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S5 E1 The Hotelier and the Hitman

Crime

12+

46m

7 Sept 2020

A Bournemouth hotelier gets away with murdering his wife. But when he conspires to kill his son-in-law nine years later, his luck runs out.Featuring: Scott Fraser Holmes, Janet Francis-Jones

Season 5, 10 Episodes

Murder By The Sea - The Hotelier and the Hitman

The Hotelier and the Hitman,

A Bournemouth hotelier gets away with murdering his wife. But when he conspires to kill his son-in-law nine years later, his luck runs out.

Murder By The Sea - The Brides in the Bath Murders

The Brides in the Bath Murders,

George Smith, an Edwardian man who married a string of women, only to drown them in a bath and steal their money, was eventually caught and hanged in 1915.

Murder By The Sea - Getting Away With Murder

Getting Away With Murder,

In 1987, two brothers from a well-to-do family killed their parents in such brutal fashion that it still haunts the people of Jersey to this day.

Murder By The Sea - Massacre at Red Gables Hotel

Massacre at Red Gables Hotel,

Former military commander Neil Rutherford unleashes terror on the unsuspecting guests of a remote Welsh seaside hotel in 1976, before turning the gun on himself.

Murder By The Sea - Murder on the Rocks

Murder on the Rocks,

The discovery of the body of a lighthouse keeper on the Scottish island of Little Ross in 1960 prompts a massive man hunt for his killer, assistant lighthouse keeper Robert Dickson.

Murder By The Sea - The Deadly Sins of the Father and Son

The Deadly Sins of the Father and Son,

For Dundee's most infamous father-son pair, killing was a competition, and between them they murdered seven innocent people from 1967 to 1979.

Murder By The Sea - The Murder of a Lonely Hearted Wife

The Murder of a Lonely Hearted Wife,

Having brutally murdered his wife in 1993, Hassan Shatanawi thought he had effectively made her vanish from the face of the earth but he made one crucial oversight.

Murder By The Sea - The Seaside Lady Macbeth

The Seaside Lady Macbeth,

A scandalous love triangle between a beautiful socialite, her young gardener and estranged husband cast a shadow of disrepute and death over 1930s Bournemouth.

Murder By The Sea - The Last Taxi Rider

The Last Taxi Rider,

Port Talbot taxi driver Linda Thomas made a fatal journey one night in 1973, when she picked up a homicidal homeless drifter called Trevor Howell.

Murder By The Sea - The Mystery of the Man in the Woods

The Mystery of the Man in the Woods,

A young man, Tyrone France, becomes embroiled in Newport's drugs underworld, meeting a disastrous end in a remote forest clearing in 1996.

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Murder By The Sea

Crime

15+

10 Seasons

47m

The deadly tales from the coastlines of the UK.

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