True Crime

Geoffrey Wansell revisits how Charlotte Pinkney vanished from Ilfracombe after going to a party. Police launched a hunt when her handbag was found.

Donal MacIntyre meets Detective Chief Inspector Andy Guy to discover how he solved the extraordinary double murder of Peter and Sylvia Stuart.

The story of what happened when three Essex drug dealers were lured to their deaths in 1995. Jack Whomes and Michael Steele were convicted of the murders in 1998.

UK reality star Lavern Ritch is stabbed during a party weekend in Atlantic City. New Jersey detectives must prove murder without any physical evidence.

Esther Gonzalez was killed in 1979 while walking in Riverside. Randy Williamson, cleared by polygraph, lived freely until 2014. In 2023, forensic genealogy closed the cold case.

After a trip to Costa Rica, friends fight over unpaid travel expenses and unfair charges.

A woman accuses the father of her child of skipping out on car payments because she filed for child support.

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After a dispute over rent, a woman posts a video referencing a personal story that her ex-roommate had shared with her.

A man claims his identity was allegedly stolen and used illegally for the sale of a car.

After a Good Samaritan takes in a neighbour's lost dog, the stray pet proceeds to attack and kill his beloved 15-year-old cat.

A couple with three children is rescued from the brink of homelessness by an ex-best friend who sues them for unpaid rent and damages to her home.

A woman claims vulgar, threatening texts, alleged stalking and heavy breathing left her too terrified to show up in court.

A Judge Judy fan serves 12 days in jail and says he returned home to find an ex-girlfriend had robbed him.

A woman files an allegedly malicious complaint to the Better Business Bureau when her ice cream renovation does not go as planned.

A woman sues her former guardian for allegedly stealing from her little sister's bank account.

A man's access to car auctions gets him in trouble with an old friend when a car deal falls apart.

A woman sues her son for unpaid rent and damages to a home she rented to him.

A homeowner claims she was forced to put her new home back on the market because of the financial strain caused by her tenant.

Trailer park owners sue a former tenant for spreading alleged lies that bedbugs were running rampant on their property.

A house party guest suspected of robbery allegedly pulls a knife and keys a car.

A woman claims a man defrauded her on the sale of a car when he allegedly gave her a bogus smog certificate.

An elderly woman witnesses a suicide attempt and accuses a neighbour of lacking empathy which escalates into an ugly fight.

In 2014, Miltiades 'Milton' Papadopoulos was found dead in his Potters Bar home. DCI Jo Sands used phone data analysis to find his killers, leading to several arrests.

Geoffrey Wansell explores the case of John George Haigh, who, while in prison, came up with a plan for the perfect murder in the South East of England.

Former Scotland Yard detective Jackie Malton is back on the beat in Newport, digging out the case file on a murder that sent shockwaves through the town in 1992.

Emile Cilliers tries twice to murder his wife, first with a gas leak, then by sabotaging her parachutes, until her survival exposes the plot.

Janet Müller died after absconding in 2015. Her death in Ifield led to national psychiatric safety reforms.