Crime + Investigation UK

Four of Britain’s best-known crime writers turn detective in this Crime + Investigation Original

The gripping crime stories that you read in fiction are all too often inspired by actual true events. Once Upon a True Crime features Peter James, Denise Mina, Mark Billingham and Douglas Skelton, as they investigate the real-life murders that inspired some of the acclaimed authors’ most famous novels. In each episode, the writers retrace the steps of the killers and victims, taking viewers through every twist and turn in the story. With unprecedented access to experts, witnesses and journalists that covered each case, the murders are pieced together and new, untested theories surface in attempt to resolve mysteries that remain.