Murdertown - Season 1 - Eps 5: Pontypridd
In 2014 a local woman goes missing after a night drinking in the pubs of the town. CCTV finds her walking home, arm in arm with another local drinker. He just happens to be a former butcher. Police soon realise he has put his trade to use, by dismembering his poor victim and hiding her body parts around the town. It's a crime with no obvious motive, and one which shocked the whole community. He was a man with a past – he once set fire to his primary school, and was found by firemen sat in the middle of the blaze paying the piano. It's a dark story – that we're still unpicking. Pontypridd is labelled the murder capital of Wales for the volume of crimes there in recent years.
About Murdertown
Title: Murdertown
First Air Date: 2018-09-03
Last Air Date: 2023-02-06
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7/10 (from 2 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 5
Total Episodes: 40
Network: Crime + Investigation
Genres: Documentary, Crime
Production Companies: Workerbee
Synopsis
Each episode of this true crime docuseries sees Katherine Kelly tell the compelling, step-by-step story of how one extraordinary murder was solved and how it fit a disturbing wider pattern in one particular city.
