About this episode

The episode explores a brutal murder case in London with the involvement of Detective Inspector Robert Fabian.

Part two of Season 09 Episode 12: Eyes that Shine a Burning Red. With local police ill-equipped to deal with such a strange and brutal murder, the London Met's greatest living police officer, Detective Inspector Robert Fabian, is drafted in to help.  Despite presiding over every criminal case imaginable in all his twenty years of service, he hasn't seen anything yet... Written by Richard MacLean Smith, James Conor Patterson and Emma Dibdin. Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Richard MacLean Smith

Topics covered

• murder investigation
• police work
• crime
• London
• detective stories

Keywords

• murder
• London Met
• Detective Inspector Robert Fabian
• crime investigation
• police

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: London Met, iHeartPodcasts

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