Arman Alizad and top finnish criminal investigators tell of ten exceptional cases in finnish criminal history. Each episode follows one case from start of the investigation to final court judgment.
8 young women are found murdered over a period from 2005-2009 in Jennings, La. population just over 10,000 people. The young women were allegedly involved in prostitution and were drug addicts according to most family members. They also knew each other. Some say later victims were actual witnesses in the murders and/or deaths of the first victims. According to the book written by Ethan Brown, suspicions lie with a local drug dealer and local law enforcement.
A group of Ethiopian Israeli youth decide to kidnap the police officer who peppered their adolescence with abuse and eventually murdered their closest friend. What starts off as a personal revenge scheme quickly boils over into a massive national protest movement against police violence and for equality. Led by the pain and rage of SELAM, the beautiful sister of police's victim, and the small-time crook INDAL, the group capture the officer in an abandoned public pool and turn the whole area into an autonomous zone for the struggle.
It's spring and fear hangs over west-end Montreal. For weeks, an unknown man has been entering people's homes at dusk and threatening them at gunpoint. He ties them up, robs them and then disappears. Between 2006 and 2009, he committed 13 home invasions, one murder, three attempted murders and one hostage taking; leaving dozens of traumatized families in his wake. Using unusual investigative techniques, the police spend ten years tracking him down. Under the close scrutiny of journalist Patrick Lagacé, the series sheds light on many facets of the story that have remained in the shadows.
A high school student in desperate need of money to pay for his mother’s medical treatment enters an illegal fight. However, along the way, he finds himself up against a criminal network in his quest for money, aided by his friend.
In the 1970s, Detroit was experiencing an economic boom, but the idyllic suburban life ended abruptly when four children were abducted and killed by the Oakland County Child Killer in the dead of winter. Follow writer J. Rueben Appelman, Detective Cory Williams, and families of the victims in their mission to unravel one of America’s most baffling crimes.