Summary
Documentary series looking at crime in times of war. Street gangs, looters, deserters, sexual predators and even serial killers were undeterred by the heroic war effort going on around them.
Wartime Crime
- Season 1
- 6 episodes
- History
- Documentary and factual
Episode 5: The Blackout Killers
Summary
The stories of two murderers in London and Berlin, who both took advantage of the Blackouts during the Second World War to commit their crimes undetected
Review
Blackouts didn’t just protect Second World War civilians from the perils of overhead bombing raids. All that gloom gave rise to dark deeds of all kinds, most notoriously the opportunities for serial killers. This grisly episode treads a well-worn path as it describes two killers who took advantage of the darkness to prey on women.
In Berlin in 1941, despite the strictures imposed by the Nazi state, a man attacked women on their way home after working late, not only assaulting them, but throwing them off trains for good measure. While in London a year later, a well-spoken serviceman with particularly unpleasant tastes targeted Soho’s prostitutes in a brief but horrid killing spree.
Details
- Languages
- English
- Formats
- Colour
Credits
Cast
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Mike Bodie |
| Self | Julian Boon |
| Det Ch Sup Frederick Cherrill | Angus Kennedy |
| Evelyn Hamilton | Lucy Moorhouse |
| Self | Roger Moorhouse |
| Detective 2 | Chris Pollard |
| Charles Haffenden | Gary Richards |
| Self | Scott Andrew Selby |
| Self | M.J. Trow |
Crew
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Alec Lindsell |
| Writer | Elio Espana |
| Composer | Chris Ingham |
All episodes
Episode 5
The Blackout Killers
Summary
The stories of two murderers in London and Berlin, who both took advantage of the Blackouts during the Second World War to commit their crimes undetectedReview
Blackouts didn’t just protect Second World War civilians from the perils of overhead bombing raids. All that gloom gave rise to dark deeds of all kinds, most notoriously the opportunities for serial killers. This grisly episode treads a well-worn path as it describes two killers who took advantage of the darkness to prey on women.
In Berlin in 1941, despite the strictures imposed by the Nazi state, a man attacked women on their way home after working late, not only assaulting them, but throwing them off trains for good measure. While in London a year later, a well-spoken serviceman with particularly unpleasant tastes targeted Soho’s prostitutes in a brief but horrid killing spree.
Details
- Languages
- English
- Formats
- Colour
Credits
Cast
role name Narrator Mike Bodie Self Julian Boon Det Ch Sup Frederick Cherrill Angus Kennedy Evelyn Hamilton Lucy Moorhouse Self Roger Moorhouse Detective 2 Chris Pollard Charles Haffenden Gary Richards Self Scott Andrew Selby Self M.J. Trow Crew
role name Director Alec Lindsell Writer Elio Espana Composer Chris Ingham
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