Host Fred Dinenage reexamines what really happened in the original House of Horrors 10 Rillington Place in London John Christie murdered up to eight people while his neighbor Timothy Evans was hanged for two of those crimes Dinenage interviews 90yearold Len Trevellion who was a policeman at the time and spoke to Christie on a number of occasions over the course of the investigations

The infamous acid bath murderer John George Haigh killed at least six people and disposed of their bodies in sulfuric acid during the 1940s Host Fred Dinenage undertakes an experiment with scientist David Wilson to test the effects of sulfuric acid on a chicken bone In addition Dinenage meets a former copyboy for the local paper who recalls what the vampire killer was like in the flesh

Host Fred Dinenage reopens the murder casebook on Harold Jones killer of two children when he was only a 15yearold boy himself Dinenage visits the Welsh town of Abertillery the scene of the brutal murders in the 1920s He interviews a relative of one of the victims and learns more about how this small mining town was in disbelief that such heinous crimes could take place in their hometown

Host Fred Dinenage retraces the tragic story of Ruth Ellis who shot her lover David Blakely outside of a pub in Hampstead London in 1955 She was the last woman to be hanged in the UK and many say her sad death helped bring an end to capital punishment Fred meets the author and screenwriter Laurence Marks who had interviewed many of the people involved in Elliss dramatic shocking case

Host Fred Dinenage discovers the truth behind one of the worst miscarriages of justice of the 20th century in Britain Derek Bentley was hanged for the murder of PC Police Constable Sidney Miles even though he didnt pull the trigger It was 16yearold Christopher Craig who fired the weapon Fred talks to Dereks niece Maria BentleyDingwall who tells him of his familys fight for justice

Host Fred Dinenage uncovers the shocking murders committed by serial poisoner Graham Young At the age of 15 Young was sent to Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital for having murdered his stepmother and poisoning family members When released he then went on to kill at least two more people and poison countless others Dinenage meets an inmate who came face to face with Young at HM Prison Parkhurst

Host Fred Dinenage takes a fresh look at the tenyear rampage of Donald Neilson known as the Black Panther His crimes included armed robbery murder and kidnapping in the 1970s To find out the facts of the story Dinenage interviewed the police officer who eventually captured Neilson Stuart Mackenzie Alongside this Dinenage takes part in an experiment set up by scientist David Wilson

Host Fred Dinenage reexamines the murders committed in the early 20th century by George Joseph Smith The serial bigamist drowned three of his eight wives in bathtubs so he could profit from their insurance policies Fred works with scientist David Wilson to understand how Smith managed to kill three of his wives and get away with it for so long