On August 20, 1999, at his farmhouse Bleak House in Norfolk, England, Tony Martin shot two burglars. One died at the scene. Tony Martin lived alone in his farmhouse in Norfolk, now worth around £3 million. He inherited the home ‘Bleak House’ from his aunt. Martin...
UK True Crime
Living in the UK, I felt like I had to include a category that covers true crime cases in the UK.
These are a mixture of solved, unsolved, cold cases, missing persons and mysteries that have all taken place in the UK.
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The Murder of Bradley Lewis
On Friday 25th March, 2022, first responders arrived at a property in Kingswood Gloucestershire at approximately 8:20pm. They found 22-year-old Bradley Lewis suffering with a stab wound. He died in hospital 6 hours later. A post-mortem examination confirmed he died...
Dena Thompson: The Black Widow
In June 2022, 63-year-old Dena Thompson was released from prison after serving 19 years of a life sentence for the murder of her husband… but that wasn’t her only crime… Dena Thompson, born Dena Holmes, was the eldest of three children. Her father...
Beverly Allitt: The Angel of Death
Beverly Allitt was born on October 4, 1968, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. She has one brother and two sisters. They grew up in a village called Corby Glen. Her mother was a school cleaner and her father worked in an off-licence. Growing up, Beverly would wear...
Brian Blackwell: A Son’s Betrayal
Brian Blackwell was born in 1986 to parents Sydney and Jacqueline Blackwell. The family lived in Melling, Merseyside, England. Brian was an only child and a bit of a loner growing up, but the few friends he did have called him ‘The Brain’ due to how well he did at...
Melanie Wallner: A Husband’s Betrayal
Melanie Wallner, born Melanie Van Der Merwe, was born in Pretoria, South Africa. Melanie worked hard after finishing high school to save money so she could move to the UK. In 1996, she moved to London and started working as a waitress. It wasn’t long until she worked...
The Unsolved Murder of Alan Wood
On Saturday, 24th October 2009, 50-year-old Alan Wood was found murdered in his home in Lound, Lincolnshire. No one has ever been charged with his murder. Alan was last seen alive on Wednesday, 21st October 2009, spotted on CCTV shopping at a Morrison’s supermarket....
The Murder of Helen Bailey
In April 2016, Author Helen Bailey disappeared. She left a note for her fiance saying she needed some time alone, but after not hearing from her, he began to worry and called the police… Helen Bailey was born on the 22nd of August 1964 in Ponteland, England. She...
The Unsolved Murder of Melanie Hall
On 8th June 1996, Melanie Hall went on a night out to a club called Cadillacs. She was never seen alive again. A recent Psychology graduate from Bath University, 25-year-old Melanie Hall was working as a clerical officer at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, Somerset...
Lakhvir Singh – ‘The Curry Killer’
On 27 January 2009, Lakhvinder Cheema, 39, sat down to eat dinner at his home in West London with his fiancee Gurjeet Choough, who was 22. They had leftover curry from the night before. Just a few hours later, Lakhvinder Cheema was dead, and his fiancee was fighting...
The Vanishing of Lord Lucan
Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, more commonly known as Lord Lucan, doesn’t really fit the criteria of someone who could just vanish into thin air. Yet he did. Just before 10 p.m. on November 7 1974, Lady Veronica Lucan burst into The Plumbers Arms in...
Who Killed Paul Savage?
On 4th February 2003, 30-year-old Paul Savage was making his rounds in Mold, Wales. He was a postman and father of one. At 7:15 a.m. that morning, Paul was repeatedly hit over the head with a blunt object. The attack was so violent that the base of his skull was...
Disclaimer: I do not mean any harm or offence to anyone included in these blogs, or the families of those included. The information I use is found from news articles, blogs, vlogs, TV shows, Podcasts etc. which I then compile into these blog posts. I do my best to make sure the information is accurate, however I cannot always guarantee this. If I am made aware of any errors, I will update the information accordingly.












