
Top criminal barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein explore the case of a murdered landlady who died, it was believed, at the hands of her lodger, who had only been living at the house for a matter of weeks.\n\nLeeds, 1926. On a quiet evening in March, neighbours heard suspicious noises coming from a terraced house. There was no sign of the homeowner, 41-year-old Lily Waterhouse. The shutters were down and banging could be heard coming from the upstairs bedroom. The following day police went to the house to find Lily Waterhouse dead. She had been bludgeoned and strangled.\n\nInvestigators noticed one strange anomaly at the crime scene: Lily Waterhouse's boots had been removed and were nowhere to be seen. But who would want to kill this woman in such a violent fashion to steal her footwear?\n\nWitnesses reported a woman leaving the house after the noises had subsided. These accounts brought the police to the home of 31-year-old mother Louie Calvert. When Louie opened the door, the police officers noticed she had the boots and belongings of Lily Waterhouse. Louie Calvert was arrested, tried and sentenced to death, but always maintained her innocence. Could Louie have killed Lily Waterhouse or was the possession of her boots an unfortunate coincidence?\n\nNow, over 90 years on, Louie Calvert's great niece Sue and her brother Mick are convinced of Louie's innocence and have brought the case to the Sasha and Jeremy. They will explore the psychology of Louie Calvert and examine the forensic science behind the crime. Could their findings help to assert that Louie Calvert's execution was a miscarriage of justice?
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Series 4: 8. Dainton
Leading barristers Jeremy Dein QC and Sasha Wass QC examine the drowning of a wife and mother in Victorian Bath, re-evaluating the chain of evidence that led to the conviction o ...
26-06-2025
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Series 4: 9. Brown
Top criminal barristers Sasha Wass QC and Jeremy Dein QC re-examine an infamous case of a housewife accused of murdering her young husband. She became the last woman to be publi ...
25-06-2025
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Series 4: 7. Read
Top criminal barristers Jeremy Dein QC and Sasha Wass QC re-examine their oldest case yet - the murder of a military veteran by his estranged wife nearly 200 years ago.\n\nLeice ...
24-06-2025
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Series 4: 10. Shaw
Leading criminal barristers Sasha Wass QC and Jeremy Dein QC investigate their first Scottish case, the murder of a reclusive pensioner nearly 70 years ago. Two men stood trial, ...
23-06-2025
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Series 4: 6. Staunton
Top criminal barristers Jeremy Dein QC and Sasha Wass QC re-examine the complex case against a Victorian auctioneer accused, alongside his brother and two others, of murdering h ...
06-06-2025
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Series 4: 5. Dumbleton
Top criminal barristers Jeremy Dein QC and Sasha Wass QC re-examine the case against a young farm labourer convicted of the brutal murder of a travelling watch repairman in 1880 ...
05-06-2025
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Series 4: 4. Lowson
Leading criminal barristers Sasha Wass QC and Jeremy Dein QC re-examine a brutal murder of a policeman. Three men were tried for the crime, but only one was hanged. \n\nButterkn ...
04-06-2025
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Series 4: 3. Fg Browne
Top criminal barristers Sasha Wass QC and Jeremy Dein QC re-examine a notorious murder of a policeman that led to the execution of two known criminals. \n\nEssex, 1927. On a qui ...
03-06-2025
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Series 4: 2. Bainbridge
Top criminal barristers Sasha Wass QC and Jeremy Dein QC re-examine the case of an off-duty soldier who was convicted of murdering a family friend on New Year’s Eve. \n\n ...
02-06-2025
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Series 4: 1. Maybrick
Leading criminal barristers Sasha Wass QC and Jeremy Dein QC re-examine an infamous Victorian poisoning case in which a wife was convicted of the murder of her husband. \n\nLive ...
28-05-2025
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Series 5: 5. Lefley
Criminal barristers Sasha Wass QC and Jeremy Dein QC investigate a murder case from rural Lincolnshire in which a wife was accused of murdering her husband with arsenic. \n\nWr ...
05-10-2023
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Series 4: 10. Shaw
Leading criminal barristers Sasha Wass QC and Jeremy Dein QC investigate their first Scottish case, the murder of a reclusive pensioner nearly 70 years ago. Two men stood trial, ...
23-06-2025
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Series 1: Episode 10
Top criminal barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass investigate a rural case of murder in County Cork, Ireland, in 1894.\n\nA man is dragged from his bed and beaten by two men. W ...
14-03-2022
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Series 4: 5. Dumbleton
Top criminal barristers Jeremy Dein QC and Sasha Wass QC re-examine the case against a young farm labourer convicted of the brutal murder of a travelling watch repairman in 1880 ...
05-06-2025
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Case Closed? Series 4: 3. Brown
Top criminal barristers Sasha Wass QC and Jeremy Dein QC revisit their investigation into an infamous case of a housewife accused of murdering her young husband. She became the ...
22-02-2023
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Series 1: Episode 1
Top criminal barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein reinvestigate the historic case against Charlotte Bryant, and the story of a murder that tore a family apart in the 1930s.\n\n ...
28-02-2022
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Series 5: 8. Allen
Leading criminal barristers Jeremy Dein QC and Sasha Wass QC investigate a complex case from Victorian Manchester. Following the shooting of a policeman during an attempt to res ...
11-10-2023
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Case Closed? Series 2: 3. Brown
Criminal barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein return to their investigation of a toxic love triangle which culminated in the mysterious murder of Yorkshire farm owner Frederick ...
15-02-2023
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Series 5: 4. Yarham
Top criminal barristers Jeremy Dein QC and Sasha Wass QC reinvestigate a complex case from Victorian Britain that featured four prime suspects, two trials and ultimately just on ...
04-10-2023
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Case Closed? Series 4: 4. Staunton
Top criminal barristers Jeremy Dein QC and Sasha Wass QC revisit the complex case against a Victorian auctioneer accused alongside his brother and two others of murdering his wi ...
23-02-2023
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