• 1992
Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century

Summary At last, for the first time here is a major new series of the most extraordinary stories behind the greatest crimes and trials of this century. True stories carefully researched and reconstructed with actual archive footage. Cases which have become almost legendary in the annals of crime and detection. View more details

  • 1992

Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Robert Powell Kenneth Bianchi Angelo Buono Jr. Carol DaRonch

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Genres : Crime History Documentary

Release date : Jan 2, 1992

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Columbia TriStar Home Video Nugus/Martin Productions Ltd. Arts and Entertainment Network

Summary At last, for the first time here is a major new series of the most extraordinary stories behind the greatest crimes and trials of this century. True stories carefully researched and reconstructed with actual archive footage. Cases which have become almost legendary in the annals of crime and detection. View more details

Details

Genres : Crime History Documentary

Release date : Jan 2, 1992

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Columbia TriStar Home Video Nugus/Martin Productions Ltd. Arts and Entertainment Network

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Episode 1 • Jan 11, 1994
The Lindbergh Baby Kidnap
It was a crime that shattered America. A case so improbable that nobody ever dreamed it could happen. Despite a ransom being paid, after 72 days the body of American legend Charles Lindbergh's kidnapped baby son, was found murdered. A German carpenter was tried, sentenced and sent to the electric chair, but to this day it is not known if he acted alone?
Episode 2 • Dec 31, 1969
Lucky Luciano and the Mob
He started out as a violent street thug, but soon became a ruthless leader, who rose to the top of the Mafia. He always kept one step ahead of the law and infamously once boasted, 'I buried hundreds of guys'. Even when finally imprisoned he found a way of securing his freedom.
Episode 3 • Dec 31, 1969
The Story of Al Capone
On St Valentine's Day 1929, the brutal massacre of six gangsters in a Chicago warehouse signalled the emergence of Al 'Scarface' Capone as the undisputed Godfather of crime. He was vain, violent and notoriously ruthless. A man who won ultimate respect by exacting total fear.
Episode 4 • Dec 31, 1969
Son of Sam
His name struck fear into the hearts of New Yorkers and brought terror to the streets. He unleashed all his hatred on the one group which he considered had rejected him the most - women.
Episode 5 • Dec 31, 1969
The Hillside Stranglers
Within weeks, the hillsides around Los Angeles became the scene of a terrible carnage - more than ten strangled corpses. The police soon realised they were no longer dealing with a serial murderer but hunting something frighteningly new - two killers, who were out on a 'spree'.
Episode 6 • Dec 31, 1969
John Dillinger - Public Enemy No. 1
John Herbert Dillinger was an infamous American gangster in the Depression-era United States.
Episode 7 • Dec 31, 1969
The Manson 'Family' Murders
Charles Manson with his cult followers pioneered a new revolution - a helter-skelter of bloody, calculated and remorseless killing that brought a new, sinister meaning to the term 'The Family'.
Episode 8 • Dec 31, 1969
The Jonestown Massacre
In November 1978, deep in the jungles of Guyana the Rev Jim Jones gathered nearly 1,000 devoted followers around him, and with a simple promise persuaded them to commit the greatest 'revolutionary' mass suicide of the 20th Century.
Episode 9 • Dec 31, 1969
Dr Jeffrey MacDonald the Green Beret Killings
Army doctor Jeffrey MacDonald seemed to have everything. Then one night his wife and children were horrifically murdered. Had it not been for the determination of one person - his father-in-law - justice might never have been done.
Episode 10 • Dec 31, 1969
The Trials of Dr Sam Sheppard
He was young, handsome and successful. But when his wife was found battered to death, the American dream turned into a nightmare. Convicted of murder, it took him 12 years to establish his innocence and have his conviction overturned.
Episode 11 • Dec 31, 1969
Neville Heath the Ladykiller
Neville George Clevely Heath (1917-46) was a sadistic psychopath, born in Essex, England, who was responsible for the murders of at least two young women. He was executed in London in 1946.
Episode 12 • Dec 31, 1969
Ted Bundy the Serial Killer
Women began to disappear in the Seattle area in the first half of 1974. It was not until July 1979 that a jury found Ted Bundy guilty and mercifully ended the reign of a savage killer who brutally murdered over twenty girls.
Episode 13 • Dec 31, 1969
The Case of Gary Gilmore
He was the double murderer who insisted on being executed. On 17th January 1977 after years of legal moralizing his wish was granted and he shot dead by a firing squad in Utah.
Episode 14 • Dec 31, 1969
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
In 1934 he became a member of the SS. He killed not only Jews, but was also responsible for the calculated deaths of 27 RAF prisoners. Eventually, in 1959 he was found by Israeli agents in Argentina who flew him to Israel for trial.
Episode 15 • Feb 05, 1994
John Gacy Mass Murderer
Seven bodies were found in the crawl space under his home. Eight more were quickly uncovered in other parts of the house. Eventually, the remains of 28 bodies were discovered. H
Episode 16 • Jan 25, 1994
The Massacre of the Tsar and the Imperial Family
As civil war raged across Russia in 1918, the deposed Tsar and his family were imprisoned. On 16th July they were massacred and buried in the forest. Almost immediately though, rumors sprang up that not all the imperial family were dead
Episode 17 • Jan 18, 1994
Dr Crippen
When an unassuming US doctor living in London in 1910 fell in love with his secretary, he was tied to a wife who he hated. His solution was murder. Dr Crippen and his mistress fled abroad and when a body was discovered in the cellar
Episode 18 • Feb 22, 1994
The Great Train Robbery
In 1963 a mail train was ambushed in England. In one of the largest robberies ever, the gang got away with more than £2.5 million in used bank notes. The stories of police attempts to recapture some of the robbers still hit the headlines today?
Episode 19 • Dec 31, 1969
The Boston Strangler
For three years Albert DeSalvo stalked the streets of Boston, leaving behind him a hideous trail of human destruction. It was a crusade of evil, of a maniac who might never have been caught had it not been for his confessions to another prison inmate.
Episode 20 • Feb 01, 1994
John Haigh the Acid Bath Murderer
In 1949 John George Haigh escorted Mrs Olivia Durand-Deacon to his factory in Crawley, where he shot her in the head and then heaved her into a previously-prepared vat of acid.
Episode 21 • Dec 31, 1969
John Christie of Rillington Place
He had an obsession with disinfecting his flat. When he moved out four bodies were discovered there and two more in the garden. When arrested it became horrifically clear that he had also killed a mother and child in 1949 - a crime for which another man had already been hanged.
Episode 22 • Dec 31, 1969
The Black Panther
When the kidnapping of a 17-year-old girl was linked to the brutal murder of three British subpostmasters the police knew they were dealing with a ruthless and callous killer. For the girl, the abduction ended in unimaginable horror. For the police it would take another eleven months and a chance encounter before the 'Black Panther' was eventually cornered.
Episode 23 • Dec 31, 1969
Murph the Surf
In late October 1964, thieves stole 22 gems from New York City's Museum of Natural History. Three of the stones were so famous they would be impossible to sell. Within 48 hours, aided by confidential police sources, two men in New York and another two in Miami were arrested.
Episode 24 • Feb 08, 1994
Jack the Stripper
Despite a massive police operation, he seemed to anticipate their every move. He loved to taunt and mock the detectives and killed with impunity. Eventually, he was trapped by bluff, but never caught. To this day no one has been charged.
Episode 25 • Dec 31, 1969
The McKay Kidnappping
In a cruel and callous kidnapping a woman became the innocent victim of mistaken identity. After many efforts to catch her abductors, the police were led to a lonely farmhouse - and two brothers with a ghastly secret.
Episode 26 • Dec 31, 1969
The Yorkshire Ripper
The reign of terror that followed the first murder of a Leeds prostitute in 1975, cut a trail of fear across northern England. The 'Ripper' never struck twice in the same place. But thankfully, one evening he made a mistake.

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