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Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop (2015)
Fascinating documentary about Gilberto Valle, a.k.a The Cannibal Cop, a NYPD police officer who in 2013 was arrested and charged for conspiring to kidnap, murder and cannibalize a series of women.
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The Day Before Disclosure (2010)
Brilliant documentary, written and produced by award winning Norwegian film maker Terje Toftenes, that examines the UFO phenomenon over the last 60 years and how it’s only a matter of time before the idea of extraterrestrial life on Earth becomes an accepted reality …
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Contact: An Investigation Into the Extraterrestrial Experiences of Eduard Meier (1993)
Fascinating documentary (filmed in 1978) by Larry Salvadore that tracks down the elusive, eccentric, one-armed Swiss farmer Eduard Billy Meier, who claims to have 100s of clear, unaltered, photographs, videos and audio recordings of his numerous extraterrestrial sightings and encounters …
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Oz Encounters: UFO’s in Australia (1997)
Terrific Australian documentary that interviews a series of people to better understand their claims of having extraterrestrial experiences throughout the majority of their lives…
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Mind of a Rampage Killer (2013)
Fascinating look into the scientific work that is being conducted today to better understand the mental make-up of a mass shooter / spree killer … Noted cases mentioned in the documentary include: Charles Whitman (The Texas Tower Sniper); Charles Andrew Williams (The Santana High School shooter), Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold (The Columbine Killers); Adam…
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Injustice (2001)
Terrific UK documentary by Ken Faro that explores the cases of four suspicious deaths of young black males in police custody in Great Britain in the 1990’s: Joy Gardner (28 July 1993), Shiji Lapite (16 December 1994), Brian Douglas (3 May 1995), and Ibrahima Sey (16 March 1996) … and how their families tried to…
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Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA (2015)
From the assassination attempt on US President Ronald Reagan, to the school shootings at Columbine, Sandy Hook, or Virginia Tech, to countless other mass shootings that occur every year, there has always been two constants in the United States: American citizens calling for gun-control legislation and the NRA’s (National Rifle Association) political attempts to thwart…
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The Killer at Thurston High (2000)
On May 21, 1998. expelled student Kip Kinkel first murdered his parents before engaging in a school shooting at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon that left two students dead and 25 others wounded. He is serving a 111-year sentence without the possibility of parole at the Oregon State Correctional Institution in Salem, Oregon.
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Evolution of a Criminal (2014)
Tens years after robbing a Bank of America, filmmaker Darius Monroe returns home to examine how his actions affected the lives of his family, friends…and victims. Terrific documentary by the first time director that traces the origins of his criminal past by revisiting the places, people, and circumstances that led him there.
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Killer Kids: Sexual Killers (2012)
In this episode of the Canadian documentary-crime series Killer Kids, the sexually-motivated murders of young children committed by troubled teenagers are featured …
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Killer Kids: Baby Killers (2012)
The murder of a new-born is almost always committed by the mother… and it is usually a teenager who’s had to conceal her pregnancy from her family and deliver in secret that is the culprit of this horrific act… In this episode of Killer Kids, tragic cases of infanticide committed by young teenage mothers are…
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Kids for Cash (2013)
Powerful Robert May documentary that tells the horrific ‘abuse of power’ story of Pennsylvania Judge’s Mark Ciavarella & Michael Conahan and how they manipulated their privileged positions to personally profit from placing juveniles in prison on mostly minor offences …
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Conspiracy? – Princess Diana (2008)
On August 31, 1997, while being pursued by paparazzi, the frenzy turned fatal when the car carrying Princess Diana and boyfriend Dodi Fayed crashed inside the Alma Tunnel in Paris. From the start, conspiracists suggested that Diana’s death was political…
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Serial Killers (1994)
Brilliant 1994 documentary that follows noted French crime researcher Stéphane Bourgoin as he travels around US to interview noted serial killers Edmund Kemper, Gerard John Schaefer & Rod Ferrell…
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The BTK Strangler (2006)
Terrific episode of the brilliant UK crime documentary series ‘Crimes that Shook the World’ that focuses on the methods used to eventually capture the elusive Wichita Kansas serial killer known as the BTK Killer
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Killer Legends (2014)
Terrific documentary by Joshua Zeman, the writer and director of the unforgettable ‘Cropsey’, that follows up on the ‘urban legend’ phenomenon by delving into 4 popular American urban legends (The Hook Man, The Candy Poisoner, The Babysitter and The Killer Clown) to try understand the connection between the myth of the urban legend and the…
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Elliot Rodger: The Virgin Killer (2014)
On May 23, 2014, near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Elliot Rodger, a 22 year-old, self-professed ‘virgin’, went on a killing spree that would take the lives of 6 students while wounding 13 more before eventually taking his own life..
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Valentine Road (2013)
In February 2008, 14-year-old Larry King walked up to fellow classmate Brandon McInerney and, as a dare, asked him to be his valentine… A few days later, on Valentine’s Day, McInerney walked up to King while he was sitting in the school computer lab and shot him twice in the back of the head …
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Killing Spree: Columbine Massacre (2014)
In 1999, students Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold would embark on a massacre that would make American criminal history.. the terrific “Killing Spree’ documentary series takes a look back at the tragic events & the people that were directly impacted on that fateful day..
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American Occult: The Ripper Crew (2010)
The Ripper Crew, a.k.a. the Chicago Rippers was a satanic cult and organized crime group composed of Robin Gecht, Edward Spreitzer with brothers Andrew and Thomas Kokoraleis) that drove a van around the streets of Chicago looking for women to sacrifice.. they were suspected in the disappearances, murders and mutilations of 18 women in Chicago,…
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The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper (1999)
Brilliant ITV1 documentary that takes a thorough look at the case of Peter Sutcliffe, a.k.a. The Yorkshire Ripper, a British serial killer, who between 1975-81, murdered 13 women & attempted to murder 7 more.. Sutcliffe would later claim that he heard ‘The Voice of God’ commanding him to kill prostitutes..
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The Killer Clown (2012)
Terrific BBC documentary that takes a look back at the bizarre double-life and horrific crimes of American serial killer John Wayne Gacy, AKA, ‘The Killer Clown’, who was accused of murdering 33 young boys and burying them in the crawl-space under his suburban Illinois home…
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The Scorecard Killer (2014)
This episode of ‘Killers: Behind the Myth’ deals with Randy Kraft, a.k.a the “Scorecard Killer”, the American serial killer that raped, tortured, mutilated and murdered over 16 men in Southern California between 1972-1983 .. he’s currently on death row in San Quentin State Prison.
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The BTK Killer (2012)
Fascinating documentary from National Geographic that traces the horrific crimes of Dennis Rader, a.k.a ‘The BTK Killer’ and shows how DNA profiling first established in Britain led to the eventual capture of the BTK Killer in Wichita, Kansas.
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JFK: The Smoking Gun (2013)
Fascinating documentary that follows veteran Australian police detective Colin McLaren on his 4 year forensic quest to discover what truly happened in Dallas on that fateful day 50 years ago….. the conclusions drawn by McLaren as to who actually fired the fatal head-shot will leave you in shock and disbelief..
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The Candy Man (2012)
Dean Corll, a.k.a ‘The Candy Man’ was a 33-year-old electrician living in Houston, Texas, who with two teen accomplices (Elmer Wayne Henley & David Brooks) were responsible for kidnapping, torturing, raping and murdering at least 27 young boys in Houston in the early 1970s…
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Glen Taylor Helzer: Children of Thunder (2011)
Glen Taylor Helzer was a self-appointed prophet of God who formed the religious cult ‘Children of Thunder’ with two disciples (his brother Justin and fellow Mormon, Dawn Goodman) and would eventually lead them on 5 day murder spree that would take the lives of 5 innocent victims…
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The Imposter (2012)
The Imposter is an incredible British documentary from the producer of the Academy Award winning ‘Man on Wire’ about the fascinating 1997 case of the French confidence man Frédéric Bourdin, who impersonated Nicholas Barclay, a Texas boy who had disappeared at the age of 13 in 1994….
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Killing Spree: Horror at the Mall (2014)
Documentary about the 2011 assassination attempt that was made on US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona. In just 17 seconds, this killing spree claimed six lives and left 13 other people seriously injured. This programme investigates the background and motivation of the killer, 22-year-old local resident, Jared Lee Loughner…
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North Hollywood Shootout (2007)
With helicopter news cameras beaming live aerial footage into the homes of millions of Californians, Larry Phillips, Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu, aka, the ‘High Incident Bandits’ (due to the amount of ammunition they brought to their various robberies), engaged the LA police force in one of the most violent gun battles in American history…
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The Assassination of President Kennedy (2013)
Terrific 2-part documentary by CNN that aims to answers the 50 year questions surrounding the JFK Assassination… Did Oswald really act alone?.. was the CIA somehow involved?.. or was the Mafia to blame?.. their conclusions dispel some popular myths but still leave some questions unanswered…
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The Hunt for the Boston Bombers (2014)
Brilliant documentary by National Geographic that tells the inside story of the five days of terror in Boston, told with unique access to the FBI, Boston Police Department, victims of the marathon bombing and those who were caught up in the manhunt…
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Killer Profile: Cross Country Killer Israel Keyes (2013)
Israel Keyes, was an American serial killer that raped, mutilated and murdered multiple victims in Alaska, Vermont. New York and Washington.. it is believed that he’s responsible for at least 8 deaths but that number could be significantly higher.. on Dec, 2 2012, while being held in prison in Anchorage, Alaska, on suspicion of murdering…
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Killer Profile: The Body Snatcher Sean Vincent Gillis (2013)
Sean Vincent Gillis, a.k.a, the ‘Other Baton Rouge Killer’, is an American serial killer that stalked, kidnapped, raped, murdered, and mutilated eight Louisiana women between 1994 and 2003 in the Baton Rouge Metro and surrounding areas…
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Killer Profile: The Bayou Strangler Ronald Dominique (2013)
Ronald Dominique. a.k.a, The Bayou strangler is an American serial killer who targeted gay Louisiana men that he thought would be willing to have sex for money.. His reason for murdering these men, he says, was to avoid prison for raping these men… he is currently serving a life-sentence at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in…
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Killer Profile: The House Creeper Timothy Krajcir (2013)
Timothy Krajcir is an American serial killer who went on a 5 year killing spree between 1977 – 1982 to which he would eventually confess to killing over nine women, five in Missouri and four others in Illinois and Pennsylvania.. he was sentence to life in prison in Illinois and Missouri on 2008.
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Killer Profile: Speed Freak Killers Shermantine and Herzog (2013)
Shermantine and Herzog, a.k.a, the ‘Speed Freak Killers’ were childhood best friends whose love of hunting would eventually lead to a passion for ‘hunting people’… it’s believed that this lethal pair of speed freaks may be responsible for the deaths of as many as 20 people…
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Killer Profile: Bobby Joe Long (2013)
Brilliant episode of ‘Killer Profile’ that focuses on American serial killer Bobby Joe Long who abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered at least 10 women in the Tampa Bay Area during an eight-month period in 1984… he’s been on death row in a Rainford, Florida state prison since 1985 awaiting his execution date.
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Killer Profile: Gary Heidnik (2013)
Long before the crimes of Ariel Castro became front-page news, Gary Heidrik in 1986, kidnapped 6 women and kept them prisoner in his Philadelphia basement for over a year before finally being caught… Heidnik was sentenced to death and executed by lethal injection in July 1999.
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The Brothers Who Bombed Boston (2013)
BBC’s Panorama documentary series examines the events surrounding the Boston Marathon Bombing with added focus on the mysterious identities of the Tsarnaev brothers and what possible motivations may have drove them to perpetrate such a horrific act of violence…