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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 […]

Philip Markoff had a bright future in front of him. He was a second-year medical student at Boston University and was getting ready to get married to his fiancé. But Markoff’s seemingly idyllic life took an unexpected turn when masseuse Julissa Brisman was found in a Boston hotel, where she was scheduled to meet a […]

Josef Fritzl: Story of a Monster examines the life of Josef Fritzl, an Austrian grandfather who imprisoned his own daughter Elisabeth for 24 years in his cellar, keeping her as a sex slave. This abuse resulted in Elisabeth giving birth to seven children during her captivity, three of whom who had never seen the light […]

Terror in Mumbai tells the story of the deadly attacks on Mumbai, India in 2008. Often referred to as India’s 9/11, 154 people were killed in the massacre. It is told in the words of both the victims and the terrorists. It features intercepted conversations of the terrorist’s with their handlers in Pakistan, CCTV footage […]

Few topics invite more heated feelings and controversy than that of adults who are attracted to children. In A Place for Paedophiles, filmmaker Louis Theroux seeks to get to the root of the issue by speaking with patients at the Coalinga Mental Hospital in California. At Coalinga, more than 500 convicted sex offenders are in […]

Talhotblond tells the true story of an internet love-triangle involving duplicity, love and murder. It begins with two men falling in love with ‘Jessi’, thought to be a beautiful 18-year-old girl with the online screen name ‘talhotblond’ whom they have never met in person. Eventually deception leads to murder as one man is convicted of […]

Andrew Bagby, a medical student, was murdered by his girlfriend Shirley Jane Turner soon after he ended their stormy relationship in 2001. Shortly after she was arrested, she announced that she was pregnant with his child, whom she named Zachary. This led documentary filmmaker Kurt Kuenne, a close friend of Andrew, to interview Andrew’s relatives, […]

The Sex Chamber follows the crimes of David Parker Ray, a suspected serial killer and known torturer of women. Parker Ray was a mechanic, a father of two, and generally seen as a kind, intelligent, upstanding citizen. But he used his intelligence for a disturbing cause. For over 40 years, Parker Ray sexually tormented women […]