Social Media Influencers seem to have it all — money, celebrity, power. But in these shocking true crime stories, there is a horrifying dark side to the fame, which reveals how these online dreams can quickly become blood-soaked nightmares.
A sun-soaked true crime series that sees Captain Lee search for answers to some of the most remarkable, unsolved crimes ever to have taken place on the high seas. The captain sets sail for some of the world's most exotic locations, but he's not investigating small-scale vacation-gone-wrong crimes, he's looking into the craziest, most remarkable and downright bizarre crimes that have happened just off the coast of paradise. With on-location shooting, eyewitness testimony, shocking revelations and new evidence, this is one voyage no one will forget.
Jimmy Savile was one of the United Kingdom’s most beloved TV personalities. Shortly after his death in 2011, an investigation prompted more than 450 horrific allegations of sexual assault and abuse, with victims as young as 5.
Drug trafficking, poverty, gang violence, corruption and ethnic warfare have created some of the most dangerous hot spots on Earth. Follow our current generation of photojournalists into these conflict zones, see what compels them and experience why, when everyone else seeks cover, the photojournalist stands and moves closer.
A brand new take on the most transformative force in British popular music history.
Gabriel Johnson, a baby missing since 2009, was last seen with his mother Elizabeth; this docuseries delves into the twists and deceit surrounding his disappearance in a search for the truth.
With unprecedented access and never-before-seen personal archival footage, the docuseries is a revealing portrait of three-time Olympic gold medalist and one of the greatest athletes in two separate sports, snowboarding and skateboarding, Shaun White. It is a story that includes childhood struggles with a congenital heart condition, the development of his unbeatable talent, sacrifices made by his unconventional but remarkably supportive parents, the move into pro-snowboarding at a young age, and of course, his exploits at the Olympics, where he holds the record for most gold medals by a snowboarder.
In the early 1990s, with homophobia and hate crimes on the rise as the AIDS crisis worsens, a serial killer preys upon gay men in New York City, infiltrating queer nightlife to find his victims.
In Dying for Revenge, each episode of this true crime series recounts a shocking story of a crime committed as an act of revenge. From a worker humiliated by a colleague, to a woman facing ruin when an ex-partner sells their home, the trigger events are different but the consequences are the same: being wronged leads to murder. Illustrated with evocative drama reconstruction, location filming and archive footage, each story is told through interviews with family and friends, insights from detectives who solved each case, and analysis from expert criminologists.
Investigators, family members and members of the judicial apparatus dissect step by step the most shocking crimes of recent years and their repercussions, placing emphasis on the human perspective and the rigorous reconstruction of the events. A suspenseful true crime television format that stands out for its captivating narrative and a visual proposal with cinematic features.
This docuseries sheds light on the killing of a German teenager in '78 through the accounts of his sister and the royal family involved in the case.
Follow the journeys of past competitors as they experience the heat of battle on their path to the 2022 Pokémon World Championships.
Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story is a British television documentary series. It is presented by David Wilson and is broadcast on Channel 5.
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Andrew Marr explores how Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection has taken on a life of its own far beyond the world of science.
A spine-tingling account of what happened when a Halloween night of celebration turned into a nightmare. More than 100,000 young revelers, who were packed into the narrow bar-lined alleyways of Seoul's trendy Itaewon neighborhood, became trapped in a mass panic. The toll was astonishing: 159 people, including two American students studying abroad, had suffocated and died that night. Nearly all those who perished were in their twenties.
Michael Palin attempts to copy the exploits of fictional character Phileas Fogg, by trying to travel around the world (without flying) in 80 days.
Michael Palin undertakes an epic journey of 23,000 miles, travelling from the North to the South Pole across 17 countries with a minimum of air travel, all on a tight deadline.
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure is a 1999 BBC television documentary presented by Michael Palin. It records Palin's travels as he visited many sites where Ernest Hemingway had been. The sites include Spain, Chicago, Paris, Italy, Africa, Key West, Cuba, and Idaho. After the trip was over Michael Palin wrote a book about the journey and his experiences. This book contains both Palin's text and many pictures by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who was on the team.
The untold true story behind the Cold War race to put man into space.