Using the urgency and intimacy of local news footage, the stories of murder investigations that turned small towns and communities upside down are recounted.
One shot – you get blind. Two shots – you die. It waits for you in tobacconist, in gift bag from your friend, at wedding… Do you know, what are you drinking?
Case that connected police, courts, journalists and politicians. Real story, that can repeat anytime again. In the end of summer 2012, Czech republic was shocked by incidents, that public, detectives or attorneys don't remember. Alcohol made of mix of ethanol and deadly toxic methanol killed at least 38 people and harmed at least 80 in few weeks.
In the west of Paris, strange murders are committed. The victims are eviscerated before being arranged in a macabre display. While discovering one of the victim, Police commander Eric Lanester loses his sight... as well as the control of the case. But with help of a young woman taxi driver, the cop nevertheless continues his investigation.
A string of strange tragedies and murders bedevils the picturesque town of Dryden, N.Y., for 10 years, beginning with the cold-blooded execution of an entire family at Christmastime.
Damien and Guillaume Le Guen are brothers and do almost the same job: Damien is a gendarme and Guillaume is a policeman. Damien is called for a body found burnt in a car during a forest fire. This is the body of Baptiste Legendre. Her companion, Tiffany Roche woke up in the middle of the flames. Photographer, she captured clichés of trees on fire. She owes her life only to Târiq Amraoui, a Canadair pilot who spotted her in the middle of the fire. Tiffany does not know what she's doing there and fears having set herself on fire. Shortly after, Guillaume is in charge of an investigation into the death of a man found drowned. The two cases seem related and the two brothers must collaborate.
Share personal accounts from victims' family members, jurors, members of law enforcement and journalists involved with each case to gain an intimate perspective and new information.
Southern Fried Homicide probes the juiciest stories from down in the Bible Belt. Classic true crime is served up against a backdrop of Southern hospitality, etiquette and Christian values. Good ol' morals give way to cold-blooded murder in these grim tales of love gone wrong, business deals turned sour, families divided, and more.
Killing Time is an Australian television drama series on TV1 subscription television channel which first screened in 2011. It is based on the true story of disgraced lawyer Andrew Fraser. In New Zealand it screens on Prime Television.
The ten part series is written by Ian David, Mac Gudgeon, Katherine Thompson and Shaun Grant. The executive producer is Jason Stephens. The series was initially due to screen in 2010 but was deferred due to strong violence and horror content scenes of the mini-series, which jeopardised a series of gangland trials that were in progress.
MysteryQuest is an American Paranormal television series that premiered on September 16, 2009 on the History channel. Produced by KPI Productions, the program is a spin-off of MonsterQuest. The tagline of the show is: "What if everything you believe is wrong?"
New York City policewoman Casey Jones' assignment to fight crime often entails her going undercover in some of the seediest and most dangerous parts of the city. Decoy is a groundbreaking American crime drama television series created for syndication and initially broadcast from October 14, 1957, to July 7, 1958, with thirty-nine 30-minute black-and-white episodes. It was the first American police series with a female protagonist. Many Decoy episodes are in the public domain.
Using the political decline of Northern Song dynasty as the background, this is the story of the Four Great Constables upholding justice while punishing the wicked.
In 1970s Brazil, a Corsican gangster, a Sicilian Capo and a master forger join forces to revolutionize the Mafia in South America. As American and Italian law enforcement close in, the trio must navigate dangerous alliances, shady deals and their own dark pasts to establish their criminal empire.
The dramatic twists and turns of the investigation into Rachel O’Reilly’s murder in 2004, and the devastating impact it had on her loved ones, featuring testimony from those who were closest to the case.