About this season
Explores horrific murder cases through the various twists and turns and unpacks in detail how the forensic work helped catch a killer. Telling these true crime stories are those closest to the case – from the forensic officers and experts, police officers, journalists, and family and friends.
Episodes (12)
1. Murder in the Woods
Aired 8 December 2022 • 45 min
When 13-year-old Lucy is reported missing by her mother, police and forensic investigators begin the painstaking search for the truth.
2. Murder Caught On Camera
Aired 15 December 2022 • 45 min
The case of Tia Sharp, a 12-year-old girl reported missing in London, leading to a major search which took the police close to home.
3. The Minicab Murders
Aired 22 December 2022 • 46 min
Years after the crime, see how forensics helped solve the murder of Becky Godden-Edwards, finding a killer who had sadly murdered again.
4. Killed for Being Kind
Aired 29 December 2022 • 43 min
A woman dies in an apparently accidental house fire, but one police officer spots signs that something more sinister is at play.
5. The Shoe Fetish Murder
Aired 5 January 2023 • 44 min
The investigation of a murder of her mother in her home in 1994, as police used forensic clues to find an appalling killer.
6. Murder in the Bus Station
Aired 12 January 2023 • 43 min
See how investigators uncovered the perpetrator behind the 1994 murder of a grandmother at a bathroom of a bus station in Bury.
7. Murder at the Allotment
Aired 19 January 2023 • 44 min
After a grandmother is strangled to death at an allotment shed, police use the scene's forensics clues to solve a chilling case.
8. Murder in Silence
Aired 26 January 2023 • 43 min
The case of Suzanne Greenhill, a deaf woman murdered in her own home, whose murder took forensic investigators on a trail through Europe.
9. The Head on the Beach Murder
Aired 2 February 2023 • 43 min
When body parts wash up on a beach in Arbroath, forensic investigators must unravel the disturbing truth behind a woman's death.
10. The Murder in the Tower Block
Aired 9 February 2023 • 44 min
When a body is found in a flat, a trial of forensic evidence allows detectives to distinguish between friend and foe.
11. The Murder With No Body
Aired 16 February 2023 • 44 min
The tragic case of 22-year-old Helen McCourt, who got off a bus one night in her hometown but never arrived at her nearby home.
12. The Body Under the Stairs
Aired 23 February 2023 • 44 min
A women's killer remains at large for more than 30 years, until forensic investigators track him down with a tiny clue at the scene.