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Killer Family

A father and his two young sons band together and kill the woman in their lives. 

She deprived me of my life.

Glenn Howells

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Bitesize Bonus: The Water Board

An elderly woman is beaten so badly her heart and liver exploded. It has yet to be solved. Who killed Mary Lazenby? 

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Butterknowle Stoning

A policeman completing his night rounds in a sleepy village was to become the victim of death by stoning.  

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The Letter

A note with directions leads police to a remote shed where they find the bodies of four small children. 

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Sex, Drugs and Heathrow Airport

A man went looking for “edgy sex” and arranged a meet with a trans woman. He claimed he was the victim of a brutal days’ long ordeal, yet she was dead. This is the case of sex, drugs and Heathrow Airport.

At the time I felt open-minded, liberal-minded, whatever you want to call it.

Jesse MacDonald

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Slasher

In a week-long frenzy, a town was maddened with terror as multiple reports of a man with a blade was attacking residents. This is the case of the Slasher.

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Teenage Terrorist

The youngest person to be convicted of terror offences in the UK held extremist views and actively planned attacks, but how and why did he get there? This is the case of Teenage Terrorist.

These are offences of the utmost seriousness.

Judge David Stockdale QC 

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Lying in Wait

A man blinded by anger waited 13 years before he finally decided to exact his revenge; lying in wait for hours in the rafters for his victim. A judge.

It is very easy to see why Bill Openshaw was held in such respect. As a judge he was always scrupulously fair and his judgements were like the man – filled with good, down to earth, common sense. He was respected as a judge, as a man and for his community work…

Dr Micheal Higgins

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Pirate Queen

In an episode written by listener, Daniel Carr, we explore Mary Read and Anne Bonny; who were two of the most famous female English pirates of all time, and among the very few women tried for piracy in the early 18th century, during the height of the Golden Age of Piracy..

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Kinky Killer Cop

A sex fiend with a torture chamber in his box room was also the police officer at the door of 10 Downing Street. This is the case of the Kinky Killer Cop.

…apart from being a prostitute who consorted with men for a living, was in her private life a lesbian… who had been knocked about in the course of her life by people other than the defendant.

Micheal Worsley