The murder scene is now a stock image of TV and film. A dishevelled detective arrives, crouches down over a dead body, spots something everybody else missed and then makes a smart comment to amuse the audience. With the viewer hooked, the music kicks in and it’s on to the title sequence. You don’t really …
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Mapping the Ratcliffe Highway Murders
This year is the 200th anniversary of the Ratcliffe Highway murders, when seven people were killed in a gratuitous frenzy in the space of 12 days. But while 19th century Londoners would have recoiled at the mention of John Williams and his crimes, they probably mean little to the city’s present day inhabitants. Likewise the …
Unsolved murders in London: 2005
These 13 murders in London in 2005 remain unsolved? Can you help bring the killers to justice?
Unsolved murders in London: 2004
These eleven murders in London in the year 2004 remain unsolved. Can you help bring the killers to justice? Call police on 101 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or via their website.