Strange But True Crime - The Burn Plot

Peter Brooks is a high-flying plastic surgeon and burns specialist. But he has major beef with his fellow plastic surgeon, Graeme Perks. To make matters worse, he’s facing an employment tribunal and Perks is a key witness against him.

Brooks’s career, his life, everything is on the line and he sees no way out. So he plots to take out his rival by burning their house to the ground - whilst they’re inside!

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Presenter: Rima Ahmed
Guest: Liam Barnes
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.

Published on Wednesday, 8th July 2026.

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