How one of the first Tesco Clubcards was used to pay off a blackmailer threatening to poison frozen food. And... more

Former Metropolitan Police officer, Wayne Couzens, kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard, in March, 2021.Hosts Amber Haque and Dr Julia... more

Rob Parkes’ ex-wife lied about him being a drug dealer and a gang member. Then she tried to hire a... more

Ian Patterson was a sought after breast surgeon and patron of a charity supporting people with cancer, now he’s in... more

Dr Gwen Adshead has spent almost thirty years working with the some of the most violent offenders in prisons and... more

Should the parents of a high school shooter be held criminally responsible for the actions of their son?The landmark case... more

Faye Dunn was a professional footballer who played for the England women's team. In 2020, police discovered she had another... more

The story of how teenager Michelle Carter's text messages to suicidal boyfriend Conrad Roy resulted in death for him and... more

Sherri Lynn Lamarche was the unassuming bookkeeper in a family real estate business in Nova Scotia. She was trusted so... more

In February 2024, mother-of-six, beloved parenting guru and social media star Ruby Franke, was convicted and jailed for child abuse.The... more

Rebecca Coriam, a 24-year-old from Chester, was working on a cruise ship off the Pacific coast of Mexico when she... more

Showtrial series 2 is a gripping BBC screen drama about climate activism, civil disobedience and police corruption. Screenwriter Ben Richards... more

Magdalena Cruz did not know who her father was. But she knew he was a rapist. An ancestry DNA test... more

Three boys from the same Sunderland school were found dead within a few months of each other in the early... more

"Pretendians" are people who falsely claim a native American or indigenous Canadian identity.In 2024, a 59 year old woman who... more

Baby girl Delimar Vera is declared dead in a house fire. Years later, the bereaved mother thinks she recognises her... more

A law abiding businessman turns criminal after medical treatment. Are hormones to blame?Richard Davis was a 42 year old asexual... more

Presenters Dr Julia Shaw and Amber Haque meet the world's most famous victim of romance fraud: Cecilie Fjellhoy. After exposing... more

In TV dramas, criminal profilers solve crimes that the police cannot. Presenters Dr Julia Shaw and Amber Haque look... more

Bad People is back!Criminal psychologist, Dr Julia Shaw, is joined by a new co-host: journalist and documentary maker Amber Haque.The... more

Bad People is back! Criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw makes a return to the series with a new co-host:... more

It’s the Bad People finale. In this last ever episode, Julia and Sofie dig into the ethics of the media... more

In December 2010, the UK media became fixated with the disappearance of 25 year-old Joanna Yeates. When her body was... more

Daniella Isaacs, the creator of the new BBC Sounds audio drama, People Who Knew Me, joins Dr Julia Shaw in... more

Convicted child sex offender Mark Sutherland has arranged to meet a 13 year-old boy at a bus station, but when... more

In 2010 Pramila Krishnan, a journalist for the Deccan Chronicle, filed a story about a little-known practice called Thalaikoothal. The... more

It’s 2001 and 14-year-old Anthony Haynes has died. He was one of some 50 kids who participated in a military-style,... more

The Central Park Five confess on video to police and appear on every front page in America. But why did... more

It’s 9pm in New York City. More than thirty young men have gathered on the corner of 110th Street and... more

In 2015 a woman in Saskatoon was strangled by a belt. Did her friend do it? She has been strangled... more

For her role in the Moors Murders, Myra Hindley was for many years described as ‘‘the most hated woman in... more

In Winson Green, Birmingham a category B prison is fit to burst, and on the 9th of October 2018 it... more

In 2015, fifteen-year-old Shamima Begum left the UK with two of her friends on a flight bound for Turkey. But... more

In 1861 William Mumler claims to capture a spirit of dead on camera and offers grieving people the chance to... more

It’s 1992 and Barry Kingston, a man with admitted paedophilic tendencies, is accused of indecently assaulting a child. The police... more

It’s 2007 in Perugia Italy. A body has been found, but the American suspect maintains her innocence. Amanda Knox spent... more

In April 2018, a sealed plastic bag is found tossed next to a dumpster in Coachella, USA. In it, seven... more

Bobbie was eight months pregnant and shared the good news with her online community. But because she met Lisa Montgomery,... more

There was international outcry in 2011 when the celebrated Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing airport and imprisoned.... more

Presenter and journalist Sam Holder speaks to Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen about his new BBC podcast, Please Protect... more