A Killer's Mistake

Crime series looking at the key errors made by murderers that led to their arrest.

Cast:Will Hanrahan , Brian Harris , Carolyn Canville , Linda Geddes , Linda Rodriguez , Peter Bleksley , Donna Youngs , Colin Sutton , Rod Demery , Jane Monckton-Smith , Judy Ho , Nathanial Jacobs , Nick Flores , Lucas Rodriguez , Cody Lackey , Steve West , Jane Lillian Vance , Gil Harrington

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Paul Hutchinson

Tue, Oct 2, 2018

A look at the key errors made by murderers that led to their arrest, focusing this time on Paul Hutchinson, who abducted, raped and strangled Colette Aram in 1983.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Nat Fraser

Tue, Oct 9, 2018

A look at how detectives uncovered the crimes of wife-killer Nat Fraser, revealing how the scheming murderer botched the seemingly perfect plot.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Jesse Matthew

Tue, Oct 16, 2018

A closer look at the subtle clues that led police to Jesse Matthew, a former cab driver who kidnapped and killed two Virginia college students.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Stephen Port

Tue, Oct 23, 2018

A look at how police tracked down Stephen Port, the east London serial killer responsible for murdering at least four men and committing multiple rapes.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Kent McGowen

Tue, Oct 30, 2018

The story of how police closed the net on rogue cop Kent McGowen after he killed a woman at her home in Houston in 1992.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ William Inmon

Tue, Nov 6, 2018

An in-depth look at how Arizona serial killer William Inmon was brought to justice after killing three people.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Tony McCluskie

Tue, Nov 13, 2018

An in-depth look at how police brought Tony McCluskie to justice after he murdered and dismembered his sister actress Gemma McCluskie, in 2012.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Anthony Sowel

Tue, Nov 27, 2018

The story of how, in 2009, police closed the net on Anthony Sowell, the prolific American serial killer known as the Cleveland Strangler.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Michael Danaher

Tue, Dec 4, 2018

A look at how the Thames Valley Police investigated the death of a wealthy Oxford antiques dealer and ultimately tracked down and caught his killer.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Anxiang Du

Tue, Dec 11, 2018

The murder of four members of the Ding family by Anxiang Du in Northamptonshire in 2011, focusing on the key error that he made which led to his arrest.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Thomas Dunkley

Wed, Mar 25, 2020

After he was paralyzed in an accident, Thomas Dunkley became Shaun Cummins friend. Shaun promised to make him rich, but when the payday never came, Dunkley took what he thought was rightfully his.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Malcolm Webster

Wed, Apr 1, 2020

Malcolm Webster pursued women he could exploit for money. After killing his first wife for a life insurance payout, and getting away with it, he tried the same again, 11,000 miles away, with wife number two.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Douglas Perry

Wed, Apr 8, 2020

Douglas Perry craved woman company, but he also hated them. In 1990 he shot three sex workers dead. Years later a cold case review identified him. By this time, he had become Donna- and she accepted no responsibility for his actions.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Chaz Higgs

Wed, Apr 15, 2020

After a whirlwind romance Kathy Augustin and Chaz Higgs were married, but the relationship soon soured. He joked to workmates about committing the perfect murder - so when she died, detectives didn't have to look far for her killer.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Paul Novak

Wed, Apr 22, 2020

Paul Novak loved the fast-paced life of a New York paramedic. Unlike his wife Catherine, who craved tranquility. When Catherine discovered the affair he had, Paul persuaded a colleague to help him kill her.

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S2.E6 ∙ Iain Lawrence

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

When Iain and Sally Lawrence got together he thought she would bring him wealth and status. She was a successful businesswoman, he was a pilot. But before long, their relationship crumbled.

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S2.E7 ∙ Rahim Mohammaddi

Thu, May 7, 2020

80 year old Lea Adri-Soejoko was the heart and soul of her gardening community. When refugee Rahim Mohammadi was given an allotment she made him welcome and took him under her wing. She couldn't have known he will kill her.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Kelly Cochrane

Thu, May 14, 2020

When Kelly Cochran killed her lover, detectives suspected foul play, but they could prove nothing. A year later, she murdered her husband as well.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Sheila Labarre

Thu, May 21, 2020

Kenneth Countie was a vulnerable young man who craved a loving relationship. He thought he'd found that with Sheila LaBarre. But Kenny became the latest in a string of men she had used and abused.

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S2.E10 ∙ William Howell

Thu, May 28, 2020

William Howell preyed on drug addicted prostitutes he picked up in his van. They ended up buried in shallow graves in a place he called his 'Garden'. The extent of his sadistic crimes were revealed when he boasted of them to a cellmate.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Ronald Dominique

Thu, Sep 29, 2022

In Louisiana, 23 young men are found dead over a nine-year period. Investigators search for the Bayou Strangler but a break in the case comes only after a key error by the killer.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Pawel Relowicz

Thu, Sep 29, 2022

For years a man's perverted crimes go undetected. His offending intensifies, and when a university student goes missing, detectives race to find her killer.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Bruce McArthur

Thu, Oct 13, 2022

Toronto's most prolific serial killer was a seemingly affable family man. It would take the deaths of 8 young men before police caught their man.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Peter Morgan

Thu, Oct 20, 2022

Peter Morgan was a successful businessman who strangled her girlfriend, Georgina Symonds to death.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Chacey Poynter

Thu, Oct 27, 2022

Chacey Poynter thought that she could get anything by manipulating everyone. So when she decided to kill her husband Robert Louis Poynter, she believed can get away with it. The truth shocked the community of Royse City, Texas.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Susan Ware

Thu, Oct 27, 2022

When a kindly old man is found murdered his family are devastated. But police discover his niece's bingo habit and backlog of debts would lead her to kill.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Lois Riess

Thu, Nov 3, 2022

After murdering her husband in Minnesota, she travels to Fort Myers, Florida to kill a woman and stole her identity. A gambling addict who will do anything to feed her habit. Police scramble to catch one of America's most wanted criminal.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Zatoon Bibi

Thu, Nov 10, 2022

In Birmingham, England a middle-aged mother enlists the help of her ex-husband and teenage son to kill her younger lover. A litany of lies and mistakes led the police to her door.

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S3.E9 ∙ Uloma Curry-Walker

Thu, Nov 17, 2022

A beloved firefighter, William Walker is killed on his driveway in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The suspicion quickly turns to his second wife. Police quickly learns, she recruited a team of teenagers to help her do the hit.

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S3.E10 ∙ Ben Lacomba

Thu, Nov 24, 2022

When Sarah Wellgreen suddenly disappears, detectives pour all their resources into finding her. But after discovering no evidence of her, they investigate closer to home.