Catching Melanie's Killer - A True Crime Podcast by ITV News

When Melanie Road's body was found on a June morning in 1984, it prompted one of the largest manhunts in Britain. But the schoolgirl's killer wasn't found. How did a team of cold case officers rebuild the inquiry after decades and bring justice to a family still in grief?

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  • Taidie Bumps
    Thank you
    Brilliantly presented / after all of those years !!! Amazing …never giving up 🙏🏼 Justice finally / Well done 👏
  • maime92
    Unsatisfying storytelling of a tragedy
    Somehow managed to make a very interesting story incredibly boring and arduous to get through. 6 episodes in and we have spent time hearing about applications and forms rather than anything substantial. I fell asleep half way through and woke up to find I had missed absolutely no amount of information. The only saving grace for this story is the detective Mackay, she provides at least some charisma to storytelling. The podcast host has the most monotonous way of telling the story as if it’s a novel and it’s impossible to like. Also very disturbed by “Ipswich screamer” monicker
  • ccd.1983
    Good too much focus on detective vs case
    It’s basically a podcast celebrating the investigator not much attention to case / motives / etc more just steps of investigation
  • Addy_007
    So good & incredibly sad
    Very well done. This focused on Melanie, her family & the detectives hard work. The perpetrator was like a blip in the last episodes, as it should be.
  • mhmarquez
    Amazing story
    This story was so great in honoring Melanie. She went far to long without justice.
  • amysamo
    Absolutely brilliant.
    Probably the most excellent true crime podcast I’ve ever heard.
  • khevans
    Heart breaking and Intriguing
    Very good following along with these detectives and what they went through for this family. I don’t want to comment about the outcome. You’ll have to listen for yourself!! Worth the listen!!
  • Nattie1555
    Great
    Well researched and I must say that the narrator has a very pleasant voice.
  • Velvetjml
    Hmmm
    On episode two and I’m getting a sense of something disturbing and I’m not talking about the murder of the poor girl .....
  • zayatsgaem
    Very well done
    Well worth a listen. Huge focus on the victim, the victim’s family- not a huge focus on graphic sensationalism.
  • jkl5876
    Excellent
    Well told. Interesting to hear from the perspective of the lead detective on the case and how personally involved she became with the family. Great job on the interviews and reporting on the podcast.
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