Programme de Inside Crime

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In the small rural town of Fayette, Maine, Ted Flagg returns to his newly purchased home to find his wife Judith stabbed to death. Investigators struggle to find suspects and the case is left unanswered for the next 23 years.

After a multi-millionaire’s wife passes away and he finds new love through a younger woman he meets at a private club, they end up marrying, and also adopt her younger twin daughters in order to have the perfect family unit.

When the brutal killing of a young woman in her home spawns numerous other horrific murders in the quiet suburb of Elkridge, Maryland, investigators look into strange appearances of brutalised mannequins in the area.

Failed businessman Christopher Foster killed his wife and daughter before burning their mansion in Shropshire to the ground in August 2008.

Arguably Britain's most infamous serial killer, Peter Sutcliffe became known as The Yorkshire Ripper when he began murdering women in Yorkshire during the 1970s.

Garry Newlove’s wife Helen talks about the events on the night of his murder and the days afterwards, as well as her current work as a peer in the House of Lords combatting anti-social behaviour.

In April 2007, Clare Wood met George Appleton on a dating website and they embarked on a relationship together. Unbeknownst to her, Appleton was a criminal with a severe history of violence against women.

The story of the Marchioness; a pleasure boat that collided with dredger Bowbelle and sank within minutes resulting in the loss of 51 lives.

In the summer of 1993 a serial killer stalked London. The Metropolitan Police investigated a bizarre murder in which a man was found naked on his bed with a dead cat draped over him. He’d been strangled and his flat had been wiped of evidence.

On 12th May 2014 a human torso was discovered in a suitcase during routine maintenance work on a Birmingham canal. With no useable DNA and no other body parts, the case initially seemed impossible to crack.

Hilda Murrell, a 78-year-old distinguished rose-grower, was found dead in woodland near her home town. Despite a huge investigation by the British police, detectives failed to find her killer and conspiracy theories muddied the waters still further.

A 29-year-old hairdresser was found brutally stabbed on her doorstep in a quiet suburban street of London. A recording of a threatening phone call seemed to suggest the motive, but every lead comes to a dead end.

In 1984 a parcel bomb was sent to a 53-year-old grandmother living in a tranquil English village. She died of horrific injuries. No one understood why it had happened. The only evidence detectives had was the bomb itself.

When a Devonshire fisherman hauled in his nets on July 28 1996, he made a gruesome discovery: among that day’s catch was a dead body. There was nothing to identify the man’s body except a Rolex watch and a small maple leaf tattoo on his hand.

In 2002, an off-duty fireman discovered a body in a field charred beyond all recognition. All the police knew was that the man had died a brutal death, having been stabbed repeatedly, shot in the head, and drenched in petrol before being set alight.

It was a missing person’s case that shook the people of Scotland to their core. Within a week of Suzanne Pilley disappearing from her place of work in Edinburgh, police were convinced they were hunting for a killer - despite not having found a body.

Sana Muhammad, formerly known as Devi, had left her unhappy arranged marriage to Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo and remarried. She was a pregnant mother of five when he murdered her in her home.

Stephen Port was convicted of the assaults, rapes and murders of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order.

When landscape architect Joanna Yeates disappeared after work Christmas drinks, the nation was gripped by the search for her. Tragedy struck on Christmas day morning when her body was found in a snow-covered lane. But who had killed the young woman

Millionaire Peter Morgan moved a young mother, Georgina Symonds, into one of his properties, paying her thousands a month to be his ‘girlfriend’. But when the relationship turned sour, he began plotting his revenge.

Sabrina Kouider couldn’t have lived such a glamorous lifestyle without the help of Sophie Lionnet, the young French au pair who looked after her children. What Sophie didn’t know was that her employer was gripped by frenzied delusions and paranoia.

Alissa Moore was subjected to years of horrific sexual abuse at the hands of her father James O’Brien. Former Detective Superintendent David Swindle and psychologist Emma Kenny examine the horrific details of the case.

On the 22nd of October 2014 Darren Sykes lured his sons Jack and Paul into the attic then set fire to the house. Jack and Paul’s mother Claire Throssell reveals how Darren's behaviour spiralled out of control and the devastating impact of his actions.

Ross Taggart dialled 999 on the 23rd of December 2014 to report his mother Carol missing. Two weeks later he was charged with her murder. David Swindle and Emma examine how a son could commit such a callous act.

Ian Walters and his wife Tracy seem a normal, loving couple but in 2014 Ian drove his car off the motorway, killing Tracy. Her family talk for the first time in detail about the couple's troubled marriage and their fight to get justice for Tracy.

In this special episode, we look back over five years and 40 episodes of Britain’s Darkest Taboos and examine what we can learn from some of the most disturbing familial crimes in British criminal history.

Britain’s Darkest Taboos tells the stories of some of the most shocking and disturbing crimes within families and relationships. Every family’s worst nightmares are relived and re-told in unflinching detail by those left behind.

Telling the shocking story of Identical twin sisters Rachael and Tracy, who were raped by their uncle John McCallum when they were just 5 years old.

On Bonfire Night 2012, 30 year old Michelle Mills murdered her boytoy boyfriend Eddie Miller in their cottage in Scalford, Leicestershire.

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