A neighborhood petty criminal is accused of raping a woman, who falsely identifies him in a police line up. He is eventually "vindicated" and released from prison after more than 20 years, and he describes his readjustment to society.
The island of Madagascar is home to some of Earth's rarest and most fascinating creatures. Take a journey through the ecosystems of this pristine paradise and get a glimpse into the lives of its elusive inhabitants.
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.
For stand-up comedians, what happens on the way from one gig to the next might be even more ridiculous than anything that happens onstage. This series of shorts follows New York's most exciting comics as they hustle from spot to spot.
Nellyville is a docu-series following Nelly as he navigates his busy career as a hip hop icon, businessman and father to his biological children and his deceased sister’s children, while trying to start a new relationship. While we may know Nelly as a hard-working hip hop mogul, fatherhood seems to be his toughest job yet!
While plane crashes are rare, near misses in our crowded skies are anything but. Thanks to modern technology, these terrifying experiences are being captured more and more, as they happen, on cameras, mobile phones, and cockpit recordings, providing insights that are as informative as they are horrifying. See firsthand how recent pilot errors, technical failures, small mistakes, and big storms have placed passengers in life-or-death situations. Then discover why these incidents happened, and what must be done to prevent them from reoccurring.
It begins at Minnesota's Lake Itasca and ends in the Gulf of Mexico. From top to bottom, the mighty Mississippi River is a 2,300-mile marvel and America's lifeline to the world. Follow the river as it carves its path from the northern headwaters to the nation's heartland to the southern bayou. Discover how the Mississippi operates as an engine of commerce, and see how its creatures thrive in and above its rushing waters and along its lush, green banks.
On April 23, 1945, the U.S. Navy warship USS Eagle 56 exploded off the coast of Portland, Maine due to a malfunction of the ship's boilers...or so the official report said. A civilian-led dive expedition attempts to discover the lost wreckage and find out what really happened, uncovering fresh clues, startling eyewitness accounts, and a possible cover-up.
The collection tells the unexpected, unheard stories addressing a range of crucial issues including period poverty, child marriage, gender-based violence, HIV self-stigma, family planning and women’s economic empowerment.
Even though Frankie and Frank are quite different, one’s a little boy and the other’s a big monster, they are best buddies who love to play together. Join them as they have loads of fun filled with sweet surprises and lots of learning!
The old battlefields of World War II hold many secrets, including lost sanctuaries, buried atrocities, and forgotten heroes. Now, military experts and conflict archaeologists are using cutting-edge, drone-mounted technology to re-examine some of the European theater's most iconic sites and reveal their untold stories. From Maltese submarine wrecks to a top-secret research base in Scotland to the location of the Battle of the Bulge, this six-part series revisits seminal moments from history's greatest war from an entirely new perspective.
Once completed, HMS Queen Elizabeth will be the United Kingdom's largest warship, longer than three football fields and taller than Niagara Falls. But right now, she's months away from being seaworthy and battle ready.
Every great metropolis has its secrets, some tucked away in the annuls of history and others hidden in plain sight. From the single golden fire hydrant in San Francisco to the strange shape of London's black cab to Berlin's pink pipes, city landmarks often embody unknown stories, some whimsical, some sinister, but all fascinating in their own way. Join us as we journey back in time to uncover buried tales in cities across the globe, following local guides and historians on a six-part journey that is both travel exposE and urban mystery.
The country of Burma used to be a patchwork quilt of dynasties and kingdoms before the greatest religious reformations changed the entire scope of the area -- the rise of Buddhism. Viewers get to see the myths and monuments that united peasants with kings to create the Burmese culture that exists today. Burma's lands are full of the golden architecture that dots the countryside and cities in the form of temples, pagodas, statues, and stupas.
Across the planet, every animal--predator or prey--has survival advantages honed by millions of years of evolution. Watch some of nature's most accomplished survivors as they put their talents to the test, with their very lives at stake.