True Crime Xtra Tuesday

Emile Cilliers tries twice to murder his wife. Her survival exposes the plot.

Emile Cilliers tries twice to murder his wife, first with a gas leak, then by sabotaging her parachutes, until her survival exposes the plot.

9:55 AM

Investigators uncovered a pattern of arson which left Carol Wray's family dead.

For years Carol Wray was seen as a fire survivor, until investigators uncovered a hidden pattern of arson that ended with her family dead.

10:45 AM

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11:00 AM

A passenger arrives with a suspect passport.

Customs swoop on a major haul of counterfeit goods, a passenger arrives with a suspect passport and concealed meat is found in a passenger's luggage.

11:30 AM

Drug smugglers play a cunning game with New Zealand Customs.

Drug smugglers play a cunning game with New Zealand Customs, and in Samoa, shipping containers conceal a nest of bio-hazards.

12:00 PM

Police investigate two potentially related cases

When an unreliable, drugged up prostitute witnesses an attack on a helpless girl, and an unidentified body is found, police wonder if the cases are connected

12:30 PM

A Los Angeles-based kidnapping ring run by Russian immigrants is exposed

A Los Angeles-based kidnapping, ransom and murder ring run by Russian immigrants is exposed when a pair of retired scientists use sonar equipment to locate its victims

1:00 PM

The wife of a reputable doctor goes missing

When the wife of a reputable doctor goes missing, investigators discover the doctor house hunting with another woman claiming to be his wife

1:30 PM

A bizarre case in which a woman was shot dead

A bizarre case in which a woman was shot dead. Investigators initially suspected her husband of the crime, but forensic evidence gave the story a surreal twist

2:00 PM

Thomas Downey is tragically murdered in Bath.

Thomas Downey is murdered in Bath. DNA and CCTV lead to Darrell Richards being jailed in 2015.

3:00 PM

Nurse Beverley Allitt murdered four children and harmed nine more.

Nurse Beverley Allitt murdered four children and harmed nine more in Lincolnshire, abusing trust until a pattern of deaths exposed her.

4:00 PM

A Hawaiian traveller with undeclared avocados asks for extra punishment.

A pair of Romanians are on a holiday to nowhere, a dreadlocked drifter tries to boomerang back to Aus, and a Hawaiian traveller with undeclared avocados asks for extra punishment.

4:30 PM

A massive haul of drugs is found in a shipment of bench-tops.

A massive haul of drugs is found in a shipment of bench-tops; a forgotten banana sparks an impromptu concert, and a pair of pets get a quarantine check.

5:00 PM

A couple who were murdered during a suspected drug deal

The murder of a couple during a suspected drug deal baffles police as the pair were found to be clean of any narcotics, until their pet dog gave investigators a new lead

5:30 PM

A man suspected of poisoning his girlfriend

A man suspected of poisoning his girlfriend after she became pregnant with his child

6:00 PM

A Sunday school teacher who doubled as a serial killer

A Sunday school teacher who doubled as a serial killer, and was captured by evidence found on a discarded cup

6:30 PM