Name: Crimes That Made History Season 1
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Released: 2017

S01 Episode 1

Jack the Ripper: The Invention of the Serial Killer (1888)

A series of grizzly murders shocked the city of London in 1888 and the perpetrator becomes known as Jack the Ripper.

25 mins · Tue, 12 Sep 2017

S01 Episode 2

Violette Nozière: The Patricidal Poisoner (1933)

In 1933, Violette Nozière, 18, kills her father by poisoning him; Violette confesses to the crime, saying her motive was that her father abused her.

26 mins · Tue, 3 Oct 2017

S01 Episode 3

Roswell (1947)

A flying disc crash lands in Roswell, New Mexico on July 8, 1947; conspiracy theories spread and UFO's become a recurrent theme in science-fiction movies and popular culture.

25 mins · Tue, 26 Sep 2017

S01 Episode 4

Death of Princess Di (1997)

Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed die in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997 while being pursued by paparazzi.

25 mins · Sat, 9 Sep 2017

S01 Episode 5

Jonestown (1978)

Reverend Jim Jones holds an apocalyptic mass in 1978 and in the end, 918 members of the People's Temple sacrifice themselves.

25 mins · Sat, 30 Sep 2017

S01 Episode 6

St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1929)

In 1929, Al Capone's henchmen kill seven members of Bugs Moran's gang; carried out during the prohibition, this event became known as the Saint Valentine's day Massacre.

26 mins · Tue, 17 Oct 2017

S01 Episode 7

Fritz Haarmann: Vampire in the Weimar Republic (1924-31)

The discovery of hundreds of bones in 1924 led to Fritz Haarmann's arrested as he is accused of sexual violence and cannibalism.

25 mins · Tue, 24 Oct 2017

S01 Episode 8

Flight 571: Acceptable Face of Cannibalism (1972)

In 1972, a Uruguayan plane crashes into the Andes, and seventy-two days later, sixteen survivors are found; an unspeakable truth about how they were able to survive gradually emerges.

25 mins · Tue, 31 Oct 2017

S01 Episode 9

Abe Sada: The Fantasy of Japanese Eroticism (1936)

In 1936, Abe Sada kills her lover by erotic asphyxiation, cuts off his member and carves his name in her flesh.

26 mins · Tue, 7 Nov 2017

S01 Episode 10

Albert Soleilland: A Case for the Death Penalty (1907)

In 1907, Albert Soleilland is accused of raping and murdering a little girl named Marthe. At the time, France was on the verge of abolishing the death sentence, Soleilland's crime set the abolitionist cause back decades.

26 mins · Tue, 14 Nov 2017

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