Documentary reconstructing the events that led to the horrific murder of Gemma McCluskie.
The series charting the final days, hours and minutes leading up to some of the UK’s most horrific murders of modern times continues. This episode focuses on the murder of a woman whose body was discovered in a chest freezer. Reports of a chilling and cold-blooded murder hit the headlines in 2010 when Rebecca Thorpe was found dead in a chest freezer at the back of the pubs he ran with her partner Michael Tucker. She had been shot in the back of the head while taking a bath. This documentary details the tragic events leading up to her death and looks at what led Tucker to commit such a dispassionate, execution style killing.
The horrific killing of 33-year-old Stacey Mackie shook the small Lake District town of Kendal when her supposed friend set her on fire. Stacey had overcome many obstacles in order to live an independent and happy life, but when she ended her friendship with Terrence Armer she sealed her own death warrant.
This episode focuses on Britain's youngest female double murderer, Lorraine Thorpe, who tortured and killed one female victim and murdered her own father.
This episode examines the case of Ty Medland, a man who murdered his young wife Sam by stabbing her repeatedly in a public square in Brighton.
Documentary about the murder of Carol Parks by her husband.
The murder mystery that gripped the nation - the case of 25-year-old Joanna Yeates.
The story of the 2009 murder of 65-year-old Maureen Cosgrove and what led her son-in-law George Maben to kill her. George fell in love with Maureen's youngest daughter and soon moved into her home, alongside Maureen's husband Terrence. The Cosgrove family had, had issues in the past and in 2007, the new couple moved to Ireland leaving two children in Maureen's care. But when Maben began showing his laziness and willingness to not do nothing to Maureen's daughter, the pair moved back home. When the daughter announced in 2008, she was pregnant, Maureen asked the couple to leave their home, trigging Maben's urge to murder her. In 2009, the crime was committed. Members of the immediate family and friends of Maureen discuss the brutal and calculated murder of a pillar of the local community.
The true crime series returns with the case of pharmacist Mitesh Patel. In 2018 he called police to tell them he had returned home to find his wife, Jessica, murdered. However, it was all a lie. Within weeks, Mitesh's double life as a gay man had become apparent to the police. Far from being a committed husband and pillar of the Hindu community, he had been plotting an affair with his lover in Australia.
Documentary examining some of Britain's most notorious murders, charting the last few days leading up to the killing from the perspectives of both perpetrator and victim. The programme uses dramatic reconstruction to pinpoint the trigger that set each one in motion, providing in-depth psychological analysis and scrutiny of the devious and calculating plans the killers formulated.
In January 2011, 48-year-old Carole Waugh decided to give online dating a try. Carole was a successful and independently wealthy woman, but was searching for more excitement in her life and a partner to share it with. After months of searching, Carole finally met someone she thought was her perfect match - rich doctor Rakesh Bhayani. But all was not as Carole believed. Bhayani was not a doctor, but a convicted conman who only had eyes for Carole's money. Less than a year later, Bhayani would take not only her money, but also her life.
The investigation into the death of Penny Beale in November 2001. Her boyfriend Michael Moffat claimed she fell down the stairs while drunk - but her mother knew better. To the police, Michael presented as a charming, helpful man who had been struggling to save his girlfriend from her alcohol and drug addictions. Penny's mother was aware of another side of him however - he was a drunk, abusive and violent man who was now trying to get away with her daughter's murder.
Documentary examining the murder of Janet Scott, who was killed by her partner, Simon Mellors, a man who had been hiding a dark and violent secret - he had spent the last 14 years in prison for the murder of his ex-partner. In the months leading up to her death, Simon showered Janet with gifts and attention, but their relationship drastically changed when Simon became increasingly controlling of who she saw, her home and her life. Feeling suffocated, Janet decided to end things, with fatal consequences.