This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence and references to suicide.In 1996 in the small town of Wilmslow in Cheshire, an elderly couple were found dead in their bedroom. Today and tomorrow in two episodes, we tell the story of a long-running investigation by The Sunday Times' Northern Editor, David Collins, into a string of murder-suicides in north west England. Could they be the work of a serial killer, operating undetected since the mid-nineties?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Book: The Hunt for the Silver Killer by David Collins (published May 26, 2022).Guest: David Collins, Northern Editor, The Sunday Times. Host: David Aaronovitch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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