Murder by the Sea

Season 8

2023 · 10 episodes · 8h 2m in all

Episodes

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   1. Wanda Chantler

   10 Jan 2023 · 47 min

   The 8th series opens with a bizarre case. Roger and Josie Hartland found themselves stalked by their new home's previous owner, who claimed to be a former resident of a Nazi breeding camp, producing children for Hitler's Aryan race.

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   2. Donald MacMillan Jnr

   17 Jan 2023 · 47 min

   Helen Torbet visited the Highlands every year and stayed at the same guesthouse, but over the years the son of its proprietors - Don MacMillan Junior - had developed an unhealthy obsession with her.

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   3. Alan Conner

   24 Jan 2023 · 47 min

   Sandra Parkinson was a vibrant young woman filled with potential. Working in Salcombe, Devon her life was ended when she was murdered in broad daylight just a few metres from a busy beach.

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   4. Russell Causley

   31 Jan 2023 · 47 min

   When Patricia Causley disappeared, her husband managed to convince police that she had walked out on her own volition. A decade later, detectives piece together what had really happened.

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   5. Wayne Doherty

   7 Feb 2023 · 47 min

   Nora Trott, a much-loved member of her community, was savagely murdered. 27 years after her death, advances in DNA technology would allow police to find a suspect in her case.

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   6. Michael Brown

   14 Feb 2023 · 47 min

   Michael Brown claimed to be a sensitive man, held back by the fact he was only five feet tall. His frustrations at his inability to get a job drove him to murder.

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   7. Steve Dicker

   21 Feb 2023 · 47 min

   This edition examines the murder of Jean Dicker, who was battered to death with a hammer at the hands of her son, Steven.

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   8. Percy Mapleton

   28 Feb 2023 · 47 min

   Percy Mapleton was looking for a way to a fast fortune, and identified Brighton bond trader Isaac Gold as his target, but a robbery on a moving train turned into tragedy. Prompted the first composite picture on a wanted poster in the UK.

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   9. Michael Peacock

   7 Mar 2023 · 60 min

   In order to avoid paying for an expensive divorce while having an affair with a much younger woman, Michael Peacock planned what he thought would be the ideal murder.

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    10. Peter Moore

    14 Mar 2023 · 46 min

    The eighth series of the true crime documentary concludes by examining the crimes of Peter Moore, a man who turned to murder following the death of his mother. The cinema manager was dubbed "The Man in Black" and killed 4 men.