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The Worst Episodes of Murder by the Sea

Every episode of Murder by the Sea ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Murder by the Sea!

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.
Genres:RealityCrimeDocumentary
Network:CBS Reality

Worst Episodes Summary

"Stephen Akinmurele" is the worst rated episode of "Murder by the Sea". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/21/2018. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Terry Clifton".

  • Stephen Akinmurele
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    #1 - Stephen Akinmurele

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/21/2018

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

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  • Terry Clifton
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    #2 - Terry Clifton

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/28/2018

    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.

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  • Mathew Hardman
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    #3 - Mathew Hardman

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/4/2018

    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.

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  • Colin Gunn
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    #4 - Colin Gunn

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/11/2018

    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.

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  • Paul Longworth
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    #5 - Paul Longworth

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/18/2018

    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.

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  • Steven Grierson
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    #6 - Steven Grierson

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/25/2018

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

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  • Michael Ross
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    #7 - Michael Ross

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2019

    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.

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  • Malcolm Green
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    #8 - Malcolm Green

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2019

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

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  • Jack Campbell
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    #9 - Jack Campbell

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2019

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

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  • John Cooper
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    #10 - John Cooper

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2019

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

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  • Graham Fisher
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    #11 - Graham Fisher

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2019

    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.

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  • Vitas Plytnykas
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    #12 - Vitas Plytnykas

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2019

    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.

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  • Mitchell Quy
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    #13 - Mitchell Quy

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/23/2019

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

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  • Stuart Diamond
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    #14 - Stuart Diamond

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 4/30/2019

    Deadly tales from the coastlines of the United Kingdom.

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  • Mamie Stewart
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    #15 - Mamie Stewart

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 5/7/2019

    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. 

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  • David Ellis
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    #16 - David Ellis

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 5/14/2019

    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.

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  • Penelope and Barry Rogers
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    #17 - Penelope and Barry Rogers

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 5/21/2019

    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.

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  • Louisa May Merrifield
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    #18 - Louisa May Merrifield

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 5/28/2019

    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.

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  • Bournemouth's Crossbow Killer
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    #19 - Bournemouth's Crossbow Killer

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2020

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

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  • The Acid Bath Murders
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    #20 - The Acid Bath Murders

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2020

    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.

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  • The Murderous Bigamist
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    #21 - The Murderous Bigamist

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2020

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

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  • The Blackpool Double Murder
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    #22 - The Blackpool Double Murder

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2020

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

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  • The Lady Killer
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    #23 - The Lady Killer

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2020

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

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  • The Merseyside Wheelchair Murderer
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    #24 - The Merseyside Wheelchair Murderer

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2020

    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.

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  • The Brighton Trunk Murders
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    #25 - The Brighton Trunk Murders

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2020

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

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