Deadly Designs

Sun, Jan 08, 2006
The 1997 slaying of fashion designer Gianni Versace by Andrew Cunanan in Miami Beach.
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The Trophy Wife and the Tennis Pro
The death of Werner Hartmann, known locally as the "Stereo King of Chicago", is a suicide staunchly maintains. This story would seem to be at odds with the 10 gunshots in his body. Interestingly, all of them were above the waist.
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The Starlet and the Skier
The arrest and trial of Claudine Longet, accused of shooting her lover, skier Spider Sabitch, becomes one of the first big media-driven celebrity events.
7.7 /10
Gone with the Wind
James Sullivan's 1976 marriage to Atlantan socialite Lta McClinton proved to be a hindrance to Sulivan's obsession with climbing up the ranks of the social elite and the marriage floundered. Answering the door to a hit man posing as a flower delivery man, Lita was shot dead at point-blank range. It took 13 years for the police to locate and arrest the hit man who accused the husband, James, to be behind the murder plot. When Sullivan vanished, it took years and an international manhunt to bring Sullivan in.
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Operation Carwash: A Worldwide Corruption Scandal Made in Brazil

Operation Carwash: A Worldwide Corruption Scandal Made in Brazil

Based on the true story of Operation Carwash, the largest and most successful corruption investigation ever seen in the world, "No One is Above the Law" tells, through the eyes of Detective Investigator Ivan, the story of how he and his team at the Brazilian Federal Police, working with the Brazilian Federal Attorneys were able to reveal and dismantle an intricate scheme of money laundering, graft, theft, corruption and bribery involving executives at Petrobrás, (the Brazilian National Oil Company), government contractors, political parties, and politicians at all levels of government - including both houses of congress, cabinet secretaries, and the current and former presidents of Brazil. Exciting and action packed, the movie reveals unbelievable details of the conflicts and dangers faced by the investigators, the roadblocks thrown to thwart the operation, and the crucial role of the Federal Judge who withstood the greatest of pressures to keep the politicians from destroying their case and coming away scott free. We follow Ivan and his team through the step-by-step investigative process that transformed what started as an investigation on drug dealers and money launderers into a movement to combat the backbone of corruption in the country, leading straight to the doorstep of the most powerful politician in the country - the ex-President Luís Inácio "Lula" da Silva. This is the story of men and women fighting against a corrupt system and trying to prove that indeed, no one is above the law.

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