Tortoise Investigates
By Tortoise Media
Welcome to the Tortoise Investigates feed. It’s the home for the best of our podcast series, where you can find all our chart-topping, award-winning stories in one place.
We’ve covered everything from extraordinary tales of deception to suspicious deaths to one mother’s decades-long fight against the police.
Our journalists cover a wide range of stories but there is a thread that ties them all together – in every series, you’ll hear us going deep on a story, taking our time to investigate, guided by the public interest and the truths that, as journalists, we think need to be uncovered.
We will continue to update this feed regularly with all of our best and most ambitious stories.
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Reporter: Grace Hughes-Hallett
Producer: Gary Marshall
Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper
Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella
Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail
Podcast artwork: Lola Williams
Executive producer: Ceri Thomas
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Latest episode
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The phone calls | Master Ep 6
A fifth woman comes forward with allegations against the author Neil Gaiman.Reporter: Paul Caruana Galizia and Rachel JohnsonProducer: Matt RussellAdditional reporting: Jess SwinburneOriginal music and sound design:… -
The NDAs | Master Ep 5
Almost a month since the investigation where two women came forward with allegations that the author Neil Gaiman sexually assaulted them - allegations he strenuously denied - more women have come forward. Including another woman made to sign a non… -
The fan | Master Ep 4
The second woman to allege Neil Gaiman sexually assaulted her first met him as an 18-year-old fan. They began a consensual sexual relationship two years later. She alleges he was abusive and once penetrated her without her consent. He strenuously … -
The pond | Master Ep 3
New Zealand police tell the former nanny there isn’t enough evidence to actively pursue her sexual assault complaint against Neil Gaiman. He says he offered himself up for an interview with the police. But the facts may indicate otherwise.… -
The Whatsapps | Master Ep 2
The former nanny who alleges Neil Gaiman sexually assaulted her shares her WhatsApp messages with him. The messages appear friendly and affectionate. He says they’re evidence that she consented to sex with him. But is there another way of reading … -
The bath | Master Ep 1
Neil Gaiman is one of the world’s most successful authors. And one of the most loved. His works have been adapted for film, TV and the stage. Now two women, a former nanny and a fan, allege he sexually assaulted and abused them while they were in … -
Introducing...What's Wrong With Democracy?
Introducing...What's Wrong With Democracy?By the end of this year, countries making up half the world’s population will have held elections. But not all of them will have been free and fair. In ‘What’s Wrong with Democracy?’ Professor B… -
Lightbulbs | Dangerous Memories Ep 6
After years of failed attempts, an expert flies over from America to help guide the parents on how to get their children back. But getting them home is not the end of the journey, for anyone caught up in Anne’s web.To find out more abou… -
Dangerous Memories: Episode 5 - Who is Anne?
What motivated Anne in her work with the young women and did she believe what she was leading them to believe? In the search for answers, Grace turns to one of the only people who has heard Anne’s side of the story directly from her.Thi… -
Dangerous Memories: Episode 4 - The ‘other person'
As Huey’s dependence on Anne grows, she becomes increasingly isolated from the outside world. Until, after a series of events over the summer of 2014, the police turn up and start to investigate. This is episode 4 of 6. To binge-li…