. There was a man on the grass verge at the side of the road. He was on fire. The driver could not have known that what he was looking at would set in motion years of grief, of obstruction, of a family's refusal to be silenced - a fight for justice that would expose one of the most shameful failures in the history of the Metropolitan Police. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

People in this episode

Host: Morbidology

Topics covered

• true crime
• justice
• police failure
• family struggle
• grief

Keywords

• Michael Menson
• North Circular Road
• Metropolitan Police
• true crime
• justice
• grief
• police failure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Metropolitan Police

Places: North Circular Road, north London

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