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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Duchess, the Killer and Her Lover

    • October 10, 2013
    • Channel 5

    The series takes a look at former royal aide Jane Andrews, who bludgeoned and stabbed to death her millionaire boyfriend after he informed her that he would never marry her.

  • S01E02 Dennis Nilsen's First Kill

    • October 17, 2013
    • Channel 5

    The show takes a look at the life of one of the country's most notorious serial killers, Dennis Nilsen.

  • S01E03 The Butcher Boy

    • October 24, 2013
    • Channel 5

    The series takes a look at the case of Roderick Newall who in 1987 killed his wealthy parents in their Jersey home and then with the help of his elder brother, Mark attempted to cover it up.

  • S01E04 Stalked to Death

    • October 31, 2013
    • Channel 5

    The show takes a look at the circumstances surrounding one of the countrys most frenzied and brutal knife attacks. Jonathan Vass stabbed his ex-partner Jane Clough over 70 times in the car park of the Blackpool hospital where she was employed.

  • S01E05 Wife Slayer

    • November 7, 2013
    • Channel 5

    The series takes a look at Brian Lewis, who stabbed Hayley the mother of his four children in the chest with a kitchen knife while she slept.

  • S01E06 Slaughter at the Farm

    • November 14, 2013
    • Channel 5

    The show takes a look at the case of Jeremy Bamber who was found guilty of brutally murdering his mother, father, sister and two nephews with a shotgun in one night.

Season 2

  • S02E01 The Soap Star Killer

    • August 7, 2014
    • Channel 5

    Documentary reconstructing the events that led to the horrific murder of Gemma McCluskie.

  • S02E02 The Body In The Freezer

    • August 14, 2014
    • Channel 5

    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.

  • S02E03 Burned Alive

    • August 28, 2014
    • Channel 5

    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.

  • S02E04 Killer Schoolgirl

    • September 3, 2014
    • Channel 5

    This episode focuses on Britain's youngest female double murderer, Lorraine Thorpe, who tortured and killed one female victim and murdered her own father.

  • S02E05 Diced To Death

    • September 8, 2014
    • Channel 5

    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.

  • S02E06 The Body In The Lake

    • November 25, 2014
    • Channel 5

    Documentary about the murder of Carol Parks by her husband.

  • S02E07 The Killer Next Door

    • March 26, 2015
    • Channel 5

    The murder mystery that gripped the nation - the case of 25-year-old Joanna Yeates.

  • S02E08 Murdering the Mother-in-Law

    • September 3, 2015
    • Channel 5

    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.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Jessica Patel

    • January 19, 2021
    • Channel 5

    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.

  • S03E02 Natalie Jarvis

    • January 26, 2021
    • Channel 5

    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.

  • S03E03 Carol Taggart

    • February 2, 2021
    • Channel 5

    Carol Taggart, a 54-year-old mother of three, appears to have been murdered by her own son in Scotland.

  • S03E04 Alethea Taylor

    • February 9, 2021
    • Channel 5

    Examining the murder of retired schoolteacher Alethea Taylor. She went missing in 2012 and her body has never been found. Alethea's friends and family are among the contributors.

  • S03E05 Michelle Stewart

    • February 16, 2021
    • Channel 5

    Crime documentary series charting the last days leading up to horrific killings from the perspective of both murderer and victim. Detailing the tragic events leading up to 17-year-old Michelle Stewart's horrific murder by her ex-boyfriend.

  • S03E06 Carole Waugh

    • February 25, 2021
    • Channel 5

    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.

  • S03E07 Penny Beale

    • March 4, 2021
    • Channel 5

    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.

  • S03E08 Janet Scott

    • March 17, 2021
    • Channel 5

    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.