Jesse Matthew was a taxi driver in Charlottesville who targeted young women at university campuses. DNA linked an unknown perpetrator to an abduction, rape and attempted murder in 2005 and a rape and murder in 2009. But all the police had was a composite sketch created by the first victim and a forensic artist.

1. Jesse Matthew

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Documentary

Documentary series exploring how the grim opportunities provided by the 21st century played a part in numerous murders. Interviews with experts and the victims' loved ones reveal the shocking details of these crimes.

21st Century Serial Killer

Series 1

21st century murders exposed: experts and loved ones unveil chilling truths.

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Adil Ray hosts the game of words as Emmerdale icons Lisa Riley and Mark Charnock take on the Reverend Richard Coles - and comedian Tim Vine - and try to win big for charity.

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Follow the triumphs and tragedies of the FIFA World Cup 2026.

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Stephen Port preyed on young men though his grindr account, he spent hours searching web porn,  a predator and he was to take the lives of four much-loved young men. The sisters of one victim chose to take on a challenge: to prove their brother, Jack, had not died from a self-inflicted overdose, as claimed by the police, but had been murdered, along with three other men.

2. Stephen Port

William Devin Howell kept a secret for 14 years; when a string of women went missing from towns near this highway in Connecticut, he was responsible. As the opioid-addicted women became frantic for their next hit, they'd turned to selling sex - and had been spotted by the man with an addiction of his own.

3. William Howell

James Fairweather was born in 1999, the eve of the new millennium. He craved notoriety; he sought it through becoming a serial killer and he learned his trade on the internet, a serial killer produced by the 21st century.

4. James Fairweather

Mark Martin made no secret of the fact that when he grew up, he wanted to be a serial killer. The Krays, Donald Neilson, and Ian Brady, all serial killers, were his childhood heroes. Mark Martin also wanted to be famous. This led to his ambition to become Nottingham's first serial killer.

5. Mark Martin

As a boy Shawn Grate grew up in suburban Ohio. He was a pretty normal kid; his parents divorced, and he lived with his mother. Shawn was a good looking boy, and he learnt that he could turn on a smile and get what he wanted. This sense of entitlement followed him into his twenties. He was popular with women but often in trouble for abusing them.

6. Shawn Grate

In Spokane three prostitutes were violently killed. Evidence suggested they'd been approached by a man wanting sex who had then used great strength to subdue and kill them. They had the suspect's DNA, but detectives had no idea who the killer was.