Murder Maps Season 5 Episodes

Episode 1

Jack the Ripper: Part 1

Sun, Jan 12, 2020 45 mins

Part 1 of a two-part Jack the Ripper special. A look at how the story was shaped by the press of 1888 and the true lives of the five women slain. Two Ripper experts help to tell the true story.

Episode 2

Jack the Ripper: Part 2

Sun, Jan 19, 2020 45 mins

Part 2 of a two-part Jack the Ripper special. A look at how the story was shaped by the press of 1888 and the true lives of the five women slain. Two Ripper experts help to tell the true story.

Episode 3

The Siege of Sidney Street

Sun, Jan 26, 2020 45 mins

In the early twentieth century moving pictures had arrived. The cameras would be there into 1911 to record The Siege of Sidney Street, the first breaking-news story in history.

Episode 4

Bluebeard

Sun, Feb 2, 2020 45 mins

During the first World War, Henri Landru would seduce lonely women and then they would vanish. Two women decided to pursue Landru. This episode shows how they made sure Landru finally faced justice for his crimes.

Episode 5

The Hay Poisoner

Sun, Feb 9, 2020 45 mins

The Hay Poisoner was the first and only person to be hanged in the UK. The evidence was mostly circumstantial and the scientific testimony remains disputed. Here we examine both sides of the case and ask whether the justice system made a mistake.

Episode 6

Amelia Dyer - The Baby Farmer

Sun, Feb 16, 2020 45 mins

Amelia Dyer one of the most prolific killers in British history earned a living murdering babies. Dyer promised mothers that for a fee she would adopt their babies and raise them as her own. Instead, she would kill them.

Episode 7

The Cleveland Torso Murders

Sun, Feb 23, 2020 45 mins

There was a serial killer on the loose in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1930s. Here we investigate the unsolved murders committed by the Butcher of Kingsbury Run. Few victims were ever identified and nobody was brought to justice.

Episode 8

The Richmond Murders

Sun, Mar 1, 2020 45 mins

In Britain 1878, a widow was killed by her servant. This struck at the heart of Victorian society, where the rigid divides between the classes. Kate Webster did not only kill and dismember her employer, she stole her clothes, property and identity.

Episode 9

Mary Pearcey

Sun, Mar 8, 2020 45 mins

Here we reveal how the notorious killer Mary Pearcey began an affair with her victim's husband, how she inserted herself into the family's life. How she lured her rival to her death. And how she got Madame Tussauds to pay for her defense.

Episode 10

John Christie: Serial Killer, Part 2

Thu, Jun 11, 2020 45 mins