Strange But True Crime

A Warwickshire couple leave their home and beloved pets in the care of a trusted house sitter while they go on holiday. But when they return, a few strange details suggest something is very wrong. Their home looks tidy, yet small clues begin to raise unsettling questions about what happened while they were away. As they look closer, suspicions grow around the woman they trusted with their keys.
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Presenter: Rima Ahmed
Reporter: Shannen Headley
Producer: Luke de Costa
Executive producer: Luke Eldridge
Researcher: Bethan Davies
Video Producer: Fede Marilotti
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes & Alistair Miskin
Dive into a world of bizarre true crimes with brazen criminals that will leave you scratching your head for answers. Rima Ahmed explores audacious heists, secret drugs bunkers and stolen identities with reporters who have lived and breathed these true crime cases.

Model and former reality TV star Matt Peacock discovers his photos are being used to create fake dating profiles and catfish women.
What begins as an unsettling case of online identity theft soon becomes far more serious. Women come forward with stories of intimate messages, explicit photos and relationships with a man they believed was Matt.
Fake profiles appear as quickly as Matt can have them removed. So, he teams up with private investigator Rebecca Jane to uncover the person behind the deception. Their investigation leads to a dramatic sting operation and a confrontation with the man who has been impersonating Matt.
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Presenter: Rima Ahmed
Reporter: Katherine Bainbridge
Producer: Luke de Costa
Executive producer: Luke Eldridge
Researcher: Bethan Davies
Video Producer: Fede Marilotti
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes & Alistair Miskin
Dive into a world of bizarre true crimes with brazen criminals that will leave you scratching your head for answers. Rima Ahmed explores audacious heists, secret drugs bunkers and stolen identities with reporters who have lived and breathed these true crime cases.

Tanya Nasir’s stellar CV lands her a prestigious job on the neonatal unit at the Princess of Wales Hospital. But is she really who she says she is?
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Presenter: Rima Ahmed
Reporter: Colette Hume
Producer: Luke de Costa
Executive producer: Luke Eldridge
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes & Alistair Miskin
Dive into a world of bizarre true crimes with brazen criminals that will leave you scratching your head for answers. Rima Ahmed explores audacious heists, secret drugs bunkers and stolen identities with reporters who have lived and breathed these true crime cases.

Recorded at the 2026 Crossed Wires Festival, Rima Ahmed takes you inside a BBC investigation to catch a catfish.
Ray McDonald is a prolific scammer with a cruel knack for love bombing women and stealing thousands of pounds from them. He’s been jailed numerous times but as soon as he’s out, he’s back on dating apps and looking for his next victim to con.
How do you stop a professional love bomber, like Ray McDonald?
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Presenter: Rima Ahmed
Guest: Philippa Goymer
Producer: Luke de Costa
Researcher: Bethan Davies
Social Media: Fede Marilotti
Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin
Dive into a world of bizarre true crimes with brazen criminals that will leave you scratching your head for answers. Rima Ahmed explores audacious heists, secret drugs bunkers and stolen identities with reporters who have lived and breathed these true crime cases.

Peter Brooks is a high-flying plastic surgeon and burns specialist. But he has major beef with his fellow plastic surgeon, Graeme Perks. To make matters worse, he’s facing an employment tribunal and Perks is a key witness against him.
Brooks’s career, his life, everything is on the line and he sees no way out. So he plots to take out his rival by burning their house to the ground - whilst they’re inside!
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Presenter: Rima Ahmed
Guest: Liam Barnes
Produced by Luke de Costa
Researcher: Bethan Davies
Social Media: Fede Marilotti
Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin
Dive into a world of bizarre true crimes with brazen criminals that will leave you scratching your head for answers. Rima Ahmed explores audacious heists, secret drugs bunkers and stolen identities with reporters who have lived and breathed these true crime cases.