DCI John Luther returns to work after leave following the arrest of a serial killer. Luther's first case is investigating the murder of the parents of a child genius who he quickly deduces is responsible for the deaths. But the seemingly perfect crime leaves no evidence with which to convict her.
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Colin Ireland made a New Year's resolution in 1993 to become a serial killer and then murdered five gay men in London. In 2006, he got a whole life term.
A profile of Richard Trenton Chase, also known as 'The Vampire of Sacramento'.
Two black Americans, John Allen Muhammad, 42, a veteran of the Gulf War in 1991, and his stepson John Lee Malvo, 17, were convicted in 2004 of being the ‘Washington sniper', who had been terrorizing America over a period of three weeks.
Belle Haven, Connecticut is an exclusive suburb of New York City. The Moxley family move here in 1974 and are thrilled with their new home. The community is rocked when on the night before Halloween 1975, 15 year-old Martha Moxley is found dead near the Moxley and Skakel properties.
In 1998 wealthy 45 year-old art appraiser, Peter Bergna, and his bubbly wife, Rinette, seem to have everything going for them. Then, they are involved in a terrible accident. He drives their car off a mountain road, and it plunges some 800 feet down.
In 2001 a British couple, Joanne Lees and Peter Falconio, head off into the wilderness of the Australian outback in their orange VW Kombi on the final leg of their exciting round the world trip. They are travelling in the dark when a man in a white 4x4 utility truck flags them down.
Truro, Cape Cod, is a place where people go to escape the grind of city life. Few could imagine anything horrible happening in such an idyllic place. However, in January 2002, the lifeless body of well connected fashion journalist, Christa Worthington, is discovered in the hallway of her home.
February 1977, a beautiful 24 year old Australian heiress, Janie Shepherd, goes missing from a smart area of central London. At first police think she may have been kidnapped as her stepfather is a wealthy businessman. A massive police hunt for Janie draws a blank.
In 1999, Rae Carruth is a professional football player for the NFL team, the Carolina Panthers. He was a talented rising star but for the past two seasons he had been plagued with injuries. Then, one of his girlfriends, 24-year old Cherica Adams tells him that she is pregnant with his child.
When a Texas oil tycoon's body is found in his beauty queen girlfriend's mansion, police fear the worst and issue a nationwide alert to find her. As evidence comes to light, no one is sure whether they're hunting for a victim…or a killer.
Vivica examines the case of double-murderer Cheyanne Jessie.
Cassandra Robinson's case turned into a murder investigation when her body was found hidden in a storage unit.
To William Howell there were good women, and bad. Bad women included the drug addicted prostitutes he picked up in his van. They ended up buried in shallow graves in a place he called his ‘Garden'. The extent of his sadistic crimes were revealed when he boasted of them to a cellmate.
Kenneth Countie was a vulnerable young man who craved a loving relationship. He thought he'd found that with Sheila LaBarre, a wealthy, charismatic older woman. But Kenny became the latest in a string of men LaBarre had used and abused. In thrall to his tormenter, he found there was no escape.
Kelly Cochran helped her husband Jason kill her lover Chris, after Jason invoked a wedding night pact that anyone who came between them must die. Detectives suspected foul play, but they could prove nothing. But Kelly never got over Chris's death, and a year later she murdered Jason too.
Shipman is estimated to have killed 275 people, but the actual figure will never be known. The 57-year-old GP was given 15 life sentences to run concurrently for the murders, and four years for forging a will, but hung himself in his cell after he was sentenced. He always denied his crimes.
Depicted by the tabloid press as "the most hated woman in Britain", the crimes committed by Hindley and her lover, Ian Brady, shocked the nation and became the benchmark by which other acts of evil came to be measured. Until she met Brady, Hindley had been, by all accounts, a perfectly normal girl, with strong religious feelings. She loved children and animals, and was much in demand as a babysitter. But when they became lovers, Hindley was prepared to do anything Brady asked…
Two black Americans, John Allen Muhammad, 42, a veteran of the Gulf War in 1991, and his stepson John Lee Malvo, 17, were convicted in 2004 of being the ‘Washington sniper', who had been terrorizing America over a period of three weeks.
A hotel clerk calls 9-1-1 complaining of severe facial trauma, but he has no recollection of what happened and dies soon after. Police are counting on Dr. G to aid them in this investigation.
A hiker stumbles across a man's dead body in the woods. The victim's brother is convinced he was murdered. Dr. G must get to the bottom of this case. Was foul play really involved?
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