Skip to main content
Main navigation
Stream
Articles
Shows
Videos
Convictions Gone Bad with Will Mellor
Richard Bevan
on Crime+Investigation
The Acid Bath Murderer: The chilling crimes of John Haigh
John Haigh obtained his moniker because he believed that without evidence of human remains, there would be no crime to investigate
Dolly Oesterrich and the 'Lover in the Attic' murder
Almost 100 years on, this tale of lust and love between an older married woman and a teenage youth is one of the most bizarre crimes of passion ever
3 murder investigations derailed by police errors
Peter utcliffe evaded arrest even after he had been interviewed nine times during what became the biggest police manhunt at the time
The Cleft Chin Murder: London's 'Bonnie and Clyde' copycats
The couple spent six days travelling around together and indulging in a series of vicious crimes, including kidnap and murder
4 vintage gangsters from British history
One of the most notorious gangs associated with racecourse betting was The Brummagem Boys, who operated in the 1910s to the 1930s
The Lambeth Poisoner: Victorian London's 'Doctor of Death'
Cream’s murder footprint over more than a decade covered three countries, starting with his private medical practices in Canada and Chicago
Who killed Malcolm X? The assassination of a civil rights leader
Human rights activist Malcom X was assassinated in 1965, but speculation about the identity of his killers has persisted for decades.
Rampage killers : shooters without remorse
Looking back at the two most shocking gun massacres in British history
Death of a socialite: the Barbara Baekeland case
Barbara Baekeland's relationship with Tony was tainted by a toxic combination of possessiveness, mental illness and alleged incest between mother and son.
The Night Stalker and the Black Panther
Two killers who used the dark as cover for their crimes
The railway rapists
The rare bond of two psyches stimulating and encouraging each other to rape and murder
Jack the Stripper' and the Hammersmith murders
The biggest unsolved serial murder case in British police history
Blackout ripper: A killer in wartime London
Under the cover of the blackout, Gordon Cummings strangled & mutilated five women during the London Blitz
The towpath murders: death on the river bank
The axe murderers of two teenage girls on the banks of the Thames by idyllic Teddington in 1953
Jeremy Bamber : the White House Farm murders
The psychiatrist believed that Jeremy did kill his family but had suppressed the memory until it was no longer real
Freddie Mills: death of a sporting hero
Suicide In Soho or a mystery murder?
The Pembrokeshire murders
Cooper’s heinous crimes between 1985 to 89 cast a menacing shadow across a small rural part of south-west Wales for a quarter of a century
Frances Glessner Lee's dollhouses of death
The mother of forensic science whose dioramas of death revolutionised the art of detection
40 years on: Catching the Yorkshire Ripper
Peter Sutcliffe was eventually caught after a routine check of his car registration number.