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Our Toughest Cases

Season 1
Certain crimes take their toll on even the most experienced police officers Relive the toughest cases crime investigators ever faced Frontline officers senior investigators forensic officers detectives family liaison officers and arresting officers provide firsthand insight into what made each step of the investigation so difficult and why in some cases they took years to solve
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  1. S1 E1 - Manhunt for a Serial Killer

    44min
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    In 2006 Glasgow was rocked when police discovered the body of a missing 23yearold woman in a church On seeing the brutal way she had been killed the detective superintendent realized she couldnt be the killers only victim He quickly set up a multiforce operation trying to link the killer to other murders What he discovered was one of Scotlands worst serial killers Peter Tobin
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  2. S1 E2 - Angel of Death

    44min
    TV-MA
    Thirteen children suffered lifethreatening collapses in an English hospital Four died With doctors confused by the sudden illness of so many babies and youths police were called in Despite initial medical investigations concluding that the collapses were of natural causes the detective superintendent wouldnt rest until he uncovered the truth There was a killer on the childrens ward
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  3. S1 E3 - A Killer in the Village

    44min
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    In 2012 fiveyearold April Jones disappeared while playing with friends in a Welsh village Her mothers panicked emergency call led to the biggest search ever in the UK Police officers and hundreds of local residents took part The only solid clue was from a sevenyearold who witnessed April with a man in a gray van The next five days were a frantic race to find the killer
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  4. S1 E4 - The Hunt for the Night Stalker

    44min
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    For 17 years a serial attacker struck fear into the elderly community in London raping elderly victims in their own homes The Night Stalker left no fingerprints and very little evidence to go on Detectives had a tough case to crack With the perpetrators unpredictability it was exceptionally difficult for investigators to identify the culprit of these traumatic incidents But they did
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  5. S1 E5 - The Midlands Ripper

    44min
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    In the 80s and 90s there were 200 murders and attacks on sex workers in Britain Police believed there could be a serial killer In 1997 Leicestershire police reopened two unsolved murder cases They had an unexpected DNA hit that matched DNA on one of the murder victims The detectives finally had a suspect Could this attacker be the Midlands Ripper who had evaded capture for two decades
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  6. S1 E6 - The Revenge Killing

    44min
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    In 2009 an English village was the scene of a brutal murder Police were baffled as to why someone would want to kill this man Apart from a partial footprint the crime scene was clear of all forensic evidence Could the perpetrators have committed an almost perfect murder Detectives were determined to catch the killers and for five months they scoured the country for even the tiniest clue
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