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Category: Crime / Murder

  • O.J. Simpson (2010)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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 (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…