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Strange But True Crime

Strange But True Crime

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Dive into a world of bizarre true crimes with brazen criminals that will leave you scratching your head for answers.

Rima Ahmed explores audacious heists, secret drugs bunkers and stolen identities with reporters who have lived and breathed these true crime cases.

Wanna get in touch? Email us at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk

Presenter: Rima Ahmed Producer: Luke de Costa Video Producer: Fede Marilotti Researcher: Bethan Davies Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin

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Episodes
  • Spoonful of Shards
    Jun 17 2026

    A vexed farmer wages war on a major supermarket, threatening innocent families with a deadly game of Russian roulette. He hides shrapnel in jars of baby food and places the jars back on supermarket shelves. Detectives race against time to intercept the contaminated food and unmask the culprit.

    For tickets to our live show in Sheffield go to crossedwires.live/fringe

    Get in touch with us behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk.

    Presenter: Rima Ahmed Guest: Luke de Costa Produced by Luke de Costa Researcher: Bethan Davies Social Media: Fede Marilotti Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin

    Dive into a world of bizarre true crimes with brazen criminals that will leave you scratching your head for answers. Rima Ahmed explores audacious heists, secret drugs bunkers and stolen identities with reporters who have lived and breathed these true crime cases.

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    33 mins
  • The Great Twitter Hack
    Jun 10 2026

    Young hackers infiltrate the social media accounts of the world’s biggest celebrities and spark internet-wide chaos. This is the story of the 2020 Twitter hack.

    For tickets to our live show in Sheffield go to crossedwires.live/fringe.

    Get in touch with us behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk.

    Presenter: Rima Ahmed Guest: Joe Tidy Producer: Luke de Costa Researcher: Bethan Davies Social Media: Fede Marilotti Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin

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    35 mins
  • An announcement
    Jun 9 2026

    Rima has some exciting news! For tickets, go to crossedwires.live/fringe.

    Get in touch with the show at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk

    Presenter: Rima Ahmed. Produced by Luke de Costa. Researcher: Bethan Davies. Social Media: Fede Marilotti. Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge. Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin.

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    2 mins
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