In November 1925, police constable Herbert Burrows was found guilty of murdering publican Ernest Laight, his wife Doris, and their young son Robert at the Garibaldi Inn in Worcester. The discovery was made by the family’s charwoman, who raised the alarm after finding the doors unlocked and the till emptied. The case exposed the calculated betrayal of trust within a small community and led to Burrows becoming the last person from Worcester to be executed by hanging.

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Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk
Birmingham Daily Gazette - Wednesday 03 February 1926
Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 20 February 1926
Evening News 21 January 1987
Evening News (London) - Tuesday 26 June 1917
Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer - Saturday 05 December 1925
Hendon & Finchley Times - Friday 29 June 1917
Illustrated Police News - Thursday 25 February 1926
Dundee Courier - Friday 18 December 1925
Kingston Times - Saturday 30 January 1926
Reynolds's Newspaper - Sunday 06 December 1925, Sunday 21 February 1926
Sunday Express - Sunday 29 November1925
Daily News (London) - Monday 30 November 1925
Thomson's Weekly News - Saturday 05 December 1925
Westminster Gazette - Thursday 18 February 1926 

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When career criminal Henry Thomas Gaskin returned from serving with the Royal Engineers, tunnelling under the trenches of the Western Front during WWI, he was furious to discover his wife’s infidelity. He lured her to a meeting place under the pretence of discussing their marriage, and Lizzie Gaskin was never seen alive again. This true crime case remains one of the West Midlands’ most brutal, yet often forgotten, murders.

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Walsall Observer - Saturday 02 June 1906
Lichfield Mercury - Friday 27 July 1906
Oxford Journal - Wednesday 13 March 1912
Lichfield Mercury - Friday 15 March 1912
Loftus Advertiser - Friday 12 April 1912

In Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, a young Bosnian student named Gavrilo Princip fired a shot which would become the deadliest in history. With the help of co-conspirators from underground nationalist group Young Bosnia, he assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie during their imperial visit to the capital. Their deaths set off a domino effect of ultimatums, alliances, and mobilisations across Europe, and within weeks, the continent was engulfed in World War I (The Great War), a conflict that ultimately claimed millions of lives. Was Princip a terrorist, a freedom fighter, or simply a desperate youth caught in history’s tide? This episode explores the life, motives, and legacy of the 19-year-old whose pistol transformed Bosnia’s struggle into a global war. Few individuals have altered the course of history so suddenly, or so tragically.

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Sources:
Dedijer, Vladimir. The Road to Sarajevo. London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1966.

Butcher, Tim. The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War. London: Chatto & Windus, 2014.

Feuerlicht, Roberta Strauss. The Desperate Act: The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo. London: McGraw-Hill, 1968.

Additional references:
Aichelburg, Wladimir. Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand und Artstetten. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Staatsdruckerei, 1986.

Woolf, Alex. Assassination in Sarajevo. Oxford: Heinemann, 2002.

Ullman, Harlan. A Handful of Bullets: How the Murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Still Menaces the Peace. New York: Potomac Books, 2014.

Liulevicius, Vejas Gabriel. World War I: The “Great War”

Culpin, Christopher. Making History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996

In 2025, two pocket watches were sold at an auction, prompting renewed interest in a 170 year old East Anglia murder case. They were made by skilled German craftsman Lorenz Beha, who came to England to set up his watchmaking business in Norfolk. On a cold November day in 1853, Beha was found murdered on a quiet country road by a local labourer who happened to be one of his customers. The timepieces are not the only reminders of this forgotten piece of history, as the killer’s death mask survives as a gruesome relic of this tragic case.

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Sources:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gmr362p53o
A Brief History of Tittleshall People Compiled by Robert Box
Morning Advertiser - Friday 25 November 1853
Norfolk News - Saturday 26 November 1853
Norfolk Chronicle - Saturday 26 November 1853
Worcester Journal - Saturday 26 November 1853
Norwich Mercury - Saturday 25 March 1854
Evening Mail - Monday 27 March 1854
London Evening Standard - Monday 10 April 1854
Lynn Museum, https://www.lynnmuseum.norfolk.gov.uk
Norwich Castle Museum, https://www.norwichcastle.norfolk.gov.uk

Just days before Christmas 1959, the Edencroft Hostel in Birmingham became the scene of a shocking murder. Stephanie Baird, 29, was brutally killed by 27-year-old Patrick Byrne, a man hiding a history of stalking and violent sexual fantasies. The case revealed the terrifying progression from secret obsession to murder, leaving investigators to confront one of Britain’s most disturbing true crimes.

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Sources:

Ancestry
Belfast News-Letter - Thursday 25 February 1960
Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 11 February 1960
Birmingham Evening Mail Wed, 23 Mar 1960
Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 24 March 1960
Daily Mirror - Thursday 24 March 1960
Daily News (London) - Friday 25 March 1960
Newcastle Journal - Friday 25 March 1960
Sunday Express - Sunday 27 December 1959
Birmingham Weekly Mercury - Sunday 05 December 1999
Birmingham Murder Hunt, British Pathe

In January 1914, the industrial town of Wolverhampton became the backdrop to a baffling mystery when 24-year-old ship’s engineer Kent Reeks was found shot dead near a disused mine shaft — 90 miles from the Liverpool hotel where he had been staying. Just days earlier, he had arrived from Canada, carrying a large sum of money and travelling in the company of a mysterious man. This little-known true crime case follows Kent’s journey from Australia to England, the cryptic clues left in his wake, and the strange trail of money, ammunition, and unanswered questions that still surround his death.

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Sources:
Ancestry
UK and Ireland Incoming Passenger Lists 1914
The Birmingham Post Mon, 26 Jan 1914
Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 26 January 1914
Western Daily Press - Monday 02 February 1914
Evening Sentinel Tue, 10 Feb 1914
Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 10 February 1914
The Birmingham Post Wed, 11 Feb 1914
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 21 March 1914
Westerham Herald Sat, 28 Mar 1914
Manchester Courier - Wednesday 28 January 1914
Evening News (London) - Monday 16 February 1914
Detroit Free Press, 5 December 1916
Walter Reeks – Naval Architect, Yachtsman and Entrepreneur by Nicole Mays & David Payne

In 1913, the little known hamlet of Gussage St. Michael in Dorset, southwest England, became the scene of a shocking discovery when a young woman’s body was found buried in woodland. This obscure true crime case explores the lives of killer William Burton and his victim, Winifred Mitchell, and how she came to be buried in a shallow grave in one of England’s most rural counties. 

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Sources:
Ancestry
National Archives HO 144/1272/23900
Daily Mirror - Monday 05 May 1913
Daily News (London) - Wednesday 07 May 1913
London Evening Standard - Thursday 08 May 1913
Illustrated Police News - Thursday 15 May 1913
Daily Mirror - Friday 16 May 1913
Southern Times and Dorset County Herald - Saturday 21 June 1913
Daily Mirror - Tuesday 27 May 1913
Larne Times - Saturday 31 May 1913
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Wednesday 04 June 1913
Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 11 June 1913
Reynolds's Newspaper - Sunday 22 June 1913
Shields Daily News - Wednesday 25 June 1913
Grantham Journal - Saturday 28 June 1913

In the summer of 1920, Irene Munro chose a solo holiday in Eastbourne, on the south-east coast of England, over joining her mother in Edinburgh. Days later, her body was found buried on the remote Crumbles beach by a family on holiday. She had been violently murdered. As police investigated, newspapers suggested she had led a double life. With the help of witnesses, detectives began to piece together what happened and who was responsible.

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Sources:
Ancestry
British Newspaper Archive
National Archives
Newspapers.com
Oates, Jonathan. Irene Munro and the Beach Murder of 1920 
Seaside Murders by Jonathan Goodman

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In 1868, 19-year-old railway porter Thomas Wells shot and killed Dover Priory stationmaster Edward Walshe after a disciplinary dispute. Wells showed little remorse and offered no resistance during his arrest. He was tried, found guilty, and became the first person executed privately under the new Capital Punishment Act.

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Deborah Gardner joined the Peace Corps in 1976, hoping to make a positive impact in Tonga.
She embraced the local culture and formed close bonds with the community.
But one volunteer, Dennis Priven, developed a disturbing fixation.
What followed would lead to tragedy and lasting controversy.

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Sources:
Weiss, Philip, ‘American Taboo: A Murder in the Peace Corps’, 2004, HarperCollins
Crimelibrary.org
‘November Member Spotlight: Emile Robert Hons’, FriendsofTonga.org, https://www.friendsoftonga.org/cpages/emilehons
‘Remembering the murder of PCV Deborah Gardner (Tonga)’, March 2023, Peace Corps Worldwide, https://peacecorpsworldwide.org/remembering-the-murder-of-pcv-deborah-gardner-tonga-2/

In July 1938, a woman’s body was discovered on Somerset Road in Wimbledon, just yards from Centre Court. The investigation revealed she had been murdered, prompting a nationwide search for van driver George Brain. In this episode, we explore Brain’s background, how the police tracked him to his hideout, and the revelations that emerged during the investigation.

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Sources:
Ancestry
National Archives
Evening Mail 14 July 1938
Evening Sentinel 14 July 1938
Yorkshire Evening Post, 15 July 1938
Daily Herald 18 July 1938
Daily Mirror 18 July 1938
Daily News (London) -  18 July 1938
Daily Express 19 July 1938
Daily Herald 21 July 1938
Sunday Despatch 24 July 1938
Daily Express 26 July 1938
Daily Mirror 27 July 1938
Daily Herald 20 September 1938  

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In the early hours of August 1933, Charles Fox was murdered during a violent break-in at his West Bromwich home. The crime triggered a large-scale police investigation that uncovered a trail of forensic evidence linking the attack to 21-year-old Stanley Eric Hobday. As the manhunt intensified, Hobday’s movements led officers across the country. This episode explores a shocking crime, its swift resolution, and the public reaction that followed.

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Sources:

Ancestry
National Archives
Birmingham Daily Gazette - Saturday 12 December 1931
Daily Herald - Tuesday 29 August 1933
Leeds Mercury - Friday 01 September 1933
Daily Herald - Friday 08 September 1933
Daily Herald - Wednesday 27 September 1933
Shields Daily Gazette - Thursday 28 December 1933
Black Country Bugle 1 April 1999

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Unusual Suspects

In 1973, the body of a teenage boy surfaced in Shoreham Harbour, weighted down with concrete and secrets. Clive Olive was 16, a dreamer turned drifter, seduced by a violent subculture.
This episode unravels the chilling story of biker gangs, betrayal, and revenge in 1970s Britain.
The motive was personal. The violence, unforgettable.

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Sources:
The True Story of the Ollie Murder by Detective Chief Superintendent Jim Marshall
Angels of Death by Professor Hugh Johnson
Aberdeen Evening Express - 21 April 1973
Wolverhampton Express and Star 21 April 1973
Belfast News-Letter - 24 April 1973
Birmingham Daily Post -03 May 1973
The Scotsman - Wednesday 28 November 1973
Daily Mirror 30 November 1973 Wolverhampton Express and Star 3 Dec 1973
Daily Mirror 7 Dec 1973

Sidney Harry Fox and his mother Rosaline enjoyed staying at expensive hotels up and down the coast of southeast England, although they could rarely afford to pay. The staff at the Hotel Metropole in Paradise Street, Margate, were charmed by Sidney, who seemed so considerate and devoted to his mother. Little did they know that behind this performance, lay a history of fraud and deceit which would lead to the final act of murder.

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Sources: 
Ancestry
Commonwealth War Graves
Gloucester Citizen 7 December 1929
Daily Herald - Friday 14 March 1930
Western Gazette - Friday 14 March 1930
London Daily Chronicle - Monday 17 March 1930
Lancashire Evening Post - Thursday 27 March 1930
London Daily Chronicle - Tuesday 08 April 1930
Nottingham Evening Post - Thursday 17 April 1930
Hampshire Telegraph - Friday 25 April 1930
Sunday Mirror 2 October 1949
Liverpool Echo 15 December 1959
Tonbridge Free Press 2 January 1959
The Sunday Express, 31 July 1960
Mostly Murder by Sir Sydney Smith
Seaside Murders J.Goodman
Mama’s Boy by Bill Waddell

Charlotte Bryant was at the centre of a rural murder case that shocked an English village in 1935. When her husband died after a series of unexplained illnesses in their Dorset cottage, suspicions turned to poison. This true crime episode explores the investigation, the role of arsenic, and the events that led to one of Britain’s most infamous murder trials.

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Unusual Suspects

Sources:
Daily Herald - Thursday 02 January 1936
Sheffield Independent - Friday 20 March 1936
Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 04 March 1936
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Thursday 28 May 1936
Dundee Courier - Friday 29 May 1936
Gloucestershire Echo - Thursday 28 May 1936
Weekly Dispatch (London) - Sunday 31 May 1936
J.D. Casswell - A Lance for Liberty

When Dawn Viens vanished in 2009, her husband David claimed she’d left after an argument.
Two years later, he confessed to killing her — and offered a chilling explanation.
Despite no body being found, he was convicted of second-degree murder.
This true crime episode investigates control, violence, and a shocking confession.

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Sources:
Altman, Larry, ‘Lomita restaurateur who killed wife, allegedly cooked her body denied parole’, June 2021, Daily Breeze, https://www.dailybreeze.com/2021/06/08/lomita-restaurateur-who-killed-wife-disposed-of-body-denied-parole/

Powers, Ashley, ‘Chef says he cooked wife’s body for four days’, September 2012, Los Angeles Times, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2012-sep-18-la-me-restaurateur-20120919-story.html       

‘Yelp Users Review Thyme Cafe, Restaurant Owned By Chef Accused Of Killing And Cooking His Wife’, September 2012, Huffington Post, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-viens-lomita-chef-killed-cooked-wife-yelp-review-thyme-cafe_n_1900990

Music:
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In Victorian London, Henry Wainwright, a once-respected businessman, leads a double life of deception, infidelity, and mounting debt. When his mistress, Harriet Lane, becomes an inconvenient burden, he devises a gruesome solution.

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Epidemic Sound - Terra Firma
Epidemic Sound - Eternal Moment

Sources: 
The Penny Illustrated Paper 25 September 1875
Illustrated Police News - Saturday 23 October 1875
Illustrated Police News - Saturday 27 November 1875
Bondeson, Jan; “Victorian Murders”, 2017, Amberley Publishing
Rowland, David, “Executioners from 1850 to 1964”, 2014,  https://www.oldpolicecellsmuseum.org.uk/content/history/local-historians-history/david-rowland/executioners/part_2

During the blackout nights of WWII London, under the haunting wail of air raid sirens and the devastation of the Blitz, one of the city’s most chilling true crimes was quietly buried beneath the rubble. In this episode, we uncover the twisted tale of Rachel Dobkin, whose dismembered and burned body was discovered in a bombed-out chapel in 1942. As Londoners struggled through nightly raids and rationing, someone used the chaos of war to commit murder—and almost got away with it.

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Sources:
Ancestry
Murderous History London Blitz Killer, Channel 5
Evening Despatch - Thursday 27 August 1942
Daily Mirror - Saturday 12 September 1942
Daily Express - Wednesday 18 November 1942
Daily Herald - Friday 20 November 1942
Derby Daily Telegraph 23 November 1942
Daily Mirror - Tuesday 24 November 1942
Daily News 24 November 1942

Landlord Geoffrey Ferguson, enraged over a bounced rent cheque, drove from North Carolina to Connecticut and unlawfully evicted his tenants by force. The murders that followed shocked the community and were described as the worst mass killing in Connecticut’s modern history.

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Sources:
DeGregory, Lane, April 1995, “Five found shot dead in Conn. home of local man”, The Virginian Pilot, https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950421/04210495.htm
“Former Westporter convicted of mass murders found dead”, May 2003, WestportNow, https://www.westportnow.com/former_westporter_convicted_of_mass_murders_found_dead/
“State v. Ferguson (2002), May 28 2002, FindLaw, https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ct-supreme-court/1247323.html

On July 27, 2018, in Fagersta, Sweden, a cyclist discovered a semi-nude woman, Nella Olander, lying in a dark underpass, fatally stabbed. Soon after, 14-year-old Thomas confessed to his mother that he and a man twice his age Johan Fallqvist, had attacked her.  What brought Thomas and Fallqvist together in this toxic partnership? 

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Sources:
I huvudet på en mördare, 2019
In the Mind of a Murderer, Swedish Documentary, S3 E6, December 2019
Wikström, Mattis, ‘Sexualmördaren vill våldta – tvingas bort’, June 2021, Expressen, https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/krim/sexualmordaren-vill-valdta-tvingas-bort/
Zabielski, Julia, ‘Så lever Johan Fallqvist idag – efter mordet i Fagersta: "Stolt", May 2022, Nyheter24, https://nyheter24.se/nyheter/inrikes/1030864-sa-lever-johan-fallqvist-idag-efter-mordet-i-fagersta-stolt