UK True Crime Documentaries

Elgin, 1998. Police begin to piece together clues when a mother vanishes from her home.

How bone fragments in the embers of a fire led police to a brutal murder in a forest.

The death of one young woman exposes a hidden criminal underworld in Northern Ireland.

Four survivors of the same dangerous man join forces to finally bring him to justice.

Killer Colin Howell details the murders of his wife and his lover’s husband.

An Orkney waiter is murdered, and a schoolboy becomes prime suspect - but did he do it?

A viral sex tape leads to a bigger story about corruption in the prison system.

West Midlands Police track a violent killer after a man is fatally stabbed in a brothel.

The critical first two days of the investigation into the murder of a man in his flat.

Two people face trial for the murder of 35-year-old Margaret Fleming.

Documentary which casts new light on the Jack the Ripper case.

A planned antisemitic gun attack on UK soil, and the undercover operative who stopped it.

Hazel Martin investigates the death of a woman on a Scottish beach.

TikTok sleuths expose a con artist with multiple fake identities hiding a dark past.

Sixteen-year-old Elliot embarks upon a life of fraud.

In 1991, two seemingly unconnected teenagers go missing in different parts of the UK.

A dismembered human torso dumped at a Salford beauty spot sparks a murder investigation.

As Nilsen’s crimes are discovered, his victims’ stories reveal missed opportunities.

A chance encounter on a night out turns Karl’s Dubai dream into a living nightmare.

An axe attack prompts a police operation to take down Rochdale’s most notorious gang.

How a text message set off a major police investigation into drug dealing in Wales.

Inmate Kieran deals with the aftermath of assaulting a prison officer and his cellmate.

The limbs of a young man are found by chance in Loch Lomond.

The inside story of how Glasgow’s ice cream vans became central to a criminal war.