20/20 (American TV program): History and Key Facts
20/20 (stylized as 2020) is an American television newsmagazine that has been broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978.
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48 Hours (TV program): History and Key Facts
48 Hours, known for a period of time as 48 Hours Investigates and 48 Hours Mystery, is an American documentary news magazine television show broadcast on CBS.
Operation Wasteland: History and Key Facts
Operation Wasteland was an undercover investigation into organized crime rings that controlled New York City's waste disposal industry from the 1950s until 1995.
Hinterkaifeck murders: History and Key Facts
On the evening of 31 March 1922, six inhabitants of a small Bavarian farmstead, commonly referred to today as Hinterkaifeck ([ˈhɪntɐˌkaɪfɛk]), were murdered by an unknown assailant.
Dunbar Armored robbery: History and Key Facts
On September 12, 1997, six men robbed the Dunbar Armored facility on Mateo St.
Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza: History and Key Facts
The Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza was the theft of about R$160 million from the vault of the Banco Central branch located in Fortaleza, in the state of Ceará, Brazil, on August 6, 2005.
Bear Brook murders: History and Key Facts
The Bear Brook murders (also referred to as the Allenstown Four) are female American murder victims, two discovered in 1985 and two in 2000, at Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire,
Connecticut River Valley Killer: History and Key Facts
The Connecticut River Valley Killer, also known as the Valley Killer, is the moniker for an unidentified American serial killer believed to be responsible for at least seven murders of women in t
Beverley Allitt: Biography and Background
Beverly Gail Allitt (born 4 October 1968) is an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering three infants and an 11-year-old boy, attempting to murder three others, and causing grievous
I-70 killer: History and Key Facts
The I-70 killer is an unidentified American serial killer who is believed to have killed six store clerks in the Midwestern United States in the spring of 1992.
Great Basin Murders: History and Key Facts
The Great Basin Murders is the name given to a series of murders of at least nine women committed between 1983 and 1997 across the states of Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and Idaho.
Beauty and the Bester: History and Key Facts
Beauty and the Bester is a 2025 three-part true crime documentary series that explores the story of convicted South African murderer and rapist Thabo Bester, who faked his death and escaped from
Born to Kill?: History and Key Facts
Born to Kill?
Wayne Nance: History and Key Facts
Wayne Nathan Nance (October 18, 1955 – September 4, 1986), known as The Missoula Mauler, was an American serial killer in the state of Montana.
Ray Robinson (activist): History and Key Facts
Perry Ray Robinson (12 September 1937 – c.
Murder of Harmony Montgomery: History and Key Facts
Harmony Renee Montgomery (June 7, 2014 – disappeared c.
Carmel: Who Killed Maria Marta?: History and Key Facts
Carmel: Who Killed María Marta?
City Confidential: History and Key Facts
City Confidential is an American documentary television show, originally airing on the A&E Network, that singles out a community during each episode and investigates a crime that has occurred the
Cold Justice: History and Key Facts
Cold Justice is an investigative true crime series originally broadcast on TNT and currently on Oxygen.
Murder Book: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Murder Book (2014): Crime. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
My Strange Criminal Addiction: Story, Cast and Series Facts
My Strange Criminal Addiction (2014): Crime. Series details, synopsis and season dates from TVmaze.
Convicting a Murderer: History and Key Facts
Convicting a Murderer is an American true crime documentary series narrated and hosted by Candace Owens for The Daily Wire.
Dateline NBC: History and Key Facts
Dateline NBC (also known simply as Dateline) is a weekly American television news magazine reality legal show that is broadcast on NBC and Telemundo.
Deadly Women: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Deadly Women (2005): Crime. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
List of programs broadcast by Investigation Discovery: History and Key Facts
Investigation Discovery (ID) is a channel dedicated to true crime documentaries that launched in 2008.
Colin Campbell (murderer): Biography and Background
Colin Frederick Campbell (born 16 September 1947) is a British double murderer who in the early 1980s abducted two separate and unrelated women in West London and killed them in sexually motivate
Dirty John (TV series): History and Key Facts
Dirty John is an American true crime anthology television series, based on the podcast of the same name by Christopher Goffard, that premiered on November 25, 2018, on Bravo.
John Christie (serial killer): Biography and Background
John Reginald Halliday Christie (8 April 1899 – 15 July 1953) was an English serial killer and serial rapist active during the 1940s and early 1950s.
Gangland: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Gangland (2007): Crime. Series details, synopsis and season dates from TVmaze.
Snapped: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Snapped (2004): Crime. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Evil Lives Here: History and Key Facts
Evil Lives Here is an American documentary television series on Investigation Discovery that debuted on January 17, 2016.
John Cooper (serial killer): Biography and Background
John William Cooper (born 3 September 1944), also known as the Bullseye killer, is a Welsh serial killer.
Fatal Vision (miniseries): History and Key Facts
Fatal Vision is a 1984 American true crime drama television miniseries directed by David Greene from a teleplay by John Gay, based on the 1983 book of the same name by Joe McGinniss.
Mary Ann Cotton: Biography and Background
Mary Ann Cotton (née Robson; 31 October 1832 – 24 March 1873) was an English convicted murderer who was executed for poisoning her stepson.
Forensic Files: History and Key Facts
Forensic Files, originally known as Medical Detectives, is an American documentary television program that reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and
The First 48: History and Key Facts
The First 48 is an American documentary news magazine television series on A&E filmed in various cities in the United States, offering an insider's look at the real-life world of homicide investi
Thomas Neill Cream: Biography and Background
Thomas Neill Cream (27 May 1850 – 15 November 1892), also known as the Lambeth Poisoner, was a Scottish-Canadian medical doctor and serial killer who poisoned his victims with strychnine.
Forensic Files II: History and Key Facts
Forensic Files II is an American true crime documentary series as both a sequel and revival of Forensic Files.
Gordon Cummins: Biography and Background
Gordon Frederick Cummins (18 February 1914 – 25 June 1942) was a British serial killer known as the Blackout Killer, the Blackout Ripper and the Wartime Ripper, who murdered four women and attemp
I'd Kill for You: Story, Cast and Series Facts
I'd Kill for You (2013): Drama, Crime, Mystery. Series details, synopsis and season dates from TVmaze.