On a seemingly normal afternoon in Chatham, Molly McLaren was savagely hacked to death by her Ex-boyfriend Joshua Stimpson in a busy car park. She had broken up with the violent sociopath a few weeks earlier and had hoped that this was the start of a new independent life, but Joshua had other plans. Murdertown returns for its fifth season, this time hosted by award-winning actress Emilia Fox. In each episode, Emilia will visit towns and local communities throughout the country rocked by murder and tragedies, from which the scars persist to this day. Through the testimony of investigating police officers, local journalists, friends and relatives, the series re-tells these shocking incidents and how the lives of those directly affected will never be the same again.