Detective Chief St Bob Taylor: Last interview with ‘True crime fighting legend’

Success Means Business School podcast's Nicola Sands speaks to Bob   Taylor in his final ever interview.  Credit: Applehead Media

Transcript

00:00What does a murderer look like?

00:03Well, look in the mirror.

00:07Bob Taylor is a former West Yorkshire Police Detective Chief Superintendent.

00:12He has an unprecedented 100% detection and conviction rate.

00:17This makes him one of the UK's most successful murder detectives.

00:21You've got to rip the scene apart.

00:25Which I did at Wendyspeaks House.

00:27I absolutely tore that house to pieces.

00:30During his 30-year career, Bob has worked on some of the country's biggest crime investigations,

00:36including the Yorkshire Ripper, the hunt for kidnapper Michael Sams

00:40and the murder of Wakefield woman Wendy Speaks.

00:44This isn't a job that you can turn off.

00:47At five o'clock, go home.

00:50It's going to live with you for weeks and haunt you until you actually get a result.

00:57I'm Nicola Sands, and in this episode, Bob Taylor gives a fascinating insight

01:02into the mindset and motivation it takes to catch a killer.