Murder Most British

Ep 27 - The Torture and Murder of Lynda Spence

“A disappearance in Glasgow became something far more disturbing — and left questions that have never fully settled.”
In April 2011, Lynda Spence vanished after an ordinary day in the city. At first, there was no sign of struggle, no clear explanation — just absence.
As police worked to trace her final movements, the picture that emerged grew darker, pointing toward confinement, control, and a level of cruelty rarely encountered even in the most serious investigations.
This week, the Archive examines a case defined not by speed, but by duration — where what happened after the disappearance matters more than the moment she was last seen.
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Sources
Appeal Against Conviction And Sentence By Philip Wade And Colin Coats Against Her Majesty's Advocate
https://vlex.co.uk/vid/appeal-against-conviction-and-878398540
Police Scotland - Update - Lynda Spence murder - 2011
https://www.scotland.police.uk/what-s-happening/news/2022/march/update-lynda-spence-murder-2011 
The Kidnap and Murder of Lynda Spence (Channel 5) 
https://www.channel5.com/the-kidnap-and-murder-of-lynda-spence
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/apr/08/lynda-spence-murder-two-convicted
BBC News — Missing persons enquiries and initial disappearance reportinghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22013752 
BBC News — Follow-up reporting on sightings and investigation detailshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22064366 
BBC News — Coverage of the case in later yearshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22068323 
BBC News — Recent coverage (2022)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-60765214 
Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/lynda-spence-two-jailed-for-torture-murder-10449357

Ep 26 - A Smile Before the Knife - Joanna Dennehy

“She laughed at the crime scenes — and smiled through the blood.”
In March 2013, Joanna Dennehy carried out a series of killings later known as the Peterborough Ditch Murders — three men murdered in just ten days, their bodies left in remote Cambridgeshire ditches.
This episode traces the violence from its quiet beginnings to its abrupt end, examining a case defined not by rage or desperation, but by intention. A rare and unsettling insight into a killer who described murder as something she wanted to feel.
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Court Records & Legal Reporting (Primary / Authoritative)
The Queen v Dennehy, Stretch, Layton & Moore — Sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Spencer (28 February 2014)https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Judgments/the-queen-v-dennehy-sentencing-remarks-28022014.pdf 
High Court of England and Wales — Judgment on Joanna Dennehy v Secretary of State for Justice (2016) https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dennehy-v-ministry-of-justice-1.pdf
The Guardian — Serial killer loses claim for rights violations over solitary confinement (26 May 2016) https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/may/26/serial-killer-loses-claim-for-rights-violations-over-solitary-confinement
The Guardian —https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/18/woman-admits-murdering-men-stabbed-ditches?
BBC News — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26124076 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35840866 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25669206 
Media Coverage (Referenced for Context Only)
Daily Mail, New York Post, and related tabloidsReferenced only to acknowledge post-trial media fascination and public narratives; not treated as primary factual sources.

Ep 25 - Saturday Night Strangler - Joseph Kappen

“For years, the streets of Port Talbot whispered of a killer who vanished with the dawn.”
In the early 1970s, three young women were murdered after nights out in South Wales — attacks that left a community fearful and police without answers. Decades later, new questions would emerge about what truly happened on those Saturday nights… and the man who escaped justice for so long.
This week, the Archive returns to South Wales, where three Saturday nights cast a shadow that lingered for decades.
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SOURCES
The Guardian – Kevin Toolis (18 January 2003)The hunt for the Saturday Night Stranglerhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jan/18/wales.kevintoolis 
The Guardian – Kevin Toolis (18 January 2003)DNA profile points to killerhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/jan/18/weekend.kevintoolis 
The Independent (7 June 2002)DNA evidence ends 30-year hunt for killer and rapisthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/dna-evidence-ends-30year-hunt-for-killer-and-rapist-179326.html 
BBC News (2 November 2000)DNA breakthrough in murder casehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1002648.stm 
BBC News (29 October 2001)Woodland murders ‘breakthrough’http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1626078.stm 
BBC News (11 June 2002)Missing girl ‘link’ to murdershttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2038433.stm 
Wikipedia – Joseph William Kappenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kappen(Used as a tertiary reference only; facts verified against primary reporting.)
 

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

*Audio updated to remove silence gaps* 
“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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