A true crime series that explores murder cases where investigations stalled or went cold; often for decades. Featuring interviews with the experts and law enforcement officials who worked these cases along with dramatic re-enactments we follow detectives, scientists and even amateur sleuths that dedicate their lives to bringing justice and closure to the cases that nearly went unsolved... Almost.
We all dream of possessing a part of that quaint small-town life. A friendly smile and wave from the neighbors as the kids run through the yards playing ball. Unfortunately, sometimes even paradise is visited by loss. Heartland Homicide tells the stories of these events, when big city crimes visit small-town America. Each episode uncovers the lives and circumstances of the victims while outlining and examining the convicted individual's motives, bringing the horrific events into the light with the people who were there.
The case of Willaim Heirens is examined by American Justice. Heirens was arrested in 1946 for the murder of 45 year old Josephine Ross, 34 year old Francis Brown, and six year old Suzanne Degnan in Chicago. After the dismembered body of Degnan was found an outraged public and media put intense pressure on the Chicago police department to find the killer. Heirens is pegged for the crime and then confesses. In an interview with American Justice he claims he is innocent and forced into confessing.
Rookie inspector Fiona Griffiths has a brilliant mind - and a secret history of mental illness called Cotard's Syndrome that has left her with a deep and peculiar empathy for the dead. A two-part crime drama for Sky Living which aired as part of the Drama Matters season. Based on the novel by Harry Bingham.
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.
Upon starting his post as a hotel receptionist, Gamal hears the rumors about the mysterious Room 207 and finds himself obsessed with discovering the truth.
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.
Leading forensic profiler and serial killer expert Dr. Bryanna Fox examines the serial killer's path from childhood or early teens when worrying traits first come to the fore, the gradual pushing of boundaries and the disintegration of personal morality, and the culmination to murder or multiple murders.
Most killers know their victims but recently there has been an alarming rise in 'stranger murders'. This is the shocking stories of people who were killed by someone they had never met.
Fast Justice reveals, for the first time, the drama of the operation on the ground and back at base. Viewers get unprecedented access into the snap decision making between officers in the thick of the action and in the dedicated control room. Fast Justice follows real stories as they happen, including hair-raising chases, adrenaline fuelled raids, and multiple arrests.
A documentary which explores the remarkable parallels between the careers of Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill, as well as their personal rivalry and animosity.
THE PROSECUTORS, a serious/in depth series from New Dominion Pictures, explores the complexities of the American judicial system through the eyes of the dedicated men and women who work in it. This series is set amidst the grim reality of backlogged courts, the overworked police stations and on the hardening streets of America. It profiles leading prosecutors, as well as young attorneys just discovering the laws of the legal jungle.
True-crime documentary series telling the story of police investigations, focused on the moment detectives realise they have cracked the case. It may be a DNA match, the moment an alibi is disproven or a dramatic interview room confession.