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Icons Unearthed: Harry Potter

2024

Icons Unearthed: Harry Potter

2024
9.2
J.K. Rowling’s orphan boy wizard took the world by storm, but before the first book was even published Warner Brothers had their eye on a franchise. But how to make it soar? In a leaky shed in the UK, these cinematic wizards build a whole new world and changed filmmaking forever. Through a revolving door of directors, an assortment of magical creatures, increasing demand for visual effects, and a cast that is growing up, the Harry Potter series continued to fascinate audiences. Get behind the wand to hear the secrets of the trials, threats, and near-death experiences from the people who made the magic happen on Icons Unearthed: Harry Potter.
Taken Together: Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth?

2024

Taken Together: Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth?

2024
6.2
Dives into the haunting 2012 double abduction of two cousins, 10-year-old Lyric Cook-Morrissey and 8-year-old Elizabeth Collins, in Evansdale, Iowa. With over seven years of exclusive access and insider interviews.
Scamanda

2025

Scamanda

2025
6.1
Docuseries based on the podcast of the same name. The story of Amanda Riley — a wife, mother, blogger and Christian — whose tragic cancer tale captivates thousands. But Amanda has a secret that she's dying to keep, and after an anonymous tip to an investigative reporter, her own words may prove to be her downfall.
Pirates: Behind the Legends

2024

Pirates: Behind the Legends

2024
7
From legendary John Ward, immortalized in fiction as Jack Sparrow, and English explorer Francis Drake; branded Pirates by their enemies but heroes by their comrades, to the notorious Pirates of the Caribbean shrouded in myth.
How Music Got Free

2024

How Music Got Free

2024
7.5
Details the fascinating, and often funny, inside story of the technology-driven disruption that changed music during the late-90s and early-2000s. File sharing technology, combined with the insatiable demand for new music, created both the means and the motive for millions of young people to participate in outright theft – and be celebrated for it.
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer

2024

People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer

2024
7
There are precious few individuals who have managed to survive their encounters with serial killers. Anchored by People Magazine's in-depth reporting, these survivors share their terrifying and intensely emotional experiences with unimaginable evil.
Massacre of the Mormons

2024

Massacre of the Mormons

2024
7.3
This four-part docuseries explores the harrowing 2019 killing of three women and six children from a Mormon community in Sonora, Mexico.
ARA San Juan: The Submarine that Disappeared

2024

ARA San Juan: The Submarine that Disappeared

2024
7.7
Interviews with experts and relatives fuel this investigative docuseries about the tragic 2017 disappearance of a military submarine that shook the world.
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator

2023

Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator

2023
6.5
He came. He saw. He conquered. The tale of an ambitious power-grab that turned to tyranny. How Julius Caesar dismantled five centuries of ancient Roman democracy in just 16 years.
Capitalism in America: The Cult of Wealth

2023

Capitalism in America: The Cult of Wealth

2023
8
From the Gilded Age to the present day, the history of modern United States of America has been one of wealth and power concentrated into the hands of a few families with enormous fortunes.
Queens

2024

Queens

2024
7.8
In six remote and beautiful places on our planet are queendoms run by the most powerful leaders in the animal world. These queens are sisters, single mothers, grandmothers. This documentary series tells their stories of resilience, strength, love and loss for the first time.
Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein

2023

Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein

2023
5.9
Follows the horrifying grave robber and serial killer Ed Gein, whose crimes inspired such iconic films as "Psycho", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", and "The Silence of the Lambs".
JFK: One Day in America

2023

JFK: One Day in America

2023
7.1
On the 22nd of November 1963, the President of the United States of America, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. For the 60th anniversary, this series takes us into the day almost in real-time. Across three episodes, what unfolds is a presidential assassination, a full-scale manhunt, a murder of a policeman, and the killing of the assassin. Giving insight into the multiple perspectives of a day in a brand-new way that will cut through the clutter and appeal to audiences around the world.
Never Let Him Go

2023

Never Let Him Go

2023
6
In December 1988, Scott Johnson, a gay American mathematician, was found dead beneath a cliff in Sydney, Australia. His death was quickly determined to be a suicide. But Steve Johnson, Scott's older brother, had doubts and would spend the next 35 years trying to solve the mystery of Scott's death. He could have never imagined the tinderbox he would crack open—a wave of anti-gay violence, which was systematically ignored for decades.
Betrayal

2023

Betrayal

2023
6.6
Betrayal details real-life fairytales gone horribly wrong, cautionary tales of deceitful relationships that have destroyed the lives of those involved.
The Golden Boy

2023

The Golden Boy

2023
7.2
Nicknamed "The Golden Boy," Oscar De La Hoya – with his good looks, electric charisma, and heartfelt story of winning Olympic gold for his dying mother – rocketed to national prominence as a superstar both in and outside the ring. But all was not what it appeared to be behind that polished facade.
The Age of Influence

2023

The Age of Influence

2023
6
Examine the dark side of influencer culture through some of the biggest social media scandals of our time. From sweeping cons to viral cancellation campaigns, watch as these taste-makers become caught in the controversial crosshairs of their own curated online worlds.
Full Count

2023

Full Count

2023
5.9
Ten Korean professional baseball teams boast a history of over forty years. Their battle to be the last champion standing begins in this never-ending showdown.
Putin vs the West

2023

Putin vs the West

2023
7.4
From the 2014 seizure of Crimea to the invasion of Ukraine, this is the inside story of a decade of clashes - as told by the Western leaders who traded blows with Putin's Russia.
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

2023

Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

2023
4.8
A documentary series focusing on the music from Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The show centers on the songs and score from the movie and features interview with director Ryan Coogler, composer Ludwig Göransson, among others.