About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "The Funeral Director From Hell: Robert Bush" from I Could Murder A Podcast covers the case of Robert Bush, the man behind Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, whose business was exposed in 2024 as a site of horrifying neglect and fraud.
For years, families entrusted Bush and his firm with the care of their deceased loved ones. In 2024, police entering the Hull premises found bodies that had been left for months, discovered that families had been handed the wrong ashes, uncovered misused funeral plans, and found that charity donations meant for grieving families had been stolen. Bush eventually pleaded guilty to 67 offences and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, leaving hundreds of families to grapple with what had actually happened to the people they had lost. The episode, The Funeral Director From Hell, lays out how the deception unraveled and how one funeral home betrayed the trust of an entire community.
Hosts and release
Tom Norris and Ben Carter host the show, which launched during the 2020 coronavirus lockdown and has since grown to more than 165 episodes, released weekly out of the United Kingdom. This particular episode, number 11, runs 73 minutes and was released on October 12, 2026. It was written by Ben Carter, produced by Dan J Lambert, and edited by Ben Bonsey. Listeners can find the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube.
