50 h. ago BBC Shetland fans told to binge new series following real Scottish island murder

The new documentary on Amazon Prime Video is a must-watch for fans of the BBC's Shetland

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60 h. ago The Survivors review – a murder mystery so intense you’ll watch through your fingers

This adaptation of the bestselling Australian crime novel is full of twists, turns and red herrings. Its focus on the terrible grief of bereaved mothers makes it a cut aboveI hope you have had enough time to recover from Robyn Malcolm’s barnstorming performance as a harrowed wife and mother labouring under burdens no one should have to endure in the acclaimed After the Party, because here comes another one.The Survivors is a six-part adaptation of Jane Harper’s bestselling Australian crime novel of the same name, by Tony Ayres – who did the same for Christos Tsiolkas’s The Slap 10 years ago, which followed families fracturing under the weight of a moment’s lost control, and who wrote Stateless in 2020 about lives intertwining at an Australian immigration detention centre. This is a writer who doesn’t shy away from the pain human beings can inflict on one other. The Survivors is technically a murder mystery but its real subject is grief and terrible, terrible guilt. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Crime scene catharsis: how a darkly comic video game and TV show turned me into a murder clean

Slinging bodies into a pickup as Kovalsky in Crime Scene Cleaner reminded me of Greg Davies in The Cleaner – there is something grimly satisfying about death’s aftermathLately I’ve been playing a new job sim game, Crime Scene Cleaner, while also watching BBC’s comedy series The Cleaner, both of which focus on the aftermath of gruesome murders – sometimes you just need some cosy viewing to take the edge off the day. In the TV show, Greg Davies plays Wicky, the acerbic employee of a government-endorsed clean-up company, while Crime Scene Cleaner’s lead character Kovalsky is a lowly janitor, mopping up blood and disposing of trash to cover up for a mob boss named Big Jim.The crime scenes in both are laughably over the top. Or are they? I’ve never actually seen a real-life murder scene, so perhaps copious blood sprayed over walls and ceilings and the masses of broken furniture is completely normal. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Five disturbing details missing from Netflix's Chris Watts documentary who murdered wife and daughters

Netflix documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door tells the real-life story of how one man brutally murdered his wife and children, before dumping their bodies in the most callous way. However, some key details were omitted

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6 d. ago Five disturbing details missing from Netflix's Chris Watts murder documentary

Netflix documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door tells the real-life story of how one man brutally murdered his wife and children, before dumping their bodies in the most callous way. However, some key details were omitted

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1 week ago Murdered by natives? What happened to real Indiana Jones who vanished hunting 'lost city'

It's 100 years to the day since Brit explorer Percy Fawcett, dubbed a real life Indiana Jones, vanished into thin air while searching for a lost city similar to the mythical El Dorado

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1 week ago Peruvian 'Alien mummies' are ‘100% real’ but were murdered, say experts

The three-fingered alien mummies have been baffling scientists since they were discovered in 2017 in the Nazca desert and now scientists say they are 1,200 years old

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2 w. ago ‘Fake cop’ at murder scene arrested after the real cops asked him for his credentials

The South Carolina man assisted authorities in arresting someone at the scene

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3 w. ago Inside teen murder plot dubbed 'the real Adolescence' from sick voice notes to final hours

Teen Olly Stephens, 13, was lured to a park and murdered by two boys after a social media feud erupted into one of the most horrific youth crimes that shocked the nation

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3 w. ago Fiance who rebuilt his life after sweetheart's murder was blamed on cleared 'Beast of Birkenhead'... and his anguish at knowing real killer is still out there

David Beattie is a man who will be forever haunted by 'what ifs'...

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3 w. ago Fred and Rose West's 12 victims including three children and where their bodies were found

Fred and Rose West's crimes were laid bare in Fred and Rose West: The Real Story, which delved into the horrific murders carried out by the evil couple

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3 w. ago Unanswered questions in Diane Sindall's brutal murder as police hunt for real 'Wolfman'

Peter Sullivan had his conviction for Diane Sindall's heinous killing quashed after spending 38 years behind bars. Merseyside Police is now screening and eliminating 260 men from the investigation so far

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