True Crime Episodes

I tell the story of John Sweeney, Melissa Halstead and Paula Fields in this episode. John murdered and dismembered Melissa Halstead and Paula Fields, two former girlfriends, before dumping their remains in canals in Rotterdam...

I tell the story of Frederick Baker and Fanny Adams in this episode. Frederick abducted 8-year-old Fanny Adams on August 24, 1867, before murdering her and cutting her body into several pieces, with some parts never being fou...

I tell the story of Ruth Ellis and David Blakely in this episode. Ruth was a British escort and nightclub hostess who shot and killed her lover, David Blakely, on April 10, 1955. She was the last woman to be …

I tell the story of Akshar Ali, Yasmin Ahmed and Sinead Wooding in this first episode of season 2. Akshar and Yasmin murdered Sinead Wooding, Akshar's wife, in the West Yorkshire city of Leeds in May 2017. Sinead's body was …

In this very special collaboration episode of British Murders, I discuss the case of American serial killer Charles Albright aka "The Eyeball Killer" with Bobbie Holmes. Bobbie is the host of 'Killer Stories', another true crime podcast based in the...

In this very special episode of British Murders, I speak with British historian and author Mark Russell about the murder of Julia Wallace in January 1931. This complex case has so many twists, turns and unresolved questions t...

In the Season 1 special of British Murders, I tell the story of British murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, aka "The Moors Murderers". Brady and Hindley sexually assaulted and killed five children between 1963 and 1965. The...

In the Season 1 special of British Murders, I tell the story of British murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, aka "The Moors Murderers". Brady and Hindley sexually assaulted and killed five children between 1963 and 1965. The...

I tell the story of Stephen Marshall and Jeffrey Howe in the final episode of season 1. Stephen murdered 49-year-old kitchen salesman Jeffrey Howe on March 8, 2009. Jeffrey had allowed Stephen and his girlfriend, Sarah Bush, ...

I tell the story of English serial killer Robert Maudsley in this episode. Robert Maudsley murdered John Farrell, David Francis, Salney Darwood and William Roberts between March 1974 and July 1978. John Farrell was the only v...

I tell the story of Amelia Dyer in this episode. Amelia Dyer is suspected of murdering more than 400 infants between 1880-1896; however, only six deaths were attributed to her. She received the death penalty after pleading gu...

I tell the story of Trevor Hardy in this episode. Trevor Hardy murdered Janet Stewart, Wanda Skala and Sharon Mosoph between December 1974 and March 1976. The three teenagers were aged fifteen, seventeen and seventeen, respec...

I tell the story of Steve Wright in this episode. Steve Wright murdered Tania Nicol, Gemma Adams, Anneli Alderton, Annette Nicholls and Paula Clennell in Ipswich between October 2006 and December 2006. All five women were rep...

I tell the story of Beverley Allitt in this episode. Beverley Allitt was a state-enrolled nurse in the children's ward at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital in Lincolnshire when she murdered Liam Taylor, Timothy Hardwick, Becky P...

I tell the story of John Cooper in this episode. In December 1985, John Cooper killed siblings Richard and Helen Thomas in their farmhouse at Scoveston Park before burning the property. Four years later, John took part in a r...