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Murder by the Sea’s most fascinating case? You decide…

Posted on 24/06/2020

Vote for the episode of Murder by the Sea that you found most fascinating

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Murder by the Sea: Michael Downes

Posted on 28/01/2020

Anyone who doubts the value of bobbies on the beat in these days of major police cuts should consider the case of Michael Downes in Blackpool in the 1970s and 80s. Two…

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Murder by the Sea new series 2019

Posted on 13/12/2019

I’ve heard CBS Reality’s Murder by the Sea is returning in January (Tuesday 7th 10pm). For those who haven’t seen it, the premise is that the jolly seaside resort is often the…

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Murder by the Sea: Louisa Merrifield

Posted on 05/06/2019

Of the six cases featured in the latest Murder by the Sea series, Louisa May Merrifield’s is the one I would most like to research further. The Blackpool Poisoner was the final…

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Murder by the Sea: Barry Rogers and Penelope John

Posted on 27/05/2019

It is hard not to feel great sympathy for Rhianne Morris, who appeared on this week’s Murder by the Sea. She was the girlfriend of Barry Rogers, who, with his mother Penelope…

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Murder by the Sea: David Ellis

Posted on 17/05/2019

The CBS Reality series continued to rake through the dark side of our seaside towns this week. This time it was the sad case of Swansea landlord Alec Warburton, who was murdered…

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Murder by the Sea: Mamie Stuart

Posted on 06/05/2019

The third episode of Murder by the Sea on CBS True Crime is about a case that is 100 years old. The murder of Mamie Stuart was all made all the more…

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Murder by the Sea – John Cooper

Posted on 24/01/2019

John Cooper was a man with a powerful streak of badness in him. A bully, a psychopath and a vicious killer, he terrorised an area of Pembrokeshire for two decades. He is…

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Murder by the Sea: Paul Longworth

Posted on 08/12/2018

Originally posted on robinjarossi.com 17 6 18 Paul Longworth thought he had committed the perfect crime. He strangled his wife, Tina, with a rope and left her dangling from the banisters. He…

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Murder by the Sea

Posted on 08/12/2018

First posted on robinjarossi.com 2 4 18 I spent Good Friday working on a documentary being made for CBS Reality called Murder by the Sea. The setting was a chilly boatyard in…

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