S07E07 | Leigh Ann Sabine | The Death of John Sabine

In the seventh episode of season 7, I tell the story of Leigh Ann Sabine.

In 1997, John Sabine disappeared after moving to a flat in Beddau, South Wales, with his wife, Ann, who also went by Leigh.

Neighbours assumed the couple had divorced, but the truth would come to light 18 years later.

Less than a month after Ann succumbed to brain cancer in October 2015, the body of her husband, John, was found in her garden.

It is unclear if Ann murdered John, but an inquest has recorded a verdict of unlawful killing.

This is one of the most unusual cases I've ever researched.

Intro music:⁣

David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'⁣

https://linktr.ee/davidjohnbradymusic⁣

My recording equipment:⁣

Shure SM7B Vocal Microphone

Cloud Microphone Cloudlifter CL1

Focusrite Scarlett Solo USB Audio Interface

Rode PSA-1 Professional Studio Boom Arm

Recorded and Edited in:⁣

Hindenberg PRO

References:⁣

Beddau murder probe launched after remains found near flats. (2015, November 24). BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-34917143

Beddau murder probe: Neighbour’s horror at finding corpse. (2016, January 6). BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-35244554

Beddau murder probe: Remains found wrapped in plastic. (2015, November 25). BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-34918652

Beddau murder probe: Wife suspect over body in plastic. (2015, December 11). BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-35071569

Davies, B., & Kelly, T. (2015, December 19). Haunting truth about the ‘evil’ wife accused of committing the ‘perfect murder’ of her husband and first glimpse inside the flat his body was kept for 18 years. Mail Online. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3366447/Haunting-truth-evil-wife-accused-committing-perfect-murder-husband-hiding-body-garden.html

Dewey, P. (2021, July 18). Murdered with a stone frog: The grisly story of the man whose mummified remains were hidden in his wife’s garden. WalesOnline. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/beddau-murder-lee-sabine-frog-21005327

John and Leigh Ann Sabine investigated for abandoning children. (2015, December 14). BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-35097310

Kelly, T. (2016, March 5). ‘I battered my husband with a stone frog’: How wife confessed to murder 18 YEARS after her victim’s body was found buried in the yard after she died. Mail Online. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3477593/I-battered-husband-stone-frog-wife-confessed-murder-18-YEARS-victim-s-body-buried-yard-died.html

Koubaridis, A. (2015, December 15). Ann Sabin named as main suspect in her husband’s murder. news.com.au. https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/ann-sabin-named-as-main-suspect-in-her-husbands-murder/news-story/c0a2543212e29131caf8d6f9ed4fe7d1

Lee, A. (2015, December 14). What is the truth about ‘killer’ wife?Express.co.uk. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/626762/Truth-killer-wife-Beddau-Leigh-Ann-Sabine

McVeigh, K. (2016, October 8). ‘Why didn’t she confess?’: the killing of John Sabine. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/08/why-didnt-she-confess-killing-of-john-sabine

Morris, S. (2016, May 19). Woman who killed her husband and hid his body was never caught. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/19/woman-killed-husband-hid-body-never-caught-leigh-ann-sabine

Murder accused Leigh Ann Sabine has second partner ‘disappear’. (2015, December 17). Stuff. https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/75203383/murder-accused-leigh-ann-sabine-has-second-partner-disappear

Sands, K. (2016, March 7). Wife of man whose body lay undiscovered for 18 years ‘confessed to friend she murdered him with a stone frog’. WalesOnline. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/sabine-confess-murder-stone-frog-11000846