Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook



Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook is a television series produced in the United Kingdom where Fred Dinenage takes a fresh look at murders that shocked Britain and the killers who committed them.

Summary
Fred Dinenage takes a fresh new look at the murders that shocked the United Kingdom in the 20th century, and the killers that committed them. Dinenage was not only the official biographer to the Kray brothers, the foremost perpetrators of organized crime in London's East End during the 1950s and '60s, he has also been a serious crime journalist for over four decades.

He knows that with certain crimes, myth can overshadow the reality of what actually occurred. In "Murder Casebook" Dinenage guides the viewer step by step through the real stories. From the Krays themselves to the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK, Dinenage meets with the people whose lives were affected by these crimes, experts who were involved in the investigations and journalists from the time.

Leading criminologist Professor David Wilson, also gives valuable and fascinating insights into each killer, ranging from "Black Panther" Donald Neilson to the "Brides in the Bath" murderer George Joseph Smith. "Fred Dinenage Murder Casebook" features criminology, forensic science and other modern techniques used to analyze crimes and to understand the motive, method and impact they had then, and still have even now.

Episodes
Series 1 Series 2: Series 3:
 * -|Series 1=
 * 1) The Acid Bath Murderer (John Haigh).
 * 2) The Teacup Poisoner (Graham Young).
 * 3) Brides in the Bath (George Joseph Smith).
 * 4) The Black Panther (Donald Neilson).
 * 5) The Welsh Child Killer (Harold Jones).
 * 6) John Christie
 * 7) Ruth Ellis
 * 8) Derek Bentley
 * -|Series 2=
 * 1) Lord Lucan
 * 2) Peter Manuel
 * 3) Mary Bell
 * 4) The Monster Butler (Archibald Hall).
 * 5) John Straffen
 * 6) The Cannock Chase Murders
 * 7) Patrick MacKay
 * 8) The Blackout Ripper (Gordon Cummins).
 * -|Series 3=
 * 1) Jack the Ripper
 * 2) The Moors Murders
 * 3) The A6 Murder (James Hanratty).
 * 4) Babes in the Wood (Ronald Jebson).
 * 5) The Cannibal of Rotenburg
 * 6) The Monster of Worcester