45. Call Centre Crooks: How do you catch a scammer?
When 80-year old Kathleen is called up by a nice man from her computer company she does not suspect foul play. And when he tells her that she is owed a refund, she follows his instructions.Scams costs...
4 Nov 202141min
44. Operation Island: What do we know about male victims of rape?
The UK’s most prolific rapist only targeted men, but the case is largely unknown. He would wait outside clubs in Manchester and offer men who looked vulnerable a place to charge their phone or call a ...
28 Okt 202134min
43. Le Fake: Are con artists pathological liars?
When a young man claiming to be an heir to the Rockefeller estate turns up in a silver Ferrari in The Hamptons in the US, the rich and the famous invite him into their lives. Many are dazzled by his e...
21 Okt 202137min
42. Jonestown: How can you tell that you’re in a cult?
In the late 1970s, a charismatic cult leader, Jim Jones, promised his followers that they would create a utopian community based on Christian values and racial equality. In the jungle in Guyana, South...
14 Okt 202136min
41. 666devil: Could anyone become a victim of sextortion?
Matt Falder is the UK’s worst “sextorter”. A convicted serial sex offender, he used online accounts to blackmail over 40 victims into sending him naked photos, perform sexual acts and even getting one...
7 Okt 202127min
40. Hungry like the Wolf: Can we ever understand filicide?
In 1983 Diane Downs carries her three small children into a hospital in Oregon, all suffering from gunshot wounds.The mother explains that she had been the victim of an attempted carjacking, but manag...
30 Sep 202125min
39. King of Farum: Why do we love anti-heroes?
Comedian Sofie Hagen takes us back to her childhood where she unexpectedly received a laptop and free holiday from the municipality. The former tax minister, Peter Brixtofte, was the mayor of Sofie’s ...
23 Sep 202135min
38. The Yorkshire Ripper: Do women need to reclaim the night?
Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper murdered 13 women and attacked many others. The case involved 5 million hours of mostly futile police work and sparked angst and fury among women....
16 Sep 202134min
