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REAL Presents... EP5: What Happened To Charlene Downes?
Season 4 Episode 5
With Charlene's disturbing medical records have given a clear picture of the abuse she was going through, the police now have to consider many more m…
2 years, 10 months ago
REAL Presents... EP4: What Happened To Charlene Downes?
Season 4 Episode 4
With two new suspects in their sights and covert recordings, the police think they have the men who murdered Charlene... But do they?
If you'd like t…
2 years, 10 months ago
REAL Presents... EP3: What Happened To Charlene Downes?
Season 4 Episode 3
We now know that there was a convicted sex offender living with Charlene on the day she went missing. So did the police look into this man? And did t…
2 years, 10 months ago
REAL Presents... EP2: What Happened To Charlene Downes?
Season 4 Episode 2
In the second episode of this series, we look at the history of the Downes family, including the frequent involvement of the social services with the…
2 years, 10 months ago
REAL Presents... EP1: What Happened To Charlene Downes?
Season 4 Episode 1
In November 2003, 14-year-old Charlene Downes went missing from Blackpool. She has never been found and is presumed murdered.
In this ten-part series…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 35: 'I've Just Killed Someone' - First Confessions Count
Season 5 Episode 35
If you commit a murder in the US, there is a 40% chance you will get away with it. If you kill in the UK, then there's a 28% chance you won't be caug…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 34: Whilst You Were Sleeping…. The Crimes of Alex Crain
Season 5 Episode 34
Sleep walking.... sleep talking..... sleep killing?
In todays episode, we look at the crimes committed by 14-year-old Alex Crain. In an extraordinary…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 33: The Crimes Committed By The Chance Family
Season 5 Episode 33
If you had a child who committed the unthinkable... what would you do? Would you turn them in? Would you disown them? Or would you help them get rid …
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode 32: 'The Woman Without A Face'
Season 5 Episode 32
From 1993 to 2008, an unidentified woman's DNA kept turning up at various crime scenes across Europe. The crimes ranged from petty car thefts to murd…
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode 31: A Serial Killer In The Making - The Crimes of Shawn Grate
Season 5 Episode 31
When Ohio police received a 911 call on the 13th of September 2016, the dispatcher immediately realised she was talking to a woman who had been abduc…
2 years, 11 months ago