Every season of the 'Peaky Blinders' gave us a masterclass on murdering the Shelby way

While sometimes they simply killed for sport, at other times it was carefully crafted revenge which had to be executed

HBO's 'Peaky Blinders' will return with its fifth season this year in Spring and we can expect that there will be a lot of bloodshed this time too. However, since the last four seasons, the Shelby family who lead the Peaky Blinders on the show have been showing us just how precisely each of them is able to carry out a murder.

Murder for the Shelbys is a game, they leave no stone unturned as they practically hunt down their enemies from every corner of Birmingham as though some one has a put a prize on their heads. This inclusion of the prodigious murder scenes has made the show a fan-favorite. Before we watch the Fascists and the Communists get at each other in season 5, let's take a look at the four times the Shelbys taught us what it takes to commit a clean murder:

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