Presented by journalist and true crime author Geoffrey Wansell (and later by crime historian Dr Nell Darby), Murder by the Sea examines strange murders recorded at famous seaside resorts in the United Kingdom.
Where to Watch Murder by the Sea (2018) • Season 5
10 Episodes
The Hotelier and the Hitman
E1
The Hotelier and the HitmanAn arrogant Bournemouth hotelier called Peter Taylor gets away with murdering his wife in 1982; but when he conspires to kill his son-in-law nine years later, his luck runs out.
Brides in the Bath
E2
Brides in the BathGeorge 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.
Roderick and Mark Newall - Jersey
E3
Roderick and Mark Newall - JerseyIn 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.
Massacre at Red Gables Hotel
E4
Massacre at Red Gables HotelFormer military commander Neil Rutherford unleashes terror on the unsuspecting guests of a remote Welsh seaside hotel in 1976, before turning the gun on himself.
Robert Dixon - Little Ross
E5
Robert Dixon - Little RossThe 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.
Robert and Sonny Mone - Dundee
E6
Robert and Sonny Mone - DundeeFor Dundees most infamous father-son pair, killing was a competition, and between them murdered seven innocent people from 1967 to 1979.
Hassan Shatanawi
E7
Hassan ShatanawiHaving 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.
The Seaside Lady Macbeth
E8
The Seaside Lady MacbethA scandalous love triangle between a beautiful socialite Alma Rattenbury, her young gardener George Stoner and estranged husband Francis cast a shadow of disrepute and death over 1930s Bournemouth.
The Last Taxi Rider
E9
The Last Taxi RiderPort Talbot taxi driver Linda Thomas made a fatal journey one night in 1973, when she picked up a homicidal homeless drifter called Trevor Howell.
The Mystery of the Man in the Woods
E10
The Mystery of the Man in the WoodsA young man, Tyrone France, becomes embroiled in Newport's drugs underworld, meeting a disastrous end in a remote forest clearing in 1996.
