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Coastal Killers

Over the years, the British seaside has played host to some of the most shocking and remarkable murders in crime history, putting paid to the notion that our coastal towns are places of jollity and holiday fun. This series explores the macabre stories of Britain's not-so-sunny seaside towns.
202310 episodes16+
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Bournemouth's Crossbow Killer
    January 7, 2020
    45min
    16+
    After a traumatic break-up, Lee Baker set out for revenge. Taking his anger out on his ex-girlfriend's mother Baker decapitated his first victim, before embarking on a murderous crossbow spree through Southbourne, with chaos in his wake.
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  2. S1 E2 - The Murderous Bigamist
    January 14, 2020
    45min
    16+
    While in prison for fraud, John George Haigh came up with a plan for the perfect murder: by dissolving a body in acid, he would leave no trace of the crime. Believing that he couldn't be charged if there was no body, Haigh became one of the most infamous murderers of all time.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Acid Bath Murders
    January 21, 2020
    44min
    16+
    When Pierre LeGris reports his wife Rui Li missing, police are instantly suspicious - especially as he's yet to even check her place of work. They look for a body but uncover more secrets than they're anticipating.
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  4. S1 E4 - The Blackpool Double Murder
    January 28, 2020
    45min
    16+
    Two eerily similar murders take place 10 years apart; two elderly women are stabbed and killed in their home. Could they be the work of the same person? Could similarities in the case - in particular a cut clothesline in each garden - unravel this cold case for the police?
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  5. S1 E5 - The Lady Killer
    February 4, 2020
    44min
    16+
    It was the case that gripped the nation: a nationwide manhunt for a vicious killer who had slaughtered a part-time actress in a London hotel. But whilst Heath is on the run in Bournemouth, another woman meets a chilling end.
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  6. S1 E6 - The Brighton Trunk Murders
    February 18, 2020
    44min
    16+
    The Brighton Trunk Murders were two unrelated murders linked to Brighton. In both, the dismembered body of a murdered woman was placed in a trunk - the first at a train station, the second found during door-to-door police investigations in the city. Were they linked?
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  7. S1 E7 - Eastbourne's Doctor Death
    February 25, 2020
    44min
    16+
    Although having committed a horrific murder in 1973, Robert Henry Davies served only 15 years and had made a new life for himself. Realising he was the subject of a sexual assault case that jeopardises his new life, Davies goes on the run, beginning a reign of terror against the family.
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  8. S1 E8 - The Newport Revenge Murder
    March 3, 2023
    45min
    16+
    Bodkin Adams was a trusted GP with a dark secret. He had a habit of befriending older patients, and often benefitted from their wills after their deaths - which sometimes seemed sooner than expected. Eventually, gossip started to circulate about the doctor - but was this murder - or euthanasia?
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  9. S1 E9 - The Newport Revenge Murder
    March 3, 2023
    44min
    16+
    Bodkin Adams was a trusted GP with a dark secret. He had a habit of befriending older patients, and often benefitted from their wills after their deaths - which sometimes seemed sooner than expected. Eventually, gossip started to circulate about the doctor - but was this murder - or euthanasia?
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  10. S1 E10 - The Party Killer
    March 10, 2023
    44min
    16+
    Charlotte Pinkney vanished in the early hours of February 28, 2004. Police launched a murder hunt when her handbag was found in near where she vanished. After almost a month of intensive searches - and despite no body being found - police arrested and tried 22-year-old scaffolder Nicholas Rose.
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
David Howard
Producers
Rik Hall
Cast
David Howard
Studio
Monster Films
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