Murdertown

By Crime+Investigation

What's Murdertown about?

Uncover a different perspective on the town where you live. Alongside the TV show, Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us explores a brand new murder case in the Murdertown podcast.

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Murdertown episodes:

10.31.2022
Hawarden: The Murder of Madallin Jones
It was late on a Sunday night in January, 1993. A couple was driving around a quiet bend of the A550 by Tinkers Dale Wood in North Wales when they noticed a red Mini Metro which had crashed over a...
10.24.2022
West Rainton: The Murder of George Button
Winding north out of West Rainton, Marks Lane is a secluded country road used by dog walkers who want to avoid the busier streets of the town. Always unlit, on this particular night Mark’s Lane was only lit up as...
10.17.2022
Inverinate: The Murder of Helen Fiona Torbet
On the north shore of Loch Duich, just outside the small village of Inverinate, sits a small B&B; called The Grianan Guest House. It’s beautifully unassuming, with the most affecting views of the loch onto the rugged Ratagan Pass across...
10.10.2022
Chobham: The Murder of Tina Baker
As the year 2000 approached, two strangers met through a local Surrey ‘Lonely Hearts’ advertisement. Within two years, Tina and Martin Baker were married, and Tina’s lifelong dream of owning her own farm was realised when they bought Brookfield Farm just...
10.03.2022
Blackpool: The Murder of Catherine (Kitty) Weaver & Gabrielle Morris
It was around five in the morning on January 31st, 1978, when a scream echoed through the rooms of ‘The Nook Rest Home’ on Blackpool’s South Shore. A scream or a cry in the night wasn’t uncommon at The Nook, which...
09.26.2022
Selsdon: The Murder of Tessa Howden
On January 10, 1986, David Howden woke around 8am and went downstairs to make some tea. Tessa was usually the first out of bed. She had started a job at the local 'Croydon Advertiser' in promotions, so when David noticed she...
09.20.2022
Cerrigydrudion: The Clocaenog Forest Man
Every November, the winding roads through Clocaenog Forest are closed off for the Wales Rally GB. The roads near Cerrigydrudion are two of the rally's most challenging driving stages. On Saturday, November 14th, 2015, two brothers— there for the rally, set...
09.12.2022
Southampton: The Murder of Teresa De Simone
In August 2009, the body of David Lace was exhumed from Kingston Cemetery in Portsmouth more than twenty years after he had died. Residents peered out from behind curtains as police stood guard. A blue and white tent covered the empty...
09.11.2022
New Season Trailer
Every place we live has a story to tell. The Murdertown podcast returns for a brand new season of eight episodes this September with Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us. Sign up now to Crime+Investigation Play, the only dedicated true crime...
02.09.2020
Introducing... Making a Monster: The Tapes
Crime+Investigation's brand new podcast series Making a Monster: The Tapes features exclusive interviews with some of the top minds in criminology. Hosted by Cherry Healey, the podcast series utilises exclusive, extra interviews with the expert forensic psychiatrists, psychologists and pathologists...
11.18.2019
Croydon: The Murder of Nimal Samarasinha
As the frost began to thaw on the morning of January 30th, 1992 in Wallington by Croydon, South London, Nimal Samarasinha and his family prepared for work and school. He left the house to warm the car up, and soon...
11.11.2019
Grimsby: The Murder of Bernard ‘Bunny’ Newton
Six miles west of the Seaport town of Grimsby in Lincolnshire, is the tiny rural village of Irby upon Humber. On the evening of July 10th, 1991, Humberside Police were called to the home of a well known local family, the...
11.04.2019
Nuneaton: The Murder of Terry Maidens
It was an ordinary evening in the January of 1994 when a knock came on the door of Catherine and Terry Maidens’ family home in Whitestone, Nuneaton. Through the window, Catherine Maidens could see there was a man wearing a...
10.28.2019
Inverkip: The Disappearance of Margaret Fleming
In October 2016, police knocked on the door of a large cottage six miles southwest of Greenock, in the small Clyde Coast village of Inverkip, Scotland. They were looking for Margaret Fleming; a thirty-six year old woman who had been...
10.21.2019
Bristol: The Murder of Jenny King
On October 30th 1998, twenty-two year-old Jenny King left Chasers Nightclub in Bristol with a fiver that her brother had given her to get a taxi home. The following day, Jenny’s loved ones would realise she never made the mile...
10.14.2019
Darlington: The Murder of Ann Heron
The 3rd of August was the hottest day 1990 and County Durham had seen so far. That Friday would end up being the hottest day ever recorded in England at the time. So, when it came time for Peter Heron...
09.30.2019
Middlesbrough: The Murder of Jessica Patel
At 8:20pm on the evening of May 14th, 2018, thirty-seven-year-old pharmacist Mitesh Patel phoned the Cleveland police in Middlesbrough, panicked and breathless. After returning from collecting a pizza and visiting his pharmacy, he had found his house burgled and his...
09.23.2019
North Wales: The Disappearance of Trevaline Evans
On Saturday June 16th 1990, fifty-two-year-old Trevaline Evans locked up the antique shop she owned in Llangollen, North Wales. Like many other days running a local business, she popped out to do a few things, leaving her customers a note...
09.16.2019
Portsmouth: The Murder of Linda Cook
On the 9th of December 1986, the half naked body of Linda Cook was found in the grass and scrub of a pathway in Buckland, Portsmouth. She had been repeatedly kicked in the face, head and body after being raped....
09.15.2019
Season 2: Murdertown returns with Benjamin Fitton (They Walk Among Us)
The official Murdertown podcast is returning for season 2 on Monday's with Benjamin Fitton (They Walk Among Us). Are you ready to delve into the dark side of your town? These are the true crime stories from 10 more towns...
08.07.2019
Season 2 Announcement
The official Murdertown podcast is returning for season 2 this September with Benjamin Fitton (They Walk Among Us). Are you ready to delve into the dark side of your town? These are the true crime stories from 10 more towns...
11.05.2018
Brighton: Clive Olive & the Sussex Mad Dogs
On a cool evening in April,1973, a cargo ship came into Shoreham Harbour, near Brighton, West Sussex. Sailors watched the murky water below as the ship got closer to port, and in the water, close to the side of the...
10.29.2018
Tyne and Wear: The Merry Widow of Windy Nook
In 1955, the small Tyne-On-Wear village of Windy Nook was like many other towns trying to build themselves back up to former glory days. The quarries were long closed, and many of the young residents had moved on to nearby...
10.22.2018
Huddersfield: The Murder of Dorothy Wood
In May 1996, ninety-four year old Dorothy Wood said goodnight to her care worker who had come by to get her ready for bed. Profoundly deaf and crippled by arthritis, Dorothy struggled to complete even the most simplest of household...
10.15.2018
Watford: The Murder Of Gary Bennett
Early one February morning in 2010, local Watford refuse worker Gary Bennett was woken up just before 5 am with a nudge from his mum. He put on his work gear and walked out the door. Later that morning two...
10.08.2018
Burton-on-Trent: The Headmistress
In 1951, headmistress of the Burton-On-Trent High School, Winifred Mulley had dismissed six hundred girls for the Summer. Winifred lived in a house on the grounds of the school. She was signing off on a new home she had just...
10.01.2018
South Wales: The Llanharry Murders
When Harry and Megan Tooze’s neighbours heard two gunshots coming from the couple’s farm in Llanharry, South Wales they didn’t think twice. Harry had always had trouble with rabbits and they assumed he was shooting them out of his cabbages...
09.24.2018
Barnsley: The Ossett Satan Killing
On a quiet Sunday morning in 1974, father of five Michael Taylor was found naked in the street in Ossett, Yorkshire, covered in what was thought to be red paint. As Police Constable Ian Walker approached him, he realised it...
09.17.2018
Dundee: The Good Samaritan
Thirty year old Lynda Hunter woke up one Friday in August 1987 with morning sickness and was glad she and her husband Andrew had that day off. They had been married less than a year and she was thrilled about...
09.10.2018
Kent: The Tunbridge Wells Bedsit Murders
In 1987 in Tunbridge Wells, just south of Dartford, two young women were murdered five months apart. Both lived alone in bedsits less than a mile from one another, both worked on Camden Road, both ate lunch at the same...
09.03.2018
Hull: The Selby Street Arsonist
In December 1979 a fire broke out while four boys and their mother slept in their two story council house in Hull, Yorkshire. Edith Hastie and young Tommy escaped with their lives but three of the brothers would not survive....
08.20.2018
Visit Murdertown with Benjamin Fitton (They Walk Among Us)
Are you ready to delve into the dark side of your town? These are the true crime stories from 10 towns across the UK. Ten stories of people who might appear just like us — but capable of evil. These...

What's Murdertown about?

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Murdertown episodes:

Hawarden: The Murder of Madallin Jones

West Rainton: The Murder of George Button

Inverinate: The Murder of Helen Fiona Torbet

Chobham: The Murder of Tina Baker

Blackpool: The Murder of Catherine (Kitty) Weaver & Gabrielle Morris

Selsdon: The Murder of Tessa Howden

Cerrigydrudion: The Clocaenog Forest Man

Southampton: The Murder of Teresa De Simone

New Season Trailer

Introducing... Making a Monster: The Tapes

Croydon: The Murder of Nimal Samarasinha

Grimsby: The Murder of Bernard ‘Bunny’ Newton

Nuneaton: The Murder of Terry Maidens

Inverkip: The Disappearance of Margaret Fleming

Bristol: The Murder of Jenny King

Darlington: The Murder of Ann Heron

Middlesbrough: The Murder of Jessica Patel

North Wales: The Disappearance of Trevaline Evans

Portsmouth: The Murder of Linda Cook

Season 2: Murdertown returns with Benjamin Fitton (They Walk Among Us)

Season 2 Announcement

Brighton: Clive Olive & the Sussex Mad Dogs

Tyne and Wear: The Merry Widow of Windy Nook

Huddersfield: The Murder of Dorothy Wood

Watford: The Murder Of Gary Bennett

Burton-on-Trent: The Headmistress

South Wales: The Llanharry Murders

Barnsley: The Ossett Satan Killing

Dundee: The Good Samaritan

Kent: The Tunbridge Wells Bedsit Murders

Hull: The Selby Street Arsonist

Visit Murdertown with Benjamin Fitton (They Walk Among Us)