S8 Ep3: The Kill List.

<div>Dr David Birkett was an unassuming, quiet man, eminent in his fields of both Dermatology and Paleopathology, and well liked and respected by all who knew him. So when he answered a knock at his Middlesbrough door one night in February 1990, he couldn't for a second have considered that the figure stood before him meant him harm.<br> <br> Harm was an understatement. It was the first action of an individual who is one of the strangest - and certainly most dangerous - we have come across on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, and whose story I bring here. <br> <br> <strong><em>The</em></strong> <strong><em>episode</em></strong> <strong><em>contains</em></strong> <strong><em>details and</em></strong> <strong><em>descriptions</em></strong> <strong><em>of crimes</em></strong> <strong><em>and</em></strong> <strong><em>events, including descriptions of injury detail and with reference to animal cruelty, that</em></strong> <strong><em>some</em></strong> <strong><em>listeners</em></strong> <strong><em>may</em></strong> <strong><em>find</em></strong> <strong><em>disturbing, and</em></strong> <strong><em>or</em></strong> <strong><em>distressing,</em></strong> <strong><em>so</em></strong> <strong><em>discretion</em></strong> <strong><em>is</em></strong> <strong><em>advised</em></strong> <strong><em>whilst</em></strong> <strong><em>listening.<br> <br> </em></strong>Music used in this episode: <strong>"The</strong> <strong>Descent"</strong> by <strong>Kevin</strong> <strong>Macleod.</strong> All music used is sourced from <a href="https://filmmusic.io/"><strong><a href="https://filmmusic.io/">https://filmmusic.io/</a></strong></a> and used under an <strong>Attribution</strong> <strong>Licence</strong> <strong>(</strong><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><strong><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a></strong></a><strong>)<br> <br> Show Sponsors</strong> </div> <ul><li> <a href="https://www.betterhelp.com/"><strong>BetterHelp:</strong></a><st