Behind Bars

2010 California, a street was growing sick of the dogs that had been barking day and night for over a week. When animal controls arrived they realised why; the family who owned them had abandoned them without food or water. In fact they seemed to have disappeared from California altogether. It would be 4 years until anyone knew their fate...

In 1984 young Elisabeth Fritzl ran off to join a cult. At least that's what everyone thought. The truth was somehow 100 times worse. She was a hostage, kept to rot in a dungeon for a quarter of a century! Want to know the worst bit? Her captor was her own father.

This is the true story of a young girl who was failed by every system designed to help young girls. She got no justice in life and even less in death. But through the protests highlighting how she was constantly overlooked, and the reasons behind it, she has become legendary.

In 1985 California, people started going missing. All kinds of theories were suggested. Was it aliens? A government conspiracy? A secret global slave trade!? No. It was a small tool shed in the country and 2 strange men.

A young woman's family was very confused when she suddenly stopped calling them. At first they thought she was going off the grid, then they prayed her husband was telling the truth about her safety. But when her body was found, hacked to pieces nobody could deny it anymore...

5 people were found murdered and mutilated on April 24th 1986. The worst part? They were all within a mile of each other. Kentucky had 2 serial killers on the loose, but not for long!

In the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Californian hospital, patients suddenly started dying. No one knew what was happening - doctors are supposed to help you not kill you! With fingers being pointed in every direction, nothing could be certain...

5 years ago a woman was found stabbed in her own home, her super sick and disabled daughter was missing although all her medications were still inside! Nothing is as it seems in this twisted tale... 

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In 1968, the bodies of two toddlers were discovered in similar circumstances. Newcastle had a serial killer on its hands. If that wasn't shocking enough, the culprit wasn't a paedophile or relative gone mad. It was 11 year old Mary Bell. Find out how she went from being an abused 4 year old to a woman escaping the press with a bedsheet over her head. Don't pretend you're not interested ;) If you have any feedback or criminals/cases you would like me to talk about in the future, email [email protected]

This episode I'm looking into Joseph McCann, a man who's very familiar with the prison system and whom last year was sentenced to 33 life sentences for a series of rapes. Listen to find out exactly what happened! Sorry for some minor sound issues in this episode but hopefully you'll like it - email any feedback/criminals you want me to make an episode about at [email protected]