Scotland Yard Confidential

Four years after the disappearance of Camille Holland, Detective Inspector Elias Bower of Scotland Yard was called upon to see if he could shed any light on the mysterious case. Camille's husband, Samuel Dougal, was a hard-drinking, womanising fraudster, whom many suspected was involved in her disappearance. But with no body and no weapon, the case seemed impossible to solve. That was, until DI Bower came along, and made a grim discovery on the farmland… Using a gunsmith and ballistic experts, the Scotland Yard Inspector finally found out the chilling truth behind this tragic case.

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On a dark night in the summer of 1864 two bankers boarded a first-class rail carriage only to discover that it was covered in blood. Clearly, a violent act had occurred, but the attacker and victim had somehow disappeared from the train. Only a few clues are left behind: a briefcase, a cane, a broken watch link, and a crumpled hat. It was now up to Detective Richard Tanner of Scotland Yard to put together pieces and solve Britain’s very first railway murder...

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The spree continues into Christmas Day and beyond, during which the teen gang murders their third, fourth, fifth and sixth victims. After a tip, police catch the group wearing victims’ clothing, driving a victim’s stolen car, and in possession of the guns they used in their murders. A Parcast holiday special from Serial Killers.

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In the early hours of Christmas Eve 1992, a senseless murder in Dayton, Ohio, marks the beginning of a rampage. What started as a desire for Christmas cash turns into a three-day killing spree that leaves six people dead. Even more shocking was that the brazen killers were just teens. A Parcast holiday special from Serial Killers.

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On the 16th of July, 1913, an exquisite string of pale pink pearls — the most expensive necklace of its kind — is stolen while on its way back to London from Paris. But how? Who could possibly pull off a heist so audacious? Detective Inspector Alfred Ward suspects it to be the work of one man: his nemesis, Joseph Gizzard — the leader of a vast criminal network in London, and a master jewel thief. The case revives an ongoing battle between leading detective and expert criminal. In a long game of cat and mouse, will DI Ward recover the pearls before they're split up and sold off? And is this the case which will finally see him bring his old adversary, Joseph Gizzard, to justice?

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In the late summer of 1848, two officers of the newly formed Metropolitan police force discovered the body of a missing man at 3, Miniver Place in Bermondsey, South London. Buried in quicklime underneath the floor of the kitchen, Patrick O'Connor was the victim of a brutally violent crime. The obvious culprits were Frederick Manning and his wife Marie but they had already fled the scene with a fortune in stolen shares from O'Connor. What followed was one of the most memorable manhunts in Scotland Yard's early years — one that saw the police employ cutting edge technology to bring their fugitives to justice.

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On 26th April, 1999, BBC TV presenter, Jill Dando, was shot on the doorstep of her home in South West London. Killed outright by a single bullet to the head from a lone, unknown gunman. The hunt for her murderer and the motive behind her death proved to be one of the largest and most difficult enquiries ever conducted by Scotland Yard. So, who shot one of Britain's best loved presenters, and why?

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It's World War 2 and London is still reeling from the Blitz. Although the blackout gives some protection from German bombers, it also provides the perfect hunting ground for criminals. When a woman is found strangled in an air raid shelter, and soon after another woman is brutally butchered, police suspect a serial killer is at work. The press dub him the Blackout Ripper. 

Chief Superintendent Fred Cherrill, head of Scotland Yard's fingerprint department and a pioneer in this area of forensics, joins the case. Armed with his magnifying glass, Cherrill discovers marks left behind on makeshift weapons that show the murderer is left-handed. But with little else to go on, and another woman's body discovered, police are struggling to crack the case. However, as the sadistic killer becomes more frenzied, he begins to make mistakes and leaves behind two crucial clues to his identity. When the police finally trace him, he does not fit the usual profile of a killer. In the face of lies and cover-ups, Superintendent Cherrill must use his skills to build a case that will see the Blackout Ripper convicted and stopped, once and for all.

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It's 1967. Leonard 'Nipper' Read has been promoted to the Murder Squad at Scotland Yard. It's a timely appointment, since his old adversaries — the Kray twins — have each just killed a man. The murder of George Cornell by Ronnie Kray, and the murder of Jack 'The Hat' McVitie by Reggie Kray, will be the acts that lead to their downfall. Nipper will be the man to break through the wall of silence that has protected the twins, and bring them to justice. 

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In 1966, the East End of London was ruled by a vicious gang run by Ronnie and Reggie Kray. The notorious, identical twins had a vice-like grip fuelled by fear and intimidation. Police know that their violent crimes are escalating, and yet they can't get a single witness to testify against the twins. The man from Scotland Yard charged with bringing them down is Leonard 'Nipper' Read, and he's got his work cut out.

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