Hidden Secrets: Gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s
Pretty Boy Floyd. Born in 1904, Charles Arthur Floyd, an American robber, was raised in his father's dust fields. He was just 21 when he robbed a bank for the first time. The reason...
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Young Kids, Hard Time
Behind every crime headline there is mountain of tragedy for everyone involved. Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Southwestern Indiana is a vault for these headlines. Twenty one hundred prisoners locked up for everything...
Off the Chain
The Pit bull was brought to America from Ireland and England and became America's family dog. At the turn of the 19th and early 20th century it was the number one dog of choice for the average American family. The Pit bull was...
The Rape of Nanking: Nanjing Massacre
The Nanking Massacre, commonly known as the Rape of Nanking, was an infamous genocidal war crime committed by the Japanese military in Nanjing, then capital of the Republic of China, after it fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on...
Hero or Villain: The Prosecution of Julian Assange
Is Julian Assange a free speech martyr or a narcissist with a thirst for chaos? Few figures in the 21st century have inspired more fury or worship in equal measure. Through his...
Murderous Minds: Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris
On April 20, 1999, two outcasts swaggered through the halls and classrooms at Columbine High School and started shooting. Within minutes, twelve of their fellow students and one...
Chechnya: The Dirty War
The military conflict in Chechnya has now been dragging on for more than ten years. During this war Moscow has tried every means possible to prevent it being reported in the press. And so all contacts with members of Chechen...
The Cleveland Strangler
Anthony Sowell methodically targeted the most vulnerable residents of his destitute Cleveland neighborhood. In large part, his eleven known victims lived on the fringes of a society plagued by drug addiction and economic...
Cropsey
Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true; two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances. Cropsey is an...
Thieves by Law
Thieves by Law, or Ganavim Ba Hok is a documentary film charting the rise of Russian organized crime in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union. In the film several noted crime figures are interviewed, a number...
Unforgivable
"Unforgivable" is a gritty yet moving award-winning film that lays bare homosexuality, toxic masculinity, violence, love and religion and how they intersect inside a Salvadorian prison. It follows 25-year-old Geovanny, a...
The Cleveland Captives: What Really Happened?
The BBC examines the now-infamous rescue of three kidnapped women who were held captive in a populated Cleveland neighborhood without rescue for ten years. Host Rick Edwards...
Killers Inc.
A notorious money launderer, Gherman Gorbuntsov counted some of the wealthiest institutions and business leaders of Russia as his clients. Known as "The Black Banker", he also made a lot of powerful enemies while conducting his...
How to Kill a Human Being
Former Conservative MP Michael Portillo pushes his body to the brink of death in an investigation into the science of execution. As the American Supreme Court examines whether the lethal injection is causing prisoners to die in...