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Kaitlyn’s Baby
6. A problem like Kaitlyn
A pregnant woman seeks help. But nothing is as it seems
14 Jan 2025,·30 mins
Introducing... Gangster Presents... Sex, Drugs & Cell Block Parties
The story of the UK's biggest prison smuggling plot and the love story at the heart of it.
01 Dec 2025,·4 mins
WifeHunter
6. Whose Problem is Ray McDonald?
Vicky wonders what it would take to stop Ray MacDonald offending.
13 Feb 2026,·18 mins
10. Something Else Was Pursued
The families of Patricia, Jemima and Helen react to Jim and Brian’s revelations.
07 Dec 2022,·49 mins
Episode 4: 'The Staircase Industry'
The films, dramas, documentaries, books... why does this story keep resurfacing?
08 Jun 2022,·40 mins
6. The Last of the Gentlemen Smugglers
The story of how a fishing village and rural detectives foil a huge drug smuggling plot
19 Dec 2024,·43 mins
The Blackout Ripper
The Killers and The Hangman
Marjorie Cummins is certain that her husband is innocent, but will the jury believe her?
27 May 2024,·30 mins
8. The Showdown
Catrin finally confronts Lighthouse's leader as the organisation ends up in court.
05 Apr 2023,·29 mins
6. The Missing Motive
The trial concludes. Could one person hold the key to this baffling crime?
08 Aug 2023,·40 mins
9. Seeking The Truth
Annette seeks answers and Nicole finds a leaked document revealing the truth.
02 May 2024,·37 mins
Introducing …A Very British Cult
The sinister life coaching company that takes over your life. Catrin Nye investigates.
06 Apr 2023,·29 mins
Episode 8: The Mother of All Cons
New revelations in the extraordinary story of a teenage girl's celebrity backed charity.
31 May 2026,·35 mins
8. Rest in peace
What can modern forensic psychiatry tell us about the case?
17 Apr 2023,·25 mins
7. Consequences
An undercover reporter investigates what some on the far right in the UK really look like
07 Oct 2026,·10 mins
The Boy in the Woods: The Discussion
Winifred Robinson investigates how vulnerable children are dealt with.
17 Oct 2022,·27 mins
The Case of the Texan Legacy
With Sherlock Holmes killed off, Professor Joe Bell tuns to matters of life and death.
06 Nov 2026,·14 mins
Bonus: ‘I had to run’- A Mother’s Story
After 50 years, we share the mother and son reunion that seemed impossible.
11 Mar 2026,·36 mins
10. Picking up the pieces
This podcast is the subject of a legal complaint.
16 Dec 2020,·25 mins
5. Human Leather
The doctor takes Horwood's body in the dead of night. His destiny? A book bound in skin.
02 Jun 2021,·12 mins
6: The Death Threats
Mobeen receives a death threat as the violence in West Yorkshire takes a darker turn.
22 Jun 2020,·44 mins
10. An End in Sight
A desperate mother has tried so hard to find her daughter and waited so long to reunite.
27 Mar 2020,·38 mins
Bad People present True Crime Crackers 2022 ft. Lost at Sea
Bad People meet the people behind some of the BBC’s best true crime podcasts of 2022.
20 Dec 2022,·44 mins
Part 13: Tiger Bay’s last fight
Back to Butetown and the Cardiff Five, 30 years on.
02 May 2019,·40 mins
Episode 21: ‘A cold-blooded killer’ jailed
McCullagh is sentenced, and evidence including the 999 call is revealed
03 Jun 2026,·35 mins
Episode 7: The Eighth Floor
A final trip to the eighth floor of the car park in East London where Innes Ewart died.
09 May 2019,·22 mins
Dead Rabbit
10. Catch Me
A verdict. Dan and Lucy ask: is violence winning? Turns out, dead animals are everywhere.
20 Jul 2026,·18 mins
Episode 11 - No such luck?
Paradise concludes, asking was Boston a master criminal - or just a lucky one?
17 May 2019,·70 mins
7. The golden boy
Wayne Jenkins tells his side of the story
25 Sep 2021,·32 mins
Introducing Undercover: The Spycops
An undercover police officer is unmasked by the friends and lovers he was sent to spy on.
24 Jan 2024,·5 mins
Episode 8 - The Pub
After 18 years, the police put forward a possible motive for Alistair Wilson's murder.
29 Sep 2022,·26 mins
