Grave Detectives Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Ada James

  Presenter Chris Serle and criminologist Professor David Wilson investigate the extraordinary stories behind forgotten gravestones, attempting to unravel the past in just one day. They start at the tragic and haunting grave of Ada Louise James, where they begin a journey into a crime of passion that is seemingly yet to be laid to rest

• Francis Kent

  Presenter Chris Serle and criminologist Professor David Wilson unearth a sombre tale of jealousy and murder at the final resting place of Francis Savil Kent, who was murdered in 1860 when he was just three years old. Francis's older sister Constance Emily was arrested but later released in the absence of hard evidence - only to confess to the killing a couple of years later

• John Horwood
• Susan Leakey

  Presenter Chris Serle and criminologist Professor David Wilson investigate the extraordinary stories behind forgotten gravestones, attempting to unravel the past in just one day. In this pilot episode, the intrepid duo search for the truth behind the legend of Old Mother Leakey, the Whispering Ghost of Minehead - and uncover a sordid tale of intrigue, incest and infanticide