With each episode of The Storyteller, Isla takes listeners on a journey through the events leading up to the crime, the investigation, and the aftermath. Using interviews with experts, family members, and sometimes even the perpetrators themselves, Isla brings each case to life, exploring the human emotions behind these often harrowing events.
So, if you’re a true crime enthusiast looking for a podcast that delves deeper into the stories behind the headlines, The Storyteller is for you. With its engaging narrative style and careful attention to detail, Isla’s podcast will leave you captivated, disturbed, and wanting more. Subscribe today and join Isla on her journey to uncover the truth behind some of the most compelling true crime cases in history.
The Storyteller: Narcissist’s Playbook (2026)
The fourth instalment in The Storyteller series, sees award-winning investigative journalist Isla Traquair uncover the truth behind the shocking exposé featured in the new documentary Narcissist’s Playbook. An internationally respected professor of psychology, who claims to help people recover from narcissistic abuse, is unmasked as a wolf in saviour’s clothing. Experience the investigation as it unfolds following every twist, setback and breakthrough alongside Isla, from the very first contact to the killer confrontation.
The Scottish crime journalist does it again weaving the narrative with compassion and honest observation. Real interviews with those at the heart of the case, plus international experts, narcissistic abuse survivors and four diagnosed narcissists.
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The Storyteller: Naked Villainy (2023)
Step inside the jury box and witness history being made in the third Storyteller series for which Isla won Outstanding Investigative Reporting at the True Crime Awards. It’s taken 45 years to bring a killer to court after a rising star in genetic research was brutally killed. Two decades on from confronting the prime suspect for a documentary, Isla faces him again in court. It’s the first time ever a full UK murder trial has been broadcast.
The Storyteller: Violent Delights (2020)
Following on from the smash-hit success of Series One of The Storyteller: Murder Most Foul, comes Series Two – Violent Delights. In this one-case deep dive, Isla Traquair returns to Scotland to investigate a true-crime Shakespearean tragedy involving a beautiful young housemaid to the Royal Family who is swept off her feet by a charismatic Prince Charming and ends up in the dock accused of murder. Her trial alongside two co-accused was the most sensational case in Scottish history with the twists and turns of a complicated love story that went very wrong.
The Storyteller: Murder Most Foul (2019)
A chilling and addictive true crime podcast set in Scotland. A young woman is found face down behind her door in an upmarket area of Aberdeen. She’d been murdered in such a violent way it left a mark on investigators. 22-year-old gentle care worker Melanie Sturton was an unlikely victim, but the identity of her killer was even more shocking. Isla was a 19-year-old newspaper reporter at the time of the murder and on the 20th anniversary she retraces her steps to find out the truth behind this Murder Most Foul.