Explore all cases and stories from across the United Kingdom.
Lesley Molseed’s murder didn’t just take a child’s life — it destroyed an innocent man’s future. Stefan Kiszko was dragged into a nightmare built on lies, pressure, and police tunnel vision. He lost everything while the real killer carried on with his life for more than thirty years.
In 1995, Vikki Thompson left her Cotswolds home to walk her dog and never returned. Her murder would remain unresolved for years before becoming part of British legal history as one of the first murder retrials under new double-jeopardy laws.
In the late summer of 1988, Anthony Arkwright carried out one of the most disturbing and theatrical killing sprees in modern British history — staging scenes, adopting personas, and treating the investigation as his own twisted production. He wanted infamy. Instead, he became a name most people have never heard.
In April 2010, 12-year-old Tia Rigg visited her uncle John Maden at his home in Cheetham Hill, Manchester. It should have been an ordinary afternoon with someone she loved and trusted. Instead, Tia was brutally murdered by the very person who should have kept her safe, in a crime that would devastate her family and shock the nation.
Margaret Barnes had gone to Barmouth for a short seaside break. One evening, after drinking with friends, she became disoriented on her way back to her accommodation and mistakenly entered a stranger’s home. Believing she was in the right place, she went upstairs and climbed into the bed.
What happened when the homeowner discovered her there would end with Margaret dead and a man convicted of her murder.
The murder of Jimmy Prout, a vulnerable 45-year-old man with mental health challenges, took place in North Shields in 2016. Jimmy fell victim to a cult-like group led by the manipulative Zahid Zaman, whom he considered his friend. Under Zahid's control, Jimmy endured severe psychological abuse and horrific violence, which ultimately led to his death.
In 1987, two young women were murdered in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in crimes that became known as the Bedsit Murders. For more than three decades, their cases remained unsolved until a DNA breakthrough led police to David Fuller. But the Bedsit Killer was hiding a far darker secret, one that would earn him another name: the Morgue Monster.