Murder by the Sea - Season 1

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Stephen Akinmurele

1 - Stephen Akinmurele

Air Date: May 21, 2018

A profile of the prolific young serial killer Stephen Akinmurele, who was only 21-years-old when he murdered his victims.

Terry Clifton

2 - Terry Clifton

Air Date: May 28, 2018

The case known as the Garage Murders, which sparked a nationwide manhunt that saw Terry Clifton repeatedly evade the police before he was jailed for murdering two mechanics.

Mathew Hardman

3 - Mathew Hardman

Air Date: June 4, 2018

Looking at the case of the 'Vampire Killer' Mathew Hardman, who cut out the heart, and then drank the blood of 90-year-old Mabel Leyshon of Anglesey in 2001.

Colin Gunn

4 - Colin Gunn

Air Date: June 11, 2018

When Joan Stirland's son Michael O'Brien murdered Colin Gunn's nephew in 2003, she and her husband's lives were in danger. They went on the run, but their son's past soon caught up with them.

Paul Longworth

5 - Paul Longworth

Air Date: June 18, 2018

The case of Paul Longworth, who murdered his wife by strangling her with sailing rope and arranging her body in their home, then claimed it was suicide.

Steven Grierson

6 - Steven Grierson

Air Date: June 25, 2018

The case of Steven Grierson, a serial killer who murdered four teenagers and terrorised dozens of others, becoming known as the Sunderland strangler.