Crimes That Shook Britain
With her husband Fred, Rose West brutally murdered ten girls between 1973 and 1979, making her one of the most high profile serial killers in the UK.
With her husband Fred, Rose West brutally murdered ten girls between 1973 and 1979, making her one of the most high profile serial killers in the UK.
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Arguably Britain's most infamous serial killer, Peter Sutcliffe became known as The Yorkshire Ripper when he began murdering women in Yorkshire during the 1970s.
Eight-year-old Sarah Payne's disappearance and murder shocked the nation. Here, Sarah's mum reveals her tireless campaign to protect other children from paedophilia.
Garry Newlove's wife Helen talks about the events on the night of his murder and the days afterwards, as well as her current work as a peer in the House of Lords combatting anti-social behaviour.
A look at the murder of 18-year-old Sally Anne Bowman, who was stabbed in Croydon in 2005. With interviews with her family and detectives who solved the case.
Beverley Allitt was thought to be a 'model' nurse. Very astute, caring and always willing to help, why did she murder four children and attempt to kill 11 others?
In broad daylight on a busy Woolwich street on 22nd May 2013, serving soldier Fusilier Lee Rigby was attacked and murdered by Islamic extremists Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.
In a smart suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Kate Knight was preparing to celebrate her wedding anniversary with her husband Lee, but why had she laced his meal with antifreeze?
The story of the Marchioness a pleasure boat that collided with dredger Bowbelle and sank within minutes resulting in the loss of 51 lives.
Failed businessman Christopher Foster killed his wife and daughter before burning their mansion in Shropshire to the ground in August 2008.
With her husband Fred, Rose West brutally murdered ten girls between 1973 and 1979, making her one of the most high profile serial killers in the UK.
In the summer of 1993, gay men in London were being terrorised by a brutal killer. Colin Ireland, a loner from Southend, had made a macabre resolution – to become a serial killer.
In April 2007, Clare Wood met George Appleton on a dating website and they embarked on a relationship together. Unbeknownst to her, Appleton was a criminal with a severe history of violence against women.
At the age of 25, Mark Martin murdered three young women in Nottingham city centre in the winter of 2004-2005. Since his teens, Mark Martin had been fixated on serial killers, and had an ambition to become Nottingham's first serial killer.
Mark Jewitt was a man with issues. Depressed and isolated, he grew obsessed with the noise that came from the flat downstairs. Jewitt was a time bomb, and the night that Vera Hudson forgot her keys, he went off.
For years police suspected Levi Bellfield of crimes including sexual assault, GBH and abduction, but there was never enough evidence to charge him. Then they began connecting him with the murders of young blonde women.
Dermot Murnaghan looks back on the disturbing tale of how a sadistic game played by Isabella Gossling and her boyfriend Richard Moors resulted in the death of an innocent young man.
When landscape architect Joanna Yeates disappeared after work Christmas drinks, the nation was gripped by the search for her. Tragedy struck on Christmas day morning when her body was found in a snow-covered lane. But who had killed the young woman?
Dermot Murnaghan brings in the homicide expertise of top detective Clive Driscoll to explore the investigation into the death of pharmacist Jessica Patel. Her husband Mitesh claims it's a burglary gone wrong, but the evidence paints the real story.
Stephen Port was convicted of the assaults, rapes and murders of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order.
Dermot Murnaghan is joined by former Met detective Clive Driscoll to look back at the case of Harry Jarvis, the cheating husband who kept his mistress in the shed while plotting to murder his wife.
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