Bloodline Detectives
A woman who was sexually assaulted at gunpoint in the 1980s contacts a genetic genealogist to solve her case.
A woman who was sexually assaulted at gunpoint in the 1980s contacts a genetic genealogist to solve her case.
During the early 1990's Bill Suff murdered and mutilated at least 12 women in Riverside County.
California state parks became scenes of violence in 1979 and 1980 as convicted rapist David Carpenter took his crimes to a new and diabolic level, by brutally killing his victims.
We take a look at Joanna Dennehy, who lured her three male victims to their death.
The story of 14-year-old misfit Graham Young, committed to Broadmoor in 1962.
In August 1985, the fourteen-month killing spree of Richard Ramirez, known as the 'Night Stalker,' was ended after he claimed at least thirteen lives.
In 2010, bodybuilder Raoul Moat shot his ex-girlfriend and her partner, and went on the run and declared war on Northumbria police, vowing not to stop killing officers until he was dead.
For one week in 2016, Stefano Brizzi stored the body of a policeman in his flat in central London. Taking inspiration from the TV show "Breaking Bad," he tried to dissolve the body in his bath tub.
The Sunderland Strangler, Steven Grieveson, killed four teenage boys in the early 90s.
Bobby Joe Long was a brutal and ruthless killer who terrorised women in Florida before his arrest in 1984 where he claimed to have also raped over 50 women.
Cousins Waterfield and Gore hunted women in Vero Beach, Florida. Their perverse and violent acts resulted in the sexual abuse and murder of 6 young women before Gore was caught.
On 11th October 1998 in Preston in the North of England, an unassuming family doctor stands trial for murdering fifteen of his former elderly patients. Harold Shipman pleads not guilty to all charges and the investigation into his crimes is dramatically played out in court.
In 1991 Ray and Faye Copeland become, at the ages of 76 and 69, the oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the USA. They are convicted of killing five drifters on their farm in Missouri as part of bad cheque scam.
The death of Peppino Impastato in May 1978 was initially dismissed by the Italian police as a case of either a suicide or a bungled bomb attack. In 1996, after years of campaigning, Impastato's elderly mother, Felicia, and his brother, Giovanni, managed to get the case of Peppino's death re-opened.
Despite a volatile temper and a love of show business Sam Giancana rose to be the richest and most powerful mafia boss of his day. Boss of the infamous Chicago Outfit. They frowned on Giancana's headline grabbing relationship with singing star Phyllis McGuire, but he had a gift for making money.
Linda Riley was reported missing when no one could reach her, and signs of a struggle were found in her home.
This episode examines the notorious "Antifreeze Murders" that took place in 2012.
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.
It was a public holiday in Britain as the nation celebrated a Royal Wedding...the same day, things had all got too much for Anxiang Du. He had set up a Chinese Herbal medicine business with a fellow Chinese national, but things had turned sour. Years of litigation ended one fateful day in defeat for Du in a case against his Commercial partner 'Jeff' Ding. Du's decision to leave a note suggesting he was to commit suicide alerted his wife who, in turn, told Police. Already looking for him, Police are alerted to the slaughter of a Chinese family...Mr and Mrs Ding and their two daughters - was Du the killer?