The History of Fingerprinting

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

I am a Killer: Episode Guide

Here's a taster of each of the episodes including information on each of the featured inmates.

I am a Killer: Sneak Peek

In this exclusive sneak peek, we see the prisoners discuss, in their own words what happened.

Can Ancestry Catch a Killer?

How a genealogy site helped to catch the Golden State Killer

Famous Examples of Folie  à Deux

This shared psychotic disorder usually involves one dominant person convincing the other of their beliefs

Jail Murders: Why Inmates Kill Behind Bars

Delving into the world of prison murders and looking to answer the question of why inmates kill behind bars.

Spousal murder: Till Death Us Do Part

Statistically, female victims are more likely to have been killed by those current or former intimate partners than anyone else.

The Manchester Bombing: Seven years on

On 22 May 2017, a pop concert was abruptly transformed into a waking nightmare when a suicide bomber detonated a home-made explosive in the lobby

Law of Parties' - Texas' Very Strange Rule

To be guilty of a crime, you don’t need to have actually committed it, just to have helped the thing take place.

Do child abductions happen more in summer?

From Sarah Payne to the Soham murders, kids seem to have been targeted in the period stretching from the end of spring to the end of summer.

Los Narcosatánicos: Drugs, Cults, Voodoo & Human Sacrifice

Half drug-peddlers, half black magic cult, Los Narcosatánicos practised occult rituals in order to ‘bless’ their deals

Was Van Gogh Murdered?

What if Van Gogh was the victim, not of his own depression, but of a mystery assailant?

Interview with Nick Yarris who Wrongly Spent 22 Years on Death Row

How does someone cope with being sentenced to death when they are innocent?

Son of Sam and the killers who hear voices

Hearing voices” is a phenomenon commonly attributed to both serial killers and sudden, one-off murderers.

Pontypridd: Crime Profile

Hull: Crime Profile

Hull, or Kingston upon Hull as it's properly known, is no stranger to sinister crimes

Acid Attacks: a Crime on the Rise

The UK has one of the highest recorded rates per capita in the world

Dartford's most shocking murders

This unassuming Kent town was home to a Nazi-obsessed serial killer and notorious cold case

Did Anti-Semitism thwart the Investigation into Jack the Ripper?

Why was Jack the Ripper never caught? Or more to the point, why was he never even identified?

Brighton: Crime Profile

The Signs, Crimes and Grime of County Lines

Children and vulnerable people forced to sell drugs in rural town

Murdertown: Crime Survey

Dundee: Crime Profile

Murdertown S1: Episodes

Barnsley: Crime Profile

Why were so many serial killers active in 1978?

Looking back at 1978, the year serial killer murders went off the charts

43% of women have been harrassed while jogging

Runners World found 43% of women had been harassed while running

Russian gangs of New York: Putin's new order

All roads lead to the Kremlin

The dark side of social media

We let social media get away with murder.

Tamworth: Crime Profile

Watford: Crime Profile

Female teachers who abused their power

Is there a double standard when it comes to women teachers who abuse their pupils?

Huddersfield: Crime Profile

Rampage killers : shooters without remorse

Looking back at the two most shocking gun massacres in British history

Sid and Nancy: a Punk Rock Murder Mystery

Who killed Nancy Spungen?

Sunderland: Crime Profile

In Sunderland, Katherine Kelly pieces together a case which unfolded in the early 90s, when the bodies of teenage boys began to be discovered