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- A Crimewatch file on the case of Michael Sams who was caught by his ex-wife as she watched Crimewatch. He killed Julie Dart, a Leeds prostitute, her body was found near the East Coast mainline in Grantham, Lincolnshire. He also abducted Birmingham estate agent Stephanie Slater, she was kept in a garage in Sutton on Trent near Newark.
Stephanie died earlier this year from cancer.
I know Andy has uploaded many episodes from 1995, I am currently looking through tapes to see if I have the missing ones. I have a few more Crimewatch files to add so all is not lost.
Also a shout out to Andy Gibson who has got a Crimewatch group going on facebook, please join it would be good to get some quality discussion going.
Once again thanks for all your kind comments - they make it all worthwhile, currently, from episode 1 to 105 we are only missing two, ironically one of which features the above case.
It was the ex wife who caught him. Well done to her! Otherwise the police would still be looking.
totally - coppers come across as being pretty useless tbh!
Bring back Crime Watch in this format. It’s brilliant. No showbiz, no razzmatazz, no pumped up music. Just like this!
They won’t, because most crime now is committed by..erm 🤯😅
No Rav?
Get into a Time Machine then.
American here. British TV is f’ing great.
I agree with you. I've always mirrored what you say. NO-ONE DOES CRIME WATCH OR CRIME DOCUMENTARIES, AS WE DO! They never need to overdramatised or OTT interviews with overplayed fake tears, where everyone looks made-up perfectly for the camera. Always making them feel fake. We have REAL characters, top notch characterisations, and the real nitty gritty stuff. All uninterrupted facts, good police work, no dramatics. Yes, BRING BACK CRIMEWATCH IN THE EXACT SAME FORMAT. Why change what works fine.
When sweet Stephanie asked her family to look after her cat bless her beautiful heart ♥ 😢 And when i saw her on tv happily hugging her beloved cat i wept tears of joy.
Nice to watch a crime program that doesn't recap every five minutes like we'll thick or forgetful .
Or tuning in halfway, having just flipped through 100 channels.
I agree with you.
That's down to no advert breaks on BBC television...
Can you repeat that please?
Exactly!! That's the formula that American programs use.
Very tragic that Stephanie Slater died from cancer at only 50 years old. This is what trauma can do to the immune system. So utterly heartbreaking.
Yes, she was a kind, lovely human being.
@@ileanamuntean7338 I so agree
OK doctor!
Sadly, I heard she actually had found a wonderful partner and was maybe coming to a place of real peace. Whether she'd have gotten cancer or not, no one can say, but PTSD does take its toll on our bodies so it's not an out of place comment.
Very sad did not know she died
Her boss was a decent and brave man. Couldn't be more opposite to the perpetrator. Well done.
Despicable Me without Minions
Rest in peace beautiful Stephanie, God bless her courage and resilience. What an unjust tragedy that she passed away so young, and that monster who killed Julie and terrorized them both is still alive. I hope he is being abused in prison every day.
Jill Saward was another one who died last year. Never got over her ordeal.
Sadly Sams will be in PC AKA the numbers.
@@thomasbarnes1498 Eh?
@@treasurehunteruk9718 PC = protective custody. In England PC is known as rule 43 so because of that it's known as the nubers...
coccinelle80 What a horrible thing to say.....He was caring with Stephanie.....Im sure he had no intention of terrorizing her ... and with Julie, he very prob panicked.
Stephanie Slater was a beautiful, kind and innocent human being. The psychological shock however, was too much and it probably triggered the cancer she died of aged 50.
So many heroes. From Stephanie through her boss, the bobbies who pursued her rescue relentlessly and Sams ex wife who had the courage to name him. Hundreds of heroes. One vile coward.
Nobody says 'bobbies'. You must be a copper.
@Angharad Er, no actually, we don't. That word stopped being used years ago. Unless you're over 75, upper middle class and living in the home counties. Which I imagine you are.
@@manfredwilliams9762 I beg to differ. 58, a Midlander and proud of it and I am best described as educated working class. Bearing in mind I live not all that far from Sir Robert Peels estate who founded the modern police force quite a lot of us still call them bobbies. Copper is an Americanism from the Italian capperae, to capture!
@@simonmorris4226 Well, I am 63, also a Midlander and also working class, albeit an uneducated member. I somehow suspect that you are mixing in rather more rarefied circles than wot I am, innit? The word 'bobby' implies a certain affection and chumminess with a group of people who are generally, although not exclusively, disliked and distrusted by the very same class from which you appear to originate. And yes, I am aware that 'copper' was originally an Americanism, however, it is now very widely used to describe a policeman in my part of the world; indeed I cannot remember the last time I heard anybody say 'bobby'. Incidentally, I don't suppose for a moment, that you yourself could in any way be connected to the police force, however tenuously?
@Angharad You're right there, Angharad!
I love these Crimewatch files too, notwithstanding the terrible tragedies they relate. I can't stand the over-sensationalied stuff and the slower pace of these old cases makes them far more watchable
@JIJI Exactly what I was about to say. Some modern documentaries are rendered unwatchable because of that. Jump scare music crashes and all 🎶🎧🙄
Well said .
@@debb4809 modern documentaries tend to repeat the same 5 minutes of film over and over again, whilst cramming in 20 minutes of adverts. Then they bring in an expert with no involvement in the case to talk about what we can learn from the killers choice of breakfast.
I enjoy true crime but the modern stuff is tasteless and lacking any real substance. People make videos that feel almost like a praising biography of the monster they are discussing. They make it sound cool to harm people in unimaginable ways to give undeserved fame to societies deplorables.
@@generichuman2044 I totally agree.
I watch all the crime watch episodes including the files
This is simply the best Crimewatch File. I remember seeing it on first transmission and have seen it some 15 times since. The production is excellent and those who made it can be suitably proud. One of the Top 3 Crimewatch Files.
What a brave bloke the estate agent man was. Even though he was being watched by the police, the listening device lost connection and anything could have happened. Especially when dealing with a psychopath like that who has already murdered one person. Heroism of the highest order.
And.... he and his firm put forward a huge ransom
He should have been awarded a braver medal for that!
Great guy.
In the documentary made 20 years later Julie, his wife, is STILL crying when she talks about the ordeal. You can tell she loves him!
@@noongourfain stop posting such boring comments, thanks.
Don't read them or give us some of your own scintillating prose. People here are reacting to a massive trauma in people's lives. Nothing boring there but tragedy of an atrocious kind.
Giving Julie Dart’s family false hope in regards to asking for a ransom for her safe return was disgusting as well. She was probably already dead when the policewoman was waiting at Birmingham new street station with the money. Total psycho. Playing games with people’s lives, the police and the victims families obviously made him feel important. Shows how much of a sad and insignificant little man he was.
Omg. I’m dam sure my boss won’t do that if I got kidnapped how brave was he..I recon he should get a bravery award he wasn’t police or army he was just a family man who never in a million years did he think he would have to do anything like that in his life..
RIP Stephanie and Julie. this individual should have hanged for his wicked crimes against these two ladies.
Omg that guy from the estate agents how brave was he doing that in an evening and bloody fog in a remote area no way could I do that in them conditions.
I was petrified just watching the reconstruction...."it was just me alone with him", he said 😭+ unbeknown to him he had lost radio contact with police. So he was pitch dark middle nowhere in total fog. So horror movie.🕸🕷🕷 very brave. I would not hace done it.
This is the most realist and best acted Crime Watch I have ever seen. Congratulations to the makers.
Yes and terrifying. I wonder how his current wife coped with the truth. What unbelievable and atrocious acts this vile little man did. Sociopath and Psycho too.
This is quite frankly my daily go to channel on TH-cam, i now live in Melbourne, Australia and this provides me with my nostalgic UK fix! Thanks Redcard! Its also great reading all the warm and polite comments 🙌🏾
Same here David. Live on Mornington peninsula
@@oliverbingham9742 great spot Oliver! I just spent two weeks in Mount Martha. Fabulous part of VIC 👌🏾👌🏾 are you originally from the UK pal?
@@daviddrysdale2746 yes mate from Nottingham! We’re not far from mr Martha. Our favourite beach to go to! 👍🍻
@@oliverbingham9742 It’s top notch there!
Such a nice comment. My daily routine too. ☺️
The tv movie about this case Beyond Fear 1997 is superb with Sylvester McCoy as Sams & Gina McKee as Stephanie Slater. Ive got it on dvd and i might upload it.
Daz Auto~ Yes please!
That would be great yes as I’ve never seen it.
That would be great if you uploaded the film as I’ve not seen it or never knew there was a film about it.
upload to brandnewtube if you are uk based google remove everything not created from uk accounts
Tell us when you do DAZ AUTO
RIP Julie and Stephanie.
Stephanie lived or am I missing something?
@@mattwhitley8781 Stephanie RIP did survive this. She went on to lead a life well lived and died of Cancer a few years ago.
Fantastic piece of programme making that has stood the test of time well. Unfortunately, later after this programme was made, Stephanie Slater admitted that Sams had raped her on the first night she was captive. It is therefore highly likely he also raped Julie Dart. Sams later, in response to the rape allegation, tried to claim Slater had consensual sex with him. The fact he made this claim rather than outright denying they had sex is highly suggestive Slater was telling the truth. She said she didn't admit he raped her during the intial investigation and trial because she wanted to spare her mother the pain. She was a truly brave woman.
Even though I've seen this particular CW File maybe four or five times now over the years, and am familiar with all the details of the case, I still find it absolutely gripping telly. One can only hope current crime doc producers will one day return to this 'all fact, no-frills' style one day. No dramatic and/or ominous music cues. No flashy editing. No repeated scenes, details or dialogues. All the unnecessary style over substance that we see too often in modern crime docs.
Just found your channel and want to say cheers for the uploads. 'Futureisgosub' was my only previous resource for old CW eps and now I have two more (You and Andy JS) to get through over the next week or two. Keep em coming, chief.
Roman plays. you and I are in total agreement with each other on every point you mention. They over dramatise something which is so dramatic already. The repetition of facts and the dreadful music is a big bug bear of mine. These are so much better.
Dear Roman: After 25 years as a True Crime fan, I have come to the conclusion that most True Crime videos are directed at the Soap Opera fans in the audience who are merely disguised as True Crime fans. These pitiful creatures particularly like the endless crying and blubbering that comes from the family members of the murder victim who also inevitably proclaim what a wonderful person their loved one was. Generally, the typical Soap Opera fan in the True Crime audience seems to feast on the misery in other people's lives. You can easily confirm what I am saying by perusing the comments on a few YT True Crime videos. Since Soap Opera fans are so prevalent in the True Crime audience, True Crime producers give these pitiful creatures what they want to the decided disadvantage of REAL True Crime fans like you and me. ... jkulik919@gmail.com
I have to completely agree with you. For the past 4 day's i've been watching nothing but these on this channel. 25+ years old these are and are a true thriller to watch and so well done. This is what British TV should be all about!
I agree with you. This is why I, an Aussie, much prefer U.K (& our own) true crime documentaries. The U.S efforts tend to be just like their citizens, loud and difficult to stomach.
The pans, flashes, chyron graphics, hollywood gossip style narration, and brief cardboard cutout soundbites from witnesses/victims is what makes the US crime shows so awful.
this is a superb crimewatch special featuring some of the real people and locations its amazing to watch .
Early 1990s people ! sickos, weirdos, victims and police. The entire thing is just a horror story. The pressure on that Estate Agent Kevin Watts who had to put up the ransom money and had to do the drop off must have been off the scale, a brave and considerate man. Things that pass you by as a kid and then you examine them later on in life and it makes me shudder.
@@gpotroast8031 oh they were worse !
Not just the 90s mate. There have been monsters for millenia and will continue to be for the existence of Humans
paul briton an expert in stating the bleedin obvious ?
Sams was evil beyond comprehension, he had reasonably paid work and skills that can attract a high income. He was not fond of luxury and, as far as I know, had no expensive vices such as gambling or drugs to feed. Pure evil, malice and cowardice. It's very annoying that he is still alive while lovely Stephanie is dead. He even published an article saying that pensioners are better off in prison than outside.
Blinking heck! My boss wouldn’t pour me a coffee!!! Let alone understake a bloody horror treasure hunt in the cold n dark! .. fair play that fella!!
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Yes he is a hero. I often wonder how he and his wife and family are doing?
Ha ha ha 🐿
True that. Most bosses : ... ''Put Steph's Job in the Paper, we going to need someone to cover for her now she's gone''.
It just amazes me how nasty and despicable some men can be
…… and women….
Great episode really interesting. I wish crimewatch did these detailed episodes still. It brings the story alive with its details and reenactments.
I remember this case so vividly and I've also seen a documentary with stephanie herself. What she went through during her time with him is truly horrendous, she is an incredibly strong woman. I can't even begin to imagine how she felt.
rip stephanie slater she passed in 2017, poor girl she never got over what happened to her
''You could taste the tensness in the officers Faces'' What the actual fuck does that even mean ??? @37:42
Paul Britton, waxing lyrical and stating the obvious since 1978!
Get the kettle on luv I need to watch some old school crimewatch ☕️
Old school rave too lol
Dave B a
Diks
Dave B.. Get the kettle on luv I need to watch some old school crimewatch.
Dave B's missus... Do you wanna feature on the next crimewatch episode!
What an idiot looking at this for entertainment value. What's in store for you?
Only in Britain can somebody be sentenced to 4 life terms and still be eligible for release...wtf?!
Yep, a guy who threw acid in his ex's face got sentenced to life, minimum sentence 7years! Only in the UK could life and seven years be part of the same sentence!
Only in America did they execute children up until 2002. That puts it on a par with Iran. America has a murder rate of 5 per 100,000 people, opposed to Britain's 1/100.000. There must be something America is doing wrong - apart from trying to tell the world how to behave..
@@davidc3839 Absolutely, at least we know what humanity is.. There aren't addicts around every corner or racism is pre Dr Martin Luther King Jr.!
@@davidc3839 Yes its called MULTICULTURE
actually its the whole of Europe due to ECHR, terminal prison sentences are illegal but after brexit we can make our own laws again.. so you are wrong sorry.
Such a shame Stephanie died so young, especially as he's still alive. I hope the rest of her years were fulfilled.
well he had had a leg amputated from cancer and he raped her - so he murdered two!
This channel has really made my year i love watching the old crimes i love watching the reconstructions and all the cases long forgotten for its time this show really was fantastic its even better to see the episodes in great q also the updates . Thanks Redcard74
Isn't it striking too of what a moron Samms was? It's like a crime special from Royston Vasey,
My Dad was in this episode at 2:26
Shame people died though.
Perfect! Settling down before bed with a cuppa. Thanks so much redcard
Yet thay released Colin pitchfork none of these people should see the light of day👍
You don't get well made quality shows like this anymore
It's only going to get worse now the BBC have sacked hundreds of people to make their programmes more 'yoof' friendly.
@@aaarrrggghhhh Does that mean "snowflake friendly"...?
Isn't it brilliantly done? Sends shivers down my spine - I could be there! But not over dramatically. Thoroughly enthralling
@@sarahdrenth1540 Miss Drenth are you under 40?
49:46 What a great stroke of luck that Sams stopped outside the home of a car paint sprayer who could identify the make and colour of the car
lol funny detail
Serendipity. 😁
hi Ian bousfeild are you the trombone player
No mate.That's not me.
Yes. There are a few that happened this way. I remember one was a little kid, like 11 years old or something, but he remembered every detail of this certain car involved in a crime. He loved cars.
Another I'd never thought I'd see again, thank you so much
My Dad was in this episode at 2:26
My ex-girlfriend worked with Michael Sams in prison. She said he was one of the few prisoners who really creeped her out.
david wacko haha nice name Dave. U most certainly sound like a wacko
My Dad acted in this episode at 2:26
Sam's is my big brother he's innocent set up by the cops
@@immytweed4607 don't believe you
Immy Tweed you would say that
why are so many coppers such divs? even the top man was saying 'i just could not believe it, i thought it was a wind up' after the arresting officers confirmed EVERYTHING stephanie had said about her abduction. pond life level of intellect.
R.I.P Stephanie slater. She died last year of cancer.
nicky29031977 lol
Thank you. I would not have known that.
what????
@@marcj4788 are you mental? Do you need professional help?
@@marcj4788 shut up man FFS
Stephanie Slater the 1991 kidnap (and rape) victim that survived this ordeal sadly died of cancer 31 August 2017, aged 50. It's March 2023 now and Michael Sams who is still in prison aged 81 still lives.
Eurgh, life really isn't fair sometimes 😢
Rest in peace Julie Dart and Stephanie Slater Xx😢😢
It goes without saying that Stephanie's ordeal was unimaginably terrifying. But hats off to Kevin Watts - honestly, by the time he got to the drop off point I was almost watching through my fingers.
Cat L I shit my self. Even though i like to think I’m a tough guy fearless guy. I still thought i could of not done that!😏
Loool. So was i.
If he hadn't have done it he knew pretty much Stephanie, would be killed. Very brave man.
Sometimes you can abridge a story too muck and impprtant facts are lost. Julie had bern killed days before the ransom drop was attempted, her death was part of his evil game. He is evil and it's horrible that of the key players of himself, Julie, her mother, and Stephanie, he's the only one still alive. I've seen people in denial before, but his wife takes 1st prize.
At least he was good to his word and released her. Lesley Whittle died after her kidnap and Suzy Lamplugh was never seen again.
It was wonderful that Stephanie had a photograph memory & she could describe the car journey & things inside where she was held in graphic detail although she was blindfolded
Wait - there's such a thing as a brick specialist?!
There's all sorts... Look on the railway murders there's even a person who can tell types of rope I think they contact the manufacturer and can tell when and how it was made... Everything is always unique... Police amaze me because they really do look into every little bit of evidence no matter how small
If something exists, then there's multiple types of specialists about that thing's various aspects
Millions upon millions of bricks in the world. Every one is unique. I bet they can tell exactly where in the world each one comes from. Bricks are beautiful. There are bricklaying contests, Olympic in nature....It takes no less than five years to become competent in laying them. And then there is The Masonic Order. The secretive organization that ran the world for so long.
@Wal Leece I'm in America married to one. My husband didn't do an apprenticeship, he learned on the job. When some older guy at work saw his first firebox he said "Hey my main shit stain!" all day long. We don't call them brickies here. Just masons. I'm a sparkie. He always made 10X more then I did and no license required just a scaffolding safety class. I retired to keep house.
@Wal Leece Oh lol
THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING !!!!! WHAT a time machine...big up Staphanie Slater n my fellow Birmingham squad !!!!
Oh, I didnt know she had passed. Rest in peace, beautiful soul.
SHE died.
In 1995 Michael sams tried to throttle a female probation worker in his cell.He got another 8 years on his sentence .RIP poor julie and stephanie
Sadly, Stephanie died in 2017 of cancer.
@dennytango same here. Not kill him but leave him with injuries that would make him wish he were dead.
Sad news for anyone that doesn't already know. Stephanie Slater passed away last year at the age of just 50 after her battle with cancer. Such a sad story, some people are just dealt a bad hand with life. RIP Stephanie Slater and of course Julie Dart.
A Crimewatch file on the case of Michael Sams who was caught by his ex-wife as she watched Crimewatch. A Crimewatch file,ex-wife as she watched Crimewatch.
Well i gave up on the god idea some years ago. I'd rather concentrate my love for the people closest to me. A problem shared is a problem halved they say, so always talk to someone if you're struggling - as we surely all have struggles at some point in our lives.
Mark Bartlett OMG. 😢
It just shows u the police don't work hard they shit piss adding around with petting crimes
@Sheila Mchgee I hope you are feeling a lot better now.
We live 100 yards from the house where Steph was taken, RIP
I live close to where Jill Dando was killed and Suzy Lamplugh went missing.
when they showed the chips all wrapped up I was like we need a shop like that in Canda.
@@rubydawn1 Aye, there's nowt like fish n chips.
I lived round the corner from the house
Without doubt in my opinion, this is one of the best episodes made.
I thought this one was quite dull, some of the others were made better. That's not to diminish the real life situation.
@@meggriffin94shut up meg
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@@sarahreid3467 Good morning, to you, hope all is well....
@@joshuaedwards1248 Good morning to you Joshua
@@sarahreid3467 here's hoping all is well, haven't been online much, has redcard 74 been posting much videos of recent, as I haven't seen much?.....🤔🤔🤔
@@joshuaedwards1248 Me either, I have been very busy but hope to find something new soon. Redcard74 is the most reliable source for me though. I hope you find something good.
What a remarkable woman Stephanie Slater was. Yes. Trauma, such severe trauma, but trauma of any kind , even stress is well known to affect our immune systems
RIP JULIE & RIP MISS SLATER , SAMS IS NOTHING BUT A COMPLETE EVIL BASTARD, HE IS NOT A MAN AS A REAL MAN WOULD NEVER HURT OR HIT A WOMAN 👍🏴
I would have not minded paying for a TV licence in those days, very good programs.
Good point.
Sams is still in jail, and not likely to ever be released, he is happy enough about that, as he thinks pensioners in jail are looked after better than pensioners who are free, sadly he is correct! Free food, heating, electric and pocket money, this is more than law abiding pensioners get.
Thats good.... But his wife must miss him a lot
Lucky he isn't in an American prison. He wouldn't be able to say that.
Don’t forget a roof over their heads
@Michele Marshall If we hadn't ripped them off for centuries, today we wouldn't have to be putting up with their presence here.
@Michele Marshall Which immigrants are you particularly talking about? I'm just interested
1:08:00 😂😂😂😂 I couldn’t stop laughing.
They didn’t think it could be him as no one had ever mentioned that he had a limp before. Then ‘Tim’ says the best burglar he knows has no legs and then they decide it’s possibly him after all. Wtf 😂😂😂
It all felt like a Hercule Poirot mystery!
Omg I can relive the 90s !! Off not well today so I'm going to binge watch as many episodes as I can haha loving the hair styles and clothes #memories
Wasn't Britton discredited in regards to Brady? I am sure he was involved in another serious case and he made a complete mess of it.
Britton cocked up the whole Rachel nickell case.Not only did it nearly convict an innocent man,it lead to a double murder in 1993 because Britton said the serial rapes and Rachels murder weren't connected .
56:48 Jesus was with her that night
People who think they are clever never understand their are always those that are more clever than them. The police in this case...Sams is an evil wicked man and i hope he never sees the light of day again.
Paul Britton is ultra creepy.
do NOT let the kidnapper know we are involved her life depends on it!....as they swarm the shop with police activity...tut tut that is as mad as Samms the simpleton
This has been an interesting evenings viewing.
I remember watching this with my parents when it aired & the scene where Sams pulls out the knife in the bathroom & Stephanie screams scared me tonight as much as it did then🤐
There was another documentary on this case made about 2000 part of a series called Manhunt & I think they used snippets of the reconstructions from this in it.
Kudos for The manhunt tip-off !
And sadly it's the same injustice Stephanie slater sadly died aged 50 and the fucking monster who kidnapped her micheal Sam's is still breathing. Wheres the justice ⚖ there isn't any.
Wonderfully told, impeccably acted, better than any Hollywood film.
Kevin your amazing risking your own life for Stephanie
Probably the most boring man I've ever heard
Sadly julies mum ,lynn,died about 10 years after julie
Wow. I just checked into TH-cam and found that this was your latest upload. I'd forgotten all about this particular one, but now, I remember it vividly. I think John Grillo - a fine character actor - played Sams. Might try to watch a bit of it now!
John grillo had a hilarious role in blackadder 2 as a leech doctor
@@ianbousfield5007 That is amazing! He gives an excellent performance here. Sometimes contemptible and sometimes sympathetic.
He played Wilf in the BBC sitcom Three up Two Down with Michael Elphick and Angela Thotne
I remember him in that.Wilf was a failed actor if i recall correctly
He also played House Master Mr Goodyear in Scum 1979.
Urghhh Paul Britton. Did more damage to Criminal psychology and profiling than any one in our history
Yeah he fucked up on the Rachel nickel case wrote a book and went on record saying these things about these three cases nickel /bisect and green chain walk rapes and said and wrote saying they weren't linked and when it was proved they were he said he had linked them and that it was the police's fault and they made him say it ,,be a man admit u fucked up, and don't be an arrogant prick,, someone should profile him arrogant ignorant narcissist.
the man you are looking for will be middle aged somewhere between 25 and 70 who likes knifes , unemployed local lad who has a history of violence but does his nans shopping ..... oh ok thx paul here's your £4,000
Michael Sams was played by actor John Grillo whom you may remember as the doctor Edmund Blackadder visits in the Blackadder the 2nd episode "Bells" and prescribes him a course of leeches to cure his infatuation for his man servant Bob.
He was fantastic here, top performance. On the other hand I couldn't stand the actress who played Stephanie.
@@Basauri48970 the casting and performances except by the Sams actor, are quite poor.
The acting of Michael Sams was excellent. Really creepy.
"I'd rather be a quack than a ducky"
No bakewell tarts and Earl Grey were mentioned, or they'd have had Alan Bennett bang to rights.
Hah!! Like it!
@@rodkirkbride2230 me too
Good one 😂@wildandbarefoot😂
😂😂😂
the best burglar I know's got no legs! Sort it out!
Indeed. You have to have a grudging admiration. Prosthetics in the early eighties were hardly what they are today.
And what a cover story.
It would never stand up in court.
Kathryn Hamblin nice pun!
Behave!!
This is a very unusual criminal. I have watched ALOT of murder documentaries and I mean ALOT. The murder of a female is overwhelmingly sexually motivated and if it’s not then it’s for life insurance of a loved one or it’s a serial killer. Never have I seen such intricate, intelligent planning for a ransom (something out of a movie) backed up with the willingness to kill if things go wrong. Very strange indeed. This guy was absolute oddball. Not quite sure what his motive was because he didn’t do jackshit with the money. I guess it was the thrill of outsmarting the police that drove this whole ordeal. But that’s exactly why I find it so weird he was willing to kill for it. Definitely a forensics psychologists dream here.
Oh and the gentleman that worked at the estate agents who took the money to him, what a guy! Balls of steel and very noble. He saved her life. Not many people would be comfortable doing that
The One, I totally agree!
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17:41 "It went to forensics. They established it was a white-painted blue brick"... Wow. You can see why it's considered a specialist occupation... lol.
OMG I watched this on...I think Crimes That Shook Britain. The POS raped her! I didn’t know that. They didn’t say it on this show. So when I watched this the first time I was like, I’m glad he didn’t rape her only to freaking find out that he did.
Is he still in prison?
And just amazing how brave she was to survive thru that ordeal.
Just shows how useless UK police are. Stephanie's survival was down to Shipway's money, her boss and herself. Capture was down to Stephanie and his ex wife. Police always say that these killers are not too bright and yet they manage to outwit police and 'experts', sometimes for decades. Police also treated Stephanie very poorly. It is little condolence but at least Stephanie was able to tell police how not to treat a victim which will help other people.
I used to work on murderers’s and rapists’ files. I don’t think I saw even one where the murderer had been caught by police detectives. Almost all of the murderers who were caught in fact either confessed or did something really stupid like telling a friend or neighbour.
@@Woodman-Spare-that-tree Yes. We see it on every crime show. Sams would never have been caught, if his ex wife did not call in. Harold Shipman killed 100s and would have never been caught, if it was not for a victims daughter being a solicitor who knew that her mother would not change her will.
Its amost funny how some people mistake their arrogant, fastidious, anal retentive nit-picking for high intelligence - yet their actions reveal them to be idiots.
The 2 CW Files I am would love to see again are from 1994 - Murder Without Motive and A Chapter Of Revelations
From the same year I'd like to see In the line of fire which was about the David patterson shooting in 1989.I remember it showed that the gunman was a real creepy weird character
Yeah Ron bummer Harrison is on TH-cam now
Evil bastard. RIP julie and stephanie.
Actress playing Stephanie was very good. RiP Julie and Stephanie.
thanks for this!!!! love the crimewatch files, do you have any more of the files?
Sad story. But hats off to superb British acting, which make these programs so watchable.
the limp wasn't mentioned in stephanies statement errrrrrrrr she was blindfolded
She did see his face on meeting him the first few moments of her ordeal
Pardon the frivolity om my comment about this tragic case, but I can't help thinking of Poirot's Inspector Japp when I see Det. Supt. Taylor.
Thank you redcard. Yes, if you can give us a link to the Crimewatch group I would very much want to join the group. Thanks again
This is absolutely fascinating, if it was a film you'd think it was far fetched.
Along with the female victims, whom I feel deeply sorry for,🤔 I couldn't help also feeling for poor Kevin Watts, my teeth were almost chattering at the sight of him going off, alone, in the dead of night, in the deep, density of fog on a lonely dark road, to do the dreaded drop off !!! Just the sheer terror of his ordeal, made me snuggle down a little deeper, glad to be in my warm and cosy bed😊
Just watched it now in the middle of the night as i could not sleep. Never been so scared in my life. I thought the killer was going to sneak into his car as Watts kept going out to readthe next message.🤤😲
So no ones gonna mention the bit where the weird woman walks up and starts talking about hand signals, that bit cracks me up!!
Rest in Peace, Stephanie. She can't have been very old.
She's died? No way. That's tragic
Her death was so cruel after everything she'd been through. Her memoir is amazing should be re released as I had to find an old copy on ebay.
And Sams is still alive, injustice to say the least.
Didn't no one read near the top she died in her 50s of cancer 😡😡😡😡😡😡
Hi nice one used to love crimewatch, do you have the crimewatch file from October 1998 or know where I can see it please?
Why you in it 👍👍👍💯
Thanks so much for all your hard work, past and future! I don't suppose you do have the complete Dec 94 episode?