Luke tells the story of a self-declared kingdom established in the Scottish Borders by a man claiming to be African royalty. But as media attention grows and authorities move in, darker questions begin to emerge.

Plus Poppy brings the gruesome tale of a South African crocodile suspected of swallowing a missing businessman… only for investigators to find it's carrying a dark secret.

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Poppy brings the story of missing woman Nancy Guthrie, mother to one of the US’s most well known news anchor. Will the ring doorbell footage provide answers? And what do her kidnappers want?

Plus Luke tells the story of the world’s oldest living terrestrial mammal, who became embroiled in a scam.

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Poppy hears the story of former police detective Geoff Knupfer who made it his life’s work to find the bodies of murder victims. Working with serial killer Ian Brady’s accomplice Myra Hindley to find victims of the Moors murders.

Plus Poppy brings the story of a missing woman on an Icelandic volcano

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In 1973 two shipyard workers in Pascagoula, Mississippi told an extraordinary extra terrestrial story, Poppy explores the legacy of Calvin Parker and Charles Hickson.

Plus Luke shares the story of two South African siblings who became so aggrieved with their local bank that they hand delivered a very unwelcome gift.

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Highgate Cemetery is one of the most sought after burial spots in the world - within it’s elegant railings lie the remains of everyone from George Michael to Karl Marx. But in the 70s it was also the source of a huge supernatural news story, which ended in a near-riot, grave desecration and a magic duel.

Plus Luke explores the man whose dog may have uncovered the answer to a Victorian murder mystery.

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Jack Watkin is young and very rich, he’s nicknamed the Cheshire Kardashian and appears on Channel 4’s Rich Kids of Instagram. He also has a business idea, he has access to the kind of high-end Hermes bags which are out of reach to most people. He just needs backers to fund these investments. But all is not what it seems, and a Cheshire shop owner turned detective to find the truth.

Plus Poppy explores the woman who wrote a moving book about her husband’s death, before the police came knocking at her door.

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In 2026 police visited a home in Gloucestershire to conduct a welfare check, what they walked into was a harrowing story of enslavement stretching back over two decades.

Plus Poppy explores three mysterious deaths at a Florida school.

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Neil Hopper was a talented vascular surgeon who had performed hundreds of amputations. Then, on a family camping trip, he became a patient himself, losing both legs below the knee. But as Luke explains, the real story was only just beginning

Plus Poppy finds out a house in her neighborhood has a dark history.

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