The DC Snipers
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jun 23, 2013
In 2002, a sniper terrorizes Washington D.C. and the surrounding suburbs, randomly targeting ordinary citizens. Ten are killed, three wounded.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jun 23, 2013
In 2002, a sniper terrorizes Washington D.C. and the surrounding suburbs, randomly targeting ordinary citizens. Ten are killed, three wounded.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jun 30, 2013
In 1980, the entire world was stunned by the murder of John Lennon. Was Mark Chapman a cold-blooded killer or a seriously deranged young man? We will backtrack through the lives of both men to set the scene through interviews and footage.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2013
Crimes of the Century looks at the case of Texas woman Andrea Yates killed her five children by drowning them one by one in a bathtub. A media circus ensues at her trial. She is initially sent to prison for life, but is later found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jul 28, 2013
In 1981, a gunman fires six shots at Ronald Reagan. What follows is a chaotic rush to save Reagan's life, confusion at the White House, and an urgent investigation to find out if this is a wider plot, or the work of a lone assassin.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Aug 10, 2013
In 1995, in an Oklahoma City federal building, a truck bomb killed 168 people. What caused a decorated war hero to carry out this attack?
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Aug 18, 2013
Crimes of the Century examines the case of Amanda Knox an American exchange student living in Perugia who was arrested and accused of murdering her British flatmate Meredith Kercher. Knox is initially found guilty of the crime, but her argue that she is the victim of a out-of-control prosecutor and press.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Aug 25, 2013
One of the worst debacles in law enforcement history: an inferno in Waco, Texas killed 80 people, including four Federal agents.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2013
Ted Kaczynski, "The Unabomber," engaged in a nationwide bombing campaign planting or mailing 16 home-made bombs to unsuspecting victims.