A Senseless and Brutal Crime - March 15 2024

February 20th: Short Family Home Burns Down (2019) Motive plays a huge role in solving a case. On February 20th 2019 one last mysterious event took place in an already complicated case. One where motive remains elusive and, because of that, the case remains difficult to solve. ht ...  Show more

February 19th: Jennifer Odom Disappeared (1993) The short distance from a bus stop to home doesn’t seem far enough to be dangerous. Yet, we hear horror stories time and time again that tell us otherwise. On February 19th 1993 a young girl disappeared on the short 200 yard walk fr ...  Show more

The story this week is from the north-east of England.

Four teenage boys were found murdered in similar circumstances, but the police believed it was solvent abuse that caused their deaths and were unaware that there was a serial killer on the loose.

But the famil ...  Show more

Brian Darbyshire was diagnosed with MS at just 47, and his health continued to decline. After the death of his wife in 2008, his daughter Claire became his primary carer. In 2015, the pair decided that neither wanted to live any longer and agreed a suicide pact.

Or did th ...  Show more

Just who killed Cassandra McDermott in South London? There was no obvious motive, but police had a suspect in her ex-boyfriend, Mario Celaire. He was charged with her murder but found not guilty. The Police were distraught that he left court a free man, convinced he was responsib ...  Show more

This episode, from Northern Ireland, looks at events near Portadown during the period of just a few days at the height of the Troubles. Three terrorist attacks saw nine innocent civilians killed in a series of revenge attacks at the Central Bar in Gilford and at the homes of the ...  Show more