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Acid Attacks in the UK

Acid attacks in the UK

The Menendez Brothers

The Menendez Murders: The Aftermath

It became one of the most publicised cases in America, two young brothers who murdered their parents

The Crimes of the Scissor Sisters

Two sisters, raised together and convicted together, for the brutal murder of their mothers abusive lover

Say it like Kenda

You’re watching Homicide Hunter on Thursdays 10pm.

The link between video games and Violent behaviour

Even by the standards of the usual carnage-filled games, Manhunt took things to extremes. Set in a world of snuff films, it actually gave players extra points for brutality.

Episode 1: Under the microscope

With only a pile of bones, crudely wrapped in an offcut of carpet, detectives had to utilise the individual skill of multiple forensic experts, to find the killer of a 15 year old girl

Episode 2: Under the microscope

In the case of Sameena Imam, at first a missing person who then turned into a murder victim, CCTV proved a crucial piece of critical evidence

Under the microscope

Episode 3: Under the MIcroscope

Last week on Robbie Coltrane’s Critical Evidence Sundays 10pm, we saw how modern policing was utilised to solve an almost “perfect” murder

What Makes a Rogue Trader?

What Makes a Rogue Trader?

Episode 4: Under the microscope

When former DCI Peter Brock first arrived at the Backhouse farm, little could have prepared him for the events that would unfurl over the coming weeks.

The St Valentine’s Day Massacre

Flamboyant kingpin Al Capone, whose name has always been linked with the most notorious gangland crime of all time: the St Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929.

Court portrait of Robert Thompson and Jon Venables

Who were the killers of James Bulger?

On the 12th February 1993 two year old James Bulger was at the New Strand Shopping Centre, Liverpool, Merseyside, with his mother, Denise Bulger

Abused Victims, Future Criminals?

A rage built up after years of being physically and sexually abused by their father.

The murder of Rachel Nickell

Police arrogance or just sheer incompetence?

Episode 6: Under the microscope

A series of horrific murders, remaining unsolved for over 30 years

Episode 8: Under the microscope

How do you solve a murder with no body ever being found?

Warren Jeffs: Prophet of Evil

A self proclaimed prophet of unimaginable evil

Episode 7: Under the microscope

Take a closer look at the 'Double Axe Murderer'

What Should Be Done About Mass Shootings?

Will gun control ever happen in America?

Why Do Serial Killers Have Fans?

Looking at the reasons behind why serial killers and rapists amass legions of fans and female followers

The women who helped make Jonestown

Looking at the women who faithfully served Jim Jones, this charismatic preacher, and the large part they played in the Jonestown massacre

Who is Marcia Clark?

Find out more about the world famous prosecutor and star of Marcia Clark Investigates the First 48.

Could the Queen Street Massacre Happen Today?

It has been 30 years since Frank Vitkovic walked into a postal service building, containing 1000 people, and opened fire on indiscriminately.

Why Hillsborough Was a Crime

In 2016, the deaths of the Liverpool fans were officially included in the UK's crime statistics

Do crimes against men get reported differently?: The Morgan Huxley Case

Why men don't get victim-blamed?

Celebrities who Kill

Dying for fame - Five celebrities accused of murder

Infanticide: Why Mothers Kill Their Children

What our fascination with the Casey Anthony case tells us

Why The Oklahoma City Bombing Is Still Relevant

In the age of the Alt-Right, religious violence and weaponized identity politics the Oklahoma Bombing is still relevant today

The Suicides That Were Really Cunning Murders

"Make it look like a suicide” isn’t just the stuff of crime movies and fiction.

The History of Fingerprinting

The forensic staple, which we now take for granted has a long and interesting story

Is a murderer made?

Just like his great uncle Ivan, the Backpack killer, Matthew Milat would become a murderer.

Has the Golden State Killer Been Caught?

The serial killer known as the Golden State Killer and East Area Rapist might finally have been arrested.

Can Ancestry Catch a Killer?

How a genealogy site helped to catch the Golden State Killer

Breakdown of what's to come in this series.

I am a Killer: Episode Guide

Here's a taster of each of the episodes including information on each of the featured inmates.

I am a Killer: Sneak Peek

In this exclusive sneak peek, we see the prisoners discuss, in their own words what happened.

Law of Parties' - Texas' Very Strange Rule

To be guilty of a crime, you don’t need to have actually committed it, just to have helped the thing take place.