Murder Most British

“He looked like the boy next door — until the doors began to close for good.”

Between 1995 and 1998, Stephen Akinmurele was linked to a string of brutal murders across the North West of England and the Isle of Man — crimes that exposed a quiet, calculating killer living behind an ordinary façade. What began in Manchester’s suburbs would widen across the Irish Sea, leaving behind a legacy of unanswered questions and silent victims.

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“On a cold Christmas night in Holyhead, the season of goodwill turned to grief.”

In December 1909, the body of Gwen Ellen Jones was found near her home on Anglesey — a brutal killing that shocked a quiet Welsh community. Over a century later, her case remains an echo of sorrow, a reminder that even in times of celebration, darkness has a way of finding its place.

This week, the Archive steps back to a frozen Anglesey shore, where a...

When Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce were found murdered in Tunbridge Wells, police feared a serial predator was at large. But it would take more than thirty years to uncover the full horror of David Fuller’s double life — a story that exposed not just one killer, but an appalling betrayal of the dead.

This week, the Archive returns to Kent, where two 1980s murders marked only the beginning of a darkness no one dared imagine.

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In the autumn of 1952, the quiet village of Whiteabbey lay beneath Belfast’s grey skies — a place of polished respectability and deep, unspoken divisions. When nineteen-year-old Patricia Curran, daughter of a High Court judge, failed to return home one November night, the discovery that followed shattered the illusion of order. The investigation that unfolded in the glen outside Glen House would grip Northern Ireland for decades — ...

When neighbours reported strange noises on Dixon Avenue in 2004, police entered a flat to uncover a scene that would shock even seasoned detectives.

What began as an ordinary evening among acquaintances became a story of violence, desperation, and the thin line between survival and savagery.

This week, the Archive returns to Glasgow, where one tenement flat became the stage for a night few would ever forget.

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In 1893, a shooting on a Scottish estate sparked one of the most debated trials of its age. At the centre stood Alfred John Monson — tutor, gentleman, and accused murderer. But was it a crime of greed, an accident in the mist… or something more elusive still? This week, the Archive steps onto a Scottish estate where fortune, suspicion, and fog tangled into a case that still stirs debate.

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SPECIAL: The Gunpowder Plot — The Crime That Shook England

In this Murder Most British special, we turn back to 1605 — a time of religious tension, political paranoia, and one of the most infamous conspiracies in English history. Guy Fawkes and a group of disillusioned Catholics plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate King James I. Their goal: to ignite rebellion and restore their faith to power.  

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In June 2020, sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman celebrated a birthday beneath the trees of Fryent Country Park.

By morning, both were dead — victims of a teenager who believed a handwritten pact with a demon would bring him power.

This week, Rachel is joined by Fauna Blakewell from Echoes from the Loam for Signed in Blood — a story where horror folklore collides with real-world violence.

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In the mid-1990s, North Wales felt safe — small towns, quiet roads, and coastal pubs that shut before midnight. But behind the flicker of old cinema screens, one man was turning his obsession with horror into something real.

Peter Moore was known as “The Man in Black” — a sharp-dressed showman who owned small picture houses across the region. By night, he roamed the same roads his audiences drove home on. Between September and Dece...

In a quiet Bedfordshire suburb, life seemed ordinary — neat houses, familiar neighbours, and a woman who opened her home to someone she trusted. But behind the front door, a story was unfolding that would horrify even experienced detectives. What began as a missing person search soon revealed secrets of betrayal, greed, and brutality, earning the case a chilling name: The Butcher of Suburbia.

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In 1921, a small Welsh town was shaken by two shocking child murders — and the killer was just 15 years old. After serving his time, he walked free… and then disappeared from public view. For decades, whispers have persisted that he resurfaced under a new identity — and may have killed again. In this episode, we follow the trail of clues, rumours, and chilling coincidences to ask: did he truly vanish, or did the killer return?  

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Not your average Florida Man. A bodybuilder with a stash of steroids, tangled in the shadowy world of contract killings and criminal dealings. When he crossed the pond to the UK, this mysterious figure set off one of the most intense manhunts in recent history. No alligator wresting or bizarre headlines here — just a high-stakes chase with deadly consequences.

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