Strange But True Crime

Carrie Jade, a disability campaigner living in Ireland, goes viral after claiming Airbnb guests are suing her because of her Huntington’s disease. But when investigative journalist Katherine Denkinson sees the story, some of the details don’t add up. Kat travels to County Kerry looking for answers and finds a trail of people with troubling stories of their own. What begins with questions about one...

Nathan Newby steps outside St James’s Hospital in Leeds for a vape and finds himself face-to-face with a man carrying a bomb. Nobody else knows what’s happening, and Nathan realises that keeping him talking may be the only way to stop an attack. The man is Mohamed Farouk, an NHS worker who has built a pressure cooker bomb and planned an attack on the hospital where he worked. As patients and staff...

Liverpool councilor Christine Banks starts receiving anonymous poison pen letters at her home. They’re abusive, deeply personal and relentless. At one point, as many as five arrive in a day. And Christine has a strong suspicion about who is sending them. She soon discovers she isn’t the only target. Other people connected to Liverpool politics have received remarkably similar letters, and one name...

Essex drugs boss, Ben Ransome, is a wanted man. Before police can arrest him he flees the UK and disappears. Ransome continues to sell drugs from his new hideout in Thailand whilst reinventing himself as a prizefighter. Police chip away at his network of trusted drugs couriers in the UK. But who will be first to deliver a knockout blow? Get in touch with us behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Rima...

A mum says severe anxiety has made everyday life a struggle and left her needing financial support. But an anonymous tip-off raises questions about whether the life she has described matches the one she is actually living. Investigators start digging into Catherine Wieland’s benefit claim, using bank records, social media and covert surveillance to compare what she’s said with what they can prove....

A Warwickshire couple leave their home and beloved pets in the care of a trusted house sitter while they go on holiday. But when they return, a few strange details suggest something is very wrong. Their home looks tidy, yet small clues begin to raise unsettling questions about what happened while they were away. As they look closer, suspicions grow around the woman they trusted with their keys. Ge...

Model and former reality TV star Matt Peacock discovers his photos are being used to create fake dating profiles and catfish women. What begins as an unsettling case of online identity theft soon becomes far more serious. Women come forward with stories of intimate messages, explicit photos and relationships with a man they believed was Matt. Fake profiles appear as quickly as Matt can have them r...

Tanya Nasir’s stellar CV lands her a prestigious job on the neonatal unit at the Princess of Wales Hospital. But is she really who she says she is? Get in touch with us behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Rima Ahmed Reporter: Colette Hume Producer: Luke de Costa Executive producer: Luke Eldridge Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes & Alistair Miskin Dive into a world of bizarre true crimes with...

Recorded at the 2026 Crossed Wires Festival, Rima Ahmed takes you inside a BBC investigation to catch a catfish. Ray McDonald is a prolific scammer with a cruel knack for love bombing women and stealing thousands of pounds from them. He’s been jailed numerous times but as soon as he’s out, he’s back on dating apps and looking for his next victim to con. How do you stop a professional love bomber,...

Peter Brooks is a high-flying plastic surgeon and burns specialist. But he has major beef with his fellow plastic surgeon, Graeme Perks. To make matters worse, he’s facing an employment tribunal and Perks is a key witness against him. Brooks’s career, his life, everything is on the line and he sees no way out. So he plots to take out his rival by burning their house to the ground - whilst they’re...

Rita thinks Amberley Care Home will be a temporary place to rest and recover before returning home. But the 83-year-old is being targeted by the very people trusted to look after her. When care home manager Jamiel Slaney-Summers discovers Rita has no will, she sees an opportunity. With the help of care home owners Graham and Lyn Walker, a fake will is drawn up - one that will help them seize Rita’...

Sophie Zaherali’s XL Bully, named Ghost, escapes her home during a medical emergency. He is is tracked down by armed police and destroyed in the street. Sophie believes the police didn’t need to destroy her beloved family pet and takes her fight online. But who is to blame? For tickets to our live show in Sheffield go to crossedwires.live/fringe. Get in touch with us behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Prese...

A vexed farmer wages war on a major supermarket, threatening innocent families with a deadly game of Russian roulette. He hides shrapnel in jars of baby food and places the jars back on supermarket shelves. Detectives race against time to intercept the contaminated food and unmask the culprit. For tickets to our live show in Sheffield go to crossedwires.live/fringe Get in touch with us behaveyours...

Young hackers infiltrate the social media accounts of the world’s biggest celebrities and spark internet-wide chaos. This is the story of the 2020 Twitter hack. For tickets to our live show in Sheffield go to crossedwires.live/fringe. Get in touch with us behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk . Presenter: Rima Ahmed Guest: Joe Tidy Producer: Luke de Costa Researcher: Bethan Davies Social Media: Fede Marilotti...

Rima has some exciting news! For tickets, go to crossedwires.live/fringe. Get in touch with the show at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Produced by Luke de Costa. Researcher: Bethan Davies. Social Media: Fede Marilotti. Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge. Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin.

A criminal gang in Cardiff set up an elaborate scheme to import cannabis from the United States. When their insider is arrested, the gang leader has to scramble to keep his illegal operation alive. Get in touch at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Reporter: Matt Murray. Produced by Luke de Costa. Researcher: Bethan Davies. Social Media: Fede Marilotti. Online Producer: Rachael Smith....

Stephen Woodward builds a million-pound business selling access to illegally streamed TV channels. He’s digitally savvy, however, it’s not long before he starts leaving the police clues about his cyber crimes. Get in touch at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Produced by Luke de Costa. Researcher: Bethan Davies. Social Media: Fede Marilotti. Online Producer: Rachael Smith. Executive...

Michelle Mills and her ex-Royal Marine lover, Geraint Berry, want to continue their romantic affair. The lovers plot how to remove Michelle’s husband, Christopher, from the picture and cover their tracks. Get in touch at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Rima Ahmed Reporter: Meleri Williams Produced by Luke de Costa Researcher: Bethan Davies Social Media: Fede Marilotti Online Producer: Lee Maca...

Gary Hardy, Ronald Knowles and Steven Houston are approaching pension age, but they refuse to settle into their retirement years. Instead, they combine their skills and hatch a deadly plan to make and supply deadly weapons to British gangs. But after a life of crime, is this one job too many for the old boys? Get in touch at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Rima Ahmed Reporter: Jeremy Ball Prod...

Herbert Smith, the ‘Handcuff King’, and his girlfriend, Lottie Roberts, are circus performers who secretly buy and sell babies for profit in Edwardian Britain. But they’ll need more than a disappearing act to fight the families who come after them. Get in touch at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Rima Ahmed Reporter: Richard Tisdale Produced by Luke de Costa Researcher: Bethan Davies Social Med...

HMP Kirkham Prison governor Kerri Pegg and drug dealing gang boss Anthony Saunderson strike up a dangerous relationship. If they're found out, it will have life changing consequences for Pegg. Get in touch at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk . Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Reporter: Mat Trewern. Produced by Luke de Costa. Researcher: Bethan Davies. Social Media: Fede Marilotti. Online Producer: Rachael Smith. Ex...

Former zoo worker Bradley Tomes hatches a plan to steal and sell Humboldt penguins Patrick and Penny from South Lakes Safari Zoo in Cumbria. Get in touch at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk . Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Produced by Luke de Costa. Researcher: Bethan Davies. Social Media: Fede Marilotti. Online Producer: Rachael Smith. Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge. Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Al...

Criminal mastermind, James ‘Jimmy’ Sheen, steals a world famous golden toilet worth £4.8m from Blenheim Palace. But who’s going to take it off his hands? Get in touch at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Rima Ahmed Reporter: Clodagh Stenson Produced by Luke de Costa Researcher: Bethan Davies Social Media: Fede Marilotti Online Producer: Lee Macaulay Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge Commissionin...

Gary Youds senses that cannabis drug legalisation is imminent and opens up a cannabis café in Liverpool. The law change doesn’t happen, so police shut it down. Gary goes to jail, however, he continues to fight for the right to keep his cannabis café open. Get in touch at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk . Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Reporter: Mattha Busby. Produced by Luke de Costa. Researcher: Bethan Davies....

Jaswant Chail wants to bring down ‘the empire’ and his first act is to harm a British Royal. Inspired by Star Wars and encouraged by his ‘girlfriend’, he puts his deadly plan into action. Get in touch at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk . Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Reporter: Maria Zaccaro. Written and produced by Luke de Costa. Researcher: Bethan Davies. Social Media: Fede Marilotti. Online Producer: Rachael...