31 h. ago 'Soap serial killers aren't what they were – but do we need any more murder?'

Soaps like Emmerdale, Coronation Street, EastEnders and Hollyoaks are synonymous with murder – but is there too much death and destruction on our soaps nowadays?

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42 h. ago Birthday party killer caged over brutal murder of mum's vulnerable boyfriend

Jack Naylor launched a frenzied attack at a bash to celebrate him turning 22.

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44 h. ago Murder victim's mother says her daughter's female killer who stabbed her 43 times is 'ticking time bomb' as she is quietly released from jail

Samantha Madgin, who had recently became a mother herself, was enjoying her first night out since giving birth to her son Callum, when she was knifed 43 times by Jordan Jobson in Wallsend..

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3 d. ago Judge allows advanced DNA evidence in Gilgo Beach serial killer trial

A New York judge has allowed DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques into the forthcoming murder trial of Long Island’s suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer

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5 d. ago Prison officer shooting UPDATES as killer sentenced for murder over jail affair

Elias Morgan tracked down prisoner officer Lenny Scott after he was released from prison and shot the father of three six times as he was leaving the gym in Skelmersdale, on February 8, last year

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1 week ago The Thursday Murder Club ending explained: who killed Ian Ventham and Tony Curran in Netflix film?

Spoilers for The Thursday Murder Club - including who was the killer 🚨👀

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1 week ago Idaho seeks to keep names of some of Bryan Kohberger trial witnesses secret after 'harassment, threats, stalking'

Idaho prosecutors are seeking to keep witnesses in Bryan Kohberger's trial a secret following the killer's sentencing for the murder of four Idaho college students.

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2 w. ago Killer of Michael Jordan's father opens up on 1993 murder and makes desperate plea as he serves life sentence

Daniel Green, 50, has spent the last three decades behind bars over the July 1993 killing of Jordan, who was shot in North Carolina during what authorities believed was a botched robbery.

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2 w. ago How a paternity test found a young woman’s murderer 51 years later

Annette Tokarz, a 23-year-old with a ‘heart of gold’ died in 1974, but police never arrested a suspect. Now, a detective has solved the case 51 years later.

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3 w. ago Murder victim had skull smashed by hammer and body buried in concrete

Christophe Borgye's murder in 2009 was brutal - and his twisted killers could have got away with it for years had one of them not let slip

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3 w. ago Emmerdale's Mack actor breaks silence on 'exit' as he warns 'no one is safe'

Emmerdale star Lawrence Robb has addressed his rumoured 'exit' from the soap for the first time amid the John Sugden serial killer plot and warned that 'no one is safe'

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3 w. ago Harvey Willgoose's parents heard news of his death through social media post

The 15-year-old's killer was this week found guilty of murder

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3 w. ago Harvey Willgoose's mum says 'I feel sorry' for pupil who murdered her son

Caroline Willgoose appeared on Good Morning Britain after her son's 15-year-old killer was found guilty of his murder - she's calling for knife arches to be installed at all secondary schools

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4 w. ago Police hunt killer on the run as murder victim's family are 'terrified'

Vincent Raymond Lee brutally murdered Ann Worrell by dragging her unconscious body onto her bed before setting her alight. The judge residing over the case described it as an 'horrific death'

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4 w. ago Police hunt killer on the run as family of 'horrific' murder victim 'terrified'

Vincent Raymond Lee was sentenced to life imprisonment

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4 w. ago Police hunting killer on the run as family of 'horrific' Welsh murder victim say they are 'terrified'

Police are looking for Vincent Raymond Lee who was sentenced to life imprisonment

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4 w. ago Serial rapist claimed he'd killed girl, 14, but reality was even more harrowing

A serial killer and rapist confessed to the murder of a missing 14 year old schoolgirl but when the bizarre truth emerged years later, the public were even more outraged

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