Author and medical historian Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris will use science, tests, and demonstrations to shed new light on famous deaths, ranging from drug lord Pablo Escobar to magician Harry Houdini. Using her lab to perform virtual autopsies, experiment with blood samples, interview witnesses and conduct real-time demonstrations, Dr. Fitzharris will put everything about these mysterious deaths to the test. Along the way, she'll be joined by a revolving cast of experts, including Scotland Yard detectives, medical examiners, weapons gurus and more.
Hosted by actor Morris Chestnut, the docuseries "Vindicated" presents the stories of individuals who have been convicted of crimes and sent to prison before being found blameless of the charges. Viewers get to know the men and women prior to their incarceration and follow the highs and lows of their journeys as they attempt to rejoin society, rebuild family relationships, and regain trust in the justice system that failed them.
World's Worst Tenants is an American television series on Spike. It premiered on June 12, 2012. The eviction specialists are Todd Howard, Rick Moore and Randye Howard. Though billed as a reality program, it does not document actual events; the show's producers admit that the program depicts "reenactments of many of the actual confrontations that Howard and his team have experienced". The program does not make it clear until the closing credits that the events depicted are in fact reenactments. On November 13, 2012, Spike announced that the series has been renewed for a second season which debuted on March 12, 2013.
Get an introduction to interesting people and riveting stories linked by a family recipe, starting from a base in Hawaii to locations such as Japan and Puerto Rico. Find the rich and sometimes surprising connections to a treasured family dish.
Whether flying across the country to get a suspect to confess the whereabouts of a missing woman or interrogating a high school senior class president about his mother's murder, detectives can get killers to make shocking confessions. When a pastor's secret leads to an unsolved homicide and a low-budget filmmaker becomes the star in his own interrogation videos, anything can happen.
The quickest and most polarizing Street Outlaws travel abroad to represent their country. As Team USA, they must face stiff, well-known competition from Australia to prove that they are, in fact, the world’s fastest drivers.
Everybody has secrets and revealing them to loved ones can be difficult for many people. This series showcases the process some go through when revealing their private information. Each episode features one individual who is ready to reveal the skeletons in his or her closet to the most influential people in their life. The subjects shoot the majority of the episodes themselves, providing a first-hand look at the reveal of the secret and its aftermath. The show complements the personal stories with archival and news footage that puts the featured issues into the context of the bigger picture in present-day America. The individuals coming clean on the docuseries include a single mother struggling to feed her children and a young professional -- who wears a suit to work every day -- who is homeless and saddled with student loan debt.
Some of America's wealthiest people leave behind their lavish lifestyles, sprawling mansions and luxury jets, conceal their true identities, and go to live and volunteer in some of the most impoverished and dangerous communities in America. Their mission is to discover the unsung heroes of America—deserving individuals who continually sacrifice everything to help those in need. At the end of the week, in an emotional and dramatic climax, they reveal their true identities and change lives forever.
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their first steps on the moon in July 1969, the world was suddenly split into two categories – those who believe the Apollo 11 landings, and those who don’t. We’ll investigate both sides of this debate – in fact 52 % of the British public still believe the landings were an elaborate hoax designed to trump Russia in the space race!
In this show we’ll search for a definitive answer by recreating the moon landing for ourselves, testing the various competing theories against each other. Featuring interviews with leading experts, conspiracy theorists, archive material and highly detailed reconstructions of the landing, we put this debate to bed once and for all.
Each week, our food hacker host, Todd Wilbur, investigates an iconic American recipe and attempts to recreate it better than the original, proving it with a blind taste test.