“For years, the streets of Port Talbot whispered of a killer who vanished with the dawn.”

In the early 1970s, three young women were murdered after nights out in South Wales — attacks that left a community fearful and police without answers. Decades later, new questions would emerge about what truly happened on those Saturday nights… and the man who escaped justice for so long.

This week, the Archive returns to South Wales, where three Saturday nights cast a shadow that lingered for decades.

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The Guardian – Kevin Toolis (18 January 2003) The hunt for the Saturday Night Strangler https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jan/18/wales.kevintoolis

The Guardian – Kevin Toolis (18 January 2003) DNA profile points to killer https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/jan/18/weekend.kevintoolis

The Independent (7 June 2002) DNA evidence ends 30-year hunt for killer and rapist https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/dna-evidence-ends-30year-hunt-for-killer-and-rapist-179326.html

BBC News (2 November 2000) DNA breakthrough in murder case http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1002648.stm

BBC News (29 October 2001) Woodland murders ‘breakthrough’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1626078.stm

BBC News (11 June 2002) Missing girl ‘link’ to murders http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2038433.stm

Wikipedia – Joseph William Kappen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kappen (Used as a tertiary reference only; facts verified against primary reporting.)

“They prowled the streets of Belfast by night — blades in hand, and hatred in their hearts.”

During the height of the Troubles, a loyalist gang led by Lenny Murphy turned sectarian terror into ritual murder. Their victims were chosen at random, their cruelty unmatched — a reign of blood that left even hardened detectives shaken.

This week, the Archive returns to Belfast in the 1970s, where the line between war and murder was carved in steel.

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“He looked like the boy next door — until the doors began to close for good.”

Between 1995 and 1998, Stephen Akinmurele was linked to a string of brutal murders across the North West of England and the Isle of Man — crimes that exposed a quiet, calculating killer living behind an ordinary façade. What began in Manchester’s suburbs would widen across the Irish Sea, leaving behind a legacy of unanswered questions and silent victims.

This week, the Archive journeys from Manchester’s quiet cul-de-sacs to the misted streets of the Isle of Man, where ordinary life masked a gathering darkness.

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This episode is based on contemporaneous reporting and official police statements relating to this case. The suspect died in custody before the case could be heard in court, so there was never a trial and no court record to draw on.