-
O.J. Simpson (2010)
The Las Vegas kidnapping case that put former football great O.J. Simpson in jail was one of many highly publicized Simpson cases with a singular theme – rage… Crime Writer Aphrodite Jones uncovers new information about the fall of an icon. …
-
The Long Island Railroad Massacre (2012)
On December 7, 1993, a Jamaican man (Colin Ferguson) opened fire on a Long Island commuter train killing 6 and injuring 19 more in an incident coined the “Long Island Railroad Massacre”… Investigation Discovery’s ‘Killer Trials: Judgement Day’ crime series examines the case of Colin Ferguson and the strange court proceedings that followed …
-
Capturing Saddam (2006)
… the terrific ‘Zero Hour’ documentary series takes a fascinating look back at the final hours leading to the capture of Iraqi dictator, Sadam Hussein as told by the men that tracked him down and eventually captured him…
-
Terror in Tokyo (2004)
…on March 20, 1995, the most serious violent attack in Japan since the end of World War II occurred… The Sarin attack on the Tokyo subway, was an act of domestic terrorism perpetrated by members of the religious cult, Aum Shinrikyo that took the lives of 13 and injured thousands…
-
Massacre at Columbine High (2004)
… minute-by-minute account of the Columbine High School massacre that horrified the world… featuring chilling video footage of Klebold and Harris, ‘Zero Hour: Massacre at Columbine High’ offers a real insight into the twisted minds that devised a devastating plan too horrific to believe and then carried it out with cruel and fanatic precision….
-
Brother’s Keeper (1992)
Directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, “Brother’s Keeper” is a brilliant documentary that tells the story of an alleged murder in Munnsville, New York … that divided the town when one of the local ‘Ward’ brothers lay dead and another was accused of the crime…
-
Biggie & Tupac (2002)
British documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield takes a closer look at the murders of Hip Hop icons, The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur… many questions are raised and fingers are pointed directly at the LA Police department’s internal corruption & Hip Hop producer, Suge Knight, head of Death Row Records….
-
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011)
This final version chronicles the last years in prison and eventual release of the three men accused of brutally murdering three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. The men were released after entering an Alford plea on August 19, 2011, allowing them to assert their innocence while acknowledging that prosecutors had enough evidence to…
-
West Memphis Three (2011)
In 1993, the bodies of three young boys were discovered in a muddy creek that led to a major drainage canal at Robin Hood Hills near West Memphis, Arkansas – three young teenagers: Damien Echols , Jessie Misskelley, Jr. and Jason Baldwin were charged and quickly convicted of the crimes based on the coerced confession…
-
Young Kids, Hard Time (2011)
The YIA (Youth Incarcerated As Adults) cellblock inWabash, Indiana is home to 53 kids who are sentenced as adults and are rarely permitted to leave the unit due to the dangers posed by the adult prisoners just outside their door… But once a youth offender turns 18, they begin the immediate transition into the general…
-
Inside the Mafia: The Godfathers (2005)
Part of National Geographic’s ‘Inside The Mafia’ series, ‘The Godfathers’ chronicles the lives of two mafia godfathers: John Gotti, aka “dapper Don”, the streetwise, publicity-loving head of the Gambino family in New York and Toto Riina, the psychopathic head of the Sicilian Mafia…
-
The Anthrax Files (2011)
Just after 9/11, as the US Congress was debating giving President Bush unprecedented powers to combat terrorism, envelopes carrying the deadly Anthrax bacteria were delivered to U.S. Senate offices… Five people were killed, many more infected and the nation was terrorized….
-
Mumbai Massacre (2009)
Most terrorist attacks happen in seconds… the attacks on Mumbai were different: a deadly game of cat and mouse that lasted for days… “Secrets of the Dead: Mumbai Massacre” documents the inside story of one of modern history’s worst terrorist attacks told by the people that found a way to survive…
-
Anatomy of a Prison Murder (2002)
A black inmate was held down and stabbed 67 times by 2 white inmates at Utah State Prison in 1994 – the incident was captured on prison surveillance cameras… “Anatomy of a Prison Murder” is an incredible HBO documentary that examines that details of that incident through the eyes of the prosecutor, the prison officials,…
-
The Real Bonnie and Clyde (2009)
Hollywood portrayed them as the most ‘glamorous’ outlaws in American history … their chaotic crime-spree lasted 2 years and claimed 14 lives… but who were ‘Bonnie & Clyde’?… What led them to a life of crime?.. and how did they avoid capture for so long?…
-
Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (1993)
The consistently brilliant PBS documentary series ‘Frontline’ delivers one of the most thorough investigations into the enigmatic life of Lee Harvey Oswald, the so-called ‘lone gunman’ that took the life of US President John F. Kennedy on that fateful day at Dealy Plaza nearly 50 years ago…
-
The Hungerford Massacre (2007)
‘Crimes That Shook Britain’ is a brilliant documentary series that investigates some of the worst crimes in UK history… this episode deals with that tragic summer’s day in 1987 when Michael Robert Ryan armed with 2 semi-automatic rifles and a hand gun opened fire in the peaceful market town of Hungerford, England and before he…
-
Death Diploma (1987)
Interesting documentary on some notorious US murderers of the 1970’s… Examines the cases of Charles Manson and his family, Kenneth Bianchi “The Hillside Strangler”, Henry Lee Lucas, and Otis Toole…
-
Psychopath (2005)
Psychopaths are social predators who charm, manipulate, and ruthlessly plough their way through life, leaving a broad trail of broken hearts, shattered expectations, empty wallets and sometimes lifeless corpses… this British documentary examines the understanding within the scientific community of psychopathy and the ways in which society deals with the psychopath and how it might…
-
Hunting Magnotta (2012)
‘Hunting Magnotta’ tells the harrowing story of Luka Magnotta, born Eric Newman, a narcissistic young Canadian who was willing to do anything to get himself noticed – including murder…
-
Olympic Massacre – The True Story (2007)
One of the first televised acts of International terrorism, the ‘Munich Massacre’ changed the world forever… ‘Olympic Massacre – The True Story’ tells the tragic tale of that 1968 siege that took the lives of 11 Israeli athletes…
-
The F.B.I. Files: The Unabomber (1999)
Hosted by James Kallstrom, a former head of the FBI’s New York City office, ‘The F.B.I. Files’ takes the viewer into the thought process and methods the FBI uses to track down dangerous offenders… this episodes focuses on the notorious case of Theodore J. Kaczynski, aka, ‘The Unabomber’ ..
-
The Fight: A Dirty Business (2010)
This BBC documentary tells the story of how throughout the history of boxing, the sports biggest fight has been against the world of ‘organized crime’… chronicles the story of boxer Jake ‘The Bull’ LaMotta, Sonny Liston and others…
-
The Kennedys and the Mob (1993)
Decades after his death, the controversy still rages: Who killed JFK?… In 1979, the ‘House Select Committee on Assassinations’ pointed a not-too-forceful finger in the direction of the mob as the most likely culprit… A&E’s ‘American Justice’ investigative crime series takes a closer look into those connections between the Kennedys and the mafia….
-
Ten Commandments of the Mafia (2004)
During a 2007 raid on Salvatore Lo Piccolo, the reputed new boss of the Sicilian Mafia in Italy, police made an astonishing discovery: a list of the Mafia’s most sacred laws, a cherished code of conduct for the Mob. In this Discovery documentary, former Mobsters speak out about the rules that govern their criminal world;…
-
Hunt for the Unabomber (2000)
Living on roughly $1,000 a year in a remote shack deep in the mountains of Montana, Theodore J. Kaczynski, aka: ‘The Unabomber’s’ elaborate bombing campaigns terrorized academics and confounded the FBI for nearly 20 years before he was finally caught after his brother informed authorities…
-
The Cumbrian Shootings (2010)
Starting in the early morning of June 2, 2010, a lone gunman, Derrick Bird, a Whitehaven cabbie, went on a shooting spree through the rural streets of Cumbria, England and by the time he ended it all by taking his own life, he had shot to death 12 people and injured 11 more… ranking it…
-
RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy (2007)
The title of this terrific Shane O’Sullivan documentary comes from a page of Sirhan Sirhan’s notebook found after the shooting, in which he wrote “R.F.K. must die – RFK must be killed Robert F. Kennedy must be assassinated… before June 5 ’68.”…
-
Massacre! (1996)
‘In the late 20th century, a new phenomenon occurred: attacks without warning by men intent on killing as many people as they could’… with that sombre opening, CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace proceeds to examine a series of horrific American and International mass murders or spree killings …
-
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy (2000)
In 1931, two white women stepped off the train in Paint Rock, Alabama and proclaimed to have been raped by nine black teenagers on the train… the soon to be known ‘Scottsboro Boys’ were convicted of the crime and sentenced to death… one of the greatest miscarriages of American Justice that inspired the US Civil…
-
The Killing Of America (1982)
… exclusive video footage from race riots, kidnappings, armed robberies, domestic disputes, mass shootings, political assassinations, and the random, senseless murders of serial killers, “The Killing Of America” examines the growing gun violence in America and traces it back to its core – the JFK assassination.
-
Bowling For Columbine (2002)
Michael Moore’s 2002 Academy Award winner, “Bowling for Columbine’ examines the gun culture in America that contributed to the Columbine shootings …
-
The Staircase (2004)
‘The Staircase’, also known as ‘Soupçons’, is a fascinating 2004 French TV mini series by Academy Award Winner Jean-Xavier de Lestrade that chronicles the inner workings of a criminal defence team as they prepare and ultimately try the 2001 high-profile murder case of Novelist Michael Peterson…
-
Above Suspicion (2010)
The Fifth Estate investigates the horrific crimes of serial predator Colonel Russell Williams, the high-ranking Canadian military man that was convicted of a series of perverse sex crimes and the brutal murders of two women …
-
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Brilliant Errol Morris film that re-energized the whole crime documentary genre… the haunting original musical score by Phillip Glass perfectly sets the tone to the highly artistic telling of the tragic tale of Randall Dale Adams, an innocent man that was sentenced to life in prison for a crime that he didn’t commit… A year…
-
Newtown (2012)
Based mostly on early CBS News reports and video interviews with families of the victims, relatives of the shooter, and other interested parties, CBS ’48 Hours’ investigative series tries to piece together the events that led to that tragic December day when Adam Larza killed 20 children and 6 staff members of ‘Sandy Hook Elementary…
-
Death of the Don (2011)
‘The Fifth Estate’, CBC’s terrific investigative journalism series, takes on the Rizzutos – Montreal’s top mafia family by investigating the question: ‘Who’s killing the Rizzutos?’ … their investigation leads the viewer into the secret, criminal world of organized crime in Montreal.
-
David Frost Interviews Sirhan Sirhan (1989)
Sirhan Sirhann, the infamous assassin of Robert F. Kennedy, sits down with Robert Frost for an in-depth interview … many subjects are discussed including Sirhan’s thoughts, feelings, politics and his personal recollections of that fateful night in 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel…
-
The Second Gun: The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy (1973)
The evidence of a second gun or second shooter has been gaining credibility and momentum since this 1973 documentary attempted to scientifically prove that there were more than one shooter on that fateful night in 1968 that took the life of Democratic presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy…
-
The Untold Story Behind the Oklahoma City Bombing (2002)
The idea of the ‘home-grown’ terrorist first came to wide public attention on April 19, 1995 when a disillusioned Iraq War vet by the name of Timothy McVeigh set a plan in motion that would lead to the deaths of 168 and injure more than 680 more…