Murder Most British

Ep 24 - The Shankill Butchers - Belfast's Bloodiest Gang

“They prowled the streets of Belfast by night — blades in hand, and hatred in their hearts.”
During the height of the Troubles, a loyalist gang led by Lenny Murphy turned sectarian terror into ritual murder. Their victims were chosen at random, their cruelty unmatched — a reign of blood that left even hardened detectives shaken.
This week, the Archive returns to Belfast in the 1970s, where the line between war and murder was carved in steel.
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Ep 23 - Britain’s Forgotten Serial Killer — Stephen Akinmurele

“He looked like the boy next door — until the doors began to close for good.”
Between 1995 and 1998, Stephen Akinmurele was linked to a string of brutal murders across the North West of England and the Isle of Man — crimes that exposed a quiet, calculating killer living behind an ordinary façade. What began in Manchester’s suburbs would widen across the Irish Sea, leaving behind a legacy of unanswered questions and silent victims.
This week, the Archive journeys from Manchester’s quiet cul-de-sacs to the misted streets of the Isle of Man, where ordinary life masked a gathering darkness.
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This episode is based on contemporaneous reporting and official police statements relating to this case. The suspect died in custody before the case could be heard in court, so there was never a trial and no court record to draw on.

Ep 22 - Ghosts of Justice Past: The Holyhead Christmas Murder

“On a cold Christmas night in Holyhead, the season of goodwill turned to grief.”
In December 1909, the body of Gwen Ellen Jones was found near her home on Anglesey — a brutal killing that shocked a quiet Welsh community.Over a century later, her case remains an echo of sorrow, a reminder that even in times of celebration, darkness has a way of finding its place.
This week, the Archive steps back to a frozen Anglesey shore, where a single Christmas Night left a shadow no season could thaw.
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Correction: In this episode, we state that Gwen Ellen Jones’s body was discovered by two residents crossing a field near Newry Street. Contemporary police records and later historical research indicate that the body was located by police after William Murphy surrendered and stated where he had killed her. We regret the error.

Ep 21 - The Bedsit Murders - David Fuller

When Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce were found murdered in Tunbridge Wells, police feared a serial predator was at large.But it would take more than thirty years to uncover the full horror of David Fuller’s double life — a story that exposed not just one killer, but an appalling betrayal of the dead.
This week, the Archive returns to Kent, where two 1980s murders marked only the beginning of a darkness no one dared imagine.
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Ep 20 - The Last Night Out - The Murder of Lily Sullivan

When eighteen-year-old Lily left a nightclub on a cold December morning, she stepped into familiar streets — lanes she had walked countless times, roads that always led safely home. But as the hours stretched on and the silence deepened, a small Welsh town found itself at the edge of a story far darker than its quiet beauty suggested.
This week, the Archive goes to Pembrokeshire, where ancient stone, winter water, and a single missing voice set off a search that would ripple through families, friends, and an entire community.
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Ep 19 - The Judge’s Daughter – The Murder of Patricia Curran

In the autumn of 1952, the quiet village of Whiteabbey lay beneath Belfast’s grey skies — a place of polished respectability and deep, unspoken divisions. When nineteen-year-old Patricia Curran, daughter of a High Court judge, failed to return home one November night, the discovery that followed shattered the illusion of order. The investigation that unfolded in the glen outside Glen House would grip Northern Ireland for decades — a tangle of class, secrecy, and suspicion that reached into the very heart of the justice system itself.
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Ep 18 - The House of Blood on Dixon Avenue - A Glasgow Triple Murder

When neighbours reported strange noises on Dixon Avenue in 2004, police entered a flat to uncover a scene that would shock even seasoned detectives.
What began as an ordinary evening among acquaintances became a story of violence, desperation, and the thin line between survival and savagery.
This week, the Archive returns to Glasgow, where one tenement flat became the stage for a night few would ever forget.
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Ep 17 - The Ardlamont Mystery - Alfred Monson

In 1893, a shooting on a Scottish estate sparked one of the most debated trials of its age.At the centre stood Alfred John Monson — tutor, gentleman, and accused murderer. But was it a crime of greed, an accident in the mist… or something more elusive still?This week, the Archive steps onto a Scottish estate where fortune, suspicion, and fog tangled into a case that still stirs debate.
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Ep 16: All Will Be Revealed - Leigh Ann Sabine

In a quiet Welsh town, a reclusive woman known for her wigs, stories, and late-night cigarettes dies, leaving behind a flat as immaculate as she kept herself. But when friends step inside to clear her things, they uncover something wrapped beneath years of secrecy — and realize they never truly knew the woman upstairs.
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SPECIAL: The Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot - Guy Fawkes

SPECIAL: The Gunpowder Plot — The Crime That Shook England
In this Murder Most British special, we turn back to 1605 — a time of religious tension, political paranoia, and one of the most infamous conspiracies in English history. Guy Fawkes and a group of disillusioned Catholics plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate King James I. Their goal: to ignite rebellion and restore their faith to power.  
This episode traces the origins of the Gunpowder Plot, the secret meetings beneath Westminster, and the chain of events that led to Fawkes’s capture in the early hours of 5 November. Through betrayal, confession, and brutal punishment, the story reveals how one failed explosion reshaped Britain’s understanding of loyalty, faith, and treason.
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Contains dramatized or paraphrased material based on historical sources. Accuracy has been maintained to the best of our ability; some dialogue and attributions are interpretive.