The death of a member of a sheep farmer's family in the Forest of Dean in 1928. The father of the family was a violent and angry man, but it was not clear if the death was murder or suicide. Researchers for this programme uncovered a confession that was sent to the authorities at the time, and the name at the bottom is revealed.

The trial of American actor Philip Yale Drew, who by his forties was losing his career and drinking whisky which was affecting his work and his memory. In 1929 he was playing the part of an undercover detective in a provincial tour when a shopkeeper was murdered not far from the theatre.