Death in the Leather Bar: The Colin Ireland Story

Описание: Content Warnings:
Violence against queer men, murder, BDSM context, animal cruelty, police negligence.

Tonight, on LGBT — Let’s Get Back to Talking, we’re diving deep into one of the most chilling cases to ever cross London’s queer nightlife: the 1993 murders committed by Colin Ireland, the man who walked into a leather bar with a New Year’s resolution to become a serial killer.

This episode explores how Ireland hunted gay men inside the Colherne — a historic leather bar in Earls Court — and how he exploited a community already navigating police hostility, stigma, and invisibility. We walk through each victim’s story, the timeline of Ireland’s crimes, the failures of early investigation, and the shocking moment he confessed solely because he didn’t want to be mistaken for a gay man.

This is a story about power, ego, community, and the people whose lives were stolen by a predator who believed their deaths wouldn’t matter.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:
• The nightlife culture of 1990s London queer spaces
• Colin Ireland’s background and disturbing “resolution”
• How he selected victims at the Colherne leather bar
• The detailed timeline of all five murders
• Forensic connections police missed
• His cold, calculated confession
• The victims — and why their stories must be remembered

If you’re new here, welcome — pull up a drink and get comfortable. Around here, we tell queer stories honestly. The messy ones. The tragic ones. The ones people tried to bury. And the ones that deserve the oxygen of memory.

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