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Murder Maps - Episode Guide

Season 1

The Bermondsey Horror

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2015

The Bermondsey Horror

The brutal murder of a Bermondsey man by his lover in 1849 enraptured the public, even piquing Charles Dickens' interest. This infamous case is probed in depth.

In the Shadow of Jack

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2015

In the Shadow of Jack

At the time of Jack the Ripper, Victorian London was also tormented by the elusive 'Borough Poisoner', George Chapman. His monstrous murders are revisited here.

Finding Dr. Crippen

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2015

Finding Dr. Crippen

In 1910, the infamous Dr Crippen killed his wife and buried her in the basement. This darkly fascinating series reveals how he was caught trying to flee to Canada.

The Brides in the Bath Killer

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Dec 15, 2015

The Brides in the Bath Killer

Evil George Smith married and murdered several wives in the 1910s. Hear how a revolutionary pathologist used pioneering forensic methods to catch him.

Season 2

Murder in the Roaring Twenties

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2016

Murder in the Roaring Twenties

Lovers Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters were hanged in 1923 for the murder of Thompson's husband. Find out why this case caused such controversy.

The Blackout Ripper

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2016

The Blackout Ripper

The Blackout Ripper was one of the most feared men in London during the Blitz. Hear the terror he wreaked in 1942 as he killed four women under cover of darkness.

The Lady Killer

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2016

The Lady Killer

True crime fans should tune in to hear about the case of Neville Health, an ex-serviceman who killed two women he dated in 1946. How was this callous conman caught?

John Christie: Serial Killer, Part 1

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2016

John Christie: Serial Killer, Part 1

John Christie killed at least eight women during the 1940s and 1950s, including his wife. Hear more about his shocking crimes in this two-parter.

John Christie: Serial Killer, Part 2

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Sep 29, 2016

John Christie: Serial Killer, Part 2

WWI veteran John Christie later turned to a life of crime and killed at least eight women. Hear how his murderous spree ended at the gallows.

Season 3

The Brighton Trunk Murders

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Oct 12, 2017

The Brighton Trunk Murders

Hear how grim discoveries made in Brighton train station and King's Cross in the summer of 1934 sparked a huge police probe - and took a surprise turn.

The Acid Bath Murders

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Oct 19, 2017

The Acid Bath Murders

The disappearance of wealthy widow, Olive Durand-Deacon, in 1949 led police to John George Haigh - who had a gruesome confession to make. Tune in to hear more.

The Towpath Murders

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2017

The Towpath Murders

The body of a teenage girl was found the day before Elizabeth II's coronation in June 1953. Days later, another teen was found dead. Hear how the case unfolded.

Ruth Ellis

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Nov 2, 2017

Ruth Ellis

Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be executed in the UK, hanged after her murder trial in 1955. Ellis had gunned down her lover outside a pub - but why? Nicholas Day finds out.

Season 4

Peter Manuel

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Jan 13, 2019

Peter Manuel

Peter Manuel was a Scottish serial killer who killed at least eight people between 1956 - 1958 around the Greater Glasgow area in Scotland. Manuel had prison for a string of sexual attacks but on his release it didn't take long for his psychopathic behaviour to escalate.

Mary Ann Cotton

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2019

Mary Ann Cotton

Dramatised account of 19th-century serial killer Mary Ann Cotton, aka the Black Widow, who travelled around north-east England and murdered men for their life insurance.

Dr. Buck Ruxton

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Jan 27, 2019

Dr. Buck Ruxton

The case of Dr Ruxton, a physician who lived a quiet, respectable life in Lancaster, until in 1935 he beat, strangled and stabbed his wife and housemaid to death.

The Shepherd's Bush Murders

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2019

The Shepherd's Bush Murders

Examining the 1966 murders of three police officers in Shepherds Bush by Harry Roberts and two others. It led to a huge manhunt, and Roberts' release, 48 hours after being jailed.

Season 5

Jack the Ripper - Part 1

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2019

Jack the Ripper - Part 1

A re-examination of Jack The Ripper's crimes, revealing how the story we know today was shaped by the sensationalist press of 1888.

Jack the Ripper - Part 2

Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2019

Jack the Ripper - Part 2

Re-examining the notorious crimes of Jack the Ripper, the most famous serial killer in history, the man who murdered five women on the streets of Whitechapel and got away with it.

The Siege of Sidney Street

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2019

The Siege of Sidney Street

The gun battle on the thoroughfares of London in 1911 known as the Siege of Sidney Street. Four hundred rounds of ammunition were fired over six hours in one of the earliest news incidents to be captured by motion camera.

Bluebeard

Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2019

Bluebeard

The crimes of Henri Landru who, during the First World War, seduced women with promises of marriage and lured them to houses outside Paris where they vanished.

The Hay Poisoner

Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2019

The Hay Poisoner

Herbert Rowse Armstrong, was convicted of poisoning his wife with arsenic, even though much of the evidence was circumstantial and the scientific testimony remains disputed.

Amelia Dyer

Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2020

Amelia Dyer

The crimes of Amelia Dyer, who promised mothers that for a fee she would adopt their babies. In fact, she neglected and murdered countless infants.

The Cleveland Torso Murders

Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Feb 14, 2020

The Cleveland Torso Murders

The unsolved murders committed by the Butcher of Kingsbury Run, a serial killer operating in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1930s, who murdered at least 12 men and women.

The Richmond Murders

Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Feb 21, 2020

The Richmond Murders

A crime from 1879 in which widow Julia Martha Thomas was killed in her own home by her servant Kate Webster, who also stole her victim's clothes, property and identity.

Mary Pearcey

Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Feb 28, 2020

Mary Pearcey

Here we reveal how the notorious killer Mary Pearcey began an affair with her victim's husband, how she inserted herself into the family's life.

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