BEHIND THE CRIMES

What makes a criminal? What drives a person to ignore the laws and conventions of normal society and pushes them to perform truly dark acts?

Sex? Money? Revenge? Love? Humiliation?

Are criminals born bad or are they a creation of their circumstances?

How can detectives catch people who are intent on causing truly dreadful harm to others? What happens when that criminal has done a brilliant job covering their tracks?

This podcast explores some of our biggest crime stories and some of the lesser-known, fascinating cases which deserve a better understanding – hearing from the people involved.

Hosted by TV crime correspondent Robert Murphy – who has covered some of the country’s biggest investigations, Behind the Crimes has become a ‘Substack Featured Publication’ with write-ups in the national press in just its first few weeks.

The first episodes include hearing about failures in the Stephen Port case, being guided through the Ripper inquiry by a detective who had unique access to the inquiry and following a covert team uncovering Britain’s biggest cannabis bust.