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Murder, Mystery and My Family
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Two leading British criminal barristers re-investigate historic murder cases on behalf of a relative of the person convicted of the crime, presenting any new evidence to a judge for assessment.
- Country of originUnited Kingdom
- Year when published2018
- CastTony Hirst, Jeremy Dein, Sasha Wass
S1:E1
Charlotte Bryant
Sasha and Jeremy re-investigate the case of Charlotte Bryant, tried, convicted and hung for poisoning her husband Frederick with arsenic in Dorset, in 1935. Could it have been an accident?
S1:E2
Devlin and Burns
The team review the infamous case of prolific petty thieves Edward Devlin and Alfred Burns, who were sentenced to death for the 1951 murder of Beatrice Rimmer in Manchester.
S1:E3
Alfred Moore
Two top criminal barristers re-investigate the trial, conviction and execution of Alfred Moore for shooting dead two police officers in a police cordon surrounding his farmhouse in 1951.
S1:E4
John Dickman
The case of the last man to be hanged at Newcastle Prison, John Dickman, is re-examined by the team. The local bookmaker was convicted of shooting dead a man on a train.
S1:E5
Edith Thompson
In 1922, Edith Thompson and her lover are convicted of the brutal murder of her husband Percy. In 2017, her cousin Nicki questions how safe the original convictions were.
S1:E6
Mary Jane Bennett
Sasha and Jeremy re-investigate a murder case from 1900 in Great Yarmouth. A woman who was staying in the seaside resort under an assumed name was found dead on the beach.
S1:E7
William Burtoft
Jeremy and Sasha examine an alleged false confession that led to the hanging of William Burtoft for the brutal murder of Frances Levin in her Manchester home in 1933.
S1:E8
Annie Louise Kempson
The barristers scrutinise a violent burglary in 1931 that led to 54-year-old widow Annie Louise Kempson being bludgeoned and stabbed to death in her Oxford home.
S1:E9
Michael Davies
Jeremy and Sasha examine a gang-related murder in Clapham Common in 1953 that left one teenager dead and another one facing the hangman's noose.
S1:E10
John Twiss
Jeremy and Sasha investigate a rural case of murder in County Cork, Ireland in 1894. John Twiss was hanged for the murder of James Donovan but protested his innocence to the end.
S2:E1
Jack Hewitt
Barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass investigate if the 15-year-old boy convicted of murdering the landlady of the local inn in the sleepy Oxfordshire hamlet of Gallowstree Green in 1921 was truly guilty.
S2:E2
Styllou Christofi
Barristers re-investigate the murder of a young German woman at the hands of her Greek-Cypriot mother-in-law in Hampstead in 1954. The murdered woman's son believes his grandmother was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.
S2:E3
Richard Brinkley
Jeremy and Sasha examine a curious case of poisoning in Croydon in 1907 that caused the demise of an innocent family. The great-grandsons of the man convicted of the ghastly deed want to learn the truth about their ancestor.
S2:E4
Thatcher
The barristers reexamine the 1962 armed robbery of a Co-op depot in South London which resulted in an employee being shot dead. Was a career criminal 'fitted up' for murder as claimed by his widow?
S2:E5
Leslie Stone
Saha and Jeremy examine the murder of a young woman in a local 'lovers lane' in Leighton Buzzard in 1937. Her ex-boyfriend was found guilty of her murder but his nieces believe he was innocent.
S2:E6
Harold Merry
The barristers examine the tragic case of a failed suicide pact in Birmingham in 1942 that left a young woman dead and her married lover convicted of her murder and hung.
S2:E7
Emily Swann
The barristers explore a case involving domestic violence, adultery, revenge and murder in a Yorkshire town in 1903. 125-years on the great-granddaughter of one of those convicted of murder.
S2:E8
Sarah Chesham
Barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass investigate whether a young mother accused of poisoning her family in 1850 was hanged as a result of hearsay and gossip.
S2:E9
Michael Gilligan
The barristers re-examine the violent attack on an Irish Catholic man by a rival gang in Darlington in 1875. They uncover a case of revenge, murder, secret societies and a deathbed accusation.