About this season
In this true crime series, we reveal as never before, what it's like to be a police officer working on the most incredible and inconceivable murder cases in criminal history in the UK and USA. Focusing solely on the perspective of the police, former policeman and Crimewatch presenter Rav Wilding narrates this series packed with revelations from the people who solved some of the most infamous murders from around the world. Featuring exclusive officer accounts, chilling interview recordings and stylish reconstructions, How I Caught The Killer provides a gripping insight into what it's like to work on indecipherable cases.
Episodes (10)
1. Assassins Greed
Aired 22 October 2020
DNA left on a cigarette butt leads investigators to the brutal killer of 84 year-old gun enthusiast Kenneth spearman
2. Til death do us part
Aired 29 October 2020
Police painstakingly trawl through hours of cctv footage, location data and forensic evidence to find the brutal killer of a heavily pregnant woman
3. Fire and Ice
Aired 5 November 2020
An unlikely informant holds the key to justice when 59 year old antique dealer michael Griffiths is targeted and brutally killed in his home
4. Body in the Ditch
Aired 12 November 2020
A computer at vogue magazine held the key to identifying julie clayton, an ex-cult member who'd been assaulted and murdered upon leaving
5. The Canal Murders
Aired 19 November 2020
It took 18 years to identify melissa halstead after her torso was found in a Rotterdam canal. But detectives never stopped working to catch her killer.
6. A Killer in the Family
Aired 7 January 2021
A seemingly ordinary family man is the prime suspect when his wife, three young children and mother-in-law are brutally killed after church.
7. A Picture Perfect Family
Aired 14 January 2021
The FBI investigates when a seemingly perfect husband flees the United States following the murder of his wife and three children
8. Delayed Justice: The Grand Rapids Murderer
Aired 21 January 2021
Two women are killed in the 70s and their cases go cold for over 30 years, until a chilling link between the two emerges.
9. Jealousy is Murder
Aired 28 January 2021
Detectives look back on the case of Elijah Butler,murdered four days after he married his wife-by her long-term stalker.
10. The Suitcase Murderer
Aired 4 February 2021
Detectives reflect on how they gathered evidence to charge Melanie McGuire with murder when her husband's remains were found in multiple suitcases