Episodes

Season 1, 6 episodes

Episode 1: The Lindbergh Kidnapping
- Now playing
- 50m
- May 27, 1976
Was Bruno Hauptmann really the man responsible for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby in 1932? Or was he the victim of a miscarriage of justice?
Episode 2: Who Killed the Princes in the Tower?
- 50m
- Jun 3, 1976
Was Richard III really the murderer of popular legend?
Episode 3: The French Bluebeard
- 50m
- Jun 10, 1976
The story of Henri Landru and the mysterious disappearances of so many of his rich lady friends.
Episode 4: Murder on the 10.27
- 50m
- Jun 17, 1976
John Alexander Dickman was hanged for murdering a man aboard a train in 1910. But were the two chief witnesses against him the ones really responsible?
Episode 5: Lizzie Borden
- 50m
- Jun 24, 1976
Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her father forty whacks - or did she?
Episode 6: Who Burned the Reichstag?
- 50m
- Jul 1, 1976
How the mentally challenged Marinus van der Lubbe was framed for arson by the Nazis.

Second Verdict

1976
1 season
50m per episode
Crime
Drama

7.0TMDB(1)

Overview

Second Verdict is a six-part 1976 BBC television series, a dramatised documentaries of classic criminal cases and unsolved crimes from history re-appraised by fictional police officers. Stratford Johns and Frank Windsor reprised for a final time their double-act as Detective Chief Superintendents Barlow and Watt, hugely popular with TV audiences from the long-running series Z-Cars; Softly, Softly; and Barlow at Large.

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Created by: Troy Kennedy Martin
Elwyn Jones
Status: Ended
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
First aired: May 27, 1976
Last aired: July 1, 1976
Original language: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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Season 1, 6 episodes

Episode 1: The Lindbergh Kidnapping
- Now playing
- 50m
- May 27, 1976
Was Bruno Hauptmann really the man responsible for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby in 1932? Or was he the victim of a miscarriage of justice?
Episode 2: Who Killed the Princes in the Tower?
- 50m
- Jun 3, 1976
Was Richard III really the murderer of popular legend?
Episode 3: The French Bluebeard
- 50m
- Jun 10, 1976
The story of Henri Landru and the mysterious disappearances of so many of his rich lady friends.
Episode 4: Murder on the 10.27
- 50m
- Jun 17, 1976
John Alexander Dickman was hanged for murdering a man aboard a train in 1910. But were the two chief witnesses against him the ones really responsible?
Episode 5: Lizzie Borden
- 50m
- Jun 24, 1976
Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her father forty whacks - or did she?
Episode 6: Who Burned the Reichstag?
- 50m
- Jul 1, 1976
How the mentally challenged Marinus van der Lubbe was framed for arson by the Nazis.

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Based on
Based on a true story
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Episodes
Ran for 1 season and 6 episodes (1976)
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Episodes

E1 Episode 1: The Lindbergh Kidnapping

E2 Episode 2: Who Killed the Princes in the Tower?

E3 Episode 3: The French Bluebeard

E4 Episode 4: Murder on the 10.27

E5 Episode 5: Lizzie Borden

E6 Episode 6: Who Burned the Reichstag?

Overview

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Details

Network

Production

Cast

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Episodes

E1 Episode 1: The Lindbergh Kidnapping

E2 Episode 2: Who Killed the Princes in the Tower?

E3 Episode 3: The French Bluebeard

E4 Episode 4: Murder on the 10.27

E5 Episode 5: Lizzie Borden

E6 Episode 6: Who Burned the Reichstag?

Fun facts

Episode 1: The Lindbergh Kidnapping

Episode 2: Who Killed the Princes in the Tower?

Episode 3: The French Bluebeard

Episode 4: Murder on the 10.27

Episode 5: Lizzie Borden

Episode 6: Who Burned the Reichstag?

Episode 1: The Lindbergh Kidnapping

Episode 2: Who Killed the Princes in the Tower?

Episode 3: The French Bluebeard

Episode 4: Murder on the 10.27

Episode 5: Lizzie Borden

Episode 6: Who Burned the Reichstag?