Award-winning journalist Mariana van Zeller investigates new emerging underworlds, including the trade in body parts, hired assassins, sextortion and the smuggling of people across the U.S.-Mexico border, to meet the players and learn the business.
Examining unspeakable crimes in Las Vegas, where the bright lights and good times belie a dark underbelly of evildoing transpiring on the glamorous Strip and in the vast desert surrounding it.
Eight murders in the Cincinnati region. Seven adults and a 16-year-old boy from the Rhoden family were shot execution-style at three homes and a nearby trailer in 2016.
Get up close and personal with the most exposed offenders ever caught on camera. Witnesses and police share the inside stories of dangerous crimes committed totally naked. From burglaries in the buff to nude DUIs, these lawbreakers let it all hang out.
Active agents, informants, undercover operatives and victims disclose the ingenious tactics and difficult judgment calls that make the FBI the world’s most elite crime-fighting agency.
A re-examination of the brutal murders of four flight attendants in the 70s and 80s. Is the wrong man behind bars? If so - will the victims' families ever get justice? Part of True Crime on Channel 4.
The gripping stories of everyday citizens who have solved or are attempting to solve a murder. Each episode focuses on an individual citizen detective – or a group working together – and the case that they’re consumed by, unpacking the details of the case and exploring the psyches of those who simply need to know what happened and why?
In the City of Angels, everyone is striving for the unattainable high life, and some are willing to kill for it. Encompassing everything from beach communities like Venice and Malibu to the wealth of Beverly Hills and hip enclaves like Thai Town and Highland Park, Real Murders of Los Angeles exposes the dark underbelly of the city's glamorous façade. Follow the stories of those whose lust for fame and fortune led them to commit salacious, sinful, and scandalous murders.
When we sleep, we are at our most vulnerable. Sometimes crimes occur when a few or even all key characters are fast asleep. These stories tap into the primal fear, present since childhood, of what happens once we shut our eyes.
Terrifying true stories of mothers and their children when nature’s strongest bond morphs into conspiracy, manipulation and murder. Acts of greed, revenge and cruelty leave trails of torment and destruction across America.
These chilling stories of murder hit terrifyingly close to home -- each a real-life tale about the last thing anyone wants to find in their basement, a dead body. Every episode will make one think twice before ever stepping foot in the basement again.
When the sun sets, the strangest suspects pass through police stations, and officers encounter their weirdest and wildest behavior. Direct access to body cams and CCTV takes viewers along for the ride with police who must deal with insanity after dark.
Think you know the person you married? Think again. These gripping true stories explore the wickedness behind the wedding and show the devastating consequences of what happens when people are betrayed by those who should love them the most.
'Dead of Night' features nail-biting true stories of victims working the graveyard shift who are thrust into real-life nightmares. A killer lies in wait to strike the most vulnerable, those alone in the dark. When the sun sets, the body count will rise.
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.
In each episode, TV personality and actor Will Mellor is joined by a panel of experts, including ex-Detective Superintendent Julie McKay, psychologist Serena Simmons and ex-Murder Detective Howard Groves. They will try to unravel how and why a police officer can switch from law enforcer to lawbreaker, as well as tell the story of how they were brought to justice for their horrendous actions.
Undercover work is the most exciting, but risky part of law enforcement. However, when everyday citizens with no formal training go undercover, anything can happen. Doing the right thing has never been more dangerous.
What happens when the one you commit to spend your life with ends up taking it instead? This series looks at partner-homicide cases; stories of wives killing husbands, husbands killing wives (much more common), and love turning to loathing as passions get out of control.