Wigan presenter Kym Marsh takes up new role in true crime series

Kym Marsh has joined forces with the Crime+Investigation channel to present new real-life series Murder At My Door, a show uncovering the shocking stories of innocent individuals murdered in their homes by people they had grown to know and trust.

It is a launch that links closely with another of the 44-year-old’s recent projects, as the voice of domestic abuse charity Refuge’s #HereForHer campaign.

The subject has been high on the agenda since the coronavirus lockdown, with the charity recording a surge in demand for help and advice, alongside an increase in the number of calls to its hotline.

Speaking out in support of abuse victims, Kym, who grew up in Ashton, aims to raise awareness of the increasing number of people suffering in silence.

She said: “I haven’t been a victim of domestic abuse myself but that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to get involved. I think anybody should want to get involved because it’s not acceptable, full stop, and it needs to be stamped out.”

She described the work of Refuge as “mind-blowing” and highlighted that abuse can take many forms, not just physical.

It is a subject that has some links to her new show Murder At My Door.

Kym said: “Whilst it’s not directly linked to domestic abuse, it is linked to those personal relationships, you know, those people you can trust, those people that you think you can rely on.

“People that you love – that is the ultimate betrayal, isn’t it? To think that someone who could be that close to you would want to do something like that to you. It’s completely alien to us; that’s not something that we ever expect or think would happen – but then again none of the victims ever thought that would happen to them either.”

Kym admitted she found it “quite harrowing” to work on the show and hear the stories.

She said: “I felt a sense of responsibility really, because I just wanted to make sure I did the job right and that the families and friends of those victims would be happy with the job that I’d done – do you know what I mean?

“That I’d done the job right for them, really. Hopefully I’ve done that and they feel like I’ve done it justice, really.”

Murder At My Door launches on Crime+Investigation at 9pm on Monday.

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