Fred Dinenage Murder Casebook
(2011)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 3
Monster of Worcester
Episode 6 - 12-10-2013
46m
On Friday 13 April 1973 the bodies of three children were found impaled on garden railings in Worcester. The murderer? The family’s lodger and babysitter David McGreavy.
8/10
Haven't Seen
Armin Meiwes
Episode 5 - 12-03-2013
45m
In Germany in 2002, a case came to light that shocked the world. A man in a rural German village had filmed himself dismembering, killing and eating another man. The culprit, Armin Meiwes was to become known as The Cannibal of Rotenburg.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Babes in the Woods
Episode 4 - 11-26-2013
46m
For twenty six years the public believed that two children found dead in Epping Forest in 1970 had died of exposure. Then in 1996 a convicted child murderer, Ronald Jebson, called police from Wakefield Prison – he had information about the murder of the Babes in the Wood.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Hanratty / The A6 Murder
Episode 3 - 11-19-2013
44m
In 1962, James Hanratty was hanged for the murder of Michael Gregsten but was there enough evidence at the time?
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Moors Murders
Episode 2 - 11-12-2013
45m
The Moors Murders is one of the most infamous murder cases of the 20th Century. Between the years 1963 - 1965 young couple Ian Brady and Myra Hindley abducted, assaulted and murdered five children in the Manchester area, burying four of them on Saddleworth Moor.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Jack the Ripper
Episode 1 - 11-05-2013
45m
Fred Dinenage takes a journey back to the poverty stricken East End of 1888 and speaks to Ripperologists about the continuing fascination behind the Jack the Ripper mystery.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Season 2
The Blackout Ripper
Episode 8 - 11-25-2012
Fred Dinenage looks back over the life and crimes of RAF cadet Gordon Cummins.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Patrick Mackay: The Psychopath
Episode 7 - 11-18-2012
46m
Fred Dinenage follows the extraordinary tale of serial killer Patrick Mackay, who savagely murdered more than three people in cold blood.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
The Cannock Chase Murders
Episode 6 - 11-11-2012
45m
During the 1960's, fear spread through the local community of Cannock Chase.
8.2/10Haven't Seen
John Straffen : Longest Serving Prisoner
Episode 5
45m
Fred Dinenage looks back over the life of John Straffen; at the age of 21 he strangled two little girls but escaped the hangman’s noose due to his low IQ of just 58.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
The Monster Butler
Episode 4
44m
Fred Dinenage investigates one of Scotland’s most enigmatic serial killers, Archibald Hall known as the Monster Butler.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Mary Bell
Episode 3 - 10-21-2012
Fred Dinenage examines the brutal crimes of child killer Mary Bell.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Peter Manuel
Episode 2 - 10-14-2012
45m
Fred Dinenage examines the horrific murders performed by Scottish serial killer Peter Manuel.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
The Mystery of Lord Lucan
Episode 1 - 10-07-2012
44m
Fred Dinenage looks back over the life of Lord Lucan; the aristocratic figure whose glamorous life became tainted by murder, mistaken identity and events that would launch the biggest manhunt in British history.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Season 1
Derek Bentley
Episode 8 - 6-05-2011
45m
Derek Bentley, the nineteen year old executed at Wandsworth prison, for his part in the murder of PC Sidney Miles during a break in at a warehouse in Surrey. As a minor Bentley’s accomplice Christopher Craig, who actually shot the officer, escaped execution and a long sentence leaving Bentley alone to take the fall. With the help of Criminologist Professor David Wilson we’ll discover how his case changed the law.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
Ruth Ellis
Episode 7 - 6-12-2011
44m
A brutal crime of passion that gripped the nation and saw Ruth Ellis hanged after murdering her estranged lover at the violent climax of a destructive relationship fuelled by jealousy. We’ll examine what punishment may have been dealt out to Ruth had she committed the murder in today’s modern age.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
John Christie
Episode 6 - 5-01-2011
45m
The extraordinary tale of deceitful compulsive liar John Christie, who murdered six women and stored them in his home in Rillington Place between 1943-53. Christie initially framed his neighbour, Timothy Evans, who was consequently hanged for the supposed murder of his wife and child, leading to a strong public outcry upon discovery and the eventual abolition of capital punishment.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
The Welsh Child Killer
Episode 5 - 5-29-2011
45m
Fifteen year old killer Harold Jones brutally murdered two young girls in 1921 giving the reasons for the murders as a 'desire to kill'. After narrowly escaping prosecution on his first attack, Jones was eventually caught red handed when the mutilated body of his second victim was discovered in his attic. Not yet 16 Jones escaped hanging merely by the virtue of his age. We’ll examine new evidence that shows Jones may have later gone on to become ‘Jack the Stripper’, an unidentified serial killer in the 1960’s.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
The Black Panther
Episode 4 - 5-15-2011
45m
Scarred by a traumatic and unstable upbringing, Donald Neilson was the serial burglar turned masked murderer obsessed with weapons and military conduct. The meticulous nature to his three murders, became increasingly violent ending in the kidnapping and brutal murder of seventeen year old heiress Lesley Whittle.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Brides in the Bath
Episode 3 - 5-22-2011
44m
The heartless bigamist murderer George Joseph Smith left his victims with broken hearts, empty bank accounts and in some cases, dead. Drowning three of his seven wives, Smith was hanged for his murderous greed. Fred Dinenage examines how the early use of forensics helped police unmask the killer.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Teacup Poisoner
Episode 2 - 5-08-2011
45m
Graham Young is the reoffending serial killer fascinated with deadly poisons and toxic chemicals who began his fatal experiments at the mere age of fourteen after poisoning his entire family. Released from jail 15 years later he up-scaled his study, this time lacing cups of tea with deadly poison to an entire factory of workers.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
The Acid Baths Murderer
Episode 1 - 5-01-2011
46m
The seemingly admirable and respectable middle class man, John Haigh, guilty of six grotesque murders in which each victim was drained of blood and later dissolved in acid. Haigh’s calculated disposal of the bodies was an attempt to acquire their wealth in belief that this would prevent any risk of conviction. Was he a blood thirsty Satanist or one of the most cunning and callous killers who would do anything for money to feed his greed for money.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
Top 5 Highest Rated Episodes 8.2/10 8/10 7.9/10 7.9/10 7.8/10
The Cannock Chase Murders
Episode 6 - 11-11-2012
45m
During the 1960's, fear spread through the local community of Cannock Chase.
8.2/10Haven't Seen
Monster of Worcester
Episode 6 - 12-10-2013
46m
On Friday 13 April 1973 the bodies of three children were found impaled on garden railings in Worcester. The murderer? The family’s lodger and babysitter David McGreavy.
8/10Haven't Seen
The Black Panther
Episode 4 - 5-15-2011
45m
Scarred by a traumatic and unstable upbringing, Donald Neilson was the serial burglar turned masked murderer obsessed with weapons and military conduct. The meticulous nature to his three murders, became increasingly violent ending in the kidnapping and brutal murder of seventeen year old heiress Lesley Whittle.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Armin Meiwes
Episode 5 - 12-03-2013
45m
In Germany in 2002, a case came to light that shocked the world. A man in a rural German village had filmed himself dismembering, killing and eating another man. The culprit, Armin Meiwes was to become known as The Cannibal of Rotenburg.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Patrick Mackay: The Psychopath
Episode 7 - 11-18-2012
46m
Fred Dinenage follows the extraordinary tale of serial killer Patrick Mackay, who savagely murdered more than three people in cold blood.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
