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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….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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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,…
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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?…
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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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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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’ ..
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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…
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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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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…
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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…