The Case
Some cases are stranger than fiction. This was the experience of Catherine Messineo, divisional commander of the Nice Criminal Brigade.
Some cases are stranger than fiction. This was the experience of Catherine Messineo, divisional commander of the Nice Criminal Brigade.
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March 2019: Oliver Huth (LKA North Rhine-Westphalia) receives call from Italian Carabinieri ROS about intercepted conversation between two Wuppertal women and wanted 'Ndrangheta boss.
On a hot summers day in 1934, a horrifying discovery was made in a trunk at the left luggage office of Brighton Train Station.
John Christie kills at least eight women during the 1940s and 1950s, including his wife he eluded capture for many years.
The murders on Route Nationale 20 have obsessed several generations of investigators from the Versailles Judicial Police.
Some cases are stranger than fiction. This was the experience of Catherine Messineo, divisional commander of the Nice Criminal Brigade.
Bloody Christmas next to the Leman lake (CASE OF RUTH LÉGERET) - On January 4, 2006, Ruth Légeret was found dead in the middle of a pool of blood at her luxurious property in Vevey, Switzerland. Next to her was the lifeless body of her friend, Marina Studer. Who could have killed these two simple and wealthy widows? Clue after clue, the Swiss police's investigation would revolve around an environment of family jealousy and financial greed.
Bloody Christmas next to the Leman lake (CASE OF RUTH LÉGERET) - On January 4, 2006, Ruth Légeret was found dead in the middle of a pool of blood at her luxurious property in Vevey, Switzerland. Next to her was the lifeless body of her friend, Marina Studer. Who could have killed these two simple and wealthy widows? Clue after clue, the Swiss police's investigation would revolve around an environment of family jealousy and financial greed.
On July 13, 2011, two boaters retrieved a suitcase that was floating in the bay of Lorient. Inside, they discovered the tied up corpse of a man.
The story of Germany's first-ever police unit dedicated to the fight against organized crime.
George Smith had many aliases. He needed them for his many wives who he would soon murder in order to claim the inheritance.
Dubbed "The Most Evil Conman Ever" by the British press, Hendy-Freegard terrorized victims into believing they were terrorist targets.
Dubbed the British Frank Abagnale, Bint committed more than 500 offences including impersonating people.
Punk icon, and Sex Pistols bass-guitarist, Sid Vicious and girlfriend Nancy Spungen were tragic romantics locked in a mutually abusive relationship that always seemed destined to end in tragedy.
Initially ruled an accident, the death of Jean-Bernard Wiktorska took a sinister turn when a mysterious informant implicated his wife and her lover in the murder.
The story of Germany's first-ever police unit dedicated to the fight against organized crime.
In 1998, in a normally peaceful suburb, a pervert on a bicycle appears, performing sexual acts on himself and then attacking teenage girls.
A cunning arsonist stays one step ahead of the police and terrifies a small farming community until behavioural profiling help detectives zero in on a very unlikely suspect.
Undercover agents take on the gangs in the 1980s and the program hits the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
The official undercover program is launched in the 1970s, as agents begin the war against drugs and take on the might of the Mr Asia crime ring.
In Guilvinec in Finistère, the body of Marie-Michèle Calvez was discovered in the trunk of her burned car. This murder is a real criminal enigma. Who killed this 40-year-old woman loved by all?
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