Seafarer · Author · Pilot

Matt
O'Crowley

Three novels. An album. A children's fable. A musical. Written between watches, at altitude, and at anchor.

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Fiction

The Novels

Three works of fiction. Each one shaped by the experience of watching institutions fail, and refusing to look away.

Disjointed: System Error cover
Disjointed
Novel
The Book of Life cover
The Book of Life
Novel
The Archive
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The Archive
Novel
Distortion
Cover coming
Distortion
Novel
The ChiSsalo
Illustrated fable
The ChiSsalo
Illustrated Fable

Original Music

The Album

Seventeen tracks. Click any to play.

Matt O'Crowley 17 tracks

Musical Theatre

Wrong Roof

A new musical. In development.

Official Trailer — Wrong Roof: The Musical

Synopsis

Wrong Roof

“God cancelled the Apocalypse. Wrong address. Missed the slot. Corporate unpreparedness.”

Heaven's end-of-world project hits a catastrophic administrative error — the Armageddon is triggered at the wrong address, missing the scheduled slot entirely. In the chaos that follows, something extraordinary happens: the Catholics were right. The Muslims were right. Everyone was right. Every faith, every tradition, every quiet believer who ever wondered — all of them, simultaneously, correct.


And then the boss changes his mind. Spins the wheel a little bit more.

Format
Full-length musical
Genre
Theological comedy / Parody
Themes
Faith, bureaucracy, the absurdity of certainty, second chances
Composer / Book
Matt O'Crowley
In Development

The Record

The Case

The creative work above did not emerge from nowhere. It emerged from this.

Podcast — In Their Own Words

In Their Own Words

Nine minutes and fifty-four seconds. Thirteen audio clips. A documented record of contradictions, admissions, and institutional failure — presented without commentary, in the voices of those involved.

In 2025, a false allegation was made against a professional seafarer, author and pilot. The allegation was made by a man with documented connections to a network later identified as operating through non-conformist beliefs. His husband, a man with a history of violence, simultaneously denied the allegation in recorded audio.

West Midlands Police recorded the false allegation. What they did not record — and did not investigate — was the real crime: a sustained garroting attack lasting twenty to twenty-five minutes that preceded the allegation. The investigation was subsequently split across two forces, fragmenting the evidence and concealing it from the victim. No notification of any investigation being opened or closed was ever provided.

The accuser’s husband had, during the period he later described as being “held hostage,” been out shopping and seeing his family — a normal day, documented in his own recorded voice. He and his accomplice, the accuser, arranged for the husband to appear as a co-victim, arriving at the door while the subject was still in the car being attacked. The only thing that saved the subject’s life was begging for the husband’s.

A Subject Access Request to West Midlands Police revealed that a silent investigation had been conducted without the knowledge or involvement of the subject. Data protection files confirmed this. The investigation was kept from the victim throughout. The full documented record is available at policeshame.com.

Audio Evidence

Exhibit 01 — The “Hostage” Claim

Planning Dinner During the “Hostage” Period

The accuser’s husband later claimed he was held against his will. This recording, made during that same period, captures him — in his own voice — calmly planning a dinner and discussing a Masonic grant application. He was out, free, and entirely at ease.

Exhibit 02 — The Rape Denial

The Husband Denies the Allegation

In a recorded message, the accuser’s husband — the man who would have been the primary witness to any alleged assault — explicitly states that no rape occurred. Music can be heard in the background. This recording predates any formal complaint.

Exhibit 03 — Police Failure

West Midlands Police: 52 Minutes, No Crime Recorded

A 52-minute call to West Midlands Police in which officers refuse to open a crime file despite being presented with evidence. The call documents, in real time, the institutional failure at the heart of this case.

Exhibit 04 — Violence Admission

“If I Could Take Back the Beating”

A recorded admission in which the accuser’s husband acknowledges a history of physical violence, including beating the subject to the floor and launching objects. Made in his own voice, unprompted.

Exhibit 05 — Accountability Question

“Why Hasn’t He Been Arrested?”

A call to West Mercia Police in which the question of why the violent party has not been arrested is raised directly. Death threats have been received. The response — wait a week, the officer isn’t available until 10pm — is documented in full.

Exhibit 06 — Police Coaching

The Husband’s Voicemail — 6th May 2025

A voicemail left by the accuser’s husband on 6th May 2025. The content reveals legal coaching: advice on how to regain access to the subject’s home — the very property the subject was seeking a court order to protect. The instruction appears to have come from within the police.

policeshame.com

The Full Record

The complete documented case — data protection files, timeline, evidence analysis, and the silent investigation.