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Season 5, 9 episodes

Episode 1: Jack the Ripper (1)
- Now playing
- 45m
- Oct 7, 2019
We all think we know the story of Jack the Ripper. The most famous serial killer in history, the man who murdered five women on the streets of Whitechapel - and got away with it. In this two-part Murder Maps special, we re-examine those notorious crimes. We reveal how the story we know today was shaped by the sensationalist press of 1888. And we strip back decades of rumour and misinformation to reveal the true lives of the five women slain. With contributions from world renowned Ripper expert Donald Rumbelow and writer Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five - the only book to tell the lives of the victims, these documentaries are the true story of the Whitechapel Murders as never heard before.
Episode 2: Jack the Ripper (2)
- 45m
- Oct 14, 2019
We all think we know the story of Jack the Ripper. The most famous serial killer in history, the man who murdered five women on the streets of Whitechapel - and got away with it. In this two-part Murder Maps special, we re-examine those notorious crimes. We reveal how the story we know today was shaped by the sensationalist press of 1888. And we strip back decades of rumour and misinformation to reveal the true lives of the five women slain. With contributions from world renowned Ripper expert Donald Rumbelow and writer Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five - the only book to tell the lives of the victims, these documentaries are the true story of the Whitechapel Murders as never heard before.
Episode 3: The Siege of Sidney Street (Houndsditch Murders)
- 45m
- Oct 21, 2019
In December 1910, the murder of three City of London Police officers and the wounding of two others was, and continues to be, one of the largest multiple murders of police officers on duty carried out in Great Britain. The three officers – Sergeants Bentley and Tucker and Constable Choat - were shot dead whilst trying to prevent a burglary at a jewellers in Houndsditch on the evening of the 16th of December and this incident and the events surrounding it formed the precursor to the famous Siege of Sidney Street in January 1911.
Episode 4: Bluebeard / Henri Landru
- 45m
- Oct 28, 2019
The First World War took the lives of countless soldiers on the front line. But one man in Paris too old for combat saw this as an opportunity. Henri Landru targeted the lonely and vulnerable women left behind by the war. He seduced them with promises of marriage and lured them to houses outside Paris where the women vanished. With the police uninterested in investigating the disappearances, two women took it upon themselves to pursue Landru. This episode tells their story. How they tirelessly gathered evidence against the killer. How they pestered the authorities to investigate. And how they made sure Landru finally faced justice for his crimes.
Episode 5: Herbert Armstrong - Hay Poisoner
- 45m
- Nov 4, 2019
Herbert Rowse Armstrong went down in history as The Hay Poisoner. Convicted in 1922 of murdering his wife with arsenic, he was the first and only solicitor to be hanged in the UK. But was he guilty? Was he a cunning poisoner, or was he a grieving husband wrongly accused? Much of the evidence against Armstrong was circumstantial and the scientific testimony remains disputed. In this episode we examine both sides of the case and ask whether the British justice system made a terrible mistake.
Episode 6: Amelia Dyer - The Baby Farmer
- 45m
- Feb 8, 2020
Amelia Dyer was perhaps the most prolific killer in British history. She earned a living through murder, and her victims were babies. There was a grim trade which flourished in the Victorian age. In a time when unmarried mothers were shamed and shunned, giving up children to a 'baby-farmer' was often the only option. Dyer promised mothers that for a fee, she would adopt the babies and raise them as her own. In fact, she neglected and murdered them. In this episode we tell the shocking story of Dyer and of Evelina Marmon, one of the desperate young mothers she deceived.
Episode 7: Cleveland Torso Murders
- 45m
- Feb 14, 2020
Cleveland, Ohio was a notorious city in the 1930s. The Great Depression had hit it hard. Crime and corruption were rife. And there was a serial killer on the loose. This episode investigates the unsolved murders committed by the Butcher of Kingsbury Run. The Butcher killed at least twelve men and women, dismembering their bodies and scattering them across the city. Few of the victims were ever identified and nobody was brought to justice. But as this episode reveals, the investigation of legendary lawman Eliot Ness did have a suspect, a man whose identity has remained a secret for decades.
Episode 8: The Richmond Murder
- 45m
- Feb 21, 2020
It was a crime which shocked Britain. In 1878, a widow was killed in her own home - and the killer was her own servant. This was a murder which struck at the heart of Victorian society, at the sanctity of the home and the rigid divides between the classes. For the young Kate Webster did not only kill and dismember her employer - she stole her clothes, her property and her identity. And to the Victorians that was almost more monstrous than the murder itself.
Episode 9: Mary Pearcey
- 45m
- Feb 28, 2020
Here we reveal how the notorious killer Mary Pearcey began an affair with her victim's husband, how she inserted herself into the family's life.

2015 to 2020
Rated TV-14
5 seasons
45m per episode
Crime
Documentary

8.2TMDB(14)

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This drama-documentary series takes us back in time to the most shocking and surprising murder cases in London, England's history. Nicholas Day guides us into the world of the killer as we see how police ingenuity and early forensics helped bring them to justice.

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Ran for 5 seasons and 26 episodes (2015 to 2020)
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Status: Ended
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 26
First aired: September 8, 2015
Last aired: February 28, 2020
Original language: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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Season 5, 9 episodes

Episode 1: Jack the Ripper (1)
- Now playing
- 45m
- Oct 7, 2019
We all think we know the story of Jack the Ripper. The most famous serial killer in history, the man who murdered five women on the streets of Whitechapel - and got away with it. In this two-part Murder Maps special, we re-examine those notorious crimes. We reveal how the story we know today was shaped by the sensationalist press of 1888. And we strip back decades of rumour and misinformation to reveal the true lives of the five women slain. With contributions from world renowned Ripper expert Donald Rumbelow and writer Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five - the only book to tell the lives of the victims, these documentaries are the true story of the Whitechapel Murders as never heard before.
Episode 2: Jack the Ripper (2)
- 45m
- Oct 14, 2019
We all think we know the story of Jack the Ripper. The most famous serial killer in history, the man who murdered five women on the streets of Whitechapel - and got away with it. In this two-part Murder Maps special, we re-examine those notorious crimes. We reveal how the story we know today was shaped by the sensationalist press of 1888. And we strip back decades of rumour and misinformation to reveal the true lives of the five women slain. With contributions from world renowned Ripper expert Donald Rumbelow and writer Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five - the only book to tell the lives of the victims, these documentaries are the true story of the Whitechapel Murders as never heard before.
Episode 3: The Siege of Sidney Street (Houndsditch Murders)
- 45m
- Oct 21, 2019
In December 1910, the murder of three City of London Police officers and the wounding of two others was, and continues to be, one of the largest multiple murders of police officers on duty carried out in Great Britain. The three officers – Sergeants Bentley and Tucker and Constable Choat - were shot dead whilst trying to prevent a burglary at a jewellers in Houndsditch on the evening of the 16th of December and this incident and the events surrounding it formed the precursor to the famous Siege of Sidney Street in January 1911.
Episode 4: Bluebeard / Henri Landru
- 45m
- Oct 28, 2019
The First World War took the lives of countless soldiers on the front line. But one man in Paris too old for combat saw this as an opportunity. Henri Landru targeted the lonely and vulnerable women left behind by the war. He seduced them with promises of marriage and lured them to houses outside Paris where the women vanished. With the police uninterested in investigating the disappearances, two women took it upon themselves to pursue Landru. This episode tells their story. How they tirelessly gathered evidence against the killer. How they pestered the authorities to investigate. And how they made sure Landru finally faced justice for his crimes.
Episode 5: Herbert Armstrong - Hay Poisoner
- 45m
- Nov 4, 2019
Herbert Rowse Armstrong went down in history as The Hay Poisoner. Convicted in 1922 of murdering his wife with arsenic, he was the first and only solicitor to be hanged in the UK. But was he guilty? Was he a cunning poisoner, or was he a grieving husband wrongly accused? Much of the evidence against Armstrong was circumstantial and the scientific testimony remains disputed. In this episode we examine both sides of the case and ask whether the British justice system made a terrible mistake.
Episode 6: Amelia Dyer - The Baby Farmer
- 45m
- Feb 8, 2020
Amelia Dyer was perhaps the most prolific killer in British history. She earned a living through murder, and her victims were babies. There was a grim trade which flourished in the Victorian age. In a time when unmarried mothers were shamed and shunned, giving up children to a 'baby-farmer' was often the only option. Dyer promised mothers that for a fee, she would adopt the babies and raise them as her own. In fact, she neglected and murdered them. In this episode we tell the shocking story of Dyer and of Evelina Marmon, one of the desperate young mothers she deceived.
Episode 7: Cleveland Torso Murders
- 45m
- Feb 14, 2020
Cleveland, Ohio was a notorious city in the 1930s. The Great Depression had hit it hard. Crime and corruption were rife. And there was a serial killer on the loose. This episode investigates the unsolved murders committed by the Butcher of Kingsbury Run. The Butcher killed at least twelve men and women, dismembering their bodies and scattering them across the city. Few of the victims were ever identified and nobody was brought to justice. But as this episode reveals, the investigation of legendary lawman Eliot Ness did have a suspect, a man whose identity has remained a secret for decades.
Episode 8: The Richmond Murder
- 45m
- Feb 21, 2020
It was a crime which shocked Britain. In 1878, a widow was killed in her own home - and the killer was her own servant. This was a murder which struck at the heart of Victorian society, at the sanctity of the home and the rigid divides between the classes. For the young Kate Webster did not only kill and dismember her employer - she stole her clothes, her property and her identity. And to the Victorians that was almost more monstrous than the murder itself.
Episode 9: Mary Pearcey
- 45m
- Feb 28, 2020
Here we reveal how the notorious killer Mary Pearcey began an affair with her victim's husband, how she inserted herself into the family's life.

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Jack the Ripper (1)

E2 Episode 2: Jack the Ripper (2)

E3 Episode 3: The Siege of Sidney Street (Houndsditch Murders)

E4 Episode 4: Bluebeard / Henri Landru

E5 Episode 5: Herbert Armstrong - Hay Poisoner

E6 Episode 6: Amelia Dyer - The Baby Farmer

E7 Episode 7: Cleveland Torso Murders

E8 Episode 8: The Richmond Murder

E9 Episode 9: Mary Pearcey

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E1 Episode 1: Jack the Ripper (1)

E2 Episode 2: Jack the Ripper (2)

E3 Episode 3: The Siege of Sidney Street (Houndsditch Murders)

E4 Episode 4: Bluebeard / Henri Landru

E5 Episode 5: Herbert Armstrong - Hay Poisoner

E6 Episode 6: Amelia Dyer - The Baby Farmer

E7 Episode 7: Cleveland Torso Murders

E8 Episode 8: The Richmond Murder

E9 Episode 9: Mary Pearcey

Fun facts

Episode 1: Jack the Ripper (1)

Episode 2: Jack the Ripper (2)

Episode 3: The Siege of Sidney Street (Houndsditch Murders)

Episode 4: Bluebeard / Henri Landru

Episode 5: Herbert Armstrong - Hay Poisoner

Episode 6: Amelia Dyer - The Baby Farmer

Episode 7: Cleveland Torso Murders

Episode 8: The Richmond Murder

Episode 9: Mary Pearcey

Episode 1: Jack the Ripper (1)

Episode 2: Jack the Ripper (2)

Episode 3: The Siege of Sidney Street (Houndsditch Murders)

Episode 4: Bluebeard / Henri Landru

Episode 5: Herbert Armstrong - Hay Poisoner

Episode 6: Amelia Dyer - The Baby Farmer

Episode 7: Cleveland Torso Murders

Episode 8: The Richmond Murder

Episode 9: Mary Pearcey