Hungerford is a market town in Berkshire, South East England, with a population of around 6,000, surrounded by woodlands and near the river Dun. The tranquillity of this peaceful town was shattered on 19 August 1987 when a lone gunman, Michael Ryan, 27, went on a killing spree that resulted in the murder of 16 people.
James Bulger was two years old when he was abducted from a Liverpool shopping centre and murdered, in February 1993. This year, James should have been celebrating his 18th birthday with his family. Instead their final image of him is as a toddler, captured on CCTV, holding the hand of one of his killers.
Jill Dando died after being brutally shot in the head on her doorstep in Fulham in broad daylight. Intense media coverage followed the news of Dando’s murder and several lines of enquiry were pursued. These included theories that she had been killed by a jealous ex-boyfriend and theories of mistaken identity and as well as the idea that somebody had hired an assassin to murder the woman who had become a public figure in revenge for a ‘Crimewatch’ conviction. Following a trial at the Old Bailey, 40-year-old Barry George, a local man with a history of sexual offences and stalking of women was found guilty of the murder of Jill Dando and sentenced to life. After two unsuccessful appeals, a third appeal quashed his original conviction and resulted in his acquittal in 2009. This film explores the evidence and circumstances behind one of the most famous unsolved crimes in the UK.
While walking her dog on Wimbledon Common in 1992, Rachel Nickell became the victim of a vicious sexual assault and was stabbed 40 times before her attacker fled the scene. A passer-by found Rachelʼs body with her two-year-old son Alex clinging to her side, trying to wake her up. Police mounted a huge investigation, but had few clues to follow up. After a suspect emerged in Colin Stagg, they mounted an operation involving an undercover female officer who feigned a relationship with Stagg for five months, hoping to glean evidence from him. Although the police gathered enough information to send Stagg to trial in 1994, a judge at the Old Bailey threw the evidence out, believing it to have been gathered by “deceptive conduct of the grossest kind”. By 2007, Stagg had received over £700,000 in compensation. After new DNA evidence came to light, a prisoner named Robert Napper, who was already serving a sentence for another killing, was found guilty of Nickellʼs murder. Colin Stagg received a full apology from the police.
On the evening of 1 July 2000, eight-year-old Sarah Payne vanished while playing in a field with her siblings, near her grandparents’ home in West Sussex. Her disappearance prompted a high profile, nationwide search which lasted 17 days. As fears grew for Sarah’s safety, Sussex Police started to investigate any known paedophiles living in the West Sussex area. Amongst other suspects, 41-year-old Roy Whiting was questioned after a previous sexual attack on an eight-year-old girl in a nearby village. On the 17 July, a body was found in a field near Pulborough, 15 miles from where Sarah disappeared. The body was confirmed as Sarah’s the following day, and soon after Roy Whiting was charged with her abduction and murder. DNA tests matched a strand of Sarah’s hair to a male’s T-shirt found in the back of Whiting’s car. Soon afterwards, her shoe was found in a country lane by a member of the public, and tests matched fibres on the shoe to the carpet of Whiting’s van. Whiting was sentenced to life imprisonment in December 2001. In this heartbreaking film, Sara Payne, Sarah’s mum, relives the day her daughter went missing, and recounts the horror and agonising days that unfolded in its wake. In addition, Sara speaks about her fight to change the system in the UK to protect other children from the same outcome. Her campaign ‘Sarah’s Law’ has gone on to alter many important pieces of legislation. Sara received an MBE in December 2008 for her work.
This week, Stephanie Slater tells her own harrowing story of how she was abducted from an empty house and held for eight terrifying days in a makeshift coffin in 1992. Journalists and those close to the investigation reveal how Stephanieʼs abduction made headline news. The 25-year-old estate agent had just disappeared and no one had a clue what had happened to her. Her captor was a disturbed one-legged man named Michael Sams, who intended to hold her for ransom. In gripping detail, she reveals how she endured painful days and nights in the back of his grubby workshop, where she was raped, tortured and forced to lie in a bin for up to 23 hours a day. Stephanieʼs traumatic ordeal finally came to a head when Sams carried out his elaborate plot and received a £175,000 ransom. The police eventually tracked him down and brought him to justice, but some of the money has never been recovered. Stephanie went through hell but in one respect she was lucky – she was fortunate enough to be able to tell her tale.
In 1996 two girls and their mother were brutally attacked in the English countryside in Kent. Local loner Michael Stone carried out a brutal and frenzied hammer attack on the family and left them for dead. Lin Russell and her six-year-old daughter Megan died from their injuries. Against all the odds, however, the elder daughter Josie survived and made a remarkable recovery. The story of this devastating crime is told through the eyes of those closest to the tragedy. Father and husband Shaun Russell opens his heart about the loss of his family. The programme also features interviews with Dave Stevens, a police officer whose relentless work helped bring the killer to justice, Lucy Gregson, a close friend of Josie Russell, and Lynda Roberts, Josieʼs former primary school teacher. Lynda reveals the devastating effect the murders had on the whole community and how everyone rallied together to help her recover. Finally, the programme also hears from Pauline Smith, a police family liaison officer. Pauline spent years working with the Russells, rehabilitating Josie and piecing together her memory of the attack.
Documentary from 2006 following the re-trial of Billy Dunlop for the murder of Julie Hogg, a crime of which he had previously been acquitted. However, after he subsequently bragged about getting away with it, Julie's mother Ann Ming successfully campaigned to overturn the UK's `double jeopardy' law, which prevented him being tried twice for the same offence.
Henry Hill--who inspired the movie Goodfellas--relays the true story of his rise and fall as a drug dealing wiseguy in the New York mob.
The story of how double-murderer Colin Pitchfork became the first criminal to be snared by DNA fingerprinting. In the mid-1980s, Pitchfork raped and killed two Leicestershire schoolgirls, but despite exhaustive investigations evaded capture, largely due to a false confession and a bogus blood test which threw police off his scent until a chance remark in a pub redirected them to the true perpetrator of the crimes. The proof of Pitchfork's guilt lay in a then revolutionary genetic technique and a great leap of faith on the part of the local constabulary.
Donald Neilson (1 August 1936 -- 18 December 2011), known as "The "Black Panther", was a British multiple murderer and armed robber. Following three murders committed during robberies of sub-post offices from 1971 to 1974, his last victim was Lesley Whittle, an heiress from Highley, Shropshire, England, in early 1975. He was arrested later that year and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1976, remaining in prison until his death 35 years later.
Ian Kevin Huntley (born 31 January 1974 in Grimsby, England) is a former school caretaker, who in 2003 was convicted of murdering two schoolgirls - Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman - in a case that is known as the Soham murders. He is expected to remain in prison until at least 2042.
The search for Northumbrian gunman Raoul Moat, a case that dominated the UK news in July 2010. Armed with a sawn-off shotgun, the former bouncer began his campaign of terror after being released from prison, murdering Chris Brown - his ex-girlfriend Samantha Stobbart's partner - and shooting policeman David Rathband, which left the officer blind. Following a manhunt that lasted almost a week, Moat was found in Rothbury, Northumberland, where he eventually took his own life after a stand-off with police.
A profile of twin brothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray, two of the most notorious East End gangsters of the early 60s, as told by their family, friends and enemies. The brothers' reign of terror, which included extortion rackets, fraud and murder, was brought to an end when they were imprisoned for life, and later inspired the film 'The Krays'. The story of criminal gang leaders Ronald and Reginal Kray told by their family, friends, associates, journalists and the police. Archival newspapers, photographs and films serve to illustrate the Kray twins and their milieu, including extracts from their family home movies, Pathe and Movietone newsreels and BBC television news.
Ted Bundy was born November 24, 1946, in Burlington, Vermont. In the 1970s, he raped and murdered young women in several states. He was connected to at least 36 murders, but some thought he had committed one hundred or more. He was executed in Florida's electric chair in 1989. His charm and intelligence made him something of a celebrity during his trial, and his case inspired many novels and films about serial killers.
Peter Sutcliffe is a British serial killer who murdered 13 women from 1975-1981. He attempted to murder 7 others but in some cases was interrupted by bystanders or police and ran away. There was a long search for the "Yorkshire Ripper" including a man who confessed to the crimes and led the police on a wild goose chase that cost more lives while they focused on the wrong man. Sutcliffe is still alive and well in Broadmoor High Security Hospital.
Fred Dinenage investigates the gruesome killings of 3 young children by the real Friday 13th killer, Monster of Worcester - David McGreavy. On Friday 13th April 1973 the bodies of three children were found impaled on garden railings. The murderer? The family's lodger David McGreavy. Fred Dinenage discovers the critical mistake that cost the children their lives and asks what caused the babysitter to embark on such a barbaric killing spree.
Charles Manson is widely regarded as the man who killed the '60's but what is the real story? This film takes a look at the man and the myth in an attempt to deconstruct the legend and provide a fresh perspective on the enigma of Manson and his followers. Using archive footage and the music of Manson himself, take a journey back to the other side of the '60's dream of peace and love.
Fred and Rose West are a serial killer couple (husband and wife). Between 1967 and 1987, he and his wife Rosemary are believed to have tortured, raped and murdered at least 12 young women, many at the couple's home in Gloucester. These women were usually lodgers and nannies who lived relatively transient lives and would not easily be missed, however their daughter Heather was among those murdered.
Rare documentary about America's worst Serial Killer, Gary Ridgway AKA The Green River Killer, who Police believe has killed up to 98 women, To this date Ridgway has the highest confirmed victim count of any Serial Murderer in American history.
Born on September 3, 1931, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Albert DeSalvo was in and out of trouble with the police from an early age, but nothing as gruesome as the "Boston Strangler" case. DeSalvo admitted to murdering 13 women in Boston between 1962 and '64, most of whom were elderly and alone. He was killed in prison in 1973, after being sentenced to life.
Dennis Andrew Nilsen (born 23 November 1945) is a serial killer and necrophiliac, also known as the Muswell Hill Murderer and the Kindly Killer, who committed the murders of 15 young men in London, England between 1978 and 1983. He retained his victims' bodies for extended periods of time before dissecting their remains and disposing of them via burning or flushing the remains down a lavatory. Nilsen was convicted at the Old Bailey in November, 1983 of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder and is currently incarcerated at the HMP Full Sutton maximum security prison in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21, 1960 - November 28, 1994), also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was an American serial killer and sex offender, who committed the rape, murder and dismemberment of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with many of his later murders also involving necrophilia, cannibalism and the permanent preservation of body parts 'typically all or part of the skeletal structure. Although diagnosed by psychologists and prison psychiatrists as suffering from a borderline personality disorder,Dahmer was found to be sane at his trial. Convicted of 15 of the 16 murders he had committed in Wisconsin, Dahmer was sentenced to 15 terms of life imprisonment on February 15, 1992. He was later sentenced to a 16th term of life imprisonment in relation to an additional homicide committed in the state of Ohio in 1978. On November 28, 1994, Dahmer was beaten to death by a fellow inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution, where he had been incarcerated..
A politician, a clown, an entrepreneur, a family man - these were the roles played by John Wayne Gacy to hide the fact that he was a serial killer who murdered 33 boys and young men. Rare archival materials and interviews with family and friends paint a portrait of Gacy from cradle to grave.
Known as the BTK Killer--which stands for "bind, torture, and kill"--Dennis Rader terrorized the Witchita, Kansas area from the 1970s to the 1990s.Dennis Rader committed his first murders in 1974, strangling four members of the Otero family in their home. Later that year he began seeking fame for his killings, writing letters and reporting his crimes. His final crime was in 1991, but he resurfaced in 2004 and again sought media attention. This eventually led to his arrest. He pled guilty and was ordered to serve 10
The island jail of Alcatraz was promoted by the US authorities as 'escape proof'. However, various breakouts suggested that it was about as escape proof as the Titanic was waterproof. This programme analyses one of the most celebrated escape attempts, that of Clarence and John Anglin and Frank Morris, which was immortalised in Clint Eastwood's 1977 movie. The forbidding rocks of Alcatraz rise steeply from the sea, lashed by the treacherous waters of the San Francisco Bay. They posed a challenge to the many would-be escapees once penned up in this former penitentiary island. Alcatraz was a military prison before it became a federal penitentiary in 1934. The most successful escape during its military phase was in 1918, when four military prisoners escaped by raft. They eventually turned up in Sutro Forest - one was recaptured. Whether Morris and the Anglin brothers successfully escaped in 1962 remains a mystery. It was certainly possible to swim the waters of the San Francisco bay - three girls had proved it in 1933 - but, did they survive? Escape: Breakout From Alcatraz draws on contemporary accounts, as well as interviews with FBI agents, former prisoners and wardens at 'the Rock' to piece together the story of the escape. How did the escapees hide their preparations from wardens for over a year? And, if they did survive, how have they avoided detection by the authorities for 40 years?
Born in England in 1898, John Christie served a number of prison sentences for theft and assault before becoming a serial killer. He murdered at least six women, including his wife, before being arrested and hanged in 1953.
Henry Lee Lucas was a murderer born on August 23, 1936, in Blacksburg, Virginia. Born to alcoholic parents, including a mother who prostituted herself, Lucas's sexual deviancy formed in his teen years. In 1960, he was sentenced for the murder of his mother. Paroled in 1970, Lucas went back to jail for the attempted kidnapping of a 15-year-old girl. Released again in 1975, he killed two more women, and was arrested in 1983. He confessed to murdering hundreds of people, though no proof existed beyond three known victims. Lucas sat on Death Row, later changed to life in prison by Texas Governor George W. Bush. He died in a Texas prison from natural causes on March 12, 2001.
The Moors Murders shocked Britain in the 1960s.Ian Brady and Myra Hindley murdered 5 children and teenagers, both male and female.There were 5 known victims but more are suspected. These killings, unlike most child killings,weren't sexually motivated.Brady just wanted to torture and murder kids.The torture and murder of at least 1 victim was captured on audio tape so that Brady and Hindley could relive the event over and over again. In his words the killings were an existential exercise. Just to commit a taboo crime and see if they could get away with it.They relived the crimes by having picnics at the graves of their victims,taking photos of themselves standing next to the places they had buried their prey.So there are a number of photographs of Brady and Hindley posing at seemingly random sections of the English Moors.If one didn't know the significance of the photos,one wouldn't realize there are bodies buried under their feet.
A 60-minute documentary about the day that evil visited a classroom at Dunblane Primary School, conveyed through the eyes of those who survived. With personal accounts from those closely involved with the tragedy of the shooting interspersed with archive news footage and radio reports, Dunblane Remembered highlights the ease with which the gunman was able to commit his crime, and how the survivors and families of the deceased lobbied the government to introduce the tightest gun legislation in Europe. Views: 1,795
Hollywood portrayed them as the most glamorous outlaws in American history, but the reality of life on the run for Bonnie and Clyde was one of violence, hardship and danger. With unprecedented access to gang members' memoirs, family archives and recently released police records, Timewatch takes an epic road trip through the heart of depression-era America, in search of the true story of Bonnie and Clyde. Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were well-known outlaws, robbers, and criminals who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression. Their exploits captured the attention of the American public during the public enemy era between 1931 and 1934. Though known today for his dozen-or-so bank robberies, Barrow in fact preferred to rob small stores or rural gas stations. The gang is believed to have killed at least nine police officers and committed several civilian murders. The couple themselves were eventually ambushed and killed in Louisiana by law officers. Their reputation was cemented in American pop folklore by Arthur Penn's 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.
He wrote his name in blood on the sidewalks of New York and made himself the Boss of all Bosses. Arriving in America at the age of nine and embarking upon a life of crime at age 14, Charles Lucky Luciano rose through the ranks of the New York Mafia like a pistol shot. By the age of 34, he was running the Sicilian mob like a U.S. corporation diversifying the rackets, organizing the gangs and running his own political candidates. Examine Lucky's 30-year career as CEO of Murder, Inc. through rare interviews and extensive archival footage. Mob insiders recall the history-making meetings held in Luciano's Waldorf-Astoria headquarters. And naval records reveal how his top-secret war efforts earned him parole from a 50-year sentence. Journey into the dangerous world of La Cosa Nostra for the definitive portrait of one of the most notorious criminals in history.
Peter Britton Tobin is a convicted Scottish serial killer and sex offender who is currently serving three sentences of life imprisonment with a whole life order at HM Prison Edinburgh for three murders committed between 1991 and 2006.
Graham Young was born September 7, 1947 outside of London, England. At the age of 14, in 1961, Graham began testing out poisons on his family, eventually his stepmother would die. Graham was put into a criminal mental hospital after confessing to the poisonings of his family, but was released after nine years. Upon beginning a new job, Graham began poisoning again until being caught and convicted.
Trevor Joseph Hardy, also known as the Beast of Manchester, was a convicted English serial killer who murdered three teenage girls in the Manchester area between December 1974 and March 1976.
Over the last two decades, Brian Cockerill has ruled his world with an iron fist. Using nothing but his hands as weapons, he has patrolled the streets, clubs and raves of Britain in order to keep order and to 'tax' those whose ill-gotten gains he sees fit to take a share of. Drug dealers and shady club promoters everywhere know that, if The Taxman is in town, it's time to pay up or get out. All know of the appalling violence this man can exert on his enemies, and of the incredible presence of body and mind that he possesses. Yet despite his appalling record of aggression, Brian is a man who lives by rules and respect - balanced yet unpredictable, he has never used weapons, and those who have used arms against him have barely lived to regret it. The facts of his life are as amazing and awe-inspiring as they are true.
Sir Trevor McDonald returns to Liverpool to re-examine a crime that continues to raise many troubling questions - the murder of two-year-old James Bulger in February 1993
MYRA HINDLEY AND IAN BRADY, the ‘Moors Murderers’ are Britain’s most infamous serial killer couple. In the mid 60s they abducted and killed five children, burying their bodies in the moors above Manchester. This film tells the stories of the children they attempted to abduct but who got away and the relatives of the victims they killed, some of whom are talking on TV for the first time. All are still living with Brady and Hindley’s dark legacy – in this film, for the first time, they meet to share their experiences. Tommy Rhattigan was seven when he was approached by woman with a blond beehive in a playground one afternoon. She offered him bread and jam and so he followed her home, where a man with dark hair joined them. Tommy became alarmed when the mood turned ugly and he attempted to jump out of the window, but the woman grabbed his foot.
In this finale episode Simon Toyne travels North to investigate one of the most chilling folie a deux partnership of all time. Joined by Howard Linskey, author of The Search, they investigate the crimes committed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, which resolved in the death of five children and the ongoing hunt for their bodies.
A.K.A.: "The Acid Bath Murderer" Classification: Serial killer Characteristics: Robberies - Claims that he drank a cup of the victims' blood Number of victims: 6 Date of murders: 1944 - 1949 Date of arrest: February 26, 1949 Date of birth: July 24, 1909 Victims profile: William Donald McSwan / Donald and Amy McSwan / Dr. Archibald Henderson, 52, and his wife Rosalie, 41 / Olive Henrietta Robarts Durand-Deacon, 69 Method of murder: Beating with a blunt instrument / Shooting Location: London, England, United Kingdom Status: Executed by hanging at Wandsworth prison on August 10, 1949
An insight into the crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer, the American serial killer dubbed the `Milwaukee Cannibal' after he raped, murdered and dismembered 17 people between 1978 and 1991.
For over 20 years, sex killer Joachim Kroll had been strangling women across northern Germany. He claimed an internal force drove him, picking women walking alone in the countryside. Many were strangled with their own clothes. Then he molested them. As his killing spree increased, he started to target younger and younger victims. But even this didn't satisfy him. He killed and cooked a cat, which only drove his desire to taste human flesh. His demons overpowered him into killing, dissecting and then eating a neighbour's 4-year-old daughter. But when he was unable to dispose of the evidence, he was picked up by the police. He was charged with 12 murders but admitted to 30, making him Germany's most prolific killer in decades
Presented by Sir Trevor McDonald this brand new and very powerful documentary features exclusive interviews and insights into one of most disturbing murder cases in British criminal history – Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors. A quarter of a century on from the discovery of the Wests' extraordinary crimes, in which they murdered young women and girls and buried the human remains under their home at 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester, people at the heart of the story speak for the first time.
Chris Connelly narrates and somewhat hosts this episode of 20/20 that takes a look at the Charles Manson cult and the destruction that they did back in 1969. The Manson case has been told countless times over the decades and there's really nothing new or original here. If you're already familiar with the man, the case and the trial then you're not going to learn anything new here but overall this is certainly a well-made documentary and one that is quite entertaining. The entire Manson saga was just so bizarre that you can hear it countless times and still wonder how it all happened. How people were talked into brutally murdering others. How Manson could hold such control over people. How someone could beg for the life of their unborn child and still be brutally murdered. We get interviews with some of the victim's family members as well as a couple of the Manson girls. Those interviewed are certainly very good at telling this story. If you're unfamiliar with the events that happened then there's a lot to take away from this documentary.
George and Kathleen Lutz's story went on to inspire a best-selling novel and the subsequent films have continued to fascinate audiences today. This documentary reveals the horror behind growing up as part of a world famous haunting and while Daniel's facts may be other's fiction, the psychological scars he carries are indisputable. Documentary filmmaker, Eric Walter, has combined years of independent research into the Amityville case along with the perspectives of past investigative reporters and eyewitnesses, giving way to the most personal testimony of the subject to date.
Ted Bundy was born November 24, 1946, in Burlington, Vermont. In the 1970s, he raped and murdered young women in several states. He was connected to at least 36 murders, but some thought he had committed one hundred or more. He was executed in Florida's electric chair in 1989. His charm and intelligence made him something of a celebrity during his trial, and his case inspired many novels and films about serial killers.
World's Most Evil Killers - Dennis Raider BTK Killer The crimes of American serial killer Dennis Rader, who murdered 10 people in Kansas area over 17 years and dubbed himself BTK - meaning `Bind, Torture, Kill'.
World's most Evil Killers - Diane Downs The World’s Most Evil Killers team of psychologists and criminologists examine the chilling case of Diane Downs, the Arizona born mother of three who murdered one child and left her remaining two critically injured. Arriving at a hospital in a bloodspattered car, Diane claimed that a car jacker had shot her and her three children. However, forensic evidence did not back up this story, and further statements made by her seemed strange and highly inappropriate. Investigators soon found she had developed an obsessive relationship with a former co-worker, and her surviving daughters testimony confirmed she had shot all three of her children in the car before shooting herself as an alibi.
Britain's Most Evil Killers - Joanne Dennehy Joanne Dennehy: The first woman in British history to be given a whole life sentence, Joanne Dennehy's 2013 rampage saw her murder three men and attack two more.
Britain's Most Evil Killers - Stephen Griffiths Stephen Griffiths - The Crossbow Cannibal: A chilling look at Stephen Griffiths, who in 2009 murdered three women - one in blatant view of a CCTV camera.
Britains Youngest Serial Killer - James Fairweather Leah Green investigates the motives of James Fairweather, the `Schoolboy Killer' who stabbed to death two people in Colchester in 2014, when he was 15 years old.
Criminally Insane - Inside Broadmoor Documentary charting the history of the high-security psychiatric hospital from the Victorian era to the present day, examining the diverse treatments and regimes that have been applied during the 150 years it has been in operation.
Murder's That Shocked The Nation - Derek Bentley The case of Derek Bentley, who was hanged for the murder of a policeman during a burglary in Wandsworth, south London, in 1952, even though it was his 16-year-old accomplice Christopher Craig who pulled the trigger.
Murder's That Shocked the Nation - The monster Butler The exploits of Scottish murderer and trickster , who posed as a butler to steal from his employers, and killed a felon who threatened to reveal his criminal past. He later murdered a wealthy former MP and his wife after they had employed his services and was finally arrested for his crimes in January 1978.
Murders's That Shocked The Nation - The Kray's Author Fred Dinenage, who conducted a series of interviews with the Kray twins for their autobiography, recounts the time he spent with them and presents their true story.
The Murder Of Rhys Jones - Police Tapes It took eight months of painstaking work by Merseyside police to break the omerta surrounding the shooting of 11-year-old Rhys and get justice for his grieving parents, as this documentary recalls
World's Most Evil Killers - Cary Stayner Cary Stayner: Also known as the Yosemite Park Killer, Cary Stayner murdered four women in 1999 before his capture. Were his actions the result of a tragic childhood?
World's Most Evil Killers - Robert Berdella Robert Berdella (Kansas City Butcher): A look at the horrific crimes committed by the serial killer, known for kidnapping, raping, torturing and 'butchering' his victims.
Worlds Most Evil Killers - Robert Lee Yates JNR A profile of serial killer Robert Lee Yates, who narrowly avoided the death penalty for killing at least 13 sex workers during a horrific reign of terror.
Britain's Most Evil Killers - Dennis Nilsen Dennis Andrew Nilsen was a Scottish serial killer and necrophile who murdered at least twelve young men between 1978 and 1983 in London, England.
Murders That Shocked the Nation_ Ruth Ellis Ruth Ellis was a British escort and nightclub hostess. She was the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom, after being convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely. During her childhood, her family moved from Rhyl, to Basingstoke in Hampshire, and, in 1941, to Hampstead in London.
World's Most Evil Killers - Karol Kot Karol Kot was a Polish serial killer who terrorized Kraków, the city he was born and raised in, until his capture in June 1966. Due to trial evidence and to the seemingly random choices of victims, which included children and elderly people, Kot was nicknamed the "Vampire of Kraków".
Murders That Shocked The Nation - John Straffen John Thomas Straffen was an English serial killer who was the longest-serving prisoner in British legal history. Straffen killed two young girls in the summer of 1951. He was found to be unfit to plead and committed to Broadmoor Hospital; during a brief escape in 1952, he killed again.
Born To Kill - The Manson Family The Manson Family was a desert commune and cult led by Charles Manson that was active in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s.[1][2] The group consisted of approximately 50 of his followers who lived an unconventional lifestyle with habitual use of hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD.[3] Most of the group members were young women from middle-class backgrounds, many of whom were radicalized by Manson's teachings and drawn by hippie culture and communal living.[4] Manson was released from prison for petty crimes in 1967, and the Family moved to San Francisco and later to a deserted ranch in the San Fernando Valley. According to group member Susan Atkins, the Family believed that Manson was a manifestation of Jesus and that his prophecies were reliable concerning an imminent, apocalyptic race war.[5][6] They gained international attention after the murder of actress Sharon Tate and four others on August 9, 1969. The murders were committed by Tex Watson, Susan Atkins, and Patricia Krenwinkel. Linda Kasabian was also present but did not take part. Group members were also responsible for a number of other murders, assaults, petty crimes, and thefts.
britain most evil killers - stuart hazell Stuart Hazell: When Tia Sharp disappeared, Stuart Hazell helped police search for her. But in reality he'd murdered the 12-year-old schoolgirl.
The historical account of outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, whose turn of the last century exploits made headlines, led them to be pursued by Pinkerton detectives hired by the railroads, and inspired a hit 1969 film.
Manchester’s Strangeways is one of the largest high security prisons in the country. For nearly 150 years this building has imprisoned some of the UK’s most dangerous criminals. Here cameras look behind the bars to tell the stories of gang culture, penal punishment and the biggest prison riot in British history which led to the major prison reforms in the UK.
It was a story that gripped the nation. The public were glued to 24-hour rolling news as police officers attempted to trace a man who was taunting them. After killing one person and wounding two others in a two-day shooting spree in July 2010, 37-year-old ex-prisoner Raoul Moat went on the run for nearly a week.
