For many people, owning and operating their own business is the ultimate American dream. On average, more than 540,000 new businesses a month will launch in the United States, but what separates a good idea from one that just reads well on paper? Enter the experts who are offering not only a cash investment, but sweat equity to burgeoning businesses.
Featuring incredible, real crime stories and spotlighting the techniques used by investigators to uncover unbelievable revelations in the pursuit of justice.
Series re-examining the evidence from British au pair Louise Woodward's murder trial 25 years ago. Includes unprecedented access to witnesses, the defence team, the prosecution and members of the jury who decided her fate.
A behind-the-scenes look inside the world of emergency medicine in the Lone Star State, where Dr. Ruby Rose and other skilled physicians resolve Texas-sized medical emergencies. The freestanding ER physicians deal with painful, unusual DNA, sometimes even gruesome emergency cases including a monster bug stuck in a patient's ear and a huge piece of concrete trapped in a patient's leg.
Over the course of a decade, two prolific serial killers terrorized the women of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, raping and murdering, dismembering and cannibalizing. Neither of them ever met, but each of them knew what the other was doing and, perversely, it appears, they were trying to outdo each other in terms of their depravity and sexual deviance.
Lone Star Justice is a new Investigation Discovery series highlighting the successful homicide cases of top detectives with the Smith County Sheriff's Office. On the surface, Smith County may seem like small-town Texas. But with more than their share of violent crime, and murder cases that have garnered national attention, there's another side to the county. Luckily, this East Texas county has a detective squad with a history of solving major crimes at a rate 20% higher than the national average. A team of three retired investigators - Sheriff J.B. Smith, Detective Pamela Dunklin, and Detective Joe Rasco guide us through the department's most memorable closed cases.
Wildlife expert and adventurer Steve Backshall has spent his entire life getting up close to incredible animals. Now he wants to study four ‘monstrous' animals on our planet, by entering their underwater world and getting closer to them than ever before. In ‘Swimming with Monsters', Steve joins forces with behavioural experts, scientists and extreme divers in order to dive with fascinating but deadly animals.
Pack your bags for a rare inside look at the monarchy’s luxurious private planes and trains. Climb on board the "palace on wheels" and take to the skies for the five-star opulence of the Queen’s Flight.
What if you could be a fly on the wall for the most chilling conversations in the history of crime? What if you could hear these conversations, word for word, exactly as they really happened? What if you could experience evil verbatim?
Deep in Appalachia, a war is brewing over one valuable commodity: ginseng. With global demand skyrocketing, dealers are eager to get in on the game, and with prices hovering around $1,000 per pound, diggers are in a frenzy to harvest the mountain gold. Some even believe its gnarled roots have special healing powers. Whoever controls the ginseng, controls the mountains.
Alaska is known for its great beauty and inspirational landscapes. However, it is equally as notorious for its rugged terrain, brutal winters and remote locations. Still, like everywhere, life goes on in Alaska throughout the dead of winter. Everyday tasks often become extraordinary challenges. But, with the help of colossal equipment and machines, residents are able to not only endure, but thrive and enjoy among the sub-zero temperatures, steep mountainous terrain and fragile–sometimes deadly–ice. New Science Channel series Alaska Mega Machines examines the science behind how these machines are engineered for survival in the last frontier.
Smartest Guy in the Room pits geniuses with 140+ IQs against one another as they compete in challenges involving feats of skill across a variety of topics.
Crime experts explore the motives and modus operandi of female killers. While males are often driven by anger, impulse and destruction, women usually have more complex, long-term reasons to kill.