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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…
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Serial Killers On The Loose (2008)
A serial killer is someone who murders more than one person with a ‘grace’ or ‘cooling off’ period in between… usually after 3 murders, a person is deemed to be a ‘serial killer’… fascinating documentary about ‘serial killers’… featuring harrowing interviews with survivors of some serial killers who are still operating today…
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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…
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Mind Hunters (1998)
… examines the modern investigative field of ‘psychological profiling’… features the work of renown ‘criminal profilers’, Robert Ressler & Robert Hazelwood and how their ‘psychological profiles’ helped track the violent crime sprees of Richard Chase (The Vampire Killer), Mike DeBardeleben, (The Mall Passer) and John Wayne Gacy (The Killer Clown) …
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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….
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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;…
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The Gainesville Ripper (2011)
Roughly 20 years after Ted Bundy terrorized the students at Florida State University, five young people were killed in Gainesville, Fla., all students at the University of Florida or Santa Fe Community College… police feared they might have a copycat killer on the loose or even worse, a new form of evil to confront…
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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…
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The Perfect Couple (2008)
They lived together….. they loved together…. they killed together… ‘Couples Who Kill’ is an Investigation Discovery documentary series focusing on famous killer duos… this episode features the horrific sex crimes and murders of Canadian married couple Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka, also known as, the ‘Ken and Barbie Killers’ …
