In postwar Britain, a charming stranger hides behind an impressive military identity. Two disturbing cases bring detectives closer to uncovering the truth about his past…

In Porthcawl, South Wales, Christopher Phillips was known as a quiet, helpful neighbour. But behind the front door of the home he shared with his elderly mother, Sylvia, a disturbing secret remained hidden for years…

When police discover freshly disturbed earth outside a house in Leeds, their investigation leads to a disturbing discovery and a suspect with an extraordinary account of what happened. But this is only the beginning of Douglas Wakefield’s story, one that would unfold across years of imprisonment, violence and time in solitary confinement…

When Carol Walker was murdered just days before her 48th birthday, detectives were faced with an unusually brutal crime and apparently no clear motive. Their investigation soon led them to a young man with a history of obsessive behaviour. But understanding what had happened would prove far more complicated.…

On a summer evening in 2019, a group of young men set out to steal a quad bike from a rural property in Berkshire. When police officers respond to reports of the theft, a confrontation unfolds on a dark country lane, with devastating consequences for PC Andrew Harper…

A bitter separation, a custody dispute and growing concerns about the welfare of three children formed the backdrop to a devastating series of events in Edinburgh. As investigators pieced together what had happened, disturbing questions began to emerge…

In 1929, Kate Jackson was found critically injured outside her bungalow in Mumbles. As police began investigating the mysterious attack, they discovered that the woman known at one point as Madame X had spent much of her life in a tangled web of aliases, secret relationships, unexplained wealth and conflicting accounts of her past…

A series of disturbing incidents in shops across Cheshire and Greater Manchester leaves women unknowingly targeted by a stranger, while police gradually begin to uncover a troubling pattern…

A missing woman, a murdered woman and a man who had been connected to both. As detectives piece together the evidence, a disturbing pattern begins to emerge…

A mysterious disappearance ends with the discovery of Robert Higgins’ body at a remote quarry. As detectives investigate his final movements, a series of perplexing leads emerges…

When Claire Bridger discovered what had happened to her beloved rescue dogs, emotions boiled over during an encounter with her estranged husband…

In 1973, ten-year-old Brian McDermott disappeared after leaving his home in East Belfast to go to a nearby park. As the search for him unfolded against the backdrop of the Troubles, investigators were confronted with increasingly disturbing evidence and a case that would leave his family searching for answers for decades…

In the winter of 1947, a shooting at an approved school triggers a huge police search. Ten boys have disappeared, and investigators soon uncover troubling secrets…

In 1971, Robert Bailey vanishes, leaving his wife and four children believing the worst. Meanwhile, events thousands of miles away begin to reveal the secrets behind his disappearance…

A young Louisiana man's death leads police across the Atlantic, after a confession in Leeds reveals a disturbing online connection and raises questions about what happened during his final moments…

The discovery of a child’s torso in the Thames leaves detectives with almost no clues to his identity. An international investigation begins, uncovering increasingly disturbing possibilities…

When Sheila Fox disappeared from Coventry shortly after her sixteenth birthday, her family were left with little more than a grainy photograph and unanswered questions. An assumption that she had run away with an older man became accepted over the years, but police could never establish what had happened. More than fifty years later, a renewed investigation would finally uncover the truth…

A marriage lasting only months ends in a devastating attack. Years later, Angela Crompton's story would take on wider significance when her name became associated with a campaign aimed at helping women escape dangerous situations before violence can occur…

Susan Russell is found dead on a Cornish beach after a winter storm. As detectives investigate her final hours, troubling forensic evidence and hidden secrets begin to reshape the case…

Following a shocking killing in the Staffordshire village of Norton Canes, investigators uncover a family tragedy shaped by economic hardship, declining mental health and the limited understanding of psychiatric illness during the 1930s…

Mother-to-be Natalie McNally is found murdered days before Christmas. A complex investigation into her final hours uncovers unexpected twists, digital evidence and a case unlike anything detectives from the PSNI had encountered before…

When two bodies are discovered at a remote farmhouse, a shocking investigation reveals decades of isolation, control and long-buried secrets hidden behind the family's quiet rural life…

A quiet trip to the seaside ends in a baffling disappearance. Karen Black vanished after arriving in Cleethorpes in 2006, leaving behind the unmistakable impression that she had intended to come home. As the investigation continues and her family seek answers, one question still lingers: what happened after Karen stepped into the guesthouse?…

When Clive and Elsie Ralph return home, they discover blood throughout their house, but no sign of their three young children or the man entrusted with looking after them. The investigation that follows uncovers shocking revelations about relationships, missed warning signs, and the events leading up to one of Britain's most shocking child murder cases…

A savage killing. A suspicious affair. A mystery that haunted Carol Morgan’s loved ones for over forty years. When Carol was murdered inside her Leighton Buzzard corner shop, detectives believed someone close to her held the key to the case. But with the killer unidentified and vital witnesses remaining silent, justice appeared out of reach until an extraordinary breakthrough changed everything…

During the Second World War, residents of Rayleigh were accustomed to the threat of bombs falling from the sky. But in July 1943, an explosion that tore through Hockley Road originated much closer to home. The case that followed would draw huge public interest and raise difficult questions about mental health, mercy, and criminal responsibility…

In October 2023, one of Britain's most recognisable television presenters suddenly disappeared from screens amid reports of a serious security threat. Behind the headlines was a disturbing investigation involving police forces on both sides of the Atlantic, covert communications, and a terrifying obsession… 

When vulnerable Cornwall resident Steven Hoskin moved into his own flat in St Austell, he hoped for independence and friendship. Instead, a group of troubled young people entered his life, gradually taking over his home and exploiting his trusting nature. As warning signs mounted, opportunities to intervene were missed, with devastating consequences…

What started as a dispute over some missing vacuum cleaners escalated into one of the most disturbing ordeals imaginable. Kidnapped and subjected to hours of torment, an unsuspecting former employee was left with injuries that healed far quicker than the psychological trauma he suffered after his abduction…

For more than two decades, Debbie Griggs' disappearance haunted her family and baffled investigators. The devoted mother-of-three, who was pregnant with her fourth child, vanished from her home in Kent in 1999. As suspicion increasingly focused on her husband, Andrew, detectives painstakingly assembled a case without a body. Years later, shocking revelations would finally expose the truth and uncover the lengths one man was prepared to go to in order to protect his secrets…