Series 5

Season 5 · 1996 · 12 episodes

Episodes

1The Silent WitnessJan 1926; Kathleen Smith meets Jack Derham but her husband Frank is determined to win her back.
2The Great Romancer1919; Arthur Goslett has two wives, Evelyn and Daisy. Daisy confronts him and he decides to murder Evelyn.
3Ring of Truth1865; Adolf Beck is identified as swindler John Smith. He is sentenced to twelve years. His name is finally cleared in 1907.
4The Golden Goose1909; George Storrs fears for his life but the police fail react to a ringing bell and he is found dead.
5Murder of a MemsahibSept 1911; Frances Orme was found dead at the Savoy, in Lucknow. Her friend Eva Stephens is put on trial for poisoning her.
6A Place of Execution1884; John Lee was due to hang for the murder of Emma Keyse but on three occasions it failed.
7An Evil Business1560; Queen Elizabeth I's close friendship Robert Dudley is frowned on. When Dudley's wife dies, scandal threatens the monarchy.
8Dearest Pet1855 Glasgow; Madeleine Smith is the prime suspect in the murder of Emile L'Angelier, a man considered outside of her class, but whom she had an illicit affair with. L'Angelier is murdered with arsenic, arsenic that Smith was known to purchase.
9Who's Sorry Now?Jan 1928; Harry Pace dies of arsenic poisoning. His wife Beatrice was released due a lack of evidence and the possibility Harry killed himself.
10The Woman in GreyFebruary 1882; Esther Pay is tried for poisoning Georgina Moore but acquitted due to faulty evidence.
11The Monster of Reading1929; American stage actor Philip Yale Drew is accused of murdering a tobacconist, in Reading but he claims to have no memory.
12The Letter KillethAugust 1908; Major General Charles Luard is the prime suspect when his adored and much loved wife Daisy is killed. Charles receives a string of poison pen letters, and is driven to a tragic act.