SPECIAL: The Gunpowder Plot — The Crime That Shook England

In this Murder Most British special, we turn back to 1605 — a time of religious tension, political paranoia, and one of the most infamous conspiracies in English history. Guy Fawkes and a group of disillusioned Catholics plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate King James I. Their goal: to ignite rebellion and restore their faith to power.

This episode traces the origins of the Gunpowder Plot, the secret meetings beneath Westminster, and the chain of events that led to Fawkes’s capture in the early hours of 5 November. Through betrayal, confession, and brutal punishment, the story reveals how one failed explosion reshaped Britain’s understanding of loyalty, faith, and treason.

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Contains dramatized or paraphrased material based on historical sources. Accuracy has been maintained to the best of our ability; some dialogue and attributions are interpretive.

In June 2020, sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman celebrated a birthday beneath the trees of Fryent Country Park.

By morning, both were dead — victims of a teenager who believed a handwritten pact with a demon would bring him power.

This week, Rachel is joined by Fauna Blakewell from Echoes from the Loam for Signed in Blood — a story where horror folklore collides with real-world violence.

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On the 30th of October 1993, horror came to the quiet village of Greysteel. What began as a celebration ended in tragedy when masked figures entered the Rising Sun pub — and moments later, nothing would ever be the same again.

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In the mid-1990s, North Wales felt safe — small towns, quiet roads, and coastal pubs that shut before midnight. But behind the flicker of old cinema screens, one man was turning his obsession with horror into something real.

Peter Moore was known as “The Man in Black” — a sharp-dressed showman who owned small picture houses across the region. By night, he roamed the same roads his audiences drove home on. Between September and December 1995, four men were murdered in a campaign of violence that shocked Wales to its core.

This episode traces how a local businessman became one of Britain’s most chilling serial killers — from the façade of respectability to the darkness that hid beneath it.

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Vampire films, midnight rituals, and a friendship that turned to horror. In the shadows of West Lothian, a young man’s fascination with immortality became something far more sinister. This is the story of The Vampire of West Lothian.

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In the early 2000s, women and girls across southwest London and Surrey faced a series of sudden, brutal attacks near bus stops and quiet suburban streets. Ordinary commutes and late-night walks home turned unsettling as investigators worked to uncover the pattern. This episode follows the places, the timeline, and the mounting tension in communities that thought they knew their own back roads

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On a warm August night in 1996, a quiet stretch of the River Leven in Scotland became the backdrop for a tragedy that shook a small valley. This episode follows the final hours of a fourteen-year-old girl, the close-knit landscape she called home, and the painstaking investigation that followed.

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In the midst of Northern Ireland's Troubles—marked by paramilitary influence and community-enforced 'justice'—a kangaroo court verdict led to a violent 'punishment' beating of a single mother in Belfast, resulting in one of the era’s most reviled and enduring tragedies.