The Crimes that Changed Us

The Crimes that Changed Us

Continuing First aired 12/Nov/2020 United States English 1 season(s) 8 episode(s)
DocumentaryCrime
The stories of murder investigations and their extraordinary consequences, which overturned laws, transformed police interrogation and revolutionised forensic detection.
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Season 1 · Season 1
8 episode(s) · Air date: 12/Nov/2020
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S1E8
Rodney King
Air date: 31/Dec/2020 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 43 min
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In 1992 Los Angeles, the brutal police beating of Rodney King is caught on video, igniting outrage. When the officers are let off, fury is unleashed. With testimony from LA residents, this is an intimate account of those dark days.

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In 1992 Los Angeles, the brutal police beating of Rodney King is caught on video, igniting outrage. When the officers are let off, fury is unleashed. With testimony from LA residents, this is an intimate account of those dark days.

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Patty Hearst
Air date: 24/Dec/2020 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 43 min
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In the seventies' chaos, left wing radicals take heiress Patty Hearst hostage and the media, too. While the FBI focuses their efforts on bank robbery charges, a murder goes unsolved. But the son of the slain Myrna Opsahl holds out for justice.

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In the seventies' chaos, left wing radicals take heiress Patty Hearst hostage and the media, too. While the FBI focuses their efforts on bank robbery charges, a murder goes unsolved. But the son of the slain Myrna Opsahl holds out for justice.

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The Nanny Trial
Air date: 17/Dec/2020 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 43 min
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Louise Woodward, an 18-year-old au pair from Britain, is accused of murdering eight-month-old Matthew Eappen by violently shaking him. Her trial creates a media firestorm, searing the term "shaken baby syndrome" into America's consciousness.

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Louise Woodward, an 18-year-old au pair from Britain, is accused of murdering eight-month-old Matthew Eappen by violently shaking him. Her trial creates a media firestorm, searing the term "shaken baby syndrome" into America's consciousness.

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Selena
Air date: 10/Dec/2020 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 43 min
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A Mexican-American singer is on the cusp of international superstardom when one fateful visit to a Texas motel cuts her young life tragically short. Fans clamor for justice as police negotiators stand-off with an unlikely killer.

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A Mexican-American singer is on the cusp of international superstardom when one fateful visit to a Texas motel cuts her young life tragically short. Fans clamor for justice as police negotiators stand-off with an unlikely killer.

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The Menendez Brothers
Air date: 03/Dec/2020 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 43 min
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When a Hollywood executive and his wife are brutally killed in a wealthy neighborhood, suspicion falls on their two sons. Charged with the murders, the brothers reveal disturbing family secrets, and the scene is set for one of the most shocking trials.

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When a Hollywood executive and his wife are brutally killed in a wealthy neighborhood, suspicion falls on their two sons. Charged with the murders, the brothers reveal disturbing family secrets, and the scene is set for one of the most shocking trials.

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McMartin Preschool Trial
Air date: 26/Nov/2020 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 43 min
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When the parents of children in a California preschool are informed that their kids may have been the victims of sexual abuse, it sets off a chain of panic and catastrophic events that will put an innocent man on trial for the heinous crimes.

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When the parents of children in a California preschool are informed that their kids may have been the victims of sexual abuse, it sets off a chain of panic and catastrophic events that will put an innocent man on trial for the heinous crimes.

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Atlanta Olympic Bombing
Air date: 19/Nov/2020 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 43 min
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At the 1996 Olympics, a security guard discovers pipe bombs and clears the area to minimise the fatalities. Praised as a hero, the FBI then decides he fits the domestic terrorist profile, while the real villain continues his terror campaign.

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At the 1996 Olympics, a security guard discovers pipe bombs and clears the area to minimise the fatalities. Praised as a hero, the FBI then decides he fits the domestic terrorist profile, while the real villain continues his terror campaign.

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Andrea Yates
Air date: 12/Nov/2020 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 43 min
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Andrea Yates appears to have the perfect family. However, her fascination with extreme religious ideas and hidden postpartum psychosis leads her to believe Satan is sending messages to drown all of her children. What follows is a media firestorm.

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Andrea Yates appears to have the perfect family. However, her fascination with extreme religious ideas and hidden postpartum psychosis leads her to believe Satan is sending messages to drown all of her children. What follows is a media firestorm.

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