A Terrifying Kidnap : Episode 478

Rachel Thacker was just 21, with a new job, a new car and a future that seemed full of possibilities. A caring, outgoing and popular young woman, she had recently graduated with a degree in occupation...

14 Sep 31min

What would it be like to lose your identical twin to murder?In this episode, I talk to Nick Dawson, whose identical twin, Simon, was murdered in the most dreadful attack in 1998. I found this conversa...

12 Sep 50min

Dawn Rhodes was a 38-year-old mum whose attempt to leave an unhappy marriage ended in tragedy.After her murder, a disturbing version of events emerged in which Dawn was portrayed as a violent woman wh...

10 Sep 33min

In Newport, South Wales, Martin Podmore met a woman at a party - nothing unusual there, and the two got on well. But it was the beginning of an encounter that would take a deeply disturbing turn when ...

7 Sep 27min

In this bonus episode, I chat with top crime reporter, Martin Brunt.Martin spent 36 years at Sky News and built such a reputation for contacts that, during the 2006 Ipswich serial murders, a police pr...

5 Sep 52min

When you move into a small flat in a new town, just how much can you really know about your neighbours?Melanie Sturton had only recently left home to work and study when she moved into a flat in Aberd...

3 Sep 27min

Minutes before taking his own life, Michael Ryan looked back on the devastation he had caused in Hungerford. He had killed 16 people and injured 15 others. Then he told the police negotiator: “I wish ...

31 Aug 42min

Note: This epiosde was originally released in August 2023.Detectives believed they had identified the murderer, and when they entered the bedroom of 18-year-old Danyal Hussein in south-east London, th...

29 Aug 23min