Great Crimes and Trials
Date de parution : 3 août 1992
| Saison 1 - épisode 1 | The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping It was a crime that shattered America. A case so improbable that nobody ever dreamed it could happen. Despite a ransom being paid, after 72 days the... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 2 | Lucky Luciano He started out as a violent street thug, but soon became a ruthless leader, who rose to the top of the Mafia. He always kept one step ahead of the... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 3 | Al Capone On St Valentine’s Day 1929, the brutal massacre of six gangsters in a Chicago warehouse signalled the emergence of Al ‘Scarface’ Capone as the... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 4 | Son of Sam His name struck fear into the hearts of New Yorkers and brought terror to the streets. He unleashed all his hatred on the one group which he... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 5 | The Hillside Stranglers Within weeks, the hillsides around Los Angeles became the scene of a terrible carnage - more than ten strangled corpses. The police soon realised... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 6 | John Dillinger - Public Enemy No. 1 In the world of gangsters, he was notorious, ruthless, a man destined to become a legend. He turned to crime out of boredom and soon found it was... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 7 | The Manson Family Murders Charles Manson was the ultimate hippie leader with a difference. Together with his cult followers he pioneered a new revolution - a helter-skelter... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 8 | The Jonestown Massacre It was a crime that defied the imagination. In November 1978, deep in the jungles of Guyana the Rev Jim Jones gathered nearly 1,000 devoted... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 9 | The Green Beret Killings American army doctor Jeffrey MacDonald seemed to have everything going for him, good looks, charm, a commission in the Green Berets, a pretty wife... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 10 | The Case of Dr. Sam Sheppard He was young, handsome and successful - the ideal of American manhood. But when his wife was found battered to death, for him the American dream... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 11 | Neville Heath In June 1946 after six years of war a girl was found whipped and murdered in a cheap London hotel. The hunt was soon on for a suave and sinister... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 12 | Ted Bundy Women began to disappear in the Seattle area in the first half of 1974. Almost on a monthly basis after that other women mysteriously vanished -... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 13 | Gary Gilmore He was the double murderer who insisted on being executed. The question always remained: how badly did he want to die, and why? It was good that he... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 14 | The Trial of Adolf Eichmann He was a man determined to demonstrate his German purity. In 1934 he became a member of the SS. He killed not only Jews en masse, but was also... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 15 | John Gacy Seven bodies were found in the crawl space under his home. Eight more were quickly uncovered in other parts of the house, some in trenches covered... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 16 | The Massacre of the Tsar and the Imperial family As civil war raged across Russia in 1918, the deposed Tsar and his family were imprisoned. On 16th July they were massacred and buried secretly in... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 17 | Dr. Crippen When an unassuming US doctor living in London in 1910 fell in love with his secretary, he was tied to a wife who he hated. His solution was murder.... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 18 | The Great Train Robbery In 1963 a mail train was ambushed in England. In one of the largest robberies ever, the gang got away with more than £2.5 million in used bank notes.... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 19 | The Boston Strangler For three years Albert DeSalvo stalked the streets of Boston, leaving behind him a hideous trail of human destruction. It was a crusade of evil, of... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 20 | Haigh the Acid Bath Murderer In 1949 John George Haigh escorted Mrs Olivia Durand-Deacon down to his factory in Crawley, where he shot her in the head and then heaved her into a... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 21 | John Christie of Rillington Place He had an obsession with disinfecting his flat. When he moved out, four bodies were discovered there and two more in the garden. When arrested it... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 22 | The Black Panther When the kidnapping of a 17-year-old girl was linked to the brutal murder of three British subpostmasters the police knew they were dealing with a... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 23 | Murph the Surf In late October 1964, thieves stole 22 gems from New York City’s Museum of Natural History. Three of the stones were so famous they would be... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 24 | The Hammersmith Murders Despite a massive police operation, he seemed to anticipate their every move. He loved to taunt and mock the detectives and killed with impunity.... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 25 | The McKay Kidnapping It was the first in Britain for centuries. In a cruel and callous kidnapping a woman became the innocent victim of mistaken identity. After many... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 26 | The Yorkshire Ripper The reign of terror that followed the first murder of a Leeds prostitute in 1975, cut a trail of fear across northern England. The ‘Ripper’ never... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 27 | Judge Joe Peel | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 28 | The Malmedy Massacre | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 29 | The Trunk Murders | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 30 | Jeffrey MacDonald | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 31 | duplicate of 1x24 - please remove | |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 1 | Charles Starkweather - The Badlands Killer Born in Nebraska, Charlie Starkweather was a dissolute teenager and self-styled rebel. He dreamt of becoming rich and of earning a fortune through... |
| Saison 2 - épisode 2 | Howard Hughes Autobiography Hoax In December 1971 the world was amazed when it was announced that author Clifford Irving would be collaborating with millionaire recluse Howard... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 3 | The Scarsdale Shooting On 10th March 1980, Jean Harris, headmistress of an exclusive East Coast girls school, drove to the house of her lover, Dr Herman Tarnower, author... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 4 | The S.L.A. Kidnap of Patty Hearst On 4th February 1974 Patricia Hearst the 19-year-old heiress to one of America’s largest media fortunes was kidnapped by an obscure terrorist group,... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 5 | Richard Speck - The Nurse Killer In July 1966 alcoholic ex-marine Richard Speck woke up in Chicago after a night on the town and heard a radio report which sickened him. Eight... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 6 | Caryl Chessman - The Red Light Bandit An habitual criminal from childhood, Caryl Chessman was also one of the cleverest of criminals. Condemned to death for repeated rapes, robberies,... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 7 | Roberts, Duddy and Witney - The Braybrook Street Massacre The murder of a policeman in Britain is still a rarity, but on 12th August 1966 the nation was shocked when three were gunned down in West London... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 8 | The Bamber Family Murders After a desperate phone call appealing for help police raced to a remote farmhouse in Essex, to stop a hysterical young woman running amok with a... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 9 | Hitler and the Nuremberg Trials Hitler and his Nazi party dominated Germany for only 12 years. But during that short period they not only brought about a World War in which tens of... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 10 | Stalin and the Massacre at Katyn Wood In April 1943, Berlin announced that the bodies of 3,000 Polish officers had been found murdered by the Soviets at Katyn Wood. Stalin indignantly... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 11 | The Assassination of Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi was revered as the father of modern India, whose campaign of non-violent rebellion finally persuaded the British to pull out of the... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 12 | The Assassination of Martin Luther King The last 1950s and 1960s were a time of turmoil in America as the Civil Rights movement fought against racial segregation. Its leader was the... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 13 | The Assassination of John F Kennedy Few events have shocked a generation more than the murder of President John F Kennedy on 22nd November 1963 in Dallas. Young and charismatic he... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 14 | The A6 Murder On 4th April 1962 James Hanratty was hanged for an apparently motiveless shooting of two lovers on the A6 main road near London. But much of the... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 15 | Dennis Nilsen - The Kindly Killer During the five years from 1978 - 83 an unassuming civil servant who lived in the Muswell Hill area of London became Britain’s worst mass murderer.... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 16 | Charles Whitman - The Austin Sniper Although happily married, 25-year-old Charles Whitman was a worried man. He knew that he was in the grip of a terrible compulsion and on the verge... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 17 | The Boston Brinks Robbery One of North America’s largest security companies, Brinks, has always been a target for robbers. One of the most spectacular attempts was made on... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 18 | Richard Ramirez - The Night Stalker During a two year rampage, a sadistic serial killer broke into the homes of families throughout California. He raped, mutilated and tortured more... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 19 | The Rosenbergs - Atom Spies? On 19th June 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg walked to the electric chair in Sing Sing prison to become the first married couple in the United... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 20 | The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa To this day, the exact fate of Jimmy Hoffa, one of the most corrupt and forceful US union leaders, remains a mystery. Hoffa had built up the... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 21 | Dan White - The City Hall Killer Dan White gave up his job with the San Francisco fire department to go into politics. Running on a strongly anti-gay platform he was elected to the... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 22 | Bonnie and Clyde The film ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ made a romantic myth of these two young Texans. In reality they were illiterate, unfeeling killers who for a two year... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 23 | Wayne Williams - The Atlanta Killer Experience has taught the Atlanta police department to expect about eight child murders a year - usually within families and usually quickly solved.... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 24 | The Escapes from Alcatraz | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 25 | The KKK Killings Founded originally in the aftermath of the American Civil War as a defender of white southerners against the revenge of freed black slaves, this... | |
| Saison 2 - épisode 26 | New York Mafia Wars Originating as a resistance movement against Arab invaders in 9th Century Sicily, this secret society was brought to the United States during the... | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 1 | Mark Chapman and the Killing of John Lennon One man’s obsessive adoration of the world’s greatest rock star led to a transposition of personality and the death of John Lennon. | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 2 | Gaston Dominici and the Drummond Murders The brutal murder of Sir Jack Drummond and his family in the lonely Provencal countryside led to a sensational trial and the eventual sentencing of... | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 3 | Henry Lee Lucas - The Highway Stalker | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 4 | Donald Hume - The Setty Case | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 5 | John Duffy - The Railway Killer | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 6 | Graham Young - The Compulsive Poisoner | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 7 | Sir Harry Oakes - The Bahamas Murder Mystery | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 8 | Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce) | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 9 | Defeo and Benson - Inheritance Killers | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 10 | Donald Merrett - The Murderous Buccaneer | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 11 | Roy Fontaine - The Deadly Butler | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 12 | Buck Ruxton - The Ravine Bodies Mystery | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 13 | Leonard Lake and Charles NG - The Calaveras County Serial Killings | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 14 | John Bodkin Adams and Other Infamous Doctors | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 15 | Heidnick and Dahmer - Killers for Company | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 16 | Judge Joe Peel and the Chillingworth Murders | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 17 | Sacco and Vanzetti - Anarchy and Murder | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 18 | The Trunk Murders | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 19 | Browne and Kennedy and Other Police Killings | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 20 | The Siege of Sidney Street | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 21 | Leopold and Loeb | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 22 | The Zodiac Killer and Other Unsolved Serial Murders | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 23 | The Assassination of Robert Kennedy | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 24 | Pol Pot and the Killing Fields of Cambodia | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 25 | The Massacre at Malmedy | |
| Saison 3 - épisode 26 | Ma Barker and Other Public Enemies |
