S1.E1 ∙ The Rise of Putin

"One generally tags a doc, a doc, but the chills swim upstream, my spine argues that some factual films deserve a second tag. In this case, there's no more fitting a second category than horror, the scariest bit of celluloid you'll watch."

Israel is El Salvador's only criminologist. In one of the world's most dangerous countries, his job is to unearth the hundreds murdered and buried by the rival gangs MS-13 and 18 Street.

This is the story of a small Indiana town, a robbery that turned for the worse, the murders of three innocent construction workers, and the trial that followed. It is an account of a young woman named Charity Payne who would become the focal point of a small town's frustration with the criminal justice system. What caused this young woman to become involved in such horrible circumstances? Who were the three victims? What impact did it have on a small rural Indiana town? This film explores the crimes and asks the question: Without Charity, would these crimes have taken place?

How the death and life of James Chasse changed a city.

Theodore Robert Bundy was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous young women and girls. He was executed in the Raiford electric chair at 7:16 a.m. EST on January 24, 1989.

Matt Frei speaks to insiders, friend and foe, and those who know Donald Trump close-up as he asks: how scared should we be if Donald Trump wins the 2024 US presidential election?