In The Dark - Trailer: Blood Relatives

Episode Date: October 21, 2025

Five family members, murdered. A sixth in prison for life. It’s one of Britain’s most infamous crimes. But did the justice system get it wrong? “Blood Relatives,” a six-part series from In the Dark, is coming on October 28th. New Yorker subscribers get early, ad-free access to “Blood Relatives.” In Apple Podcasts, tap the link at the top of the feed to subscribe or link an existing subscription. Or visit newyorker.com/dark to subscribe and listen in the New Yorker app. In the Dark has merch! Buy specially designed hats, T-shirts, and totes for yourself or a loved one at store.newyorker.com.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

It's a pretty desolate place. I'm kind of driving in under smouldering grey cloud. The story I want to tell you begins here, deep in the English countryside. Yeah, here's the farmhouse. At an elegant country manner, White House Farm. Big sign saying trespassers will be prosecuted. It became the scene of one of Britain's... most infamous crimes.

It's one of the most notorious and shocking crimes in living memory. In the death of the night, five members of the same family were brutally murdered in their family. It was one of the most sensational murder cases of the decade. It was a story so often told and retold. It seemed there was nothing more to know. Oh Lord, not this again.

Listen, we're not going to go anywhere with this. We're not going anywhere with this. But then, I guess. got a tip that that story was wrong. I always said to people, I don't know what's going to happen, but I know there's going to be a twist, a massive twist. They wanted to give the impression, I think, that everything's fine, but underneath, you know, it's turmoil.

The whole thing was just shambolic. You know, it was panic, 24-7 panic. What can we salvage? What can we resubmit? And your family, I think, was very instrumental in finding the evidence and putting the case together, really. hadn't have done, I think he would have got away with it. I really do. I think he would have got away with it. The story I uncovered challenged what I thought I knew, not only about the murders at

White House Farm, but also about the police, the judiciary, the whole British legal establishment. At every level of the criminal justice system, there's been a cover-up in this case. Well, I certainly didn't give anyone a statement. No one's spoken to me about it since the 1980s other than you. Does that seem kind of strange? Does that seem strange to you? I didn't murder my... I mean, I promise you, you know, no matter how many times we slice up this case,

I'm always innocent. I'm Heidi Blake. This is blood relatives. series from In the Dark and the New Yorker. Coming, October 28th, wherever you get your podcasts. If you're a New Yorker subscriber, or if you become one today, you'll get early and ad-free access to all six episodes of blood relatives in the New Yorker app. Go to New Yorker.com slash dark to subscribe today.

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