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  • The Black Panther: An Eyewitness Describes How Donald Neilson Was Caught

    The Black Panther: An Eyewitness Describes How Donald Neilson Was Caught
    2025/12/17
    "The gun went off through the driver's window ... and he shouts, 'Call 999! We've got an armed man!' "

    Paul Cullen was a teenager hanging out with a friend when a series of dramatic events catapulted him into the criminal history books. His actions on a cold December night in 1975 helped bring Britain's most wanted fugitive – the elusive and deadly Black Panther – to justice.

    Neilson had hijacked a police car and was holding the occupants, PCs Stuart McKenzie and Tony White, at gunpoint. In a last, desperate attempt to escape, they crashed their patrol car outside the fish and chip shop where Paul, who was eighteen at the time, was eating a takeaway supper.

    With thirty years on the force, both in uniform and as a detective, I was keen to find out more about the ordeal of policemen in the car, and the reason why they chose the Junction chippie as their last resort for getting help.

    Paul Cullen joined Psycho Killer's Jacques Morrell on location to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Black Panther's capture.



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    21 分
  • The A-Z Of Psychopaths: Charles Ng – sadist, manipulator, and one half of a killing machine.

    The A-Z Of Psychopaths: Charles Ng – sadist, manipulator, and one half of a killing machine.
    2025/12/15
    He built a torture bunker and videotaped acts of depraved cruelty.

    Charles Ng is one half of one of America’s most disturbing criminal duos. Alongside Leonard Lake, he participated in a series of kidnappings, tortures, and murders carried out in a remote bunker in the foothills of California.

    Their videotapes — cold, clinical, and horrifying — remain among the most chilling pieces of evidence in US criminal history. In this episode, Simon Ford examines Ng’s background, his manipulative personality, and the toxic partnership that allowed Lake’s violent fantasies to become reality.

    We also look at Ng’s years-long legal battles, his shifting stories, and the forensic evidence that connected him to the crimes.

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    5 分
  • The Black Panther: PC Andy Adams Shares His Memories With Jacques Morrell

    The Black Panther: PC Andy Adams Shares His Memories With Jacques Morrell
    2025/12/12
    "There had been families going into the park during the day, dog walkers, you know, it was very well used, and she was there all at the time."

    Fifty years ago, two boys were growing up on opposite sides of the English Midlands — unaware that a killer was shaping both their childhoods.

    One lived just yards from the place where Donald Neilson — the Black Panther — held kidnapped heiress Lesley Whittle in terrifying captivity.

    The other grew up in the Nottinghamshire coalfield, where Neilson’s violent reign finally came to an end on 11 December 1975.

    Those two boys were PC Andy Adams and Jacques Morrell. They later met at police training college in the 1980s, where Andy shared his memories of living in the shadow of Britain’s most wanted armed robber.

    In this special episode of Psycho Killer, Andy joins Jacques to discuss the Black Panther, the fear he inspired, and the impact his crimes had on a generation.

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    21 分
  • The Black Panther: Lynn Dorling – A Witness To History

    The Black Panther: Lynn Dorling – A Witness To History
    2025/12/11
    Join us live at 19.30 GMT, Thursday, 11 December 2025, from the exact location where the Black Panther was brought down.

    For Lynn Dorling, Thursday, 11 December 1975, was just another day at the village school in Blidworth, where she was head teacher. But the next day, Friday, would be a day like no other.

    Overnight, just down the road in Rainworth, another colliery community, Britain's most wanted fugitive had been arrested in dramatic circumstances. The children arrived bursting with the news – and bursting with pride at the bravery of the grown-ups who'd helped tackle an armed killer with their bare hands.

    The police soon followed, conducting house-to-house enquiries, seeking witnesses, and looking for evidence to build the case against the armed robber, killer and kidnapper Donald Neilson – the infamous Black Panther.

    When Simon Ford spoke to Lynn Dorling, he started by asking her what those coalfield communities were like – and the camaraderie, grit and courage that defeated Neilson on a winter's night 50 years ago.

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    11 分
  • Psycho Killer: In The Footsteps Of The Black Panther

    Psycho Killer: In The Footsteps Of The Black Panther
    2025/12/10
    To mark 50 years since the capture of Britain's most wanted fugitive, Jacques and Simon retrace the Panther's movements on the night he was caught.

    Donald Neilson, dubbed the Black Panther for his ruthless cunning and stealthiness, thought he was above the law. Invincible, even. So when a couple of Bobbies asked him what he was up to one night in December 1975, Neilson responded by hijacking their patrol car at gunpoint.

    His plan? Nobody really knows, but we suspect it would have been curtains for the unfortunate cops. Then, providence threw them a lifeline.

    In this special episode, presenters Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell drive the route taken by Neilson and his hostages, PCs Stuart McKenzie and Tony White, from the side street where they were seized to the fish-and-chip shop where the drama concluded.

    Follow along with what3words
    • Stainforth Street: translated.test.love
    • Old Mill Lane/Leeming Lane: quite.mini.garage
    • Oak Tree Lane junction (Forest Town): doll.stone.daring
    • Blidworth Lane/Southwell Road: wished.compelled.elevator
    • Junction Fish Bar: removed.plus.buckling

    Don't forget to join our live stream on Thursday evening, 50 years to the day that the Panther was finally caged. We'll be live on location in the former colliery village of Rainworth – right where the action unfolded.



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    34 分
  • The Black Panther: 50th Anniversary Preview

    The Black Panther: 50th Anniversary Preview
    2025/12/08
    A predator with a shotgun. A village that refused to let him escape.

    On 11 December 1975, armed robber and murderer Donald Neilson — the Black Panther — was finally captured in the Nottinghamshire village of Rainworth. In this 10-minute on-location scene setter, presenter Simon Ford revisits the streets where it happened, explaining who the Panther was, why he was feared, and how the people of Rainworth helped bring him down.

    The episode includes gripping eyewitness testimony from local man Paul Cullen, who, as a teenager, watched the dramatic struggle outside the village fish-and-chip shop.

    On 11 December 2025, Simon Ford and Jacques Morrell will return to Rainworth to retrace the final hours of Britain’s most wanted man. Follow us on our socials for livestream details, and join us as we revisit one of the most dramatic arrests in modern British criminal history.


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    11 分
  • The A-Z Of Psychopaths: Charles Manson – The Puppetmaster

    The A-Z Of Psychopaths: Charles Manson – The Puppetmaster
    2025/12/05
    Manson didn’t kill people. He convinced people to kill.

    Charles Manson never stabbed, shot, or strangled any of the victims in the Tate–LaBianca murders — yet he was the driving force behind every killing. Through psychological manipulation, apocalyptic ideology, and a cult-like hold on his followers, Manson created one of the most disturbing criminal networks of the 20th century.

    In this episode, Simon Ford examines the roots of Manson’s influence, the psychology that underpinned his control, and the crimes that cemented his place in true-crime history. From the counterculture backdrop to the forensic details of the investigations, we unravel the man behind the myth.

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    5 分
  • A-Z Of Psychopaths: Henri Landru – The Bluebeard Of Paris

    A-Z Of Psychopaths: Henri Landru – The Bluebeard Of Paris
    2025/12/01
    A polite smile, a marriage proposal, and a stove full of ashes.

    Henri Désiré Landru was one of France’s most notorious killers — a polite, moustachioed gentleman who lured vulnerable women with promises of marriage during World War I. Once they entered his villas, they vanished forever.

    In this episode, Simon Ford examines Landru’s double life, his careful record-keeping, and the forensic evidence that shocked France. Was he a cunning predator shaped by wartime chaos, or a calculating psychopath hiding in plain sight?

    We break down his crimes, his psychology, and the extraordinary trial that captivated the nation.

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    5 分