True Crime Xtra

Professor David Wilson revisits the case of Dennis Nilsen, who willingly confessed to the murder of 15 young men and delighted in sharing every detail with his interviewers.

Geoffrey Wansell revisits the case of David Ellis, who murdered landlord Alec Warburton in Dolwyddelan, North Wales, before fleeing to Ireland.

Noriella Santos was 19 and had everything going for her - until she was charged with murder. But did her abusive boyfriend make her an unwitting accomplice.

A six year old girl disappears during a Sunday church service and investigators close in on a taxi driver found in the vicinity.

When a beautiful model goes missing, suspicious photographs are found in a dumpster.

At the end of a murder mystery event, a real death occurs.

Whilst out riding with her husband, a woman dies in an apparent riding accident.

A. hairstylist is killed in his backyard - was it a robbery gone wrong by thugs called the knock-knock burglars or a twisted plot no one could believe.

In 1986, Kathleen Lipscomb's body was found on a deserted road. The crime was never solved, until two diary entries helped police to piece together what had happened.

A retired police officer is discovered dead of a gunshot wound to the head. His wife says the motive was robbery; then she tells police he took his own life.

The bodies of two women are found in the ashes of a deliberate apartment fire. Evidence found in the debris leads investigators to their suspect.

The victim's ex-husband was a gun collector, so police had three viable suspects.

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Punchy reality show about a female judge who has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge who has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge who has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge who has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge who has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge who has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

A tenant accused of leaving an apartment in shambles claims photos of her home were taken illegally before she could clean up.

A fundraiser for college students with special needs runs into a problem when one of the winning golfers claims he was ripped off.

An upholsterer, who claims he was trained by the Kennedy family's upholsterer, is sued by a very unsatisfied customer for allegedly shoddy workmanship.

A woman breaks a court order in order to take her child out of state, then makes terrible allegations against the child's father.

A woman accuses her intoxicated boyfriend of assaulting her in a Las Vegas hotel room and demands compensation for her injuries.

In a young woman's efforts to track down money she earned as a teenager, her mother is put on the hot seat.

A retired nurse's passion for raising exotic fish lands her in court when she sues her business partner for travel expenses to a Reef and Reptile Convention.

Punchy reality show about a female judge who has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge who has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge who has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge who has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge who has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge who has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge who has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

A tenant accused of leaving an apartment in shambles claims photos of her home were taken illegally before she could clean up.

A fundraiser for college students with special needs runs into a problem when one of the winning golfers claims he was ripped off.

In 1986, Kathleen Lipscomb's body was found on a deserted road. The crime was never solved, until two diary entries helped police to piece together what had happened.

A retired police officer is discovered dead of a gunshot wound to the head. His wife says the motive was robbery; then she tells police he took his own life.

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An obscure print at a crime scene puzzled Police, where a man was killed and two girls injured. The girls couldn't identify their attacker, but one clue helped track the killer.

A man is shot in his home, and his ex-wife seems to have a perfect alibi. To determine the time of death, investigators need to know when the victim ate his last meal.

A union official is executed in his home not long after a strike by the union membership. Neither his wife nor anyone in the neighbourhood heard any gunshots.

A man tells police he shot an intruder who had attacked and murdered his wife. Four years later, new forensic evidence leads police to re-examine the motives of this 'hero'.

A man insists his estranged wife took her own life. Investigators say it was murder. Evidence is interpreted differently, so the jury must decide.

Firefighters find a family dead inside their burned-out home, which at first appears to be murder-suicide. But clues soon lead investigators to believe otherwise.

A retired UPS driver reveals new details about cult leader David Koresh and what led up to the deadly standoff with law enforcement nearly 25 years ago.

Ambition, greed and gunshots at a Napa Valley winery - how did a bag with $800,000 in cash lead to murder in a vineyard.

Nearly four decades after the death of Hollywood star Natalie Wood, investigators reveal new clues, new witnesses and a shocking revelation.

Geoffrey Wansell revisits the case of the greed-driven Lithuanian ex-soldier Vitas Plytnikas and an accomplice who murdered Jolanta Bledaite in Scotland.

Jackie Malton revisits the case of Alun Kyte, the Midlands Ripper, who murdered two women near Leicestershire in 1993 and 1994.

Geoffrey Wansell explores the story of John Cooper, who murdered four people on the Pembrokeshire coast. He was convicted decades later thanks to forensic evidence.

A man claims his unwanted house guest crawled under his 100-year-old home to get back in after locks were changed.

A toddler witnesses a violent altercation between her parents when a dispute about her sleeping arrangements ensues after a family BBQ.

A woman accuses her ex-landlord of stealing rent from her disability account and for illegally evicting her.

A man grabs a knife and takes justice into his own hands after his brother is allegedly bitten in the eye by a neighbour.

Punchy reality show about a female judge that has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge that has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge that has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Punchy reality show about a female judge that has made a real impact on the American justice system. Judge Judy is real, honest and keen to get to the bottom of emotional cases.

Neighbours dispute damages after a teenager plows into a truck with his snowmobile.