The Murder of Melanie Road: The Killer Who Hid in Plain Sight for 32 Years
Published: October 20, 2026
Duration: 55:17
In the summer of 1984, seventeen-year-old Melanie Road had almost everything ahead of her.
Bright, popular and ambitious, she was approaching the end of her A-levels and looking forward to university and the freedom of adult life.
But in the early hours of 9 June, after spending the night out with friends in Bath, Melanie began the short walk home.
She never made it.
Her murder would become one of Britain's most haunting unsolved crimes. Police had evidence. They had witnesses. They had something left behind by Melanie's killer...