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Hunting the Silver Killer

Hunting the Silver Killer

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In the 1990s, the sleepy town of Wilmslow in Cheshire saw two murder-suicides in the space of three years, and both were elderly married couples, found dead in their beds. Police concluded that in both cases the husbands had killed their wives and then taken their own lives, but could they in fact be double murders? Two former senior coroner's officers who tried to raise concerns over the deaths reveal why they believe there could have beeen a miscarriage of justice, and forensic scientist Angela Gallop and pathologist Dick Shephard take a fresh look at the cases to try and get closer to the truth

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Johnathon Hughes

Two disturbing murder-suicides in the quiet Cheshire town of Wilmslow are still being examined, some 30 years later. Journalist David Collins broke the story about the elderly couples being found dead in their beds, three years apart but in suspiciously similar circumstances. In each instance the husband was blamed for killing his spouse, before taking his own life; but Collins wasn’t convinced by the police’s findings, and neither were two former senior coroner’s officers. Was a sadistic serial killer targeting the elderly?

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rolenameDirectorMatthew TuneProducerMatthew TuneExecutive producerJonathan Hill

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