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Crimes That Shook the World

8.0 / 10

2006

2 seasons

16 episodes

Documentary

Some of the most notorious murderers in recent history are examined. Using dramatic reconstruction and expert testimony, this is a forensic account of the perpetrators and the detectives in the crimes that shook the world.

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Tim Pigott-Smith

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Ep 1
1.The Wests/House of Horrors
07-12-200646m
The events that transpired at 25 Cromwell Street in the UK, where a seemingly normal father and mother (Fred and Rose West) tortured, raped and murdered young women, including thei...
Ep 2
2.BTK
06-10-2006
Profile of serial killer Dennis Rader, who preyed on families in Kansas for 30 years, and called himself BTK to draw attention to his preferred murder method - bind, torture and ki...
Ep 3
3.Green River Killer
TBA
The case of Green River killer Gary Leon Ridgeway who was arrested on 30 November 2001 after 19 years of police searches. The offender is recognised as the most prolific murderer i...
Ep 4
4.The Vienna Strangler
21-10-2006
The case of Austrian Jack Unterweger who, after serving a 14-year spell in jail for the murder of a girl in 1974, went on to become a celebrated media figure and an example of the...
Ep 5
5.Backpacker Murderer
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The case of Ivan Millat, who killed at least seven backpackers in New South Wales, Australia, during the early 1990s. Police were initially confounded by the marked differences in...
Ep 6
6.The Phoenix Strangler
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The case of Phoenix Strangler Sipho Thwala, who was sentenced to 506 years in jail in March 1999 when he was convicted of the murder of 16 women in Durban, South Africa. The police...

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