
Murder by the Sea
Presented by journalist and true crime author Geoffrey Wansell, Murder by the Sea examines strange murders recorded at famous seaside resorts in the United Kingdom.
Murder by the Sea
Presented by journalist and true crime author Geoffrey Wansell, Murder by the Sea examines strange murders recorded at famous seaside resorts in the United Kingdom.
Murder by the Sea
Presented by journalist and true crime author Geoffrey Wansell, Murder by the Sea examines strange murders recorded at famous seaside resorts in the United Kingdom.

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Episode 1: Stephen Akinmurele
A profile of the prolific young serial killer Stephen Akinmurele, who was only 21-years-old when he...
Episode 2: Terry Clifton
The case known as the Garage Murders, which sparked a nationwide manhunt that saw Terry Clifton repe...
Episode 3: Mathew Hardman
Looking at the case of the 'Vampire Killer' Mathew Hardman, who cut out the heart, and then drank th...
Episode 4: Colin Gunn
When Joan Stirland's son Michael O'Brien murdered Colin Gunn's nephew in 2003, she and her husband's...
Episode 5: Paul Longworth
The case of Paul Longworth, who murdered his wife by strangling her with sailing rope and arranging...
Episode 6: Steven Grierson
The case of Steven Grierson, a serial killer who murdered four teenagers and terrorised dozens of ot...
Episode 1: Michael Ross
Michael Ross was just 15-years-old when he shot Shamsuddin Mahmood in the face and fled, but police...
Episode 2: Malcolm Green
The case of the killer Malcolm Green, who murdered women and dumped their dead bodies in bags.
Episode 3: Jack Campbell
A secret love triangle led to Jack Campbell murdering his love rival in a siege which shook Orkney I...
Episode 4: John Cooper
A profile of the serial killer John Cooper, who murdered four hikers and terrorised camp sites for d...
Episode 5: Graham Fisher
Looking back at the case of the murderer Graham Fisher, who stabbed and then ate two of his young vi...
Episode 6: Vitas Plytnykas
Looking back at the case of Lithuanian murderer Vitas Plytnykas, who killed a fellow worker in Scotl...
Episode 1: Mitchell Quy
True crime author Geoffrey Wansell looks into the case of a killer whose violent fantasies lead him...
Episode 2: Stuart Diamond
Deadly tales from the coastlines of the United Kingdom.
Episode 3: Mamie Stewart
The discovery in 1961 by three cavers of a sack containing human bones in a disused lead mine close...
Episode 4: David Ellis
59 year old landlord Alec Warburtorn was savagely beaten, by what was in the view of the pathologist...
Episode 5: Penelope and Barry Rogers
The strange relationship between mother and son Penelope and Barry Rogers, with eyewitness reports o...
Episode 6: Louisa May Merrifield
A look back at the 1953 poisoning of Blackpool resident 79 year old Sarah Ann Ricketts by her new ho...
Episode 1: Bournemouth's Crossbow Killer
After a fire breaks out at a home, police receive a strange phone call that triggers a hunt for a ki...
Episode 2: The Acid Bath Murders
The case of John George Haigh, who came up with a plan for the 'perfect' murder when he was serving...
Episode 3: The Murderous Bigamist
When Pierre LeGris reports his wife Rui Li missing, police are instantly wary, and they uncover a ta...
Episode 4: The Blackpool Double Murder
Investigating the murders of two elderly women, a decade apart.
Episode 5: The Lady Killer
The murder of a part-time actress triggers a nationwide manhunt for a killer.
Episode 6: The Merseyside Wheelchair Murderer
When Linda Anders is found dead at home, her wheelchair-bound husband Malcolm claims an intruder bro...
Episode 7: The Brighton Trunk Murders
Dismembered bodies of two women are both found in car boots, the first at a train station, the secon...
Episode 8: Eastbourne's Dr Death
The case of John Bodkin Adams, a trusted GP who befriended older patients and was often named in the...
Episode 9: The Newport Revenge Murder
The case of Robert Henry Davies, who committed murder after a sexual assault investigation threatene...
Episode 10: The Party Killer
The case of Charlotte Pinkey, a woman who disappeared in Ilfracombe after going to a party and never...
Episode 1: The Hotelier and the Hitman
An arrogant Bournemouth hotelier called Peter Taylor gets away with murdering his wife in 1982; but...
Episode 2: Brides in the Bath
George Smith, an Edwardian man who married a string of women, only to drown them in a bath and steal...
Episode 3: Roderick and Mark Newall - Jersey
In 1987, two brothers from a well-to-do family killed their parents in such brutal fashion that it s...
Episode 4: Massacre at Red Gables Hotel
Former military commander Neil Rutherford unleashes terror on the unsuspecting guests of a remote We...
Episode 5: Robert Dixon - Little Ross
The discovery of the body of a lighthouse keeper on the Scottish island of Little Ross in 1960 promp...
Episode 6: Robert and Sonny Mone - Dundee
For Dundees most infamous father-son pair, killing was a competition, and between them murdered seve...
Episode 7: Hassan Shatanawi
Having brutally murdered his wife in 1993, Hassan Shatanawi thought he had effectively made her vani...
Episode 8: The Seaside Lady Macbeth
A scandalous love triangle between a beautiful socialite Alma Rattenbury, her young gardener George...
Episode 9: The Last Taxi Rider
Port Talbot taxi driver Linda Thomas made a fatal journey one night in 1973, when she picked up a ho...
Episode 10: The Mystery of the Man in the Woods
A young man, Tyrone France, becomes embroiled in Newport's drugs underworld, meeting a disastrous en...
Episode 1: A Crime Without Motive
A two year investigation into the random murder of Margaret Wilson, would lead police on one of the...
Episode 2: The Conman Turned Killer
When Margaret McOnie is found dead on the cliff tops a nationwide manhunt followed. Her murderer wou...
Episode 3: The Shallow Grave
When Danny Dyke tried playing the hardened drug dealer, he found himself in over his head, but it wa...
Episode 4: The Last Supper
When Michael Barber finds his wife Susan in bed with another man, she realises she has to take drast...
Episode 5: The Deadly Family Man
Robert Mochrie killed his wife Catherine and their children James, Sian, Luke and Bethan in July 200...
Episode 6: A Very British Murder
Miles Wiliam Gifford believed his parents owed him everything, and would stop at nothing to get what...
Episode 7: The Vicarage Killer
Retired doctor Alexander Wood and his wife Dorothy, both in their late seventies, were battered to d...
Episode 8: Murdered In The Line Of Duty
Brian Bishop was shot and killed in a shoot-out with an armed robber as they returned to a stash poi...
Episode 9: The Mark of a Murderer
Just before Christmas 1994, heavily tattooed Jason Mitchell strangled pensioners Arthur and Shirley...
Episode 10: A Most Violent Man
After Philip Manning killed his ex-wife dead in a vengeful rage on Christmas day and hospitalised he...
Episode 1: Craig Belcher
The 7th series opens with Nell Darby looking at the case of Kirsty Carver. Kirsty worked as a civili...
Episode 2: Stephen Jones: The Cop Turned Killer
Following the discovery of his affair with a much younger woman, police Sergeant Stephen Jones kille...
Episode 3: The Woods Brothers: The Blood Brothers
Elderly couple Benjamin and Dorothy were killed in their own home in one of the most terrifying home...
Episode 4: Noreen O'Connor: The Evil Eye
Marie Buls was an elderly woman in the care of wealthy spinster Noreen O'Connor. As time progressed...
Episode 5: Hazel Williams: The Secret in the Cellar
Defending herself against her husband Robert, Hazel Williams bludgeoned him to death. She then proce...
Episode 6: Brian Donald Hume: On a Wing and a Prayer
In 1949, Donald Hume murdered his business partner Stanley Setty following an altercation in which t...
Episode 7: James McElroy: The Killer Who Turned on His Friends
Teenager James McElroy was on holiday with his friends, twins Mark and Michael Otter, in Trawsfynydd...
Episode 8: Herbert Bennett: The Body in the Sands
Herbert Bennett tired of his wife Mary Jane and strangled her with a bootlace in the sands off Yarmo...
Episode 9: Brian Moore: The Mad Dog Murder
Teenager Clive Olive was a young member of the local biker gang the 'Sussex Mad Dogs', but after cro...
Episode 10: Marty Fenton: The Torquay Massacre
Torquay businessman Martin 'Marty' Fenton fell out with the owner of the local casino John Tsigaride...
Episode 1: Wanda Chantler
The 8th series opens with a bizarre case. Roger and Josie Hartland found themselves stalked by their...
Episode 2: Donald MacMillan Jnr
Helen Torbet visited the Highlands every year and stayed at the same guesthouse, but over the years...
Episode 3: Alan Conner
Sandra Parkinson was a vibrant young woman filled with potential. Working in Salcombe, Devon her lif...
Episode 4: Russell Causley
When Patricia Causley disappeared, her husband managed to convince police that she had walked out on...
Episode 5: Wayne Doherty
Nora Trott, a much-loved member of her community, was savagely murdered. 27 years after her death, a...
Episode 6: Michael Brown
Michael Brown claimed to be a sensitive man, held back by the fact he was only five feet tall. His f...
Episode 7: Steve Dicker
This edition examines the murder of Jean Dicker, who was battered to death with a hammer at the hand...
Episode 8: Percy Mapleton
Percy Mapleton was looking for a way to a fast fortune, and identified Brighton bond trader Isaac Go...
Episode 9: Michael Peacock
In order to avoid paying for an expensive divorce while having an affair with a much younger woman,...
Episode 10: Peter Moore
The eighth series of the true crime documentary concludes by examining the crimes of Peter Moore, a...
Episode 1: Written In Plain Sight
When mature student Rebeca Love rejects the advances of undergraduate Jason Webster, he uses a ball...
Episode 2: The Ruxton Murders
Buck Ruxton had a jealous streak that would see him kill his common law wife Isabella, as well as th...
Episode 3: The Campervan Killer
One of the most bizarre murder cases in British criminal history began when Police were called to at...
Episode 4: Britain’s Worst Female Serial Killer
Despite only being trialled and convicted for the death of a single victim, Mary Ann Cotton is often...
Episode 5: The World’s End Murders
In the 1970’s a murderer terrorised Edinburgh, abducting and killing young women in what became know...
Episode 6: The Bungalow Murderer
Emily Kaye was not aware of the past dealings of the handsome Patrick Mahon when she fell head over...
Episode 7: The Lighthouse Club Murders
Paul Teed murdered 3 members of his family by beating them to death with a baseball bat a in a Hove...
Episode 8: The Not So Cunning Fox
Sidney Fox travelled the country swindling spinsters out of money and cashing stolen cheques, eventu...
Episode 9: The Valentine Killer
On Valentine's Day Paul Dyson strangled his partner Joanne Nelson to death before removing her body...
Episode 10: The Carbox Killer
After Andre Genestin's wife discovered he had been cheating on her, he murdered her and stored her b...
Episode 1: The Skull in the Woods
Victoria Couchman's skull was found near St Leonards-on-Sea months after she vanished. Her father, T...
Episode 2: Befriended and Crumbled
Will Gray and Jack Field befriended Irene Munro and walked her along a beach. But, the stroll turned...
Episode 3: Blood On The Backseat
Gary Hampson was reported missing by his family after failing to turn up for an appointment. As fear...
Episode 4: The Goatfell Murder
John Watson Laurie met Edwin Rose, and the pair went on holiday to the Isle of Arran. One morning th...
Episode 5: Murder in the Family
After not being seen for several days, Rita Parminter was found dead in her home in Hastings. To pol...
Episode 6: The Cinderella Murder
Felicity Paget was killed by a "mystery knifeman" who entered her house, and also attacked her fianc...
Episode 7: Hanged on Man
John Kewish was the last person to be hanged for murder on the Isle of Man in August, 1872. Yet, the...
Episode 8: The Frankenstein Killer
Labelled the 'Royal Navy's Dennis Nilsen', Petty Officer Allan Grimson murdered Nicholas Wright, 18,...
Episode 9: Trialled to Death
In the 1990's, electrician Tony Teare lured Corrine Bentley to remote moorland in the UK, promising...
Episode 10: The Rolex Killer
Already a wanted criminal in Canada, fraudster Albert Walker fled to the UK and assumed the identity...
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