Debut book The Trillion Dollar Conman out now. Investigative journalist with the BBC's File on 4 programme. Series producer narrative podcasts. Notts County supporter. https://tinyurl.com/255nzdxvhttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mjc2w2mres2cIn 2014, Charmain Speirs married Prophet Eric Adusah. Six months later she was dead. I've teamed up with BBC Disclosure to investigate what happened. Watch it Monday 10pm BBC2.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cevk1jrg4g8o12 Apr 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjc2w2mres2chttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mfqu4oeqrk2wMy debut book The Trillion Dollar Conman is out in paperback today. It tells the scarcely believable life story of Russell King - a compulsive fraudster and master of his dark art. Left in his wake was a trail of destruction. Thanks for all the support I've had for the book. shorturl.at/RTirz26 Feb 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfqu4oeqrk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3m5obz3h4xk2yOn Saturday November 22 I'll be at the Notts County FC club shop signing copies of The Trillion Dollar Conman. Football, fraud, F1, farce - it'll make the perfect Christmas gift! Hope to see you there from 1.30pm!15 Nov 2025 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5obz3h4xk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3lxjjs5lbkk2xA big thanks to @mattmwilliams.bsky.social for this fantastic review of The Trillion Dollar Conman. I can only apologise it made you miss your Tube stop... https://x.com/BookiePrize/status/1961046283650564456?t=rniIDHii3O9UQCNJsEqmTA&s=1929 Aug 2025 07:26 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxjjs5lbkk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3lthx3obcns2kBig thanks to Responsible Investor for including The Trillion Dollar Conman on its top summer reading list! Finance, football, fraud and plenty of farce - perfect for a long afternoon on the beach! https://www.responsible-investor.com/nature-dystopia-football-history-and-water-the-ri-summer-reading-list/08 Jul 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthx3obcns2khttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3ls7536s7zk2aHuge thanks to everyone who came to the opening night of the Lowdham Book Festival in Nottingham. I had a great time talking about my debut book The Trillion Dollar Conman. Lots more great author events over next 2 weeks - get along if you can and support independent book shops. shorturl.at/7q9Qn22 Jun 2025 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls7536s7zk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3ls72lvczys2aHad a great time speaking to the @sportinhistorypod.bsky.social podcast about my book The Trillion Dollar Conman. Big thanks to @whuhistorian.bsky.social for making it such a fun experience. You can listen to my episode and many others here shorturl.at/tW7ws #sport #history #truecrime https://shorturl.at/tW7ws22 Jun 2025 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls72lvczys2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3lrsdidf6fc2eMy latest File on 4 Investigates is out today. We've been examining adult gaming centres and discovered failings in a crucial system to protect vulnerable people from gambling harm. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wp77eeej2o17 Jun 2025 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsdidf6fc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3lrkxmml2gk2zJust a week to go before Lowdham Book Festival where I'll be talking about my debut book The Trillion Dollar Conman. Football, finance, fraud, farce - there's much to discuss. Friday June 20th in Lowdham, Notts, from 7.30pm. Hope to see you there! https://www.thebookcase.co.uk/the-lowdham-book-festival/14 Jun 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrkxmml2gk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3lppfit4nq22dDelighted to be appearing at the Lowdham Book Festival in Nottingham to talk about my new book The Trillion Dollar Conman. Join me on Friday June 20th to chat football, fraud, deception, deceit and much more besides... https://www.thebookcase.co.uk/the-lowdham-book-festival/21 May 2025 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lppfit4nq22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3ljpfn26o3c2lIt has been the most exciting four months since my first book was published. It was my lifelong dream to write a book and I've loved every minute of sharing it with the world. Thanks for all the support! #worldbookday tinyurl.com/255nzdxv06 Mar 2025 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpfn26o3c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3ljkmmhdggs2xMy latest documentary, out today, tells the story of an autistic woman with a learning disability wrongly locked up in a mental health setting for 45 years. We also ask why so many other people are still being wrongly detained. Podcast out now and on Radio 4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly43png991o04 Mar 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkmmhdggs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3lh2s2xyu222kBig thanks for another superb review of The Trillion Dollar Conman. If sport, true crime and lashings of skulduggery are your thing please do check it out shorturl.at/9xopA31 Jan 2025 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2s2xyu222khttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3lh25t3org224Thrilled with this fantastic review of my debut book The Trillion Dollar Conman, on Goodreads.31 Jan 2025 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh25t3org224https://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3lfpdyxytbs2sFor File on 4 Investigates, Alastair Fee and I have been examining parents' battle to obtain cannabis medicine to treat their children's epilepsy - including smuggling spies from Amsterdam. Doc available on BBC Sounds now https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0026v6n14 Jan 2025 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfpdyxytbs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3ldaujkkidc2gA big thanks to the fantastic independent seller @stanchionbooks.bsky.social for re-stocking The Trillion Dollar Conman - your support is much appreciated! https://stanchionbooks.com/products/the-trillion-dollar-conman-the-astonishing-true-story-of-the-most-audacious-fraud-in-sport?s=0914 Dec 2024 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldaujkkidc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3lcvj5wzm422sMy next book has landed - Christmas Truce by Mike Hill. It's woven with an amazing array of letters from soldiers who took part in the 1914 ceasefire on the western front. If there is such a thing as true Christmas spirit, it is sure to be captured on the pages of this book.09 Dec 2024 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcvj5wzm422shttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3lcpwwybxsc2jAll things considered #notts game being postponed could work out for the best if it means we can get one or two more players fit...07 Dec 2024 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcpwwybxsc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/benrobinsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3lcpin4bugk2wJust finished Who Owns Football by @nickmiller79.bsky.social Fabulous thought-provoking book packed with weird, wonderful and worrying stories of club ownership. This book should prompt fans throughout football pyramid to take a keener interest in who is in charge...and why #books07 Dec 2024 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:hcr6uydocexpztjxxmlxh2o7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcpin4bugk2w