David Wilson

Join Criminology Professor David Wilson, as he conducts in-depth interviews and digs into the pasts of some of Britain's most notorious offenders.

A bust gone bad sends a streetwise detective and his checkered career spinning out of control and his future teetering on the brink of catastrophe.

The so-called 'Jack the Stripper' murders took place in Swinging Sixties London. Six women lost their lives to a sadistic killer who was never caught. Criminologist David Wilson leads an investigation that tries to unmask the murderer, who claimed more victims than his notorious namesake Jack the Ripper. The team soon unearth disturbing clues that could link the murders to another vicious crime.

Silent Witness star Emilia Fox and Britain’s top criminologist Professor David Wilson attempt to solve Britain’s most heinous murders in this unique true-crime series.

In 1888 the most infamous serial killer of all time, Jack the Ripper, began his reign of terror in London. Between August and November, five horrifically violent murders took place. There was a huge manhunt, but the Ripper was never caught. Using new technology and recreating the murder sites, this true crime documentary casts new light on the case and who the main suspect may be.

A famed criminologist reexamines the evidence in this powerful interview with murderer Bert Spencer, suspected in the killing of a paperboy in 1978.

Dennis Andrew Nilsen was a Scottish serial killer and necrophile who murdered at least twelve young men and boys between 1978 and 1983 in London. We delve into the psychology of Dennis to try and understand what turned him into such a cruel necrophile and murderer.

A tense fact-based thriller about an international incident where a Russian submarine was detected in Swedish waters while espionage fears loom.