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Crimes that Made History

Crimes that Made History

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1 Season

26 minutes

Sensational news stories of violent crimes, accidents, and suicides act as intermittent reminders of how minor or major transgressions can wreck our lives. This series revisits fascinating pages of our shared history.

Season 1, 5 Episodes

Season 1 (5 Episodes)

Crimes that Made History - Jack the Ripper: The Invention of the Serial Killer

Jack the Ripper: The Invention of the Serial Killer,

In 1888, a series of gruesome murders shook London; The perpetrator was dubbed “Jack the Ripper”. It was the Victorian era, when Puritanism reigned and forensic science was in its infancy. How did these factors combine to produce the first serial killer?

Crimes that Made History - St. Valentine's Day Massacre

St. Valentine's Day Massacre,

In 1929, seven members of Bugs Moran’s gang are assassinated in a garage by Al Capone’s henchmen. This event was taken up by the press who named it the “Saint Valentine’s day Massacre”.

Crimes that Made History - Roswell

On 8 July 1947, the US Air Force announced the discovery of a “flying disc” that had crashed in the Roswell area of New Mexico. This was the birth of the flying saucer phenomenon. Against the backdrop of the Cold War, conspiracy theories abounded.

Crimes that Made History - Jonestown

1978 Guyana: Reverend Jim Jones holds an apocalyptic mass. Its outcome was the sacrifice of 918 members of the Peoples Temple; an American cult founded in the middle of the 1950s. This tragedy haunted the hopes of small communities in the 70s.

Crimes that Made History - Death of Princess Di

Death of Princess Di,

On 31 August 1997, Princess Diana died alongside her companion, Dodi Al-Fayed, in a car crash in Paris, whilst being pursued by paparazzi. Her untimely death prompted an outpouring of grief in Britain and elsewhere in the world.

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Crimes that Made History

Documentary

TV-14

1 Season

26 minutes

Sensational news stories of violent crimes, accidents, and suicides act as intermittent reminders of how minor or major transgressions can wreck our lives. This series revisits fascinating pages of our shared history.

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