In Suspicious Circumstances

Our Dearest Dear

In 1949, showgirl Mollie Mozelle vanishes under mysterious circumstances.

Maundy Money

In 1927, Maundy Gregory sold peerages on behalf the Liberal Party and was involved in a blackmail scandal.

Freddie Mills

In 1965, former boxer Freddie Mills was found dead, shot through one eye. The verdict was suicide but should it be murde

Louise Masset

In 1900, Louise Masset was executed for the murder of her 3-year-old child but was she really a victim of prejudice.

Unjust Deserts

In 1928–29, three members of the Sidney family were poisoned. The Croyden Poisonings remain unsolved to this day.

An Uncommon Murder

The story of a murder in the immigrant Jewish community of East London, for which a flamboyant character known as 'The A

Laugh Baby Laugh

In May 1932, wealthy Elvira Barney and Michael Scott Stephens host a party. Next morning, Stephens is found dead and Bar

Shadow of Doubt

Farmer's wife Margaret Dobson sets off to the local village at dusk, she never returns. Margaret is found dead, having b

Dancing with Death

Candle in the Window

Falling Starr

In June 1931, model Starr Faithfull was found on a beach in Long Beach, New York. Despite a verdict of drowning, she was

Good As Gold

After three months of courting, Herbert Bennett and Alice Meadows set a date for their wedding. Bennett, however, is arr

Poisoned Whispers

In April 1879, Liverpudlian merchant James Maybrick is poisoned with arsenic. His wife Florence is found guilty but did

The Man Who Melted Away

Evelyn Foster stops to pick up a man who's missed his last bus, but the part of the good Samaritan ends badly for her as

One Little Hour

With husband Percy away, Frederick Bywaters romances wife Edith Thompson. In 1922, Bywaters stabs Percy to death and bot

Crime Passionelle

Having bought his title, Prince Ali Fahmy Bey falls for sex worker Marguerite, and marries her, the marriage is a disast

The Next Mrs Clements

Dr Robert Clements married three times for money. In 1940, he took a fourth bride but she, too, soon becomes ill.

Absence of Mercy

In the winter of 1863, poverty is rife, soon after taking out an insurance policy on her mother Mary, Alice Hewitt stand

No Witness, No Case

Gangland boss Jim Colosimo is obsessed with singer Dale Winter so hires Johnny Torrio and Al Capone to deal with busines

Poor Edith

In Edwardian Lancaster, the bodies of a respected family were exhumed, having died within one year of each other. Murder

The Boaster

In June 1934, the body of Violet Kaye is found in a trunk, in Brighton. Kaye was in a violent relationship with drunk To

Death Scene

Weldon Atherstone believes that his beau Elizabeth has been seeing his own son Thomas behind his back, when he aims to c

To Encourage the Others

346 men who were shot at dawn during the Great War. James Crozier joined up at sixteen but suffering from shell shock he

Have a Drink on Me

Privates Wild and Crimmins go out drinking on the eve of the Battle of Somme, missing roll call and the battle the next

The Silent Witness

Jan 1926; Kathleen Smith meets Jack Derham but her husband Frank is determined to win her back.

The Great Romancer

1919; Arthur Goslett has two wives, Evelyn and Daisy. Daisy confronts him and he decides to murder Evelyn.

Ring of Truth

1865; Adolf Beck is identified as swindler John Smith. He is sentenced to twelve years. His name is finally cleared in 1

The Golden Goose

1909; George Storrs fears for his life but the police fail react to a ringing bell and he is found dead.

Murder of a Memsahib

Sept 1911; Frances Orme was found dead at the Savoy, in Lucknow. Her friend Eva Stephens is put on trial for poisoning h

A Place of Execution

1884; John Lee was due to hang for the murder of Emma Keyse but on three occasions it failed.

An Evil Business

1560; Queen Elizabeth I's close friendship Robert Dudley is frowned on. When Dudley's wife dies, scandal threatens the m

Dearest Pet

1855 Glasgow; Madeleine Smith is the prime suspect in the murder of Emile L'Angelier, a man considered outside of her cl

Who's Sorry Now?

Jan 1928; Harry Pace dies of arsenic poisoning. His wife Beatrice was released due a lack of evidence and the possibilit

The Woman in Grey

February 1882; Esther Pay is tried for poisoning Georgina Moore but acquitted due to faulty evidence.

The Monster of Reading

1929; American stage actor Philip Yale Drew is accused of murdering a tobacconist, in Reading but he claims to have no m

The Letter Killeth

August 1908; Major General Charles Luard is the prime suspect when his adored and much loved wife Daisy is killed. Charl