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The crimes of Amelia Dyer, who promised mothers that for a fee she would adopt their babies. In fact, she neglected and murdered countless infants.
1:00:00Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be executed in the UK, hanged after her murder trial in 1955. Ellis had gunned down her lover outside a pub - but why? Nicholas Day finds out.
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1:00:00A crime from 1879 in which widow Julia Martha Thomas was killed in her own home by her servant Kate Webster, who also stole her victim's clothes, property and identity.
1:00:00The gun battle on the streets of London in 1911, known as the Siege of Sidney Street. 400 rounds of ammunition were fired over six hours, caught on motion camera.
1:00:00Part two of two. A re-examination of Jack The Ripper's crimes, revealing how the story we know today was shaped by the sensationalist press of 1888.
Series 3 1:00:00
1:00:00Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be executed in the UK, hanged after her murder trial in 1955. Ellis had gunned down her lover outside a pub - but why? Nicholas Day finds out.
Series 1 1:00:00
1:00:00Lovers Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters were hanged in 1923 for the murder of Thompson's husband. Find out why this case caused such controversy.
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50:00The body of a teenage girl was found the day before Elizabeth II's coronation in June 1953. Days later, another teen was found dead. Hear how the case unfolded.
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1:10:00WWI veteran John Christie later turned to a life of crime and killed at least eight women. Hear how his murderous spree ended at the gallows.
Series 5 1:00:00
1:00:00Part one of two. A re-examination of Jack The Ripper's crimes, revealing how the story we know today was shaped by the sensationalist press of 1888.
Series 4 1:00:00
1:00:00Examining the 1966 murders of three police officers in Shepherd's Bush that led to a huge manhunt and calls for the death penalty to be reinstated.
1:00:00The case of Dr Ruxton, a physician who lived a quiet, respectable life in Lancaster, until in 1935 he beat, strangled and stabbed his wife and housemaid to death.
1:00:00Historic murder cases are reviewed with an emphasis on the locations the killings.
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1:00:00John Christie killed at least eight women during the 1940s and 1950s, including his wife. Hear more about his shocking crimes in this two-parter.
1:00:00The Blackout Ripper was one of the most feared men in London during the Blitz. Hear the terror he wreaked in 1942 as he killed four women under cover of darkness.
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1:00:00The unsolved murders committed by the Butcher of Kingsbury Run, a serial killer operating in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1930s, who murdered at least 12 men and women.
1:00:00Herbert Rowse Armstrong, was convicted of poisoning his wife with arsenic, even though much of the evidence was circumstantial and the scientific testimony remains disputed.
1:00:00The crimes of Henri Landru who, during the First World War, seduced women with promises of marriage and lured them to houses outside Paris where they vanished.
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1:00:00Dramatised account of 19th-century serial killer Mary Ann Cotton, aka the Black Widow, who travelled around north-east England and murdered men for their life insurance.
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1:00:00The disappearance of wealthy widow, Olive Durand-Deacon, in 1949 led police to John George Haigh - who had a gruesome confession to make. Tune in to hear more.