Episodes

  • Ep. 1: The Philpotts
    Dec 28 2017

    After six of Mick Philpott's 17 children were killed in a house fire, the police closed in on their prime suspects - their parents. Hear the secret police recordings as police bug their hotel room to reveal the killers.

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    24 mins
  • Ep. 2: The Story of Louise Woodward
    Dec 28 2017

    Louise Woodward is the 'most notorious criminal convicted in Massachusetts' according to a US law magazine. We re-examine the case and ask: did the British nanny really shake baby Matthew Eappen to death?

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    23 mins
  • Ep. 3: Playing with My Killer
    Dec 28 2017

    The story of Lewis Daynes, 18, who groomed and killed a 14-year-old boy then chillingly called 999 to report his crime. Hear the voice of this cold-blooded killer as he takes six minutes to calmly tell the emergency dispatch operator exactly what he's done.

    Then hear him quickly hang up when he realises the police are outside.

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    26 mins
  • Ep. 4: The Jamie Bulger Story
    Dec 28 2017

    Two boys were just 10 years old when they killed the toddler James Bulger. Hear their trembling confession of what happened that tragic day.

    It's a parent's worst fear — you turn your back for a moment and suddenly your child is missing. In this case the fear turns to a most shocking nightmare. Then, the whole country reacted with shock and anger - with angry mobs attacking police vans.

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    25 mins
  • Ep. 5: The Story of Raoul Moat
    Dec 28 2017

    Raoul Moat, a thug with a mohawk, killed his ex-girlfriends' lover, sparking the biggest man hunt in British history and a grotesque media event.

    In this episode of Real Crime you can hear how the search panned out, including the final deadly moments.

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    27 mins
  • Ep. 6: The Bus Stop Rapist
    Dec 28 2017

    He was dubbed the 'Bus Stop Rapist' and he struck again and again. But it was the story of 13-year-old Milly Dowler, snatched on her way home from school, which captured the imagination of a nation... and led in part to the downfall of a national newspaper.

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    26 mins
  • Ep. 7: The Hungerford Massacre
    Dec 28 2017

    Michael Ryan's shooting rampage left a trail of bloody mayhem through a pretty English market town, wrecking countless lives. Hear the full negotiation between police and the killer as he holed up in a school classroom, carrying a machine gun and a grenade.

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    28 mins
  • Ep. 8: Sarah Payne's Killer
    Dec 28 2017

    The day after 8-year-old Sarah Payne disappears, police arrest her killer - and then promptly let him go. We tell the shocking story of her abduction and how it took seven months to finally catch the murderer.

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    26 mins