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]]>An investigation into the iconic real-life crimes in the age of film noir, from the Double Indemnity murder to the Honeymoon Killers and the mob hit on the boss of Murder Incorporated. The uniquely restored colour footage sets the epic stage. It is sharpened in a way that turns grainy super 8 and 16 mil into a crisply detailed 4K window on the real mean streets of New York more than seventy years ago.
E01 · The Model and the Maniac
The prime suspect of a gruesome triple homicide, wax sculptor Robert Irwin, sold his story to finance his defence and escape the death penalty.
E02 · Double Indemnity
With a double indemnity insurance policy on her husband’s life and a lover as an accomplice, what can go wrong with Ruthie Brown’s plan to stage a murder?
E03 · The Lonely Hearts Killers
Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck have a good thing going, conning lonely women of their riches-until their dysfunctional relationship pushes them to murder.
E04 · Haircut for a Mob Boss
Umberto ‘Albert’ Anastasia, once the chief of the notorious ‘Murder Incorporated’ crime firm, winds up the target of a mob hit in a barber shop chair.
E05 · The Mad Bomber
Before the Unabomber, New Yorkers were terrified for 16 years by an attacker who planted bombs across the city. The culprit was an electrician named George Metesky.
E06 · Last Call For Michael Malloy
The strange story of Michael Malloy shows how some people just won’t die when you want them to.
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]]>Former lead international kidnapping negotiator for the FBI, Chris Voss, has spent his career perfecting the tools needed to make deals when the stakes are life-or-death high. Before becoming the FBI’s lead international kidnapping negotiator, Chris was a member of the New York City Joint Terrorist Task Force for 14 years. He was the case agent on TERRSTOP (Omar Abdel-Rahman/”The Blind Sheikh” case) the TWA Flight 800 catastrophe, and the surrender of the first hostage taker to give up in the Chase Manhattan Bank robbery.
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]]>The UK loses more than £2,000 to scammers every sixty seconds…adding up to three million pounds a day. In this series, we travel the country to meet people who’ve been hit by scams large and small, from those who lost a few hundred quid, to one unfortunate victim who lost more than £100,000.
Along the way we take a deep dive into the techniques and technology that criminals use to steal our money…and explains what we can all do to avoid getting caught out.
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]]>A rural Arkansas community grapples with the devastating revelation that a local man used his position as a scout leader to sexually assault young boys. In SCOUT MASTER, journalist Josh Rushing investigates the horrific impact this abuse has had on survivors, specifically Heath Stocks — a former scout who was convicted of murdering his father, mother, and sister. This powerful true crime film from Al Jazeera’s Emmy-Award winning documentary program Fault Lines situates these personal stories of abuse within the more than 80,000 allegations made against The Boy Scouts of America.
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I GOT A MONSTER retells in highly dramatic fashion one of the USA’s biggest police corruption scandals. In 2017, Baltimore was rocked by the Federal indictment of Wayne Jenkins, a highly decorated super-cop and leader of the Baltimore Police Department’s elite Gun Trace Task Force along with six other members on racketeering charges. In a city plagued by racial tension and violence, plain-clothes detectives from the Gun Trace Task Force had been celebrated for holding the Thin Blue Line, but in fact were terrorizing Baltimore’s Black community. These dirty cops were stealing and reselling millions of dollars of drugs while brazenly planting evidence and falsifying police reports. However, they didn’t plan for a campaigning defense attorney or a secret FBI wiretap operation to end their crime spree and expose decades of criminality inside the police department.
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Two bank employees forced to rob £26.5 million, two families held hostage for 24 hours. Sixteen years on, despite an international police investigation and heavily-rumoured IRA involvement, the largest bank robbery in UK history remains unsolved. With access to internal bank CCTV, police 999 calls, archive footage and court transcripts, we piece together how the heist was carried out and explore the various theories that surround it.
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Following the ongoing high-profile case of teenager Anna Chambers, who alleges she was raped by two NYPD cops while under arrest in 2017, we explore the true scale of sexual misconduct cases against police officers across the US, and discover the legal loophole in some state laws that may allow officers to escape sexual assault charges, claiming that sex acts were consensual.
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Notorious is a one-hour documentary series that chronicles the lives of some of the most infamous crooks and criminals in American history. From Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh to cocaine godmother Griselda Blanco to billionaire heiress turned terrorist Patty Hearst, Notorious digs deep and goes inside the twisted minds of the criminals who made newspaper headlines and captured the attention of the American public.
Episodic Synopses
Episode 1: Ted Kaczynski
Beginning in 1978, a string of university, airline and mail bombings terrorized the country, injured 23 people, and claimed three lives. Investigators chased down hundreds of leads, but for years, the bomber’s identity remained a mystery. He was known to the public only as “the Unabomber” until a particular turn of phrase led authorities and introduced the world to Ted Kaczynski.
Episode 2: Timothy McVeigh
Never before had Americans seen such an atrocity on their own soil. A 1995 bombing in the heartland destroyed 16 blocks of downtown Oklahoma City. Over 800 were injured in the blast, and 168 men, women, and children were killed. It was an explosion that shook a nation. Even more disturbing, Timothy McVeigh, the accused mastermind with a history of extremist beliefs and violent defiance was also a decorated American veteran.
Episode 3: Aaron Hernandez
Aaron Hernandez was one of the NFL’s brightest young stars. With a newly signed $40 million contract, his future looked limitless. But when a member of Hernandez’s inner circle was brutally murdered, the football star became a prime suspect. And the ensuing investigation would reveal a troubling dark side. What drove a star athlete with the world at his feet to commit cold-blooded murder and take his own life?
Episode 4: Balloon Boy
It was the flying saucer seen round the world. A silver, helium-filled balloon racing across the Colorado sky with a reported stowaway onboard. As millions of viewers held their breath, hoping for a safe landing, the story went viral. When the balloon came down the mystery only deepened. Six-year-old Falcon Heene was not onboard. The media spotlight and police scrutiny intensified on his parents, Richard and Mayumi Heene. The whole world wanted answers.
Episode 5: Patty Hearst
Patty Hearst, a young heiress from one of America’s richest and most politically connected families, kidnapped by a mysterious underground militia. Then incredibly, the captive turned criminal, joining her captors on a crime spree that climaxed in a massive shootout on live television. The public was outraged, confused and fascinated. Amidst all the media chaos and frenzy – to this day – the question that still remains is: was she a willing accomplice or a brainwashed victim?
Episode 6: Richard McCoy
It was one of the most talked about crimes of the 1970s, an outrageous caper at 10,000 feet. The only trace the perpetrator left behind was a note and phony name – D.B. Cooper. But five months later, it happened again. This time it was a man named Richard McCoy. Were they two different people or was DB Cooper really Richard McCoy, an ex-Vietnam vet turned highjacker?
Episode 7: Jared Fogle
With his Subway diet, Jared Fogle became an inspiration to millions of overweight Americans. His personal story become one of the most successful ad campaigns in American history. But Fogle’s wholesome exterior wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be. Behind closed doors, he led the secret life of a sexual predator, amassing charges of child pornography and pedophilia.
Episode 8: Bling Ring
It was a story so incredible, it was turned into a Hollywood movie. A crew of wealthy, spoiled kids, invaded the homes of the rich and famous, snatching Gucci purses, diamonds and pearls. But when the walls started closing in, it was every man and woman for themselves. Their good looks, devil-may-care attitude, and brazen Hollywood heist gave them the name Bling Ring.
Episode 9: Anthony Weiner
Anthony Weiner was an up and coming politician in New York’s democratic party, but he had a dark side. His uncontrolled compulsions and sexual exploits made national headlines. Weiner scrambled to contain the damage, but his illicit sexual cravings would result in bombshell after bombshell, overshadowing the budding political star.
Episode 10: Griselda Blanco
They called her La Madrina, the godmother of cocaine, a brutal drug lord who crushed anyone who stood in her way. As the ultimate black widow, she built a narcotics empire in the city of Miami and ignited the cocaine cowboy drug wars. Before Pablo Escobar and before El Chapo, there was Griselda Blanco.
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Synopsis
We investigate deep into the black market operating on UK streets and online, revealing the people flooding the country with fake clothes and pills.
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The film charts the rise in hate crimes against Muslims in the UK. It sees local Imams try to counter the rising tension that far right activists try to capitalise on. The film blends the poignant testimonies of Muslims speaking out for the first time with intense actuality of a country responding to a terror attack.
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