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My Lai Massacre (2010)
The ‘My Lai Massacre’ refers to the worst atrocity in American military history – the 1968 Vietnam War mass murder of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam by United States Army soldiers of “Charlie” Company…
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The Columbine Killers (2008)
Aired for the first time on Crime & Investigation Network in South Africa, “The Columbine Killers” is a fascinating documentary that aims to investigate the reasons behind the tragic murders of 12 high school students and a teacher at Columbine High School in 1999, by teenage killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.
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Going Postal: 15 Shocking Acts of Violence (2008)
E! takes a look at some of the most horrific acts of violence in American criminal history. Cases include: The Jonesboro Middle School Massacre, The New Life Shootings, The Atlanta Day Trader Murders, The Dunblane School Massacre, The San Ysidro McDonald’s massacre, The Texas Tower Shootings, and many more
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Deranged Killers: Charles Whitman (2009)
When he was 12, Charles J. Whitman became the youngest eagle scout in America… when he was 25, after brutally stabbing to death his mother and wife, with rifle and ammunition in tow, he traveled to the top of the University of Texas Tower and proceeded to shoot dead 13 people and wounding 32 others…
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Playing Columbine (2008)
“Playing Columbine” is a terrific documentary that traces the controversial development of the 16bit video game “Super Columbine Massacre RPG!.” in which players experience the Columbine High School massacre through the eyes of the killers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold…
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Montreal Massacre: Legacy of Pain (1999)
On December 6, 1989, Marc Lepine, a deranged anti-feminist, walked into a classroom at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, ordered the women to one side of the room and began shooting. When the rampage was over, 14 young, female students lost their lives.
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Terror on the Beach (2015)
Brilliant episode of the UK documentary series, Panorama, that details the horrific events of the day through the eyes of those that were there. Reporter Jane Corbin revisits that beach in Tunisia and talks to the brave Tunisian locals that tracked and filmed the killers movements and the fortunate survivors that recall how heir 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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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The Act of Killing (2012)
Powerful documentary by Joshua Oppenheimer that challenges former Indonesian death squad leaders to re-enact their real-life mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and even lavish musical numbers…
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Children of Beslan (2005)
On September 1, 2004, a group of heavily armed rebel extremists stormed into School No. 1 in Beslan, Russia…more than a thousand children and adults were held hostage in a sweltering gymnasium, denied food and water, and forced to keep their hands over their heads. The harrowing siege ended on September 3 with a series…
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The Moscow Theatre Siege (2004)
In October 2002, Chechen terrorists took a thousand people hostage in a Moscow theatre and threatened to kill them..Three days later Russian special forces stormed the theatre using a secret gas to knock everybody out… 129 hostages died …
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The Erie Massacre (2007)
… On December 3, 1997, Frank Dosso, Diane Patisso, George Patisso, and George Gonsalves were found shot execution-style at the Erie Manufacturing plant in Bartow, Florida… Although there was no clear physical evidence at the scene to link anyone to the crime, relatives of the victims immediately suspected Nelson Serrano, another partner in the business…
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Raising Adam Lanza (2013)
In the wake of the mass killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, FRONTLINE investigates a young man and the town he changed forever.. fascinating documentary looks for answers to the central – and so far elusive – question: Who was Adam Lanza?..
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After Newtown: The Path to Violence (2013)
‘After Newtown’ is an interesting PBS documentary series that examines American gun culture, the frightening rise of school shootings, mental illness and the different approaches used by local communities to detect and combat future violent attacks …
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The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1997)
Narrated by Paul Sorvino, ‘The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre’ documents in great detail one of the most infamous days in American history when on Valentine’s day in 1929, the streets of Chicago ran with blood as the gangs of Al Capone and Bugs Moran battled to the death…
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The Real Amityville Horror (2005)
…Ronald DeFeo, Jr. is an American mass murderer that was tried and convicted for the 1974 killings of his father, mother, two brothers and two sisters… The case is notable for being the real life inspiration behind the book and film versions of The Amityville Horror…..
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Stalker (2007)
Jealous lovers, obsessed acquaintances, delusional admirers.. ‘Killer stalkers’ hunt the object of their affection like a predator hunting it’s prey… This episode of ‘Most Evil’ examines the cases of notorious stalkers: Richard Farley, Robert John Bardo, Mark David Chapman, and Gerald Atkins…
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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 …
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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…
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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….
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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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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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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 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…
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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 …
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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 …
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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…
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Norway Massacre: The Killer’s Mind (2011)
With never-before-seen footage and eye-witness accounts, ‘Norway Massacre: The Killer’s Mind’ takes the viewer back to that fateful day in July, 2011 when a lone assassin turned the peaceful nation of Norway into one large mass- murder scene and seeks to find the answers as to ‘how’ & ‘why’ this horrific event transpired…
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The James Holmes Conspiracy (2012)
Youtuber and documentary filmmaker Mark Howitt, weaves a series of news reports, police audio recordings, eye-witness testimonies and a few personal theories to tell a slightly different version than the official account surrounding the Aurora movie theater massacre …
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Dunblane Remembered (2007)
On the 13th of March, 1996, Thomas Hamilton walked into the gym at Dunblane primary school and shot dead 16 children and their teacher… 11 other children and 3 teachers survived horrific injuries … in 4 minutes Dunblane had changed forever…
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Killer Kids: School Killers (2011)
Interesting documentary takes a look at a number of international cases of ‘school killers’ and examines the motives responsible for these actions and whether society can learn anything from these cases to prevent others from happening in the future…
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I Don’t Like Mondays (2006)
… when 16 year-old Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire with the rifle that her father bought her for Christmas and killed 2 and injured 9 more at Cleveland Elementary School … the only explanation that she would give at the time was the cryptic, “I don’t like Mondays… this livens up the day”.
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The Batman Shootings (2012)
Amal Fashanu of BBC3 travels to Aurora, Colorado to meet with survivors of the gun massacre at the ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ film screening that took 12 lives and injured 58 more and to try to comprehend the ‘gun-culture’ that exists in America …