Welcome to On The Case. From the team that brought you the chart-topping, award-winning series The Trial, On The Case is the home for the Daily Mail’s stellar crime reporting beyond the courtroom… now in audio for the very first time. Each series, a Daily Mail journalist takes us to the heart of a story they’ve been covering, featuring new details, exclusive interviews and behind the scenes insights from the biggest crime stories making headlines around the world.
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On the 31st floor of an upmarket block of flats in Hong Kong's energetic Wanchai district, British banker Rurik Jutting brutally killed two Indonesian women in what would become known as one of the city's most notorious killings. Over the space of a few drug- and alcohol-fuelled days, he tortured and killed Sumarti Ningsih, and Seneng Mujiasih before calling the police to let them know what he had done.
On this episode of On the Case, we’ll hear from Daily Mail reporter Stephen Wright who travelled to Hong Kong to speak exclusively to John Reading SC about the prosecution of ‘narcissistic' and 'sadistic' investment banker turned torturer and killer Rurik Jutting.
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Presenters: Alex Matthews & Stephen Wright
Producer: Philip Wilding
Editor: Chelsey Moore
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Executive Producer: Jamie East
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23 Jul 2026
Hammer Horror
The notorious Chillenden murders stay long in the memory; Dr. Lin Russell and her six-year-old daughter Megan bludgeoned to death with a hammer. Her other daughter, nine-year-old Josie Russell, survived the attack, but with severe brain injuries. Michael Stone was given three life sentences for the attack but has maintained his innocence for three decades. The case still attracts controversy - lack of any real DNA evidence, a conviction that relied heavily on prison cell testimonies, the theory that a true serial killer was to blame.
The Crime Desk speaks exclusively to Barbara Stone, Michael’s sister, on her long campaign to see justice served for her brother and find out what happened that fateful afternoon.
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Presenters: Alex Matthews & Matt Young
Producer: Philip Wilding
Editor: Chelsey Moore
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Executive Producer: Jamie East
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16 Jul 2026
A Catholic Conspiracy?
Opus Dei, the highly secretive Catholic sect started by the Spanish priest Josemaría Escrivá in the 1920s has its tentacles spread all over the world. They claim it is a deeply religious order that helps ordinary people “love God and serve others through work well done, carried out with honesty and integrity”. Claims against the group accuse it of child grooming, human trafficking, and psychological and emotional control – claims Opus Dei categorically denies. The Crime Desk went undercover into the heart of its north London headquarters and across continental Europe to speak to former members and find out the truth.
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Presenters: Alex Matthews & Jordana Seal
Producer: Philip Wilding
Editor: Chelsey Moore
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Executive Producer: Jamie East
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9 Jul 2026
Getting Away With Murder
Martine Vik Magnussen's body was found hidden under rubble in the basement of a block of flats in Great Portland Street, Marylebone, London, on 16 March 2008. She had been raped and murdered and died as the result of strangulation. Farouk Abdulhak, her one-time friend and who she was last seen with on the night of her death, is the son of billionaire and one of Yemen's wealthiest men Shaher Abdulhak. He is the only suspect in the case. In our inaugural episode, host Alex Matthews is joined by Piri Thirunimalan, senior reporter for The Crime Desk who travelled to Norway to speak exclusively to Martine's father Petter in their family home to talk about his decades long campaign for justice.
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Presenters: Alex Matthews & Piri Thirunimalan
Producer: Philip Wilding
Editor: Chelsey Moore
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Executive Producer: Jamie East
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7 Jul 2026
Coming soon... On The Case
Launching on Thursday 9th July.
On The Case is back with a new, weekly podcast which investigates the real stories behind the crimes that made the headlines.
Hosted by the editor of The Crime Desk, Alex Matthews.
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28 Jul 2025
From Ted Bundy to Elliot Rogers... Is Bryan Kohberger a classic serial killer?
Journalist Howard Blum and psychologist Dr. Gary Brucato join Laura Collins to analyze Bryan Kohberger's sentencing in the Idaho student murders, examining his potential classification as a serial killer in this interview.
22 Jul 2025
Why did Brian Kohberger do it?
Investigative reporter Laura Collins interviews Howard Blum, author of *When the Night Comes Falling*, about the unanswered questions surrounding the Bryan Kohberger case and the University of Idaho student murders in an interview.
8 Jul 2025
The Trial - The Murder of Sara Sharif
Rebecca Camber recounts the harrowing details of the Sara Sharif murder trial, revealing the shocking abuse inflicted by her family members, in an interview with Andy Jehring.
1 Jul 2025
The Manhunt - The Murder of Sara Sharif
Police investigate the murder confession of Urfan Sharif regarding his daughter, Sara Sharif, and navigate international complexities to locate the fugitives who fled to Pakistan.
24 Jun 2025
The Man who Murdered his Daughter - The Murder of Sara Sharif
Host Andy examines the life of Urfan Sharif, who murdered his daughter Sara Sharif, by speaking with journalists and Angelika, his former girlfriend, about his history of abuse and the missed opportunities to stop him in this interview episode.
4 Apr 2025
The Truth - The Fentanyl Murders
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When Ellie Baxter’s mum and dad wanted help setting up their new business, they called in a young local said to be a whizz with computers.
Ten years later they were found dead - and Ellie was accused of her parents’ murder…
Now, with the real culprit behind bars, she tells a story with more plot twists than any TV drama…
In this episode, Ellie exclusively tells Katie Knight about what it was like to come face to face with Luke D’Witt – her parents’ killer and someone she thought of as a friend – for the first time since his arrest and how she only learned about the exact horrifying circumstances of her parents’ murder in the courtroom, where she was a witness for the prosecution.
Host: Katie Knight
Producers: Bella Soames and Òsk Petursdottir
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Studio Manager: Sam Chisholm
Executive Producer: Jamie East
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29 Mar 2025
The False Accusation - The Fentanyl Murders
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When Ellie Baxter’s mum and dad wanted help setting up their new business, they called in a young local said to be a whizz with computers.
Ten years later they were found dead - and Ellie was accused of her parents’ murder…
Now, with the real culprit behind bars, she tells a story with more plot twists than any TV drama…
In this episode, Ellie exclusively tells Katie Knight about the moment that she discovered her parents’ bodies, at home in Mersea over Easter Weekend in 2023, and about her subsequent arrest on suspicion of their murders.
Host: Katie Knight
Producers: Bella Soames and Òsk Petursdottir
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Studio Manager: Sam Chisholm
Executive Producer: Jamie East
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22 Mar 2025
The Master Manipulator - The Fentanyl Murders
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When Ellie Baxter’s mum and dad wanted help setting up their new business, they called in a young local said to be a whizz with computers.
Ten years later they were found dead - and Ellie was accused of her parents’ murder…
Now, with the real culprit behind bars, she tells a story with more plot twists than any TV drama…
In this episode, Ellie exclusively tells Katie Knight how her parents’ killer Luke D’Witt, who they treated like a son, wove an extraordinary web of lies and deceit so that he could control and ultimately take their lives by secretly overdosing them on the prescription medicine promethazine.
Host: Katie Knight
Producers: Bella Soames and Òsk Petursdottir
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Studio Manager: Sam Chisholm
Executive Producer: Jamie East
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17 Jan 2025
The Care Homes – The Grooming Gang Scandal
As a single father, the situation becomes too much for Marlon and he asks for Scarlett to be taken into care as he believes this is the only way to keep her safe. During her stay in some of the care homes, Scarlett encounters more predators and when she tries to report them, she isn’t believed.
Now aged 19, Scarlett is finally free of her groomers and her father Marlon is calling for a national enquiry into the grooming gangs that are terrorising the UK.
Hosts: James Tozer and Liz Hull
Producer: Osk Petursdottir
Sound Design: John Scott
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Executive Producer: Bella Soames
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17 Jan 2025
The Strip Search – The Grooming Gang Scandal
As Scarlett gets drawn deeper and deeper into her groomers clutches, she begins to go missing for weeks at a time. Her dad Marlon, in desperation, spends his nights searching for his daughter. He reports her missing to the police over 50 times in the space of a year but the police do nothing. And when the police finally do get involved, she’s arrested and strip-searched when she’s only 14 years old.
Hosts: James Tozer and Liz Hull
Producer: Osk Petursdottir
Sound Design: John Scott
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Executive Producer: Bella Soames
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17 Jan 2025
The Halloween Incident – The Grooming Gang Scandal
When Scarlett West was 13 years old, she was a normal, horse-mad girl doing well at school with dreams of becoming a police officer until an incident that happened on Halloween where she was viciously attacked and set on fire changed everything. This event was the catalyst that saw her gradually drawn into the murky world of grooming gangs and the beginning of a nightmare for both her and her father Marlon.
Hosts: James Tozer and Liz Hull
Producer: Osk Petursdottir
Sound Design: John Scott
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Executive Producer: Bella Soames
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15 Jan 2025
Coming Soon: On The Case — The Grooming Gang Scandal
Welcome to On The Case.
From the team that brought you the chart-topping, award-winning series The Trial, On The Case is the home for the Daily Mail’s stellar crime reporting beyond the courtroom… now in audio for the very first time.
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