Fentanyl Poisoner / Luke D'Wit
Ellie and her partner Marcus walked around to the large conservatory at the back of the house. Through the glass doors, they could see the silhouettes of two familiar figures sitting in their favourit...
29 Touko 20241h 6min
Suicide or Murder? / Ryan & Sandra James
The Burton Mail published the article in March 1990. A local couple had the good fortune of winning a Vauxhall Astra with two years' worth of free petrol. The accompanying picture is fuzzy. Sandra and...
22 Touko 202453min
A Taste For Alcohol / Murder With A Champagne Bottle
The officer called out to identify himself, but there was no response from behind the closed door. He tried to open it but was met by resistance. After managing to wedge the bedroom door a few inches,...
19 Touko 202425min
Double Jeopardy / Hazel Backwell / Wendell Baker
Hazel was safety conscious, but the fact that she was not answering the door made George concerned that something had happened to her, so he alerted the police. When officers gained entry to the prope...
15 Touko 202449min
Death In The Family
There is a timeless saying that bad things happen in threes. Some believe the superstition originates from the wartime phrase ‘Three on a match’ — which refers to three soldiers using the same match t...
8 Touko 202441min
Neighbour From Hell
A man in his mid-sixties wearing a light-coloured casual jacket and dark trousers caught the couple’s attention. Concerningly, he was clenching a piece of wood in his hand. Stephen slammed the brakes ...
5 Touko 202446min
Unsolved / Elsie Frost
Something caught Thomas’ attention at the bottom of a set of stone stairs known to locals as the ABC steps. Twenty-six stone platforms jutted out from the steeply sloping hill towards the canal towpat...
1 Touko 20241h 5min
Black Widow / A Killer's Tangled Web
From the path, that quiet spot on Redcar Beach in North Yorkshire was concealed by sand dunes. As the tide was going out on the crisp morning of April 30th 1977, the body of a man was held in place by...
24 Huhti 202448min
