• 2011
Fred Dinenage Murder Casebook

Summary Fred Dinenage delves into notorious UK killers of the 20th century, meeting those affected and experts involved, unearthing the realities behind the myths using modern criminology techniques to analyze motives, methods and impacts. View more details

  • 2011

Fred Dinenage Murder Casebook

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : David Wilson Fred Dinenage Clive Aitkins Lee Caine

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8.2

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Genres : Crime Documentary

Release date : Mar 31, 2011

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Talent TV South

Summary Fred Dinenage delves into notorious UK killers of the 20th century, meeting those affected and experts involved, unearthing the realities behind the myths using modern criminology techniques to analyze motives, methods and impacts. View more details

Details

Genres : Crime Documentary

Release date : Mar 31, 2011

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Talent TV South

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 30, 2011
The Acid Bath Murderer
The seemingly admirable and respectable middle class man, John Haigh, guilty of six grotesque murders in which each victim was drained of blood and later dissolved in acid. Haigh's calculated disposal of the bodies was an attempt to acquire their wealth in belief that this would prevent any risk of conviction. Was he a blood thirsty Satanist or one of the most cunning and callous killers who would do anything for money to feed his greed for money.
Episode 2 • May 07, 2011
The Teacup Poisoner
Graham Young is the serial killer fascinated with poisons and toxic chemicals who began his fatal experiments at the mere age of fourteen when he poisoned his entire family. Released from jail fifteen years later he up-scaled his study, lacing cups of tea with deadly poison to a factory of workers.
Episode 3 • May 21, 2011
Brides in the Bath
The heartless bigamist murderer George Joseph Smith left his victims with broken hearts, empty bank accounts and in some cases, dead. Drowning three of his seven wives, Smith was hanged for his murderous greed. Fred Dinenage examines how the early use of forensics helped police unmask the killer.
Episode 4 • May 14, 2011
The Black Panther
Scarred by a traumatic and unstable upbringing, Donald Neilson was the serial burglar turned masked murderer obsessed with weapons and military conduct. The meticulous nature to his three murders, became increasingly violent ending in the kidnapping and brutal murder of seventeen year old heiress Lesley Whittle.
Episode 5 • May 28, 2011
The Welsh Child Killer
Fifteen year old killer Harold Jones brutally murdered two young girls in 1921 giving the reasons for the murders as a 'desire to kill'. After narrowly escaping prosecution on his first attack, Jones was eventually caught red handed when the mutilated body of his second victim was discovered in his attic. Not yet 16 Jones escaped hanging merely by the virtue of his age. We'll examine new evidence that shows Jones may have later gone on to become 'Jack the Stripper', an unidentified serial killer in the 1960's.
Episode 6 • Apr 30, 2011
John Christie
The extraordinary tale of deceitful compulsive liar John Christie, who murdered six women and stored them in his home in Rillington Place between 1943-53. Christie initially framed his neighbour, Timothy Evans, who was consequently hanged for the supposed murder of his wife and child, leading to a strong public outcry upon discovery and the eventual abolition of capital punishment.
Episode 7 • Jun 11, 2011
Ruth Ellis
A brutal crime of passion that gripped the nation and saw Ruth Ellis hanged after murdering her estranged lover at the violent climax of a destructive relationship fuelled by jealousy. We'll examine what punishment may have been dealt out to Ruth had she committed the murder in today's modern age.
Episode 8 • Jun 04, 2011
Derek Bentley
Derek Bentley, the nineteen year old executed at Wandsworth prison, for his part in the murder of PC Sidney Miles during a break in at a warehouse in Surrey. As a minor Bentley's accomplice Christopher Craig, who actually shot the officer, escaped execution and a long sentence leaving Bentley alone to take the fall. With the help of Criminologist Professor David Wilson we'll discover how his case changed the law.

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