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In the 1970’s a murderer terrorised Edinburgh, abducting and killing young women in what became known as ‘The Worlds End Murders’.

Buck Ruxton had a jealous streak that would see him kill his common law wife Isabella, as well as their maid who witnessed the murder.

Nora Trott, a much-loved member of her community, was savagely murdered. 27 years after her death, advances in DNA technology would allow police to find a suspect in her case.

Torquay businessman Martin 'Marty' Fenton fell out with the owner of the local casino John Tsigarides. He exacted his revenge with a murderous shooting spree that claimed 4 lives just days before Christmas in 1973.

Teenager James McElroy was on holiday with his friends, twins Mark and Michael Otter, in Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, Wales in 1982 when he turned on the boys and murdered them with a shotgun before shooting himself.

Sidney Fox travelled the country swindling spinsters out of money and cashing stolen cheques, eventually leading to murder to claim his victim's life insurance

In 1987, two brothers from a well-to-do family killed their parents in such brutal fashion that it still haunts the people of Jersey to this day.

After Andre Genestin's wife discovered he had been cheating on her, he murdered her and stored her body in a car roof box in the garden.

Emily Kaye was not aware of the past dealings of the handsome Patrick Mahon when she fell head over heels in love with him.

In order to avoid paying for an expensive divorce while having an affair with a much younger woman, Michael Peacock planned what he thought would be the ideal murder.

When Patricia Causley disappeared, her husband managed to convince police that she had walked out on her own volition. A decade later, detectives piece together what had really happened.

Teenager Clive Olive was a young member of the local biker gang the 'Sussex Mad Dogs', but after crossing gang leader Brian Moore, he found himself sentenced to death. Olive was lured into a van, badly beaten and dumped in the sea.

In 1949, Donald Hume murdered his business partner Stanley Setty following an altercation in which the killer's dog was kicked. Setty was stabbed to death, his head and legs cut off and his torso dumped from a plane over the Essex marshes.

Having brutally murdered his wife in 1993, Hassan Shatanawi thought he had effectively made her vanish from the face of the earth but he made one crucial oversight.

After a fire breaks out at a home, police receive a strange phone call that triggers a hunt for a killer.

The case of the killer Malcolm Green, who murdered women and dumped their dead bodies in bags.

Paul Teed murdered 3 members of his family by beating them to death with a baseball bat a in a Hove nightclub over a dispute over money

Despite only being trialled and convicted for the death of a single victim, Mary Ann Cotton is often classed as Britain’s worst female serial killer.

One of the most bizarre murder cases in British criminal history began when Police were called to attend the scene of a dog barking outside a campervan near Brighton.

When mature student Rebeca Love rejects the advances of undergraduate Jason Webster, he uses a ball point pen to murder her in her halls of residence

Marie Buls was an elderly woman in the care of wealthy spinster Noreen O'Connor. As time progressed O'Connor became convinced that Marie was possessed by the devil.

Miles Wiliam Gifford believed his parents owed him everything, and would stop at nothing to get what he needed for the lavish lifestyle he craved.

Robert Mochrie killed his wife Catherine and their children James, Sian, Luke and Bethan in July 2000 at their home in Barry.

A two year investigation into the random murder of Margaret Wilson, would lead police on one of the most complex and fascinating murder investigations in recent memory.

Michael Brown claimed to be a sensitive man, held back by the fact he was only five feet tall. His frustrations at his inability to get a job drove him to murder.

Following the discovery of his affair with a much younger woman, police Sergeant Stephen Jones killed his wife Madeline with his truncheon in their garage at home.

The case of John George Haigh, who came up with a plan for the 'perfect' murder when he was serving time in prison for fraud.

The murder of a part-time actress triggers a nationwide manhunt for a killer.

The case of John Bodkin Adams, a trusted GP who befriended older patients and was often named in their wills after their deaths.

When Danny Dyke tried playing the hardened drug dealer, he found himself in over his head, but it was his murderers ended up having sleepless nights.

Brian Bishop was shot and killed in a shoot-out with an armed robber as they returned to a stash point piled high with cash stolen from multiple post offices along the coastline.

Herbert Bennett tired of his wife Mary Jane and strangled her with a bootlace in the sands off Yarmouth beach and was hanged for the crime at Norwich prison in 1901.

Helen Torbet visited the Highlands every year and stayed at the same guesthouse, but over the years the son of its proprietors - Don MacMillan Junior - had developed an unhealthy obsession with her.

Percy Mapleton was looking for a way to a fast fortune, and identified Brighton bond trader Isaac Gold as his target, but a robbery on a moving train turned into tragedy. Prompted the first composite picture on a wanted poster in the UK.

Gary Hampson was reported missing by his family after failing to turn up for an appointment. As fears grew, the police put a car garage he frequented under surveillance.

John Watson Laurie met Edwin Rose, and the pair went on holiday to the Isle of Arran. One morning they left to climb the mountains at Goatfell, however, only Laurie returned.

When Joan Stirland's son Michael O'Brien murdered Colin Gunn's nephew in 2003, she and her husband's lives were in danger. They went on the run, but their son's past soon caught up with them.

The case of Paul Longworth, who murdered his wife by strangling her with sailing rope and arranging her body in their home, then claimed it was suicide.

Looking back at the case of Lithuanian murderer Vitas Plytnykas, who killed a fellow worker in Scotland, leaving her severed head to be found on a beach.

Deadly tales from the coastlines of the United Kingdom.

59 year old landlord Alec Warburtorn was savagely beaten, by what was in the view of the pathologist, most likely a hammer. His assailant David Ellis,41, then coolly drove the body over 140 miles to a disused quarry in North Wales that he had visited as a child, and thought was the perfect spot for disposing of his victim's body. He attempted a getaway to Northern Ireland by ferry, but was arrested there by the Garda after the victim was reported missing by his brother, some 3 days later. Most remarkably though, the heartless Ellis tried to claim self defence due to unwanted sexual advances from the older man, a claim that was not to sway the jury who were told by a forensic pathologist that the attack consisting of at least three heavy blows, was most likely from behind and there were no defensive injuries.

When Pierre LeGris reports his wife Rui Li missing, police are instantly wary, and they uncover a tangled web of loyalty and deception.

When Linda Anders is found dead at home, her wheelchair-bound husband Malcolm claims an intruder broke in. Police findings quickly change the course of the investigation.

When Margaret McOnie is found dead on the cliff tops a nationwide manhunt followed. Her murderer would soon be revealed as a deadly conman and a double murderer.

When Michael Barber finds his wife Susan in bed with another man, she realises she has to take drastic measures to stop him leaving, but no one could suspect how far she would go.

After Philip Manning killed his ex-wife dead in a vengeful rage on Christmas day and hospitalised her boyfriend, he led police on a chase across the country.

Elderly couple Benjamin and Dorothy were killed in their own home in one of the most terrifying home invasions ever seen.

On Valentine's Day Paul Dyson strangled his partner Joanne Nelson to death before removing her body and making it look like she had just disappeared