Ceri Dawn Jackson has presented podcasts and written on true crime, so can be trusted for engrossing recommendations. Here she picks five of the most gripping and cathartic true crime stories.
Our April by Paul and Coral Jones
A heart-wrenching portrayal of the victims of crime told by the parents of five-year-old April Jones, whose abduction and murder in Machynlleth in 2012 sparked the biggest police search in UK history.
Murder on Ynys Môn by Siôn Tecwyn and Meic Parry
A barbaric murder on a moonlit night in a remote pocket of Anglesey appeared to be the perfect crime. But as is revealed in captivating detail, no matter how carefully a killer covers his tracks someone, or rather something, is always watching.
- My great-great aunt was murdered – and this was my very own true crime investigation
- Knife crime: After Andre Bent was killed, his cousin turned grief into activism
The Pembrokeshire Murders by Steve Wilkins and Jonathan Hill
A fascinating insight into the work of a cold case detective in bringing to justice serial killer John Cooper, proving beyond a doubt that when it comes to true crime, truth is always stranger than fiction.
The Dossier by Michael O’Brien
Released on appeal having served 11 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, O’Brien’s unstinting quest for justice highlights 15 cases of proven or alleged miscarriages of justice in South Wales between 1982 and 2016.
The Man in Black by Dylan Rhys Jones
A criminal defence lawyer’s account of representing serial killer Peter Moore, a cinema manager in North Wales, who murdered four men ‘for fun’ in 1995. His crimes, Moore testified, were by the hand of a fictitious boyfriend he nicknamed Jason after the Friday The 13th horror films series.
