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Murder Most British
By Rachel & ZachTrue Crime
Murder Most British episodes
- Ep 26 - A Smile Before the Knife - Joanna Dennehy
“She laughed at the crime scenes — and smiled through the blood.”
In March 2013, Joanna Dennehy carried out a series of killings later known as the Peterborough Ditch Murders — three men murdered in just ten days, their bodies left in remote Cambridgeshire ditches.
This episode traces the violence from its quiet beginnings to its abrupt end, examining a case defined not by rage or desperation, but by intention. A rare and unsettling insight into a killer who described murder as something she wanted to feel.
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Court Records & Legal Reporting (Primary / Authoritative)- The Queen v Dennehy, Stretch, Layton & Moore — Sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Spencer (28 February 2014)
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Judgments/the-queen-v-dennehy-sentencing-remarks-28022014.pdf- High Court of England and Wales — Judgment on Joanna Dennehy v Secretary of State for Justice (2016) https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dennehy-v-ministry-of-justice-1.pdf
- The Guardian — Serial killer loses claim for rights violations over solitary confinement (26 May 2016) https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/may/26/serial-killer-loses-claim-for-rights-violations-over-solitary-confinement
- The Guardian —https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/18/woman-admits-murdering-men-stabbed-ditches?
- BBC News — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26124076 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35840866
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25669206Media Coverage (Referenced for Context Only)Daily Mail, New York Post, and related tabloids
Referenced only to acknowledge post-trial media fascination and public narratives; not treated as primary factual sources.1 hr - The Queen v Dennehy, Stretch, Layton & Moore — Sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Spencer (28 February 2014)
- Ep 25 - Saturday Night Strangler - Joseph Kappen
“For years, the streets of Port Talbot whispered of a killer who vanished with the dawn.”
In the early 1970s, three young women were murdered after nights out in South Wales — attacks that left a community fearful and police without answers. Decades later, new questions would emerge about what truly happened on those Saturday nights… and the man who escaped justice for so long.
This week, the Archive returns to South Wales, where three Saturday nights cast a shadow that lingered for decades.
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SOURCESThe Guardian – Kevin Toolis (18 January 2003)
The hunt for the Saturday Night Stranglerhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jan/18/wales.kevintoolisThe Guardian – Kevin Toolis (18 January 2003)
DNA profile points to killerhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/jan/18/weekend.kevintoolisThe Independent (7 June 2002)
DNA evidence ends 30-year hunt for killer and rapisthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/dna-evidence-ends-30year-hunt-for-killer-and-rapist-179326.htmlBBC News (2 November 2000)
DNA breakthrough in murder casehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1002648.stmBBC News (29 October 2001)
Woodland murders ‘breakthrough’http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1626078.stmBBC News (11 June 2002)
Missing girl ‘link’ to murdershttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2038433.stmWikipedia – Joseph William Kappen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kappen(Used as a tertiary reference only; facts verified against primary reporting.)1 hr 2 min - Ep 24 - The Shankill Butchers - Belfast's Bloodiest Gang
*Audio updated to remove silence gaps*
“They prowled the streets of Belfast by night — blades in hand, and hatred in their hearts.”
During the height of the Troubles, a loyalist gang led by Lenny Murphy turned sectarian terror into ritual murder. Their victims were chosen at random, their cruelty unmatched — a reign of blood that left even hardened detectives shaken.
This week, the Archive returns to Belfast in the 1970s, where the line between war and murder was carved in steel.
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1 hr - Ep 23 - Britain’s Forgotten Serial Killer - Stephen Akinmurele
“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.
This week, the Archive journeys from Manchester’s quiet cul-de-sacs to the misted streets of the Isle of Man, where ordinary life masked a gathering darkness.
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This episode is based on contemporaneous reporting and official police statements relating to this case. The suspect died in custody before the case could be heard in court, so there was never a trial and no court record to draw on.
53 min - Ep 22 - Ghosts of Justice Past: The Holyhead Christmas Murder
“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 single Christmas Night left a shadow no season could thaw.
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Correction: In this episode, we state that Gwen Ellen Jones’s body was discovered by two residents crossing a field near Newry Street. Contemporary police records and later historical research indicate that the body was located by police after William Murphy surrendered and stated where he had killed her. We regret the error.
53 min - Ep 21 - The Bedsit Murders - David Fuller
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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59 min - Ep 20 - The Last Night Out - The Murder of Lily SullivanWhen eighteen-year-old Lily left a nightclub on a cold December morning, she stepped into familiar streets — lanes she had walked countless times, roads that always led safely home. But as the hours stretched on and the silence deepened, a small Welsh town found itself at the edge of a story far darker than its quiet beauty suggested.This week, the Archive goes to Pembrokeshire, where ancient stone, winter water, and a single missing voice set off a search that would ripple through families, friends, and an entire community.
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47 min - Ep 19 - The Judge’s Daughter - The Murder of Patricia Curran
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 — a tangle of class, secrecy, and suspicion that reached into the very heart of the justice system itself.
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55 min - Ep 18 - The House of Blood on Dixon Avenue - A Glasgow Triple Murder
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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49 min - Ep 17 - The Ardlamont Mystery - Alfred Monson
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.Links to where to follow us!
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