The Real Prime Suspect is a case of life imitating art imitating life. Former Met detective Jackie Malton - the real-life inspiration for DCI Jane Tennison from Prime Suspect - retraces notorious murder cases from the UK and US.
Hidden behind the laboratory doors of the forensic institutes, universities and research centres, scientists and experts uncover important information on how to convict the perpetrators.
Each episode presents a new true crime case, modern or historical. Michael Winner hosts, providing exposition through voiceovers due to low production values. He often delivers a patronizing moral conclusion.
Last year, the UK's armed police officers out more than 16,000 operations in England and Wales, dealing with marauding fugitives, organised criminals, tense hostage situations and the ever-increasing threat of terrorism. This programme follows operations carried out by armed response teams, combining real footage from the missions with news coverage of the aftermath, and testimony from the officers themselves
Cry Wolfe combines the work of veteran private eye Brian Wolfe and Investigation Discovery's signature dramatizations to create a hybrid reality/procedural-crime series. It's inspired by actual cases investigated by Wolfe and his assistant, Janine McCarthy, and whether the target is a cheating spouse, dishonest employee, or scammer, each half-hour episode follows the two from the initial client consultation to evidence-gathering stages and finally a confrontation with the accused. Wolfe, a no-nonsense guy with a thick Boston brogue, conducts field work using an arsenal of tried-and-true P.I. tricks; McCarthy picks up the data trail left on the Internet; and re-enactments give each case life, disclosing a shadowy world where things aren't always as they seem.
Jeffrey Dahmer's childhood, combative parents, obsession with dead animals, strange behavior in high school, and first sexual yearnings collide and turn a once-happy boy into a cannibalistic serial killer.
Trevor McDonald embarks on an eye-opening journey inside the secretive world of the American Mafia, gaining unprecedented access to people who have experienced first-hand, the money, glamour and violence of the United States’ most famous organised crime network. In this two-part documentary series, Trevor delves into the lives of people with a fascinating story to tell, some of whom have never appeared on television before.
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.
For the police the final fateful hours in the victims life becomes a puzzle. They try to understand where they were, who they met, and what happened to get their answers. The Last 24 follows investigators working the most shocking murder cases as they reconstruct those tragic final hours in the victim's life.