315: The Fisher Children

On October 9th, 1986, two nine-year-old girls vanished from a Brighton council estate after dark. Their disappearances sparked one of the longest and most complex investigations in British history - a case that would take over three decades to solve, require a change in the law i ...  Show more

It was a summer morning in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2003. A woman glanced out her window and saw a man standing in her backyard. He was bundling her underwear into a pillowcase. Months later, that same woman would fail to show up for work. And when police forced their way i ...  Show more

Send us Fan MailFor more than 100 years of South Carolina low country history, the Murdaugh name came to represent a legal dynasty, where three successive generations controlled the local prosecutor's office. The Murdaugh family quietly enjoyed their wealth, privilege, sprawling ...  Show more

Chicago, 1924. Bobby Franks' murder shattered innocence. The second act unveils deeper darkness featuring real court recordings. The case of Bobby Franks, a 14-year-old boy, sent shockwaves through Chicago when he was found murdered by two affluent young men. Known for his curios ...  Show more

At the tender age of 23, Thomas Harris, author of The Silence of the Lambs, was sent to interview a convicted murderer inside a Mexican prison. What happened that day lived rent free in his mind for the rest of his life.

Anthony tells Maddy this story of mur ...

Edith Thompson was the model 1920's flapper girl. Her husband Percy was more suburban. When young Freddy Bywater entered the marriage home, things became deadly.

This week Maddy Pelling tells Anthony Delaney the story of a murder case that gripped the nation.