Crime Next Door Podcast
A girl is kidnapped from her home by a man known as 'The Black Panther'. A ransom note is found and police must race to bring the teenager home.
Gripping True Crime stories from neighbourhoods across the UK.
Series 9. The Cop, The Kidnap and The Killer
A girl is kidnapped from her home by a man known as 'The Black Panther'. A ransom note is found and police must race to bring the teenager home.
Previously on Crime Next Door:
Series 1. An Assassin Comes to Town
Gunshots kickstart an extraordinary tale of state terrorism.
Series 2. Servants and Saints
Exploring the story and allegations of a global religious group.
Series 3. Death on the Farm
After fifty years the community of Llangolman seek justice.
Series 4. The Salisbury Poisonings
Follow the public inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess.
Series 5. The Golden Toilet Heist
Exploring a story of art, mystery and a solid gold toilet stolen from a British palace.
Series 6: Who Killed The Shakoors?
A father's fight for justice after surviving a house fire that killed his family.
Series 7. The Ballad of Big Mags
A vigilante matriarch with dark secrets comes to regret stepping into the media spotlight.
Series 8. When a Catfish Kills
‘Chloe’ isn’t a real girl. She’s a catfish and her demands have fatal consequences.
Episodes to download
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5. Finally, Face to Face—The Cop, The Kidnap and The Killer
Tue 2 Dec 2025
The monster becomes a man and British policing is changed forever.
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4. Fear of the Monster—The Cop, The Kidnap and The Killer
Tue 2 Dec 2025
An eerie journey inside the mind of ‘The Black Panther’ as public panic grows.
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3. An Extraordinary Plan—The Cop, The Kidnap and The Killer
Tue 2 Dec 2025
DCS Bob Booth devises a plan to catch the so-called ‘Black Panther' and save Lesley.
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2. The Career Criminal—The Cop, The Kidnap and The Killer
Tue 2 Dec 2025
Police discover that the kidnapper is far more dangerous than they imagined.
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1. The Perfect Detective—The Cop, The Kidnap and The Killer
Tue 2 Dec 2025
Detective Chief Superintendent Robert 'Bob' Booth is tested by the rarest of crimes.
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Introducing The Cop, The Kidnap and The Killer—The Cop, The Kidnap and The Killer
Mon 1 Dec 2025
A kidnapped girl, a ransom trail and the ultimate test for a cop who always gets his man.
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6. Cimarron, Part Two—When a Catfish Kills
Sat 20 Sep 2025
6/8From first contact to manslaughter; three days
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3. Unmasking Chloe—When a Catfish Kills
Sat 20 Sep 2025
3/8Perpetrator demographic; white male, 18 to 80
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2. Ivy and Violet—When a Catfish Kills
Sat 20 Sep 2025
2/8Catfishing; luring someone into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona.
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6. Downfall—The Ballad of Big Mags
Mon 8 Sep 2025
The net begins to close as the cops build their case in the full glare of the media.
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4. Hotel Haney—The Ballad of Big Mags
Fri 8 Aug 2025
Displaced, disillusioned and desperate, Mags takes matters into her own hands.
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5. Dealer Number 1—The Ballad of Big Mags
Fri 8 Aug 2025
A high profile newspaper campaign sets its sights on Mags.
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3. A Family From Hell—The Ballad of Big Mags
Fri 8 Aug 2025
Details of the Haney’s murky past begin to emerge and an angry mob gathers again.
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2. Notorious—The Ballad of Big Mags
Fri 8 Aug 2025
Mags makes waves in the media but not everyone’s happy about her newfound celebrity status
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1. Welcome to the Raploch—The Ballad of Big Mags
Fri 8 Aug 2025
With tensions running high, a mob take to the street and a fearsome ‘frontwoman’ emerges.
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Trailer—The Ballad of Big Mags
Fri 1 Aug 2025
A vigilante matriarch with dark secrets comes to regret stepping into the media spotlight.
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5. Justice for my family—Who Killed the Shakoors?
Wed 21 May 2025
Dr Abdul Shakoor shares his shock at the discoveries we've uncovered.
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4. Forensic evidence—Who Killed the Shakoors?
Wed 21 May 2025
With claims of evidence compromised and mistakes made, we focus on crime scene forensics.
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3. A murder investigation—Who Killed the Shakoors?
Wed 21 May 2025
Police get a breakthrough when something was found dumped near the Shakoor family home.
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2. A second fire—Who Killed the Shakoors?
Wed 21 May 2025
A community in shock, a grieving parent and police revelations of another fire.
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1. A family trapped in the fire—Who Killed the Shakoors?
Wed 21 May 2025
A father jumps from the window of his home to flee a housefire that kills his family.
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Introducing... Who Killed the Shakoors?—Who Killed the Shakoors?
Mon 19 May 2025
A father's fight for justice after surviving a house fire that killed his family.
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6. The Gold—The Golden Toilet Heist
Tue 22 Apr 2025
Exploring how the toilet could have disappeared and where the gold might be today.
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5. The Fence—The Golden Toilet Heist
Tue 15 Apr 2025
A trial begins and voice notes expose how the criminals cashed in on their golden loot.
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4. The Thief—The Golden Toilet Heist
Tue 8 Apr 2025
Four years on, one of the toilet thieves is revealed as James ‘Jimmy’ Sheen.
