WE all seem to love a good serial killer documentary, or get gripped by the latest detective TV show Netflix, the BBC or ITV throw at us next.

Well, Powys true crime fans who don’t mind blood and grisly details can experience that close up next week when ‘The Makings of a Murderer’ comes to Newtown’s Hafren Theatre on Friday, March 17.

Get a unique insight into the mind of a serial killer with a former detective who brought one of the UK’s most notorious murderers to justice.

Join the Scottish detective David Swindle – who caught murderer Peter Tobin – for a chilling and thrilling night at the theatre.

“This is a really intriguing and fascinating show that is touring to some really big venues throughout the UK and we are thrilled that we have managed to bring such a popular show to the heart of Mid Wales,” said a spokesperson for the Hafren Theatre.

David, whose ground-breaking Operation Anagram uncovered the activities of Tobin – paints an often-dark picture of how these monsters come to be in this gripping, fully-interactive, audio-visual first.

“Serial killers are cunning, conniving, controlling, careful and – I hate to say it – clever,” said David. “They live apparently normal lives and get away with their crimes for years, until eventually detected.”

County Times: Scottish detective David Swindle, who caught Peter Tobin, will present the show in Newtown Scottish detective David Swindle, who caught Peter Tobin, will present the show in Newtown (Image: Barking Broadway)

Tobin served a whole life order at HM Prison Edinburgh for three murders committed between 1991 and 2006. Police also investigated him over the deaths and disappearances of other young women and girls.

Tobin served ten years in prison for the rape and indecent assault of two girls in 1993. He was released in 2004. Three years after his release, he was sentenced to life with a minimum of 21 years for the rape and murder of Angelika Kluk in Glasgow in 2006.

Remains of two teenagers who went missing in 1991 were subsequently found at his former home in Kent. Tobin was convicted of murdering Vicky Hamilton in December 2008, resulting in his minimum sentence being increased to 30 years, and of the murder of Dinah McNicol in December 2009, resulting in a whole life order.

He was identified as a psychopath by a senior psychologist and reportedly claimed in prison to a psychiatrist of having murdered forty-eight people. He died of cancer while in March 2022.

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True crime fans, and those with a curious mind, can explore the cases, circumstances and the detective’s perspective on what really went on, the early warning signs and the clues behind The Makings of a Murderer.

With more than 34 years as a senior detective, David shares his unique insight into the minds of the murderers, the famous cases that were never solved and how the murderer got away with it… from someone on the inside.

David also looks at the connections to the local area of the most famous murder cases.

The Makings of a Murderer comes to the Hafren Theatre on Friday, March 17, at 8pm. To book tickets, visit https://thehafren-tickets.thehafren.co.uk/ticketbooth/shows/873641317.