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British Murders

Season 5

May 12, 2022

"The Muswell Hill Murderer" Dennis Nilsen Pt. 2: The Murders

In the season 5 special of British Murders, I'm telling the story of "The Muswell Hill Murderer" Dennis Nilsen. Nilsen was arrested on suspicion of murder in February 1983 after some of the other tenants at 23 Cranley Gardens...

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April 21, 2022

S05E10 - The 'Beauty in the Bath' Murder of Cynthia Bolshaw

In the tenth and final episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the tragic story of Cynthia Bolshaw. Cynthia was murdered in her luxury bungalow in Heswall, the Wirral, on October 8, 1983, and her body was placed face …

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April 14, 2022

S05E09 - Lee Ford (The Cornwall Family Annihilation)

In the ninth episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the story of Lee Ford. In August/September 2000, Lee Ford murdered his 36-year-old wife Lesley Ford in Carnkie, Cornwall, along with four of her children from her first...

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April 7, 2022

S05E08 - Nathan Maynard-Ellis and David Leesley (The Murder of Julia …

In the eighth episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the story of Nathan Maynard-Ellis and David Leesley. On May 11, 2019, Nathan Maynard-Ellis entered the Bottle & Cork pub in Dudley, West Midlands, where he met 42-year...

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March 24, 2022

S05E07 - John Taylor (The Murder of Leanne Tiernan)

In the seventh episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the story of John Taylor.⁣⁣⁣ On November 26, 2000, John Taylor abducted 16-year-old Leanne Tiernan from Houghley Gill in Bramley, Leeds, before strangling her to deat...

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March 10, 2022

S05E06 - Jake Notman (The Manslaughter of Lauren Bloomer)

In the sixth episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the story of Jake Notman.⁣⁣⁣ On November 19, 2020, partners Jake Notman and Lauren Bloomer celebrated the release of the ninth generation video game console, the PlaySt...

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Feb. 24, 2022

S05E05 - Christopher Farrow (The Murder of Wendy Speakes)

In the fifth episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the story of Christopher Farrow.⁣⁣⁣ On March 15, 1994, 33-year-old Christopher tricked his way into the home of 51-year-old divorcee Wendy Speakes in Wakefield, West Yo...

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Feb. 17, 2022

S05E04 - Harold Jones (The Murders of Freda Burnell and Florence Litt…

In the fourth episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the story of Welsh child murderer Harold Jones.⁣⁣⁣ In June 1921, 15-year-old Harold was acquitted of murdering 8-year-old schoolgirl Freda Burnell.⁣⁣ Two weeks after b...

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Feb. 10, 2022

S05E03 - Colin Hatch (The Murder of Sean Williams)

In the third episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the story of Colin Hatch.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ On July 19, 1993, 21-year-old paedophile Colin Hatch snatched 7/8-year-old Sean Williams outside Norfolk Close tower block.⁣ ⁣ Colin sexu...

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Feb. 3, 2022

S05E02 - Brian Blackwell (The Parricide Murders of Sydney and Jackie …

In the second episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the story of Brian Blackwell.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ On July 25, 2004, 18-year-old Brian Blackwell brutally murdered his parents, Sydney and Jackie Blackwell, with a claw hammer and a k...

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Jan. 20, 2022

S05E01 - Russell Bishop (The ‘Babes in the Wood’ Murders of Nicola Fe…

In the first episode of British Murders Season 5, I tell the tragic story of the ‘Babes in the Wood’ murders.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ On October 9, 1986, a 20-year-old man named Russell Bishop sexually assaulted and strangled two 9-year-old gir...

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