Murdertown

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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 his daughter ran out to meet him, only when she got to the pavement, her father was lying on the ground - one forceful blow of a knife in his heart.

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland, produced and edited by Chloe Frost, with additional editing by James Collopy and series produced by Sam Pearson.

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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 Newton’s, where shots had been fired. The owner of the house, Forty-five-year-old Clifford Newton was the eldest son and business partner of Grimsby millionaire nightclub and bingo hall owner Bernard “Bunny” Newton. Bunny and his sons had been in the club business since the early ’70s. When police pulled into the driveway of Clifford’s home, they didn’t anticipate anything particularly serious. But, when no one would exit the house, the officer’s settled in for a two-and-a-half-hour standoff. At the end of it, Bunny Newton would be found dead.

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland, produced and edited by Chloe Frost, with additional editing by James Collopy and series produced by Sam Pearson.

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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 motorcycle helmet, just like a pizza delivery guy, only the Maiden’s hadn’t ordered any pizza. 

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland, produced and edited by Chloe Frost, with additional editing by James Collopy and series produced by Sam Pearson.

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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 on long-term disability benefits. Only, Margaret’s carers said she had left their care years ago and would drop in when she wanted money. When detectives did some digging however, they would find that no one had seen Margaret for sixteen years.

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland, produced and edited by Chloe Frost, with additional editing by James Collopy and series produced by Sam Pearson.

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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 to her family home in Warmley. Over the coming weeks, the residents of Bristol would question the shocking similarities between Jenny’s disappearance and that of Melanie Hall from nearby Bath just two years earlier.

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland, produced and edited by Chloe Frost, with additional editing by James Collopy and series produced by Sam Pearson.

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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 to come home for lunch to the fairly rural property on the outskirts of Darlington that he shared with his wife Ann, he was not surprised to find that she has been sunbathing in the yard. He would leave again an hour later, back to the office for meetings as Ann moved her sun lounger around to the front of the property, to enjoy the rest of the afternoon sun. A few people reported seeing Ann lounging in the yard as their vehicles passed by on the busy A67 — Darlington to Yarm Road. But when Peter returned home just before 6 that evening, he would find his wife murdered on the living room floor.

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland, produced and edited by Chloe Frost, with additional editing by James Collopy and series produced by Sam Pearson.

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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 wife Jessica non-responsive on the living room floor, her wrists and ankles bound with duct tape. His voice was shrill as he told the dispatcher that he had put her in the recovery position, but she was cold. Within two minutes, the ambulance are heard in the background, arriving at the scene as Mitesh begins sobbing into the phone. Within a few minutes, Jessica Patel would be pronounced dead.

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland, produced and edited by Chloe Frost, with additional editing by James Collopy and series produced by Sam Pearson.

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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 on the door that read: “Back in two minutes.” Trevaline then purchased an apple and a banana up the road, and was seen two hours later, walking back towards her store “Attic Antiques.” Only the shop would not reopen that afternoon, and Trevaline would never be seen again.

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland, produced and edited by Chloe Frost, with additional editing by James Collopy and series produced by Sam Pearson.

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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. The only clue the Hampshire Constabulary had to go on was a footprint left on her abdomen, a mens trainer with a unique tread — the word “FLASH” imprinted on the sole. The killer would be dubbed ‘The Beast of Buckland”, and the crime became known as “The Cinderella Murder.”

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland, produced and edited by Chloe Frost, with additional editing by James Collopy and series produced by Sam Pearson.

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