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  • 2008-07-07T00:00:00Z
  • 25m
  • 5h 25m (13 episodes)
  • Documentary
For 130 years the Crime Museum of New Scotland Yard has quietly archived the tools, relics and instruments of killers, conmen and thieves. Hidden away on the 1st floor of New Scotland Yard in Central London, it is not a museum accessible to the public - it is open by invitation only, but for the first time Nick Ross has been granted access to film inside for a 13-part series. Using dramatic reconstruction, expert testimony and with the help of these gruesome artefacts, the stories of London's most iconic crimes and criminals are brought to life like never before. Grisly exhibits as used in evidence are revealed for the first time including, the apron and gas mask work by Acid bath Murderer John Haigh, the Gun used by Craig and Bentley in the infamous "Let Him Have It" murder, the trunk used to hide the dismembered body of John Robinson's victim, the pubic hairs of his victims collected by John Christie after the murders at 10 Rillington Place and even the fingerprint smothered beer keg used to catch and convict the Great Train Robbers. Nick Ross gives viewers exclusive access to the world's oldest museum of crime.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

2008-07-07T00:00:00Z

1x01 Haigh

Series Premiere

1x01 Haigh

  • 2008-07-07T00:00:00Z25m

It's bath time for presenter Nick Ross as he discovers the skin-burning evidence stored in the grizzly case against John George Haigh, a killer who dissolved his victims in acid.

2008-07-14T00:00:00Z

1x02 Christie

1x02 Christie

  • 2008-07-14T00:00:00Z25m

Nick Ross reveals the disturbing evidence collected at 10 Rillington Place, where murderer John Reginald Christie kept clippings of pubic hair from each of his victims in a tin.

2008-07-21T00:00:00Z

1x03 Great Train Robbery

1x03 Great Train Robbery

  • 2008-07-21T00:00:00Z25m

Nick Ross discovers the evidence from the Great Train Robbery stored at Scotland Yard. Was a fingerprint-smothered beer keg the key to Ronnie Biggs' arrest?

2008-07-28T00:00:00Z

1x04 The Kray Twins

1x04 The Kray Twins

  • 2008-07-28T00:00:00Z25m

The ruthless Kray twins had an array of deadly weapons which they used to kill their victims. Presenter Nick Ross discovers the evidence collected in their case.

2008-08-04T00:00:00Z

1x05 Crippen

1x05 Crippen

  • 2008-08-04T00:00:00Z25m

Pyjamas and lockets of hair await Nick Ross as he studies the evidence from the case against Dr Crippen, who went to the gallows for the murder of his wife in 1910.

2008-08-11T00:00:00Z

1x06 Jack the Ripper

1x06 Jack the Ripper

  • 2008-08-11T00:00:00Z25m

Nick Ross examines the case of the Whitechapel murderer, as Scotland Yard's Crime Museum reveals the memoirs of the original investigating officer. Did he name the killer?

2008-08-18T00:00:00Z

1x07 Craig and Bentley

1x07 Craig and Bentley

  • 2008-08-18T00:00:00Z25m

Nick Ross discovers the evidence and revolver used in the controversial story of the murder of PC Miles by Christopher Craig and Derek Bentley.

2008-08-25T00:00:00Z

1x08 Browne and Kennedy

1x08 Browne and Kennedy

  • 2008-08-25T00:00:00Z25m

The gun and mask used by the killers Fred Browne and Pat Kennedy are seen for the first time, as Nick Ross reveals the story of the murder of PC Gutteridge in 1927.

2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

1x09 Stratton Brothers

1x09 Stratton Brothers

  • 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z25m

Presenter Nick Ross discovers the cosh and the homemade masks used by the notorious Stratton Brothers in 1905, during the bungled robbery which ended in murder.

2008-09-08T00:00:00Z

1x10 Seddon

1x10 Seddon

  • 2008-09-08T00:00:00Z25m

Arsenic-coated flypaper and a pipette containing poison are the only artefacts that remain from the 1924 trial of Frederick Seddon. Presenter Nick Ross investigates his crimes.

2008-09-15T00:00:00Z

1x11 Robinson

1x11 Robinson

  • 2008-09-15T00:00:00Z25m

Presenter Nick Ross examines the exhibits used to convict trunk murderer John Robinson, including the key to solving the case, a blood-stained matchstick.

2008-09-22T00:00:00Z

1x12 Charles Peace

1x12 Charles Peace

  • 2008-09-22T00:00:00Z25m

Presenter Nick Ross uncovers the case of the museum's first cop killer. Charles Peace was a prolific cat burglar and killer, who used ingenious tools to carry out his crimes.

2008-09-29T00:00:00Z

1x13 Blackout Ripper

1x13 Blackout Ripper

  • 2008-09-29T00:00:00Z25m

Presenter Nick Ross examines the case of the forgotten Ripper. Gordon Cummins killed five women during the Blitz in 1942, with bloody tools of diabolical butchery.

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