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The Seven Five
The Seven Five recounts the police corruption scandal of the 75th precinct in New York City during the 1980’s crack epidemic. The film mostly follows former officer Michael Dowd and the events that led to his arrest. Th...
Banaz: A Love Story
Banaz: A Love Story, directed by filmmaker Deeyah Khan, chronicles the life of Kurdish-British woman Banaz Mahmod and her eventual death at the hands of her own family. Her murder, labelled by her family as an “honour k...
The 9/11 Faker
Over the years since 9/11, many accounts of heroism, tragedy and hope have been shared by those personally impacted by the attacks. One story stood out above most: Tania Head survived from the 78th floor of the south tower, e...
Crazy Love
Crazy Love takes an in-depth look at the troubled relationship between Barton and Linda Pugach, specifically the ‘crime of passion’ that served as the centrepiece to their uniquely bizarre courtship. In 1959, thugs hired by B...
The Thin Blue Line
A Texas man named Randall Dale Adams was traveling down a road near the city of Dallas one night in 1976 when his car broke down. Stranded, he accepted a ride from a teenager named David Harris, who, unbeknownst to him, was d...
The Devil You Know
The Devil You Know, a five-part docuseries by Viceland, follows John Lawson as he goes from the odd neighbour everyone avoided to the newly labelled Pazuzu Algarad, the wannabe Satanic cult leader who, in 2009, boasted of kil...
White Boy Rick
White Boy Rick covers the story of Richard Wershe Jr, a teenage drug-dealer in Detroit during the 1980s when it was a notorious hub of drugs, violence, and state corruption. Although Wershe once worked as an FBI informant, he...
Tortured by Mum and Dad: The Turpin 13
Tortured by Mum and Dad: The Turpin 13 reveals the horrifying story of the Turpin family. To all who knew them, they seemed like a picture-perfect family, but Louise and David were hiding a dark secret that only came to light...
The Menendez Brothers: American Sons, American Murderers
The Menendez Brothers: American Sons, American Murderers revisits the Beverly Hills crime that shocked the nation in 1989 and the subsequent trial that condemned two brothers to life in prison for murdering their parents. Whe...
Beware the Slenderman
Beware the Slenderman examines a 2014 stabbing in which two 12-year-old girls brutally attacked another girl in the woods. This incident drew particular attention for the connection to the Slender Man, a fictional figure popu...