
The Crossbow Killer
BBC Radio Wales · BBC
Show overview
The Crossbow Killer has published 7 episodes during 2023. That works out to roughly 3 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 28 min and 36 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language True Crime show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 2.8 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. Published by BBC.
From the publisher
One of Britain’s most callous and brutal killings. No motive. No explanation. Tim Hinman and Meic Parry investigate the case of a Welsh murder stranger than fiction.
Latest Episodes
6. The Missing Motive
As the trial concludes, one name is on everyone’s lips. As a stunned community scrambles for answers, could he hold the key to this baffling crime?Producer, sound design and research: Meic Parry Narration and story: Tim Hinman Executive Producer: Steven Rajam Sound Mixing: Mike Woolley Original Music: Mark Roberts Poetry: Rhys Iorwerth An Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds
5. Reasonable Doubt
As the world's media converge on a courtroom in North Wales, the accused reveals a jaw-dropping alibi for the night of the murder. Will months of meticulous police work crumble?Tim Hinman and Meic Parry follow the twists and turns of an astonishing trial.Producer, sound design and research: Meic Parry Narration and story: Tim Hinman Executive Producer: Steven Rajam Sound Mixing: Mike Woolley Original Music: Mark Roberts Poetry: Rhys IorwerthAn Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds
4. Silent Witness
An unexpected eyewitness to events on the night of the murder points the finger at a local figure. But with no motive, nor connection to the victim, police hear other names emerge.Producer, sound design and research: Meic Parry Narration and story: Tim Hinman Executive Producer: Steven Rajam Sound Mixing: Mike Woolley Original Music: Mark Roberts Poetry: Rhys Iorwerth An Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds
3. The Land Rover
As the investigation turns into a murder inquiry, a burned-out luxury car in a quarry leads police to a critical mistake on the part of the perpetrator - and a unique breakthrough.Producer, sound design and research: Meic Parry Narration and story: Tim Hinman Executive Producer: Steven Rajam Sound Mixing: Mike Woolley Original Music: Mark Roberts Poetry: Rhys Iorwerth An Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds
2. The Investigation Begins
As Gerald Corrigan fights for his life, a baffled North Wales Police try to piece together the bizarre events. There's no motive, no clues, almost no evidence. But a lead emerges.Producer, sound design and research: Meic Parry Narration and story: Tim Hinman Executive Producer: Steven Rajam Sound Mixing: Mike Woolley Original Music: Mark Roberts Poetry: Rhys Iorwerth An Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds
1. Murder in the Middle of Nowhere
One night, a crossbow bolt rips through the body of a retired man in a remote farmhouse. But why? Meic Parry and Tim Hinman embark on a journey into one of Wales’ strangest murders. Producer, sound design and research: Meic Parry Narration and story: Tim Hinman Executive Producer: Steven Rajam Sound Mixing: Mike Woolley Original Music: Mark Roberts Poetry: Rhys Iorwerth An Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds

Introducing The Crossbow Killer
One of Britain’s most callous and brutal killings. No motive. No explanation. Tim Hinman and Meic Parry investigate the case of a Welsh murder stranger than fiction.Producer, sound design and research: Meic Parry Narration and story: Tim Hinman Executive Producer: Steven Rajam Sound Mixing: Mike Woolley Original Music: Mark Roberts Poetry: Rhys Iorwerth An Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds