Historical Crimes

True crime anniversaries in August

From the killing of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman to the Great Train Robbery, these are the most notable crimes that have happened during August

True crime anniversaries in June

From the separate murders of two young children to a devastating terror attack in London

True crime anniversaries in May

From one of the worst terrorist bombings in modern British history, to a tragic arson attack that claimed 6 young lives.

Watch Killer Britain: Series 4 trailer

In this extended 11 episode run, Dermot Murnaghan will guide viewers through some of the most deeply shocking crimes of recent times.

William Joyce: Lord Haw- Haw

Lord Haw Haw was the British voice of Nazi propaganda and the last person to be hanged for treason.

Jack The Ripper

Even in squalid Victorian London, the notorious and still unidentified serial killer stood out with his surgical murders of prosti

The Disappearance of Etan Patz

A search for the 6-year-old was launched with close to 100 police officers and a pack of bloodhounds canvassing the lower Manhattan area

The Thames Torso Murders

Were these murders the work of Jack The Ripper?

Charles Dickens and Crime

If we think of crime in Victorian London, after the gory horrors of Jack the Ripper, many people's minds turn to the fictionalised criminal underworld of Dickens' second novel Oliver Twist

Unusual Jack The Ripper Suspects

Most bizarre theories put forward about the true identity of the Ripper.

A Noble Death

The mysterious deaths of the 10th Earl of Shaftesbury and Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, the mystery surrounding Lord Lucan and the many murders committed by Countess Elizabeth Bathory, otherwise known as The Blood Countess. 

Broadmoor Revealed

Mark Stevens reveals what life was like for the criminally insane, over one hundred years ago.

5 Prison Breaks from History

Two convicted muderers have this week made a 'Shawshank' style escape from a high security prison in the US.

The Changing Face of Terror in Britain

It’s often said by pundits, politicians and top-level experts, that – when it comes to terrorism – we’re living in times of unprecedented unease.

Could Jack the Ripper have been HH Holmes?

One left a string of victims in the streets of Victorian Whitechapel, the other operated a sadistic house of horrors thousands of miles away in the US. Could they be the same person?

The Worst Serial Killer You've Never Heard Of

Most people will never have heard of one of the most prolific serial murderers of the past century: Bruce George Peter Lee.

The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All

Erik Menendez recounts the horrible torment of his tortured past and the brutal murder that he and his older brother Lyle committed

The Menendez Murders: The Aftermath

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

Who Killed The Black Dahlia?

The Black Dahlia murder

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

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

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

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.

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.

Episode 6: Under the microscope

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

The murder of Rachel Nickell

Police arrogance or just sheer incompetence?

Episode 8: Under the microscope

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

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.

The History of Fingerprinting

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

Murdertown S1: Episodes

Charles Manson & the Hollywood Murders

It was the crime spree that sent Hollywood into a spin of acute paranoia and terror in the late 60s.

The intrigue of The Black Dahlia murder

The retired LAPD officer who's convinced his father is the Black Dahlia killer

The Night Stalker and the Black Panther

Two killers who used the dark as cover for their crimes

Britain’s most lucrative robberies...

The jobs you’re about to read about here were no piffling shoplifting trips or low yield house break-ins. We’re talking about tens of millions of pounds worth of diamonds, gold bars, bearer bonds and bags stuffed with used bank notes being stolen

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