The Lucan Obsession: Trailer

One winter's night, 50 years ago, a crime took place that obsessed the nation.

Lord Lucan is said to have killed the family nanny, attacked his wife and vanished.

Newspapers ran wild with lurid detail and it became a story hardwired into British culture.

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What really happened on the night of 7th November 1974 when Sandra Rivett was murdered?

Young reporter Bob Strange sneaked into the hallway at the Lucan’s house in Belgravia. The police burst in trampling through the crime scene.

The evidence of the Lucan case is ...

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