A Needle Attack in Northallerton / Gary Lewis / Darren Harris

Susan Allan had just returned from her lunch break when she heard Gary, the shop owner, calling her name from the street outside. She rushed out of the shop and saw a customer she had been chatting with earlier that day walking towards a car parked in an alley. Thinking that the man had stolen something, Susan quickly took out her phone and snapped a photograph of him. At the same time, Gary told her, “He’s stabbed me”. As Susan was repeating exactly what her boss said to a 999 operator, Gary added, “With a needle”...

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Under The Knife / Graeme Perks / Peter Brooks

In the darkness, he could only make out a silhouette. It was nearly impossible to see their features clearly through the shattered glass of the conservatory. Perhaps it was his son, who was on leave from the army. Only a few moments earlier, Graeme had been fast asleep, and now he was downstairs, and the floor of his home was soaking wet, reeking of petrol…

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The Criminology Killer / Amie Gray & Leanne Miles / Nasen Saadi

The full moon painted the sea in silver; its light rippling gently across the water. From his perch on West Cliff, a local photographer heard sudden screams from the shoreline below. The darkness concealed whatever was unfolding. He was puzzled but not alarmed. The screams stopped almost as quickly as they had started. Not overly concerned, he packed up his equipment and began heading home. As he turned, a figure peeled away from the shadows near the top of the steps leading down to the beach. The young man passed beneath a streetlight, and something about his facial expression struck fear into the photographer… 

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The Naked Carpenter / Robert Jenner

Following reports that a man had been seen streaking in a park in Maidstone, Kent, police officers were sent to the home of a notorious self-described naturist. The man had a reputation in the area for wearing see-through clothing, if any at all. When confronted by the police in the past, he had done nothing more than laugh, so the attending officers felt the situation would be resolved quickly. It wasn't the case this time. The confrontation took a darker turn…

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Bad Blood In The Family / Patrick O'Hara / Dr Thomas Kwan

A patient arrives at the accident and emergency unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary with a complaint of searing pain in his arm. He says that an NHS nurse had come to his home earlier that morning to administer a covid booster, and he had been in agony ever since. Medical staff speculate that a less experienced sub-contractor gave him the vaccine. However, inquiries reveal that the person who injected Patrick was not a nurse. As Patrick’s condition worsens, it becomes clear that whatever he had been injected with was not for the benefit of his health…

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Cell Therapy, Sex Counselling & A Contract Killing

The informant's microphone picked up the din of the busy beachfront restaurant. Sheriff’s deputies were stationed in a covert van nearby. They had a camera trained on one of the large windows, focusing on the target's hands passing an envelope of money to the informant. Still clear enough over the customer's chatter, the informant asked when he wanted it done. “Yesterday” was the response…

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The Sandbach Shooting

Emergency responders had been directed to a two-car collision on Abbey Road in Sandbach. When they saw that the injuries sustained by the victims were clearly not caused by a crash, the paramedics soon realised it was far from a standard traffic accident. Not long after the incident, on that cold January morning, a man approached an officer from the Cheshire Police. He made a startling confession as he gestured towards the road. The man said, “I shot them up there”...

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde / A Knife Attack In Wraysbury

Nisha woke up to the sound of screams. It took her a moment to realise where they were coming from. She thought her mother must have been having a nightmare, so she rushed into her bedroom. As Nisha entered the room, her husband ran past her, and she suddenly thought he must have been chasing someone. She then saw her mother lying on the floor, covered with a duvet, but before Nisha could react, her husband raised one of his arms and plunged a knife into her neck…

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Killed On Duty / The Death Of Superintendent Gerald Richardson

Monday mornings were typically quiet. However, on August 23rd, 1971, four men wearing dark glasses and hats stormed into the shop. Joseph thought fast and ducked down—he hastily locked himself in the back room before the men could see him. He could hear the shop assistants being ordered to the floor at gunpoint, so Joseph pressed the silent alarm that alerted officers at Blackpool Police Station. It was 9:41 am. Within 15 minutes, three men would be fighting for their lives, and one of the largest manhunts in Lancashire history would be launched in search of one of the men responsible…

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Blurred Lines / Scream Copycat Knife Attack

The ground was too uneven for George to attempt to follow the route to the stream that flowed 30 feet below, so he watched as his dog sniffed the ground behind large rocks. The animal was fixated on a black bin liner, and from George’s perspective, two logs sticking out of it. A faint whimpering sound echoed up from the stream. George strained his eyes and realised that the bundle he assumed was rubbish was actually a boy, who was crying for help... 

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Buried Alive / The Attempted Murder Of Michelina Lewandowska

Dan Brockley was driving along Woodside Road, close to Woodsome Hall Golf Club in Huddersfield, when a woman stumbled out of the tree line and into the road. It was dark and quiet when the female suddenly appeared, shortly before midnight on Saturday, May 28, 2011. Dan instinctively slammed his foot against the brakes, bringing the car to a screeching halt. The woman scrambled to the passenger side door and pleaded with him to let her in. She was visibly distressed and dishevelled. When Dan took a chance and opened the door, the woman said her name was Michelina, and someone had just tried to kill her… 

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Blood Ties / Robert & Patricia Sedden / Stephen Seddon

Stephen suddenly felt a pain in his chest and momentarily blacked out. After hitting what he thought was a brick in the centre of the road, it startled him, and looking for the brake, he accidentally put his foot on the accelerator. Before he could get the vehicle under control, it ploughed through a gap in the trees and plummeted into the freezing waters of the Bridgewater canal…

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