A profile of the prolific young serial killer Stephen Akinmurele, who was only 21-years-old when he murdered his victims.

Stephen Akinmurele

The case known as the Garage Murders, which sparked a nationwide manhunt that saw Terry Clifton repeatedly evade the police before he was jailed for murdering two mechanics.

Terry Clifton

Looking at the case of the 'Vampire Killer' Mathew Hardman, who cut out the heart, and then drank the blood of 90-year-old Mabel Leyshon of Anglesey in 2001.

Mathew Hardman

When Joan Stirland's son Michael O'Brien murdered Colin Gunn's nephew in 2003, she and her husband's lives were in danger. They went on the run, but their son's past soon caught up with them.

Colin Gunn

The case of Paul Longworth, who murdered his wife by strangling her with sailing rope and arranging her body in their home, then claimed it was suicide.

Paul Longworth

The case of Steven Grierson, a serial killer who murdered four teenagers and terrorised dozens of others, becoming known as the Sunderland strangler.

Steven Grierson

Michael Ross was just 15-years-old when he shot Shamsuddin Mahmood in the face and fled, but police caught up with him a decade later.

Michael Ross

The case of the killer Malcolm Green, who murdered women and dumped their dead bodies in bags.

Malcolm Green

A secret love triangle led to Jack Campbell murdering his love rival in a siege which shook Orkney Island.

Jack Campbell

A profile of the serial killer John Cooper, who murdered four hikers and terrorised camp sites for decades, raping and robbing campers.

John Cooper

Looking back at the case of the murderer Graham Fisher, who stabbed and then ate two of his young victims in the summer of 1998.

Graham Fisher

Looking back at the case of Lithuanian murderer Vitas Plytnykas, who killed a fellow worker in Scotland, leaving her severed head to be found on a beach.

Vitas Plytnykas

True crime author Geoffrey Wansell looks into the case of a killer whose violent fantasies lead him to pray on vulnerable people.

Mitchell Quy

Deadly tales from the coastlines of the United Kingdom.

Stuart Diamond

The discovery in 1961 by three cavers of a sack containing human bones in a disused lead mine close to the town of Caswell near the Gower Peninsula, South Wales, would finally resolve a mystery more than 40 years old. 

Mamie Stewart

59 year old landlord Alec Warburtorn was savagely beaten, by what was in the view of the pathologist, most likely a hammer. His assailant David Ellis,41, then coolly drove the body over 140 miles to a disused quarry in North Wales that he had visited as a child, and thought was the perfect spot for disposing of his victim's body. He attempted a getaway to Northern Ireland by ferry, but was arrested there by the Garda after the victim was reported missing by his brother, some 3 days later. Most remarkably though, the heartless Ellis tried to claim self defence due to unwanted sexual advances from the older man, a claim that was not to sway the jury who were told by a forensic pathologist that the attack consisting of at least three heavy blows, was most likely from behind and there were no defensive injuries.

David Ellis

The strange relationship between mother and son Penelope and Barry Rogers, with eyewitness reports of overly close contact, leading some to believe incest was a possibility, was overshadowed by a much more sinister crime. The two planned and eventually murdered Penelope's own mother Betty Guy, intoxicating her with booze and drugs before callously smothering her. A rare case of both a mother and son involved in matricide.

Penelope and Barry Rogers

A look back at the 1953 poisoning of Blackpool resident 79 year old Sarah Ann Ricketts by her new housekeeper , Louisa May Merrifield aged 49. Lousia was married to a much older man of 71 who was famously described as a simpleton , leaving the jury at Manchester Assizes unable to reach a verdict for his involvement. Louisa however was not so lucky and was dispatched by Albert Pierrepoint who coincidentally had honeymooned in the town.

Louisa May Merrifield

After a fire breaks out at a home, police receive a strange phone call that triggers a hunt for a killer.

Bournemouth's Crossbow Killer

The case of John George Haigh, who came up with a plan for the 'perfect' murder when he was serving time in prison for fraud.

The Acid Bath Murders

When Pierre LeGris reports his wife Rui Li missing, police are instantly wary, and they uncover a tangled web of loyalty and deception.

The Murderous Bigamist

Investigating the murders of two elderly women, a decade apart.

The Blackpool Double Murder

The murder of a part-time actress triggers a nationwide manhunt for a killer.

The Lady Killer

When Linda Anders is found dead at home, her wheelchair-bound husband Malcolm claims an intruder broke in. Police findings quickly change the course of the investigation.

The Merseyside Wheelchair Murderer

Dismembered bodies of two women are both found in car boots, the first at a train station, the second in a city.

The Brighton Trunk Murders

The case of John Bodkin Adams, a trusted GP who befriended older patients and was often named in their wills after their deaths.

Eastbourne's Dr Death

The case of Robert Henry Davies, who committed murder after a sexual assault investigation threatened to revisit sins from his past.

The Newport Revenge Murder

The case of Charlotte Pinkey, a woman who disappeared in Ilfracombe after going to a party and never returning.

The Party Killer

An arrogant Bournemouth hotelier called Peter Taylor gets away with murdering his wife in 1982; but when he conspires to kill his son-in-law nine years later, his luck runs out.

The Hotelier and the Hitman

George Smith, an Edwardian man who married a string of women, only to drown them in a bath and steal their money, was eventually caught and hanged in 1915.

Brides in the Bath

In 1987, two brothers from a well-to-do family killed their parents in such brutal fashion that it still haunts the people of Jersey to this day.

Roderick and Mark Newall - Jersey

Former military commander Neil Rutherford unleashes terror on the unsuspecting guests of a remote Welsh seaside hotel in 1976, before turning the gun on himself.

Massacre at Red Gables Hotel

The discovery of the body of a lighthouse keeper on the Scottish island of Little Ross in 1960 prompts a massive man hunt for his killer, assistant lighthouse keeper Robert Dickson.

Robert Dixon - Little Ross

For Dundees most infamous father-son pair, killing was a competition, and between them murdered seven innocent people from 1967 to 1979.

Robert and Sonny Mone - Dundee

Having brutally murdered his wife in 1993, Hassan Shatanawi thought he had effectively made her vanish from the face of the earth but he made one crucial oversight.

Hassan Shatanawi

A scandalous love triangle between a beautiful socialite Alma Rattenbury, her young gardener George Stoner and estranged husband Francis cast a shadow of disrepute and death over 1930s Bournemouth.

The Seaside Lady Macbeth

Port Talbot taxi driver Linda Thomas made a fatal journey one night in 1973, when she picked up a homicidal homeless drifter called Trevor Howell.

The Last Taxi Rider

A young man, Tyrone France, becomes embroiled in Newport's drugs underworld, meeting a disastrous end in a remote forest clearing in 1996.

The Mystery of the Man in the Woods

A two year investigation into the random murder of Margaret Wilson, would lead police on one of the most complex and fascinating murder investigations in recent memory.

Episode 1

When Margaret McOnie is found dead on the cliff tops a nationwide manhunt followed. Her murderer would soon be revealed as a deadly conman and a double murderer.

Episode 2

When Danny Dyke tried playing the hardened drug dealer, he found himself in over his head, but it was his murderers ended up having sleepless nights.

Episode 3

When Michael Barber finds his wife Susan in bed with another man, she realises she has to take drastic measures to stop him leaving, but no one could suspect how far she would go.

Episode 4

Robert Mochrie killed his wife Catherine and their children James, Sian, Luke and Bethan in July 2000 at their home in Barry.

Episode 5

Miles Wiliam Gifford believed his parents owed him everything, and would stop at nothing to get what he needed for the lavish lifestyle he craved.

Episode 6

Retired doctor Alexander Wood and his wife Dorothy, both in their late seventies, were battered to death and hacked with a hammer in Dundee by Henry John Gallagher.

Episode 7

Brian Bishop was shot and killed in a shoot-out with an armed robber as they returned to a stash point piled high with cash stolen from multiple post offices along the coastline.

Episode 8

Just before Christmas 1994, heavily tattooed Jason Mitchell strangled pensioners Arthur and Shirley Wilson, before returning to his father's house and dismembering his body.

Episode 9

After Philip Manning killed his ex-wife dead in a vengeful rage on Christmas day and hospitalised her boyfriend, he led police on a chase across the country.

Episode 10

Elderly couple Benjamin and Dorothy were killed in their own home in one of the most terrifying home invasions ever seen.

Presented by journalist and true crime author Geoffrey Wansell, Murder by the Sea examines strange murders recorded at famous seaside resorts in the United Kingdom.

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Season 1

Stephen Akinmurele

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/21/2018

Terry Clifton

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/28/2018

Mathew Hardman

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/4/2018

Colin Gunn

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/11/2018

Paul Longworth

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/18/2018

Steven Grierson

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/25/2018