About this season
Each episode of this true crime docuseries sees Katherine Kelly tell the compelling, step-by-step story of how one extraordinary murder was solved and how it fit a disturbing wider pattern in one particular city.
Episodes (5)
1. Rotherham
Aired 11 September 2022 • 45 min
With first-hand testimony from family members, police officers, witnesses and reporters, Murdertown shines a light on some of Britain’s darkest murder locations, examining the crimes that rocked these communities and the impact they have had on the people living there.
2. Swanley
Aired 18 September 2022 • 45 min
In May 1996, the murder of Stephen Cameron hit national headlines as one of the first examples in the UK of a road rage killing.
3. Glasgow
Aired 25 September 2022 • 45 min
In April 2015, 24-year-old student Karen Buckley went missing whilst on a night out with friends in the West End of Glasgow. Emilia visits the location where Karen was last seen and learns about the investigation that tried to find her.
4. Peterborough
Aired 2 October 2022
In 1979, a young woman went missing, having last been seen in the city centre. The police assumed Sally Ann McGrath had simply run away, and it took nearly eight months for her body to be found. The investigation into her murder took even longer.
5. Mablethorpe
Aired 9 October 2022
Joan and John Stirland, a couple in their fifties living on the Lincolnshire coast, were found murdered in 2004. The investigation into the deaths eventually led to the downfall of one of Nottinghamshire's most feared underworld figures.