Fred re-examines what really happened in the original House of Horrors… 10 Rillington Place. He tells the story of John Christie who killed up to eight people and investigates how neighbour Timothy Evans was hanged for two of those crimes.

Fred investigates the infamous acid bath murderer John George Haigh who killed at least six people and disposed of their bodies in sulphuric acid during the 1940s.

Fred re-opens the murder casebook on Harold Jones who killed two children when he was only a 15 year old boy himself. He visits the Welsh town of Abertillery – the scene of the brutal murders in the 1920s. He interviews a relative of one of the victims and learns more about how this small mining town was in disbelief that such heinous crimes could take place.

Fred re-traces the tragic story of Ruth Ellis who shot her lover, David Blakely, outside of a pub in Hampstead, London in 1955. She was the last woman to be hanged in the UK and many say her death helped bring and end to capital punishment

Fred discovers the truth behind one of the most controversial miscarriages of justice in the 20th Century in Britain. Derek Bentley was hanged for the murder of PC Sidney Miles even though he didn’t pull the trigger of the gun that shot him. It was actually 16 year old Christopher Craig who fired the weapon and Derek was actually under arrest at the time.

Fred uncovers the shocking murders committed by serial poisoner Graham Young. At the age of 15 he was sent to Broadmoor having murdered his step mother and poisoned other members of his family. When released he then went on to kill at least two more people and poison countless others.

Fred takes a fresh look at the ten year rampage of Donald Neilson known as the Black Panther. His crimes included armed robbery, murder and kidnap in the 1970s.

Fred re-examines the murders committed in the early 20th Century by George Joseph Smith. The serial bigamist drowned three of his eight wives in a bath so he could profit from their insurance policies.

Fred Dinenage follows the extraordinary tale of serial killer Patrick Mackay, who savagely murdered more than three people in cold blood. Certified a psychopath at 15, could these murders have been prevented if the authorities had stepped in earlier?

Fred Dinenage investigates one of Scotland’s most enigmatic serial killers – Archibald Hall known as the Monster Butler. Hall’s lust for a luxurious lifestyle turned him from a conman and jewellery thief into a callous murderer.

Fred Dinenage looks back over the life of Lord Lucan; the aristocratic figure whose glamorous life became tainted by murder, mistaken identity and events that would launch the biggest manhunt in British history.

Fred Dinenage looks back over the life of John Straffen; at the age of 21 he strangled two little girls but escaped the hangman’s noose due to his low IQ of just 58. After six months at Broadmoor Straffen escaped and committed a third murder on another young girl in a local village.

Fred Dinenage examines the brutal crimes of Child Killer Mary Bell. At just 11 years old Mary Bell shocked the country when she was convicted of strangling two young boys aged just 3 and 4. What made this child commit such horrific acts and can children who have murdered change?

Fred Dinenage examines the horrific murders performed by Scottish serial killer Peter Manuel. Manuel was hanged at the age of 31, convicted of 7 murders but suspected of many more. He was a cold ruthless killer with no motive and an incontrollable rage… who just wanted to be the centre of attention.

During the 1960s, fear spread through the local community of Cannock Chase. Children were being snatched from the streets, sexually assaulted and murdered. Fred Dinenage re investigates the brutal killings that sparked one of the biggest manhunts in police history, and led to the conviction of Raymond Leslie Morris.

Fred Dinenage looks back over the life and crimes of RAF cadet Gordon Cummins. During the London Blitz of 1942, terror stalked the war torn streets. It was not just the horror of German bombs falling from the sky… the fear was created by a spree killer. In just one week four women were brutally killed and two women attacked. Not since Jack the Ripper had there been such a gruesome spate of murders…earning Cummins the title... The Blackout Ripper..

In 1962, James Hanratty was hanged for the murder of Michael Gregsten but was there enough evidence at the time? Fred Dinenage interviews his brother Michael Hanratty and Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC about the prospect of his underlying innocence.

In this episode, Fred Dinenage takes a journey back to the poverty stricken East End of 1888 and speaks to Ripperologists about the continuing fascination behind the Jack the Ripper mystery

The Moors Murders is one of the most infamous murder cases of the 20th Century. Between the years 1963 - 1965 young couple Ian Brady and Myra Hindley abducted, assaulted and murdered five children in the Manchester area, burying four of them on Saddleworth Moor.

For twenty six years the public believed that two children found dead in Epping Forest in 1970 had died of exposure. Then in 1996 a convicted child murderer, Ronald Jebson, called police from Wakefield Prison – he had information about the murder of the Babes in the Wood.

In Germany in 2002, a case came to light that shocked the world. A man in a rural German village had filmed himself dismembering, killing and eating another man. The culprit, Armin Meiwes was to become known as The Cannibal of Rotenburg.

On Friday 13th April 1973 the bodies of three children were found impaled on garden railings in Worcester. The murderer? The family’s lodger and babysitter David McGreavy.