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Episodes

Season 1, 59 episodes

Episode 1: The Murder of Sabina Nessa
- Now playing
- 15m
- Apr 9, 2022
Primary school teacher Sabina Nessa was killed at random by a man with a history of violence.
Episode 2: Stabbed in a Sanctuary
- 16m
- Apr 15, 2022
Sir David Amess MP was murdered by an IS fanatic, at a meeting in a church in Southend-On-Sea in Essex, UK.
Episode 3: The Abuser Working for MI5
- 11m
- May 21, 2022
This is the story of a dangerous MI5 agent, which the government tried to keep secret.
Episode 4: 27 Years to Catch a Killer
- 25m
- Jun 25, 2022
Rikki Neave left for school but never came home. Decades on his killer has been jailed.
Episode 5: Logan Mwangi: A Boy Betrayed
- 27m
- Jul 2, 2022
Logan Mwangi was five years old when he was murdered by the people he trusted.
Episode 6: Deadly Browsing: The Lorry Driver
- 24m
- Jul 29, 2022
How a lorry driver, looking at dating sites while driving, went on to kill three.
Episode 7: My Baby: Taken, Failed, Killed
- 16m
- Aug 7, 2022
Leiland-James was taken from his mother in hospital and placed in care. He went on to be killed by the woman who wanted to adopt him.
Episode 8: The Suitcase Murderer
- 23m
- Nov 5, 2022
Revealing the killer who decapitated her friend and dumped her body.
Episode 9: Catching The Cult Movie Killer
- 22m
- Nov 10, 2022
Jacqueline Kirk was badly disfigured after being set alight in 1998 by her ex-boyfriend Steven Craig. She then died in 2019 from complications relating to the injuries she suffered.
Episode 10: The Doorstep Murder
- 23m
- Nov 26, 2022
It's one of Scotland's longest unsolved murder cases. Alistair Wilson was shot on his doorstep almost 20 years ago. Are police any closer to finding who killed him and why?
Episode 11: Killing My Children's Abuser
- 24m
- Nov 23, 2022
Sarah Sands stabbed to death a convicted paedophile who was accused of abusing three more young boys. BBC News can reveal, for the first time, that they were all her children. Now all three boys have become adults, they speak, alongside their mum about the killing, and subsequent events.
Episode 12: Killed Walking Home
- 22m
- Dec 14, 2022
Zara Aleena was killed walking back from a night out by a sexual predator, only recently released from prison, labelled a "danger to any woman".
Episode 13: Groomed, Radicalised, Gone
- 14m
- Jan 3, 2023
The schoolgirl charged with terrorism, but found to have been exploited. Rhianan Rudd, 15, was the youngest girl to be charged with terrorism offences in the UK. She took her own life in 2022. Her mum says investigators should have seen her daughter as "a victim rather than a terrorist".
Episode 14: Found Under The Floor
- 23m
- Feb 7, 2023
The story of Bennylyn and Jellica who were murdered after starting a new life in the UK.
Episode 15: Twenty Minutes of Terror
- 20m
- Feb 24, 2023
A gunman kills five people within minutes. Could the shootings have been prevented?
Episode 16: Homegrown Terrorist
- 24m
- Mar 11, 2023
How was Salman Abedi from Manchester radicalised to the point where he could kill, and could the Manchester Arena bombing have been stopped?
Episode 17: The Lie That Destroyed a Town
- 30m
- Mar 17, 2023
The story of false accusations about being the victim of a grooming gang and how it sent shockwaves through a small town in the North of England.
Episode 18: Caught In The Crossfire
- 28m
- Apr 3, 2023
Nine year old Olivia Pratt-Korbel was killed when shots were fired into her family home.
Episode 19: 30 Years For Justice
- 26m
- May 23, 2023
Nikki Allan's murder shocked Sunderland. Why did it take so long to catch her killer?
Episode 20: Stephen Lawrence: The Sixth Suspect
- 28m
- Jun 26, 2023
This BBC News investigation by reporter Daniel De Simone identifies a new suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder. Stephen’s killing in 1993 changed policing and race relations in Britain forever, and its shadow hangs over the Metropolitan Police to this day. For decades, five men have been suspected of the attack, and in 2012 two of them were found guilty. Daniel De Simone has seen secret evidence and spoken to dozens of witnesses to publicly identify a sixth suspect for the first time. Evidence uncovered in this investigation also further implicates other suspects in the attack, and raises serious question of the police handling of the case over many years.
Episode 21: Sunshine Scammer
- 28m
- Jun 28, 2023
Lyne Barlow is a bogus travel agent from County Durham, conning hundreds of holidaymakers and her family in a £2.6 million scam, which also saw her lie about a cancer diagnosis.
Episode 22: Killed on Christmas Eve
- 32m
- Jul 7, 2023
Elle Edwards was shot dead as she celebrated Christmas Eve, in a murder that shocked the UK. We follow her dad Tim as he deals with the devastation of his daughter’s death.
Episode 23: The Killing in the Lane
- 17m
- Jul 12, 2023
Lilia Valutyte died from a single stab wound in her chest. Her killer was found unfit to plead, but a jury determined in a trial of the facts he killed the nine-year-old.
Episode 24: Killed on Duty
- 21m
- Jul 27, 2023
Sgt Matt Ratana was shot and killed on duty by a handcuffed prisoner just three months before he had been due to retire.
Episode 25: Unmasking a Fugitive
- 30m
- Aug 2, 2023
The story of Nicholas Rossi - the US fugitive who came to the UK with a new identity after faking his own death. He claims he is called Arthur Knight and is a victim of mistaken identity, but a sheriff in Scotland is sending him back to Utah to face rape charges. We speak to the people who knew Nicholas Rossi in his previous life in America and chart his story from there to his discovery by police in a hospital bed in Glasgow.
Episode 26: Deadly Influence
- 26m
- Sep 1, 2023
The story of a social media influencer, her mum and a murder plot.
Episode 27: The Missing Mum
- 22m
- Sep 26, 2023
This is the story of Linda Razzell who vanished on her way to work more than 20 years ago. Her husband was found guilty of her murder. Now, in 2023, will he reveal where her body is in order to be released on parole?
Episode 28: The Commons Criminal
- 23m
- Oct 11, 2023
The MP who rose from obscurity to being imprisoned for fraud. The story of Jared O'Mara.
Episode 29: Killed By My Boyfriend
- 22m
- Oct 25, 2023
The story of a young mum killed by her boyfriend of eight weeks. When Christopher McGowan was released on bail from a prison in Scotland, a court ordered he should stay at the home of his new girlfriend, Claire Inglis. He was a known criminal with a string of previous convictions and within weeks Claire was dead.
Episode 30: The Doping Ward
- 26m
- Dec 19, 2023
The hospital unit where patients were drugged to keep them "quiet and compliant".
Episode 31: The Student Who Never Came Home
- 25m
- Dec 21, 2023
Kidnapped and murdered in France while on a university placement. Is it finally time for justice for 20 year old Joanna Parrish?
Episode 32: Killed In The Park
- 26m
- Feb 2, 2024
Brianna Ghey was stabbed to death - two teenagers tried to get away with murder.
Episode 33: Held Captive And Left To Die
- 23m
- Mar 1, 2024
Shakira Spencer was 35 years old when her body was found by the police. She had been tortured and starved by people she considered friends.
Episode 34: The Nottingham Attacks
- 29m
- Mar 7, 2024
Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were killed in a series of stabbings by one man on the streets of Nottingham in the summer of 2023.
Episode 35: The Executioner Next Door
- 25m
- Mar 8, 2024
The quiet Irishman behind the high hedge had a history his neighbours could have never guessed: the man they knew as 'Frank' was really Freddie Scappaticci, a man with many secrets. Not only had he been an Irish Republican Army killer, he was at the same time an agent for the Army – perhaps their most important source inside the IRA, with access to their most sensitive secrets.
Episode 36: The Dance Floor Murder
- 26m
- Apr 8, 2024
The story of footballer Cody Fisher who was stabbed to death in a nightclub in Birmingham.
Episode 37: Killer in the Attic
- 25m
- Apr 12, 2024
When Michael Riddiough-Allen is stabbed to death outside a nightclub in Cornwall, armed police track down his killer to a nearby house where he was found hiding in the attic.
Episode 38: The House Party Murder
- 28m
- May 3, 2024
How a house party turned into a murder scene - the fatal stabbing of Mikey Roynon.
Episode 39: Crushed: The Six Year Nightmare
- 21m
- Jun 12, 2024
Monika had moved to the UK from Poland for a better life. She had work, a new place to stay but then was hit by a drink driver. He served time for injuring her so badly she could never walk or talk again. Six years later, Monika died. It was time for justice, again.
Episode 40: The Abuser Headteacher
- 29m
- Jul 1, 2024
North Wales headteacher Neil Foden abused children over a four-year period, but could he have been stopped?
Episode 41: Trying to Kill Holly
- 15m
- Jul 12, 2024
The case of a plot to kidnap, rape, and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby.
Episode 42: Stabbed After School
- 28m
- Nov 1, 2024
The shocking story of how a teenage relationship ended in murder. 15-year-old Holly Newton was stalked and murdered by her 'jealous' ex-boyfriend in Hexham in Northumberland. We speak to Holly's family and the police who pieced together what happened, and hear calls for a change to the law.
Episode 43: Tortured Behind Closed Doors
- 35m
- Dec 17, 2024
The tragic story of Sara Sharif, who was just 10 years old when she was burned and beaten by her father and stepmother. Her body was found with dozens of injuries at the family home in Surrey.
Episode 44: My Husband the Monster
- 29m
- Dec 19, 2024
The story of Gisele Pelicot has shocked the world. She's a wife and a mother who was drugged and then raped by strangers. All were invited to do so by her husband at their home in Avignon, France. The trial of Dominique Pelicot and fifty other men has led to a huge outpouring of support across France and beyond as Gisele refused to hide away as her life unfolded in court and in public.
Episode 45: Killed By Kids: The Machete Murder
- 26m
- Dec 19, 2024
What happens when kids become killers? The shocking story of two 12 year old school boys who brutally murdered Shawn Seesahai with a machete.
Episode 46: The Mistaken Identity Murders
- 30m
- Dec 19, 2024
A shocking story of two teenage boys from Bristol, Max and Mason, who went out for pizza and never came home. They were killed in a case of mistaken identity. We hear from the families who have faced unimaginable loss and see the consequences of children carrying weapons on the street.
Episode 47: Neighbour, Friend, Killer
- 21m
- Dec 20, 2024
Wendy Buckney knew about her neighbour Brian Whitelock's past and wanted to give him a second chance. But were opportunities missed to protect the public from this triple-killer?
Episode 48: The Bus Stop Murder
- 27m
- Mar 13, 2025
The shocking story of Elianne Andam, a 15-year-old schoolgirl who was stabbed to death at a bus stop outside a shopping centre in Croydon, south London, in a row about a teddy bear.
Episode 49: The Predator Who Fled to Paradise
- 25m
- Apr 30, 2025
The shocking tale of a predator who went on the run for almost three decades. He lived a life in paradise while his victims wondered if they would ever get justice.
Episode 50: The Aristocrat, the Convict and the Missing Baby
- 29m
- Jul 14, 2025
When an aristocrat and her convict partner vanish with their newborn baby, a nationwide manhunt begins. Fears for the baby’s welfare grow - until the case finally ends in tragedy. Through interviews with family, friends and witnesses, and exclusive research, we uncover the hidden backgrounds of this couple on the run.
Episode 51: The Sycamore Gap - From Roots to Ruin
- 26m
- Jul 15, 2025
A single sycamore tree, growing in a natural dip in the countryside along Hadrian's Wall, came to symbolise a community. When the people of Northumberland wake to discover it has been chopped down overnight, it leads to a news story that makes headlines around the world. Who destroyed the tree at Sycamore Gap and why?
Episode 52: Murdered by his Grandparents
- 29m
- Oct 3, 2025
A police investigation unravelled a horrific story of brutal abuse by those who should have cared for and nurtured him.
Episode 53: The Bodies in the Suitcases
- 29m
- Oct 24, 2025
When two suitcases are abandoned by a man behaving strangely on a bridge in Bristol, the shocking contents lead police to a brutal double murder scene.
Episode 54: The Killer They Called Family
- 27m
- Nov 6, 2025
A young couple, killed on an ordinary morning by a man they welcomed into their home. This is the story of young parents Chloe and Josh Bashford. How did a family friendship go so wrong?
Episode 55: Bribes, Lies and the British Politician
- 30m
- Nov 21, 2025
A politician close to Nigel Farage takes bribes to make statements in support of Russia. His texts reveal pro-Russian interference reaching right to the heart of Europe’s democracy.
Episode 56: Liverpool Parade: Seven Minutes of Chaos
- 24m
- Nov 16, 2025
More than 130 people were injured when Paul Doyle drove his car through crowds celebrating Liverpool Football Club's Premier League win. This is how seven minutes of 'calculated violence' changed the lives of everyone that was there.
Episode 57: Undercover: Exposing a Terror Plot
- Feb 28, 2026
Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein planned to shoot Jewish people in what police say could have been the deadliest terror attack on UK soil. But they didn't know their friend was an undercover operative.
Episode 58: The Man with the Money
- 29m
- Jul 23, 2026
Peter Murrell, the husband of former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, embezzles £400,000 from the party he runs as SNP CEO, using a trail of lies to cover up a spending spree on luxury goods.
Episode 59: Funeral Home Horror
- 29m
- Jul 31, 2026
The chilling story of Hull’s funeral home horror. How an undertaker drowning in debt betrayed hundreds of grieving families. Robert Bush hoarded bodies, sold fake funeral plans and presented families with the ashes of strangers. His shocking crimes went undetected for years. The discovery led to one of the most complex investigations in Humberside Police’s history, with help from the National Crime Agency. At the heart of this are grieving families. In their darkest days, they fought for laws to regulate the funeral industry so that others never suffer their pain - or guilt - again.

The Big Cases

2022 to present
1 season
29m per episode
Crime
News

Overview

The biggest crime stories and court cases in the UK. The fights for justice, the investigations, and the stories of those affected by the crimes.

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Episodes
1 season and 59 episodes so far
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Status: Returning Series
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 59
First aired: April 9, 2022
Last aired: July 31, 2026
Original language: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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Production

Episodes

Season 1, 59 episodes

Episode 1: The Murder of Sabina Nessa
- Now playing
- 15m
- Apr 9, 2022
Primary school teacher Sabina Nessa was killed at random by a man with a history of violence.
Episode 2: Stabbed in a Sanctuary
- 16m
- Apr 15, 2022
Sir David Amess MP was murdered by an IS fanatic, at a meeting in a church in Southend-On-Sea in Essex, UK.
Episode 3: The Abuser Working for MI5
- 11m
- May 21, 2022
This is the story of a dangerous MI5 agent, which the government tried to keep secret.
Episode 4: 27 Years to Catch a Killer
- 25m
- Jun 25, 2022
Rikki Neave left for school but never came home. Decades on his killer has been jailed.
Episode 5: Logan Mwangi: A Boy Betrayed
- 27m
- Jul 2, 2022
Logan Mwangi was five years old when he was murdered by the people he trusted.
Episode 6: Deadly Browsing: The Lorry Driver
- 24m
- Jul 29, 2022
How a lorry driver, looking at dating sites while driving, went on to kill three.
Episode 7: My Baby: Taken, Failed, Killed
- 16m
- Aug 7, 2022
Leiland-James was taken from his mother in hospital and placed in care. He went on to be killed by the woman who wanted to adopt him.
Episode 8: The Suitcase Murderer
- 23m
- Nov 5, 2022
Revealing the killer who decapitated her friend and dumped her body.
Episode 9: Catching The Cult Movie Killer
- 22m
- Nov 10, 2022
Jacqueline Kirk was badly disfigured after being set alight in 1998 by her ex-boyfriend Steven Craig. She then died in 2019 from complications relating to the injuries she suffered.
Episode 10: The Doorstep Murder
- 23m
- Nov 26, 2022
It's one of Scotland's longest unsolved murder cases. Alistair Wilson was shot on his doorstep almost 20 years ago. Are police any closer to finding who killed him and why?
Episode 11: Killing My Children's Abuser
- 24m
- Nov 23, 2022
Sarah Sands stabbed to death a convicted paedophile who was accused of abusing three more young boys. BBC News can reveal, for the first time, that they were all her children. Now all three boys have become adults, they speak, alongside their mum about the killing, and subsequent events.
Episode 12: Killed Walking Home
- 22m
- Dec 14, 2022
Zara Aleena was killed walking back from a night out by a sexual predator, only recently released from prison, labelled a "danger to any woman".
Episode 13: Groomed, Radicalised, Gone
- 14m
- Jan 3, 2023
The schoolgirl charged with terrorism, but found to have been exploited. Rhianan Rudd, 15, was the youngest girl to be charged with terrorism offences in the UK. She took her own life in 2022. Her mum says investigators should have seen her daughter as "a victim rather than a terrorist".
Episode 14: Found Under The Floor
- 23m
- Feb 7, 2023
The story of Bennylyn and Jellica who were murdered after starting a new life in the UK.
Episode 15: Twenty Minutes of Terror
- 20m
- Feb 24, 2023
A gunman kills five people within minutes. Could the shootings have been prevented?
Episode 16: Homegrown Terrorist
- 24m
- Mar 11, 2023
How was Salman Abedi from Manchester radicalised to the point where he could kill, and could the Manchester Arena bombing have been stopped?
Episode 17: The Lie That Destroyed a Town
- 30m
- Mar 17, 2023
The story of false accusations about being the victim of a grooming gang and how it sent shockwaves through a small town in the North of England.
Episode 18: Caught In The Crossfire
- 28m
- Apr 3, 2023
Nine year old Olivia Pratt-Korbel was killed when shots were fired into her family home.
Episode 19: 30 Years For Justice
- 26m
- May 23, 2023
Nikki Allan's murder shocked Sunderland. Why did it take so long to catch her killer?
Episode 20: Stephen Lawrence: The Sixth Suspect
- 28m
- Jun 26, 2023
This BBC News investigation by reporter Daniel De Simone identifies a new suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder. Stephen’s killing in 1993 changed policing and race relations in Britain forever, and its shadow hangs over the Metropolitan Police to this day. For decades, five men have been suspected of the attack, and in 2012 two of them were found guilty. Daniel De Simone has seen secret evidence and spoken to dozens of witnesses to publicly identify a sixth suspect for the first time. Evidence uncovered in this investigation also further implicates other suspects in the attack, and raises serious question of the police handling of the case over many years.
Episode 21: Sunshine Scammer
- 28m
- Jun 28, 2023
Lyne Barlow is a bogus travel agent from County Durham, conning hundreds of holidaymakers and her family in a £2.6 million scam, which also saw her lie about a cancer diagnosis.
Episode 22: Killed on Christmas Eve
- 32m
- Jul 7, 2023
Elle Edwards was shot dead as she celebrated Christmas Eve, in a murder that shocked the UK. We follow her dad Tim as he deals with the devastation of his daughter’s death.
Episode 23: The Killing in the Lane
- 17m
- Jul 12, 2023
Lilia Valutyte died from a single stab wound in her chest. Her killer was found unfit to plead, but a jury determined in a trial of the facts he killed the nine-year-old.
Episode 24: Killed on Duty
- 21m
- Jul 27, 2023
Sgt Matt Ratana was shot and killed on duty by a handcuffed prisoner just three months before he had been due to retire.
Episode 25: Unmasking a Fugitive
- 30m
- Aug 2, 2023
The story of Nicholas Rossi - the US fugitive who came to the UK with a new identity after faking his own death. He claims he is called Arthur Knight and is a victim of mistaken identity, but a sheriff in Scotland is sending him back to Utah to face rape charges. We speak to the people who knew Nicholas Rossi in his previous life in America and chart his story from there to his discovery by police in a hospital bed in Glasgow.
Episode 26: Deadly Influence
- 26m
- Sep 1, 2023
The story of a social media influencer, her mum and a murder plot.
Episode 27: The Missing Mum
- 22m
- Sep 26, 2023
This is the story of Linda Razzell who vanished on her way to work more than 20 years ago. Her husband was found guilty of her murder. Now, in 2023, will he reveal where her body is in order to be released on parole?
Episode 28: The Commons Criminal
- 23m
- Oct 11, 2023
The MP who rose from obscurity to being imprisoned for fraud. The story of Jared O'Mara.
Episode 29: Killed By My Boyfriend
- 22m
- Oct 25, 2023
The story of a young mum killed by her boyfriend of eight weeks. When Christopher McGowan was released on bail from a prison in Scotland, a court ordered he should stay at the home of his new girlfriend, Claire Inglis. He was a known criminal with a string of previous convictions and within weeks Claire was dead.
Episode 30: The Doping Ward
- 26m
- Dec 19, 2023
The hospital unit where patients were drugged to keep them "quiet and compliant".
Episode 31: The Student Who Never Came Home
- 25m
- Dec 21, 2023
Kidnapped and murdered in France while on a university placement. Is it finally time for justice for 20 year old Joanna Parrish?
Episode 32: Killed In The Park
- 26m
- Feb 2, 2024
Brianna Ghey was stabbed to death - two teenagers tried to get away with murder.
Episode 33: Held Captive And Left To Die
- 23m
- Mar 1, 2024
Shakira Spencer was 35 years old when her body was found by the police. She had been tortured and starved by people she considered friends.
Episode 34: The Nottingham Attacks
- 29m
- Mar 7, 2024
Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were killed in a series of stabbings by one man on the streets of Nottingham in the summer of 2023.
Episode 35: The Executioner Next Door
- 25m
- Mar 8, 2024
The quiet Irishman behind the high hedge had a history his neighbours could have never guessed: the man they knew as 'Frank' was really Freddie Scappaticci, a man with many secrets. Not only had he been an Irish Republican Army killer, he was at the same time an agent for the Army – perhaps their most important source inside the IRA, with access to their most sensitive secrets.
Episode 36: The Dance Floor Murder
- 26m
- Apr 8, 2024
The story of footballer Cody Fisher who was stabbed to death in a nightclub in Birmingham.
Episode 37: Killer in the Attic
- 25m
- Apr 12, 2024
When Michael Riddiough-Allen is stabbed to death outside a nightclub in Cornwall, armed police track down his killer to a nearby house where he was found hiding in the attic.
Episode 38: The House Party Murder
- 28m
- May 3, 2024
How a house party turned into a murder scene - the fatal stabbing of Mikey Roynon.
Episode 39: Crushed: The Six Year Nightmare
- 21m
- Jun 12, 2024
Monika had moved to the UK from Poland for a better life. She had work, a new place to stay but then was hit by a drink driver. He served time for injuring her so badly she could never walk or talk again. Six years later, Monika died. It was time for justice, again.
Episode 40: The Abuser Headteacher
- 29m
- Jul 1, 2024
North Wales headteacher Neil Foden abused children over a four-year period, but could he have been stopped?
Episode 41: Trying to Kill Holly
- 15m
- Jul 12, 2024
The case of a plot to kidnap, rape, and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby.
Episode 42: Stabbed After School
- 28m
- Nov 1, 2024
The shocking story of how a teenage relationship ended in murder. 15-year-old Holly Newton was stalked and murdered by her 'jealous' ex-boyfriend in Hexham in Northumberland. We speak to Holly's family and the police who pieced together what happened, and hear calls for a change to the law.
Episode 43: Tortured Behind Closed Doors
- 35m
- Dec 17, 2024
The tragic story of Sara Sharif, who was just 10 years old when she was burned and beaten by her father and stepmother. Her body was found with dozens of injuries at the family home in Surrey.
Episode 44: My Husband the Monster
- 29m
- Dec 19, 2024
The story of Gisele Pelicot has shocked the world. She's a wife and a mother who was drugged and then raped by strangers. All were invited to do so by her husband at their home in Avignon, France. The trial of Dominique Pelicot and fifty other men has led to a huge outpouring of support across France and beyond as Gisele refused to hide away as her life unfolded in court and in public.
Episode 45: Killed By Kids: The Machete Murder
- 26m
- Dec 19, 2024
What happens when kids become killers? The shocking story of two 12 year old school boys who brutally murdered Shawn Seesahai with a machete.
Episode 46: The Mistaken Identity Murders
- 30m
- Dec 19, 2024
A shocking story of two teenage boys from Bristol, Max and Mason, who went out for pizza and never came home. They were killed in a case of mistaken identity. We hear from the families who have faced unimaginable loss and see the consequences of children carrying weapons on the street.
Episode 47: Neighbour, Friend, Killer
- 21m
- Dec 20, 2024
Wendy Buckney knew about her neighbour Brian Whitelock's past and wanted to give him a second chance. But were opportunities missed to protect the public from this triple-killer?
Episode 48: The Bus Stop Murder
- 27m
- Mar 13, 2025
The shocking story of Elianne Andam, a 15-year-old schoolgirl who was stabbed to death at a bus stop outside a shopping centre in Croydon, south London, in a row about a teddy bear.
Episode 49: The Predator Who Fled to Paradise
- 25m
- Apr 30, 2025
The shocking tale of a predator who went on the run for almost three decades. He lived a life in paradise while his victims wondered if they would ever get justice.
Episode 50: The Aristocrat, the Convict and the Missing Baby
- 29m
- Jul 14, 2025
When an aristocrat and her convict partner vanish with their newborn baby, a nationwide manhunt begins. Fears for the baby’s welfare grow - until the case finally ends in tragedy. Through interviews with family, friends and witnesses, and exclusive research, we uncover the hidden backgrounds of this couple on the run.
Episode 51: The Sycamore Gap - From Roots to Ruin
- 26m
- Jul 15, 2025
A single sycamore tree, growing in a natural dip in the countryside along Hadrian's Wall, came to symbolise a community. When the people of Northumberland wake to discover it has been chopped down overnight, it leads to a news story that makes headlines around the world. Who destroyed the tree at Sycamore Gap and why?
Episode 52: Murdered by his Grandparents
- 29m
- Oct 3, 2025
A police investigation unravelled a horrific story of brutal abuse by those who should have cared for and nurtured him.
Episode 53: The Bodies in the Suitcases
- 29m
- Oct 24, 2025
When two suitcases are abandoned by a man behaving strangely on a bridge in Bristol, the shocking contents lead police to a brutal double murder scene.
Episode 54: The Killer They Called Family
- 27m
- Nov 6, 2025
A young couple, killed on an ordinary morning by a man they welcomed into their home. This is the story of young parents Chloe and Josh Bashford. How did a family friendship go so wrong?
Episode 55: Bribes, Lies and the British Politician
- 30m
- Nov 21, 2025
A politician close to Nigel Farage takes bribes to make statements in support of Russia. His texts reveal pro-Russian interference reaching right to the heart of Europe’s democracy.
Episode 56: Liverpool Parade: Seven Minutes of Chaos
- 24m
- Nov 16, 2025
More than 130 people were injured when Paul Doyle drove his car through crowds celebrating Liverpool Football Club's Premier League win. This is how seven minutes of 'calculated violence' changed the lives of everyone that was there.
Episode 57: Undercover: Exposing a Terror Plot
- Feb 28, 2026
Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein planned to shoot Jewish people in what police say could have been the deadliest terror attack on UK soil. But they didn't know their friend was an undercover operative.
Episode 58: The Man with the Money
- 29m
- Jul 23, 2026
Peter Murrell, the husband of former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, embezzles £400,000 from the party he runs as SNP CEO, using a trail of lies to cover up a spending spree on luxury goods.
Episode 59: Funeral Home Horror
- 29m
- Jul 31, 2026
The chilling story of Hull’s funeral home horror. How an undertaker drowning in debt betrayed hundreds of grieving families. Robert Bush hoarded bodies, sold fake funeral plans and presented families with the ashes of strangers. His shocking crimes went undetected for years. The discovery led to one of the most complex investigations in Humberside Police’s history, with help from the National Crime Agency. At the heart of this are grieving families. In their darkest days, they fought for laws to regulate the funeral industry so that others never suffer their pain - or guilt - again.

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: The Murder of Sabina Nessa

E2 Episode 2: Stabbed in a Sanctuary

E3 Episode 3: The Abuser Working for MI5

E4 Episode 4: 27 Years to Catch a Killer

E5 Episode 5: Logan Mwangi: A Boy Betrayed

E6 Episode 6: Deadly Browsing: The Lorry Driver

E7 Episode 7: My Baby: Taken, Failed, Killed

E8 Episode 8: The Suitcase Murderer

E9 Episode 9: Catching The Cult Movie Killer

E10 Episode 10: The Doorstep Murder

E11 Episode 11: Killing My Children's Abuser

E12 Episode 12: Killed Walking Home

E13 Episode 13: Groomed, Radicalised, Gone

E14 Episode 14: Found Under The Floor

E15 Episode 15: Twenty Minutes of Terror

E16 Episode 16: Homegrown Terrorist

E17 Episode 17: The Lie That Destroyed a Town

E18 Episode 18: Caught In The Crossfire

E19 Episode 19: 30 Years For Justice

E20 Episode 20: Stephen Lawrence: The Sixth Suspect

E21 Episode 21: Sunshine Scammer

E22 Episode 22: Killed on Christmas Eve

E23 Episode 23: The Killing in the Lane

E24 Episode 24: Killed on Duty

E25 Episode 25: Unmasking a Fugitive

E26 Episode 26: Deadly Influence

E27 Episode 27: The Missing Mum

E28 Episode 28: The Commons Criminal

E29 Episode 29: Killed By My Boyfriend

E30 Episode 30: The Doping Ward

E31 Episode 31: The Student Who Never Came Home

E32 Episode 32: Killed In The Park

E33 Episode 33: Held Captive And Left To Die

E34 Episode 34: The Nottingham Attacks

E35 Episode 35: The Executioner Next Door

E36 Episode 36: The Dance Floor Murder

E37 Episode 37: Killer in the Attic

E38 Episode 38: The House Party Murder

E39 Episode 39: Crushed: The Six Year Nightmare

E40 Episode 40: The Abuser Headteacher

E41 Episode 41: Trying to Kill Holly

E42 Episode 42: Stabbed After School

E43 Episode 43: Tortured Behind Closed Doors

E44 Episode 44: My Husband the Monster

E45 Episode 45: Killed By Kids: The Machete Murder

E46 Episode 46: The Mistaken Identity Murders

E47 Episode 47: Neighbour, Friend, Killer

E48 Episode 48: The Bus Stop Murder

E49 Episode 49: The Predator Who Fled to Paradise

E50 Episode 50: The Aristocrat, the Convict and the Missing Baby

E51 Episode 51: The Sycamore Gap - From Roots to Ruin

E52 Episode 52: Murdered by his Grandparents

E53 Episode 53: The Bodies in the Suitcases

E54 Episode 54: The Killer They Called Family

E55 Episode 55: Bribes, Lies and the British Politician

E56 Episode 56: Liverpool Parade: Seven Minutes of Chaos

E57 Episode 57: Undercover: Exposing a Terror Plot

E58 Episode 58: The Man with the Money

E59 Episode 59: Funeral Home Horror

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Episodes

E1 Episode 1: The Murder of Sabina Nessa

E2 Episode 2: Stabbed in a Sanctuary

E3 Episode 3: The Abuser Working for MI5

E4 Episode 4: 27 Years to Catch a Killer

E5 Episode 5: Logan Mwangi: A Boy Betrayed

E6 Episode 6: Deadly Browsing: The Lorry Driver

E7 Episode 7: My Baby: Taken, Failed, Killed

E8 Episode 8: The Suitcase Murderer

E9 Episode 9: Catching The Cult Movie Killer

E10 Episode 10: The Doorstep Murder

E11 Episode 11: Killing My Children's Abuser

E12 Episode 12: Killed Walking Home

Episode 1: The Murder of Sabina Nessa

Episode 2: Stabbed in a Sanctuary

Episode 3: The Abuser Working for MI5

Episode 4: 27 Years to Catch a Killer

Episode 5: Logan Mwangi: A Boy Betrayed

Episode 6: Deadly Browsing: The Lorry Driver

Episode 7: My Baby: Taken, Failed, Killed

Episode 8: The Suitcase Murderer

Episode 9: Catching The Cult Movie Killer

Episode 10: The Doorstep Murder

Episode 11: Killing My Children's Abuser

Episode 12: Killed Walking Home

Episode 13: Groomed, Radicalised, Gone

Episode 14: Found Under The Floor

Episode 15: Twenty Minutes of Terror

Episode 16: Homegrown Terrorist

Episode 17: The Lie That Destroyed a Town

Episode 18: Caught In The Crossfire

Episode 19: 30 Years For Justice

Episode 20: Stephen Lawrence: The Sixth Suspect

Episode 21: Sunshine Scammer

Episode 22: Killed on Christmas Eve

Episode 23: The Killing in the Lane

Episode 24: Killed on Duty

Episode 25: Unmasking a Fugitive

Episode 26: Deadly Influence

Episode 27: The Missing Mum

Episode 28: The Commons Criminal

Episode 29: Killed By My Boyfriend

Episode 30: The Doping Ward

Episode 31: The Student Who Never Came Home

Episode 32: Killed In The Park

Episode 33: Held Captive And Left To Die

Episode 34: The Nottingham Attacks

Episode 35: The Executioner Next Door

Episode 36: The Dance Floor Murder

Episode 37: Killer in the Attic

Episode 38: The House Party Murder

Episode 39: Crushed: The Six Year Nightmare

Episode 40: The Abuser Headteacher

Episode 41: Trying to Kill Holly

Episode 42: Stabbed After School

Episode 43: Tortured Behind Closed Doors

Episode 44: My Husband the Monster

Episode 45: Killed By Kids: The Machete Murder

Episode 46: The Mistaken Identity Murders

Episode 47: Neighbour, Friend, Killer

Episode 48: The Bus Stop Murder

Episode 49: The Predator Who Fled to Paradise

Episode 50: The Aristocrat, the Convict and the Missing Baby

Episode 51: The Sycamore Gap - From Roots to Ruin

Episode 52: Murdered by his Grandparents

Episode 53: The Bodies in the Suitcases

Episode 54: The Killer They Called Family

Episode 55: Bribes, Lies and the British Politician

Episode 56: Liverpool Parade: Seven Minutes of Chaos

Episode 57: Undercover: Exposing a Terror Plot

Episode 58: The Man with the Money

Episode 59: Funeral Home Horror

Episode 1: The Murder of Sabina Nessa

Episode 2: Stabbed in a Sanctuary

Episode 3: The Abuser Working for MI5

Episode 4: 27 Years to Catch a Killer

Episode 5: Logan Mwangi: A Boy Betrayed

Episode 6: Deadly Browsing: The Lorry Driver

Episode 7: My Baby: Taken, Failed, Killed

Episode 8: The Suitcase Murderer

Episode 9: Catching The Cult Movie Killer

Episode 10: The Doorstep Murder

Episode 11: Killing My Children's Abuser

Episode 12: Killed Walking Home

Episode 13: Groomed, Radicalised, Gone

Episode 14: Found Under The Floor

Episode 15: Twenty Minutes of Terror

Episode 16: Homegrown Terrorist

Episode 17: The Lie That Destroyed a Town

Episode 18: Caught In The Crossfire

Episode 19: 30 Years For Justice

Episode 20: Stephen Lawrence: The Sixth Suspect

Episode 21: Sunshine Scammer