Twofour’s chilling documentary for ITV1’s Real Crime strand investigates why 39 year old Colin Ireland made a New Year’s resolution in 1993 to become a serial killer and how he was caught. Within a three month period Colin Ireland brutally murdered five gay men, four of them in just 15 days. He became known as The Gay Slayer. Using never before broadcast footage of Ireland’s confession presenter Mark Austin tells the story of a nobody who wanted to be a somebody - and thought the best way to do it was to become a serial killer. More information is available on the ITV1 website.

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