In June 2020, sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman celebrated a birthday beneath the trees of Fryent Country Park.

By morning, both were dead — victims of a teenager who believed a handwritten pact with a demon would bring him power.

This week, Rachel is joined by Fauna Blakewell from Echoes from the Loam for Signed in Blood — a story where horror folklore collides with real-world violence.

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On the 30th of October 1993, horror came to the quiet village of Greysteel. What began as a celebration ended in tragedy when masked figures entered the Rising Sun pub — and moments later, nothing would ever be the same again.

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In the mid-1990s, North Wales felt safe — small towns, quiet roads, and coastal pubs that shut before midnight. But behind the flicker of old cinema screens, one man was turning his obsession with horror into something real.

Peter Moore was known as “The Man in Black” — a sharp-dressed showman who owned small picture houses across the region. By night, he roamed the same roads his audiences drove home on. Between September and December 1995, four men were murdered in a campaign of violence that shocked Wales to its core.

This episode traces how a local businessman became one of Britain’s most chilling serial killers — from the façade of respectability to the darkness that hid beneath it.

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Vampire films, midnight rituals, and a friendship that turned to horror. In the shadows of West Lothian, a young man’s fascination with immortality became something far more sinister. This is the story of The Vampire of West Lothian.

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In the early 2000s, women and girls across southwest London and Surrey faced a series of sudden, brutal attacks near bus stops and quiet suburban streets. Ordinary commutes and late-night walks home turned unsettling as investigators worked to uncover the pattern. This episode follows the places, the timeline, and the mounting tension in communities that thought they knew their own back roads

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On a warm August night in 1996, a quiet stretch of the River Leven in Scotland became the backdrop for a tragedy that shook a small valley. This episode follows the final hours of a fourteen-year-old girl, the close-knit landscape she called home, and the painstaking investigation that followed.

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In the midst of Northern Ireland's Troubles—marked by paramilitary influence and community-enforced 'justice'—a kangaroo court verdict led to a violent 'punishment' beating of a single mother in Belfast, resulting in one of the era’s most reviled and enduring tragedies.

In a quiet Bedfordshire suburb, life seemed ordinary — neat houses, familiar neighbours, and a woman who opened her home to someone she trusted. But behind the front door, a story was unfolding that would horrify even experienced detectives. What began as a missing person search soon revealed secrets of betrayal, greed, and brutality, earning the case a chilling name: The Butcher of Suburbia.

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Sources

• Judiciary of England & Wales — R v Scott Paterson, Sentencing Remarks (Luton Crown Court), 4 Nov 2024 — life sentence; minimum term 19 years 178 days.

• Bedfordshire Police (4 Nov 2024) — “Man who confessed to killing vulnerable landlady jailed” (case summary and sentence).

• Bedfordshire Police (2 Jul 2025) — “Raising the alarm – the Missing Persons team that realised something was wrong” (MPU role; Operation Broome).

• Bedfordshire Police – campaign page — “24 Hours in Police Custody: The Butcher of Suburbia” (Channel 4 double-bill announcement; 29–30 Jun 2025).

• Sky News (4 Nov 2024) — “Tenant who posed as elderly landlady admits murdering her in Fairfield, Bedfordshire.”

• The Independent (4 Nov 2024) — “Killer who dismembered landlady and sent Moonpig cards…” (details of method and tariff).

• Biggleswade Today (2 Jul 2025) — “How missing person report led Bedfordshire Police to the ‘Butcher of Suburbia’” (local overview tied to the TV doc).

• 24 Hours in Police Custody — episode guide — lists “The Butcher of Suburbia (Part One/Two)” airing 29–30 Jun 2025.