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…
Read moreObsession / Carol Walker / Ian Locmelis
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.…
Read moreREPLAY - Death In The Line Of Duty / The Killing Of PC Andrew Harper (Full Series)
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…
Read moreThe Last Goodbye / The Riggi Children / Theresa Riggi
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…
Read moreThe Many Lives and Murder of Madame X / Kate Jackson / Madame Le Grys
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…
Read moreA Stranger in the Aisle / William Kidd
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…
Read moreSystemic / Fiona Holm & Naomi Hunte / Carl Cooper
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…
Read moreUnsolved / Robert Higgins
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…
Read moreUnable To Let Go / Claire & Keith Bridger
When Claire Bridger discovered what had happened to her beloved rescue dogs, emotions boiled over during an encounter with her estranged husband…
Read moreThe Boy Who Never Came Home / Brian McDermott
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…
Read moreStandon Farm School Shooting
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…
Read moreThe Man Who Wasn't There / Robert Bailey
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…
Read moreAn Echo Chamber / Travis Dyer / Dylan Phelan
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…
Read moreTorso in the Thames
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…
Read moreMissing, But Not Lost / The Disappearance of Sheila Fox
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…
Read moreAsk for Angela / Angela & Thomas Crompton
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…
Read moreWho Murdered Susan Russell?
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…
Read moreA Life Unseen / Elizabeth Hughes / Samson Whittaker
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…
Read moreOffline / Natalie McNally / Stephen McCullagh
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…
Read moreSilence at Ings Farm / Charles & Joan Ireland / Charles Ireland Jr
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…
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