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Stephen Akinmurele, Britain's most prolific young serial killer, was 21 when he murdered his victims, now described as one of the most dangerous men in British criminal history.

Dubbed the 'Vampire Killer', Matthew Hardman cut out the heart and then drank the blood of 90-year-old Mabel Leyshon of Anglesey in 2001. Hardman is currently serving life in prison.

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

Roger and Josie Hartland found themselves stalked by their new home's previous owner, a former resident of a Nazi breeding camp who had produced numerous children for Hitler's Aryan race programme.

Helen Torbet visited the Highlands every year. Over time, Don MacMillan Junior, the son of the proprietors, developed what can only be described as an unhealthy obsession with her.

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.

In 2012, local DJ Ervin Holton is shot dead on his friend's porch. With no witnesses, police turn to the security cameras opposite for evidence.

When student Julissa Brisman is found shot and bound in a hotel room in Boston, police use cameras to find her killer and are shocked by what they uncover.

In 2012, young Atlanta entrepreneur Terry Porter was found dead execution-style by his neighbour outside his home. With no forensic evidence or witnesses, detectives attempt to use surveillance footage to catch Porter's killer.

When Anthony Ashley-Cooper disappeared in 2005, his family feared that he had been kidnapped, but evidence confirmed that he had been murdered for his money.

Shanti Cooper was murdered by her husband, who was seeking to benefit from life insurance and assets.

Abraham Shakespeare became a local celebrity in Lakeland, Florida, after winning the lottery. However, receiving hundreds of calls a day from people asking for money became too much.

When William Saunderson-Smith was found bludgeoned to death in 2011, police discovered cash stuffed in bags and 67 different mobile phones.

Percy Mapleton sought a quick fortune and identified Brighton bond trader Isaac Gold as his target. However, his attempted robbery on a moving train turned into an unspeakable tragedy.

After disappearing months earlier, the skull of Victoria Couchman was found in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. Her controlling father became the prime suspect.

Irene Munro, a woman enjoying a holiday on the south coast of England, was tragically bludgeoned to death during what should have been a relaxing getaway. Her life was violently taken by two unemployed war veterans, who then robbed her.

After going missing, police suspect that Gary Hampson has been murdered by a drug dealer over a dispute, even though no body is ever found.

The murder of Edwin Rose, while on holiday climbing mountains at Goatfell on the Isle of Arran, led to a manhunt and the longest ever prison term in Scotland.

Deeply religious Gail Fulton is shot execution style in the quiet suburbs of Michigan. Surveillance reveals it was a trio of killers. Eventually, detectives get a break: a handwritten note.

In 1990, three sex workers are murdered. A serial killer was on the loose and detectives had few clues. Over 20 years later there's a break in the case - and an arrest is finally made.

A morning house fire kills the only doctor in the small town of Laeger, West Virginia. An investigation quickly leads to the arrest of Jason Lively, the son of the doctor's long-time nurse.

When a hearing impaired 77-year-old on a road trip is attacked by a thief and shot to death, investigators are determined to bring the killer to justice.

A criminally charged sex offender and murderer attacks in a terrifying rage. This predator evades capture for years, but leaves a critical piece of evidence behind - his palm print.

A massive explosion claims the life of a California farmhand, and authorities think it's an accidental death, but analysis of debris shows it's a bomb; investigators have few suspects until they hear ominous rumours about a jealous rage.

Paul Longworth murdered his wife by strangling her with sailing rope and arranging her body in their home, all whilst their children slept nearby, then claimed it was suicide.

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

In the UK, the dismembered body of a woman leaves a gay couple, obsessed by serial killers, in the frame. In the US, a hidden camera provides vital evidence to help bring justice to a family.

In the United States, a missing 15-year-old is found by cadaver dogs. In the United Kingdom, a mystery needs to be solved in order to identify a dismembered body found in a suitcase.

In the US, a murder in a garage is recorded on camera while police pursue their suspect to the Mexican border. In the UK, a woman is found in her bedroom stabbed 54 times after a night out.

In the US, recordings provide vital evidence to solve the death of a man's wife. While in the UK, a feud leads to a house fire that kills four young children and their mother.

In the United States, a five-year-old boy is found dead after going on a trip to Disneyland with his father, and in the United Kingdom, a parking dispute escalates into a double murder.

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