Criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw makes a return to the series with a new co-host: journalist Amber Haque. Each episode tells the... 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
The only murderer in the family? When serial killer Robert Spahalski admitted to murder in 2005, police not only discovered... more
In November 2018 Chinese scientist Dr He Jiankui made a big announcement; he had illegally “edited” the DNA of Chinese... more
In 2015, fifteen-year-old Shamima Begum left the UK with two of her friends on a flight bound for Turkey. But the East... more