This true-crime series examines some of the world's most horrifying and sensational cases to be brought to trial. Each episode recounts a notorious crime and reconstructs the investigation that brings the criminal to justice, using archival footage as well as trial footage, if available, to capture the critical courtroom moments.—Investigation Discovery

In 1996 a ten year old boy, Zachary Ramsay, disappears on his way to school. The police suspect Nathaniel Bar-Jonah was a known paedophile from Massachusetts but with no hard evidence, they can do nothing. Zach's mother, Rachel Howard, never gives up hope of finding her son alive.—Anonymous

Great Crimes and Trials is an early 1990s BBC documentary television series. The program consists of archival material combined with never before seen interviews to reconstruct a renowned crime, examining the felon's motives, details of the crime, the investigations and the trial. Each episode is narrated by actor Robert Powell.