7 episodes

One of Britain’s most callous and brutal killings. No motive. No explanation. Tim Hinman and Meic Parry investigate the case of a Welsh murder stranger than fiction.

The Crossbow Killer BBC Radio Wales

    • True Crime
    • 4.3 • 7 Ratings

One of Britain’s most callous and brutal killings. No motive. No explanation. Tim Hinman and Meic Parry investigate the case of a Welsh murder stranger than fiction.

    Introducing The Crossbow Killer

    Introducing The Crossbow Killer

    One of Britain’s most callous and brutal killings. No motive. No explanation. Tim Hinman and Meic Parry investigate the case of a Welsh murder stranger than fiction.
    Producer, sound design and research: Meic Parry
    Narration and story: Tim Hinman
    Executive Producer: Steven Rajam
    Sound Mixing: Mike Woolley
    Original Music: Mark Roberts
    Poetry: Rhys Iorwerth
    An Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds

    • 2 min
    1. Murder in the Middle of Nowhere

    1. Murder in the Middle of Nowhere

    One night, a crossbow bolt rips through the body of a retired man in a remote farmhouse. But why? Meic Parry and Tim Hinman embark on a journey into one of Wales’ strangest murders.

    Producer, sound design and research: Meic Parry
    Narration and story: Tim Hinman
    Executive Producer: Steven Rajam
    Sound Mixing: Mike Woolley
    Original Music: Mark Roberts
    Poetry: Rhys Iorwerth
    An Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds

    • 28 min
    2. The Investigation Begins

    2. The Investigation Begins

    As Gerald Corrigan fights for his life, a baffled North Wales Police try to piece together the bizarre events. There's no motive, no clues, almost no evidence. But a lead emerges.
    Producer, sound design and research: Meic Parry
    Narration and story: Tim Hinman
    Executive Producer: Steven Rajam
    Sound Mixing: Mike Woolley
    Original Music: Mark Roberts
    Poetry: Rhys Iorwerth
    An Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds

    • 32 min
    3. The Land Rover

    3. The Land Rover

    As the investigation turns into a murder inquiry, a burned-out luxury car in a quarry leads police to a critical mistake on the part of the perpetrator - and a unique breakthrough.
    Producer, sound design and research: Meic Parry
    Narration and story: Tim Hinman
    Executive Producer: Steven Rajam
    Sound Mixing: Mike Woolley
    Original Music: Mark Roberts
    Poetry: Rhys Iorwerth
    An Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds

    • 28 min
    4. Silent Witness

    4. Silent Witness

    An unexpected eyewitness to events on the night of the murder points the finger at a local figure. But with no motive, nor connection to the victim, police hear other names emerge.
    Producer, sound design and research: Meic Parry
    Narration and story: Tim Hinman
    Executive Producer: Steven Rajam
    Sound Mixing: Mike Woolley
    Original Music: Mark Roberts
    Poetry: Rhys Iorwerth
    An Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds

    • 36 min
    5. Reasonable Doubt

    5. Reasonable Doubt

    As the world's media converge on a courtroom in North Wales, the accused reveals a jaw-dropping alibi for the night of the murder. Will months of meticulous police work crumble?
    Tim Hinman and Meic Parry follow the twists and turns of an astonishing trial.
    Producer, sound design and research: Meic Parry
    Narration and story: Tim Hinman
    Executive Producer: Steven Rajam
    Sound Mixing: Mike Woolley
    Original Music: Mark Roberts
    Poetry: Rhys Iorwerth
    An Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds

    • 34 min

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7 Ratings

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