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Written in Blood

  • 2017 – 2018
  • In Production
  • ~48m / ep
  • 2 seasons

Each episode Simon Toyne meets with a top crime writer to discuss how real life crimes have influenced their fiction.

Latest: Season 2 · 2018

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  1. E1. The Double Murders

    Oct 16, 2018 · 48m

    Simon Toyne visits a quiet community in Northern Ireland to explore a double murder with Clare Mackintosh which has close parallels to her bestselling novel "Let Me Lie"

  2. E2. The Generational Murders

    Oct 23, 2018 · 48m

    Simon Toyne goes to the state of Oregon in the US, where an incredible real-life case of multi-generational murder influenced Tess Gerritsen's book "Body Double".

  3. E3. The Taxi Driver

    Oct 30, 2018 · 48m

    Simon Toyne is invited by Mason Cross to his hometown of Glasgow to uncover a case that literally unfolded on his doorstep.

  4. E4. The Murder of Elsie Frost

    Nov 6, 2018 · 48m

    Simon Toyne is invited to Yorkshire by Peter Robinson the setting for his DCI Banks series, where he reveals the largely untold story of 14-year-old stabbing victim Elsie Frost.

  5. E5. The Casanova Killer

    Nov 13, 2018 · 48m

    Simon Toyne is introduced by Karin Slaughter to the case of 'Casanova Killer' Paul John Knowles who terrorised the US, and who came within miles of her home.

  6. E6. The Murder of Collette Aram

    Nov 20, 2018 · 48m

    Simon Toyne is taken by Sophie Hannah to Nottingham to explore the murder of 16-year-old Collette Aram in 1983, the very first case featured on 'Crimewatch'.