About this season
Introduced by renowned English actor Edward Woodward, In Suspicious Circumstances is an anthology of reenactments depicting real-life murder mysteries, some famous and some obscure, exploring cases with elements of miscarriage of justice, unsolved mysteries, and unusual circumstances, often spanning different historical periods.
Episodes (12)
1. Poisoned Whispers
Aired 4 January 1994 • 30 min
In April 1879, Liverpudlian merchant James Maybrick is poisoned with arsenic. His wife Florence is found guilty but did she get a fair trial?
2. The Man Who Melted Away
Aired 4 January 1994 • 60 min
Evelyn Foster stops to pick up a man who's missed his last bus, but the part of the good Samaritan ends badly for her as she is killed.
3. One Little Hour
Aired 11 January 1994 • 30 min
With husband Percy away, Frederick Bywaters romances wife Edith Thompson. In 1922, Bywaters stabs Percy to death and both are hanged.
4. Crime Passionelle
Aired 11 January 1994 • 30 min
Having bought his title, Prince Ali Fahmy Bey falls for sex worker Marguerite, and marries her, the marriage is a disaster, and ends in murder.
5. The Next Mrs Clements
Aired 18 January 1994 • 30 min
Dr Robert Clements married three times for money. In 1940, he took a fourth bride but she, too, soon becomes ill.
6. Absence of Mercy
Aired 18 January 1994 • 30 min
In the winter of 1863, poverty is rife, soon after taking out an insurance policy on her mother Mary, Alice Hewitt stands accused of murdering her mother by arsenic poisoning.
7. No Witness, No Case
Aired 25 January 1994 • 30 min
Gangland boss Jim Colosimo is obsessed with singer Dale Winter so hires Johnny Torrio and Al Capone to deal with business.
8. Poor Edith
Aired 25 January 1994 • 30 min
In Edwardian Lancaster, the bodies of a respected family were exhumed, having died within one year of each other. Murder was suspected.
9. The Boaster
Aired 1 February 1994 • 30 min
In June 1934, the body of Violet Kaye is found in a trunk, in Brighton. Kaye was in a violent relationship with drunk Tony Mancini.
10. Death Scene
Aired 1 February 1994 • 30 min
Weldon Atherstone believes that his beau Elizabeth has been seeing his own son Thomas behind his back, when he aims to challenge the pair, tragedy strikes.
11. To Encourage the Others
Aired 8 February 1994 • 30 min
346 men who were shot at dawn during the Great War. James Crozier joined up at sixteen but suffering from shell shock he deserted.
12. Have a Drink on Me
Aired 8 February 1994 • 30 min
Privates Wild and Crimmins go out drinking on the eve of the Battle of Somme, missing roll call and the battle the next morning.