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Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web explores the online black market known as Silk Road, which was launched on the dark web in 2011. Often referred to as the ‘Amazon of illegal drugs’, it was founded by a shadowy, intelligent libertarian operating under the pseudonym ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’. Raking in tens of millions […]

The disturbing story of how two wealthy and highly intelligent college students, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, murdered a 14-year-old boy called Bobby Franks in 1924 in order to prove that they could commit and get away with the perfect crime. When the seemingly-unlikely killers confessed to the crime and boasted that they had committed […]

Steven Avery spent almost two decades in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. After his exoneration, he filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit again Manitowoc County and other individuals connected to his wrongful conviction. But soon after his release he found himself behind bars again, accused and convicted of the murder of 25-year-old photographer Teresa Halbach […]

India’s Daughter is a BBC documentary on the 2012 Delhi gang rape case that shocked the world. Jyoti Singh Pandey, a 23 year old physiotherapy student, was beaten and brutally raped on a bus while travelling with a male friend. She later died from her injuries sustained during the attack. Indian authorities banned the broadcasting […]

In September 2014, students on their way to a demonstration in Iguala, Mexico were stopped by local police. The confrontation led to a clash where six students were shot dead and 43 were abducted. Investigations soon afterwards led to the shocking allegations that the police force had acted under the orders of the mayor. The […]

An investigation of the murder of Anni Dewani, a young bride on her honeymoon in South Africa. It has been alleged that her husband, Shrien Dewani, hired a hitman. South Africa has requested his extradition. The programme investigates the prosecution case against Shrien, errors made during the police investigation, and the question of whether he […]

In April 2013, two bomb blasts caused carnage near the Boston Marathon finish line. The tragedy left three people dead, hundreds injured and a city traumatised. In under five days the main suspects – brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev – were identified, with one arrested and the other dead. This documentary provides a step-by-step account […]

The Jeffrey Dahmer Files documents the story of American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and those who knew him through interviews, archive footage, and re-enactments. Dahmer committed murderous acts in the Milwaukee area during the late 1980s and early 1990s. After years on the loose, he was eventually caught, found guilty, and sentenced to almost a […]

The Imposter demonstrates that truth can indeed be stranger than fiction and the sinister level of deception that some people resort to. This documentary tells the true story of how a French con artist convinced a grieving Texan family that he was their child who had gone missing a few years earlier. The story begins […]

Norway Massacre: The Killer’s Mind analyses of the mind and motives of Anders Breivik, the far-right extremist behind the 2011 Norway massacre which killed 77 people. Standing as the country’s worst atrocity since World War II, the attack consisted of a car bombing outside of government headquarters in Oslo that resulted in the deaths of […]

Three of Russia’s most infamous prisons open the doors to an international film crew for the first time. They visit the notorious Black Dolphin prison, where a cannibal reveals the gruesome details of his crimes, while in Vladimir Central a murderer describes murdering his brother-in-law for disturbing his daughter’s sleep. Meanwhile, in Siberian Prison Camp […]

John Lennon’s assassination in December 1980 shocked the world. This documentary looks at Lennon and his death through interviews and archive footage. The film chronicles memories of Lennon’s last moments through those who knew him and people directly caught up in the attack. It features the recollections of his widow Yoko Ono, record-producer and friend […]