True Crime Summer Special 2015

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HARV THE HAMMER
He blamed all his crimes on women

THE HANDCROFT ROAD MURDER
The case from Croydon that made legal history

IRELAND’S CASE OF THE BODY IN THE HAYSTACK
The murder of a seven-year-old girl in County Tyrone

TORTURE MURDER OF A TEENAGE GIRL
With the aid of her own children, Gertrude facilitated the prolonged torture and eventual murder of a young girl in her care

“CAROL IS DYING AS I WRITE…”
An evil husband and his mistress connive in Scotland

TEACHER BEHEADED BY HER BOYFRIEND
When detectives arrived unannounced at his house the killer quickly took an overdose and was found with a shotgun lying beside him

“HE WAS A NUTTER”
The case that prompted calls for a paedophile register – in 1953

THE PREACHER AND THE SCUM
He was a mild-mannered preacher and respected pillar of the community.

BIG BROTHER BLOWS FAMILY AWAY FOR $3M
He would be the only beneficiary of his parents fortune

SOUTHSEA VICTIM MURDERED WITH BATHROOM WASHBASIN
The body of an eccentric junk shop owner was discovered lying next to his bed

MARRIAGE GUIDANCE COUNSELLOR MURDERED BY HER HUSBAND
A four-year-old boy watched as he was mother was raped and stabbed to death

THE MAN WITH 100 FACES
Jacques Mesrine

FAMILY’S 40-YEAR WAIT FOR JUSTICE
The ex-wife of a killer told the court how she found a teenage girl tied up in her basement

RELEASED FROM DEATH ROW AFTER 26 YEARS
A battered wife who suffered physical and sexual abuse

ONLINE OBSESSION:MAD GAME PLAYER CAME FROM GERMANY TO KILL
He fell for a girl online then murdered her boyfriend in Nottingham

“THIS IS THE DAY YOUR HUSBAND DIES”
Sherry Engel helped her boyfriend murder her husband

BAFFLING CASE OF THE MISSING HEAD
Radio newsman George Polk’s fate was sealed when he set out to get an interview with a Greek freedom fighter in 1948

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