Francisco Garcia

Francisco Garcia is a journalist and author of We All Go Into The Dark: The Hunt for Bible John

May 2025The Audio Long Read‘We thought we could change the world’: how an idealistic fight against miscarriages of justice turned sour – podcastWhen a no-nonsense lecturer set up a radical

solution to help free the wrongfully convicted in the UK, he was hopeful he could change the justice system. But what started as a revolution ended in acrimonyBy Francisco Garcia. Read by

hope. When will Labour free them? Francisco GarciaEngland and Wales abolished these draconian sentences in 2012 – but our crumbling prisons still hold offenders trapped in horrifying stasis

, says journalist Francisco Garcia4 Nov 2024 11.00 CETJune 2024The Audio Long ReadFrom low-level drug dealer to human trafficker: are modern slavery laws catching the wrong people? –

podcast14 Jun 2024 06.00 CEST‘The quality of the writing was clear as a bell’: the astonishing talent of Dennis Potter7 Jun 2024 15.44 CESTApril 2024The long readFrom low-level drug dealer

to human trafficker: are modern slavery laws catching the wrong people?The long read: When I heard that a boy from my primary school had been convicted of trafficking, I had to find out what

had happened to make him fall so far18 Apr 2024 06.00 CESTJuly 2023Could you live in a house that had been the scene of a murder?What happens when a terrible crime transforms an ordinary

home into a famously dark and macabre address? Francisco Garcia tours the UK’s ‘murder houses’ to find out9 Jul 2023 13.00 CESTJune 2023‘You can’t argue against a computer’: has the pub quiz

lost its soul?The perfect trivia night is an elusive mix of brains, beer and banter, but are slick question-setting companies sapping the scene of its community spirit?12 Jun 2023 12.00

CEST…… commentsMay 2023True crime can be an unedifying business, so why am I drawn to writing about it?Francisco Garcia23 May 2023 13.14 CEST…… commentsIan Ayre’s journey from Liverpool CEO

to running Nashville SC in MLS12 May 2023 11.00 CESTMarch 2023‘Going missing wasn’t a conscious choice’ – why do some people just walk away from their lives?More than 170,000 people go

missing in Britain every year. What drives them to leave their friends and families – and what awaits them if they do come back?20 Mar 2023 15.13 CETFebruary 2023What happened during

Scotland’s rent freeze? Landlords fought backFrancisco GarciaFor solutions to the housing crisis to work, they need to be permanent, says journalist Francisco Garcia9 Feb 2023 17.29 CET……

commentsJanuary 2023When people are asked to vote to demolish their homes, you have to ask if this is true democracyFrancisco GarciaLondon housing estate residents must now be ball

oted on redevelopment plans. But in practice, the process is wanting, says journalist Francisco Garcia12 Jan 2023 11.00 CET…… commentsJuly 2022Being poor in the UK is an expensive

businessFrancisco Garcia12 Jul 2022 11.10 CEST…… commentsDouble take: the weird and wonderful world of celebrity lookalikes3 Jul 2022 11.00 CESTMay 2022Superglue and self-extraction:

Britain’s desperate ‘DIY dentistry’ is a painful realityFrancisco Garcia30 May 2022 13.00 CEST…… commentsScrapping ‘no fault evictions’ doesn’t address the problem of spiralling rents

Francisco Garcia16 May 2022 09.00 CEST…… commentsDecember 2021The pandemic is a blow to mental health – and that means more missing childrenFrancisco GarciaWhile most return ‘safe and well’,

cuts in services mean too many are at serious risk of disappearing again, says journalist Francisco Garcia13 Dec 2021 08.00 CETNovember 2021How a writer found himself in a missing person

storyWhile working on a book about missing persons, Francisco Garcia received a message that turned his life upside down. Here he reflects on love, loss and the enduring promise of reunion27

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