Strange But True Crime

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...

NHS surgeon Neil Hopper was hailed as a hero when he returned to work after having both his legs amputated, however, he hides a dark secret. His secret? The damage to his legs was self-inflicted. Get in touch via email: behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk . Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Reporter: Tamsin Melville. Written and produced by Luke de Costa. Researcher: Bethan Davies. Social Media: Fede Marilotti. Online...

James Parker, from Blackpool in Lancashire stumbles upon a glitch on a cryptocurrency website that generates ‘free’ money. He makes himself a millionaire, at a cost. Wanna get in touch? Email us at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk . Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Reporter: Jane Downs. Written and produced by Luke de Costa. Researcher: Bethan Davies. Social Media: Fede Marilotti. Online Producer: Rachael Smith. Ex...

Farmer Walter Renwick finds himself in the eye of a social media storm after the famous Sycamore Gap tree is felled. The tree had stood along Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland until September 2023. Wanna get in touch? Email us at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Reporter: Jane Downs. Written and produced by Luke de Costa. Researcher: Bethan Davies. Social Media: Fede Marilotti. Onlin...

Mark Christopher lured followers into his 'anti-establishment cult’ by promising to save them money. The movement quickly took a sinister turn. Wanna get in touch? Email us at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk . Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Reporter: Lewis Adams. Written and produced by Luke de Costa. Researcher: Bethan Davies. Social Media: Fede Marilotti. Online Producer: Rachael Smith. Executive Producer: Luk...

A group of workmen dig up roads and pavements to re-connect derelict buildings to the UK power grid. Local residents soon suspect that all is not as it seems and what‘s discovered is greater than they could have imagined. Wanna get in touch? Email us at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Reporter: Jonny Humphries. Written and produced by Luke de Costa. Online Producer: Lee Macaulay. E...

A man living in the quiet town of Fakenham, Norfolk is warned a hitman has been hired to kill him. He discovers a story of obsession and revenge. Wanna get in touch? Email us at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Reporter: Robby West. Written and produced by Luke de Costa. Online Producer: Rachael Smith. Executive producer: Luke Eldridge. Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alista...

People living in Newport, Pembrokeshire, start spying on some interesting, wealthy but slightly suspicious visitors. Wanna get in touch? Email us at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Reporter: Matt Murray. Written and produced by Luke de Costa. Online Producer: Rachael Smith. Executive producer: Luke Eldridge. Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin.

£3m of Ming Dynasty treasures vanish from Geneva’s Museum of Far Eastern Art. After what was a peculiar heist, suspicion falls on the Ahearne brothers who are being watched by police in the UK and Switzerland. An undercover cop meeting is set in an attempt to recover the stolen artefacts, before they're gone for good. Wanna get in touch? Email us at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Rima Ahmed....

Arthur Knight claimed he was an Irish orphan during a police interview in a hospital in Glasgow, Scotland. The Police were tipped off that the patient could actually be American fugitive Nicholas Rossi, who was wanted in Utah to face rape charges. Wanna get in touch? Email us at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Reporter: Steven Godden. Written and produced by Luke de Costa. Online P...