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8 Episodes 2016 - 2016
Episode 1
43 mins
Breck Bednar was a 14-year-old boy who made online friends through a gaming group. He met 18 year old Lewis Daynes who described himself as the owner of a multi-million pound company and resident of New York. His stories of working in computing for the FBI and earning such high sums of money made Breck look up to him. What he doesn't understand is that, Lewis lives 30 miles away and is controlling and grooming him. Finally, on February 17th, 2014, Breck was lured into Lewis's apartment and was brutally murdered.
Episode 2
43 mins
In 2011, in Chatham, a young woman, her baby son and her father die in a house fire. The killer is revealed to be the baby's father and the woman's controlling ex-lover, who did this to spite his girlfriend for leaving him.
Episode 3
42 mins
Gemma Hayter, a 27-year-old woman with a learning disability was stabbed and beaten to death near a railway track.
Episode 4
44 mins
On May 26, 2013, porn-obsessed killer Jamie Reynolds lured 17-year-old Georgia Williams to his home where he hanged her and took photographs of himself sexually assaulting her. He then dumped her body in woodland and went on the run. Georgia�۪s father Steve, a serving police officer, and mother Lynette, tell us how they discovered the sickening details of their daughter�۪s death and the devastating impact it�۪s had on their lives. We hear how Reynolds has been jailed for life, branded a potential serial killer and told he will never be released. Former Detective Superintendent David Swindle and psychologist Emma Kenny give us an insight into Reynolds�۪ twisted mind and reveal the full extent of his morbid fascination in extreme violence against women. Detectives who worked on the case tell us Reynolds stored thousands of images and videos on his hard drive and reveal how he meticulously planned, then acted out his sadistic fantasies on Georgia.
Episode 5
42 mins
Rana Faruqui's former boyfriend Stephen Griffiths refused to accept that their relationship, which had only lasted a few months, was over and that Rana wanted nothing more to do with him. He stalked her for several weeks and on August 2, 2003, he stabbed her to death with an eight-inch, serrated hunting blade. Rana was in a field fetching her horse in for the night when she was attacked and repeatedly stabbed. Griffiths was jailed for life but is eligible for parole in 2017. Rana's mother, Carol Faruqui, and siblings, Simon and Gemma, tell us about their sense of injustice and former Detective Superintendent David Swindle and psychologist Emma Kenny analyze the extent of Griffiths' controlling nature and what drove him to murder Rana.
Episode 6
42 mins
In the summer of 2011, Christine Chambers and her young daughter are murdered at their home in Essex by her controlling violent ex husband. After a failed suicide attempt, he survives to face justice.
Episode 7
42 mins
On December 3, 2013, Ben Blakeley flew into a rage and strangled his teenage girlfriend Jayden Parkinson to death after she told him she was pregnant. He dumped the 17-year-old�۪s body in a ditch and then, a few days later, buried her in his uncle�۪s grave. Her body wasn�۪t found for more than two weeks. Jayden�۪s mother, Samantha Shrewsbury, tells us of her deep sense of loss and how she tried to get her daughter to end her violent and abusive relationship with evil Ben Blakeley. Former Detective Superintendent David Swindle and psychologist Emma Kenny examine the violent and abusive hold Blakeley had over Jayden and give us an insight into his twisted mind.
Episode 8
43 mins
Louise Turnbull was subjected to years of horrific sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather Albert Maughan. Throughout her childhood, she was raped and indecently assaulted by the man she was supposed to trust. The abuse started at the age of three and continued for the next 12 years. In April, 2015, Maughan was jailed for 16 years, convicted of 23 counts of historic sex offences including rape and attempted rape. Now aged 43, Louise has waived her right to anonymity to give her first television interview about her lost childhood. Former Detective Superintendent David Swindle and psychologist Emma Kenny examine the horrific details of this case.