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8 episodes

Crimes That Made History

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Synopsis

Some crimes have become sensational news stories and their memories are now part of our popular culture. From Jack the Ripper to Roswell and Lady Di, each episode revisits a page of our shared history.

Sensational news stories of violent crimes, accidents and suicides act as intermittent reminders of how minor or major transgressions can wreck our lives. Each episode in this series revisits a fascinating page of our shared history, meticulously decoding and deconstructing a sensational news item that was unjustly disdained by historians and generally left to the sensationalist press.

Episodes

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26min

Crimes that Made History - Jack The Ripper

Thumbnail for Crimes that Made History -  Violette Nozière, The Patricidal Poisoner
26min

Crimes that Made History - Violette Nozière, The Patricidal Poisoner

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26min

Crimes that Made History - Roswell, The Invention of Flying Saucers

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26min

Crimes that Made History - The Death of Princess Di

Thumbnail for Crimes that Made History - The Jonestown Massacre, An American Apocalypse
26min

Crimes that Made History - The Jonestown Massacre, An American Apocalypse

Thumbnail for Crimes that Made History - The Saint Valentine's Massacre a Triumph
26min

Crimes that Made History - The Saint Valentine's Massacre a Triumph

Thumbnail for Crimes that Made History - Flight 571: The Acceptable Face of Cannibalism
26min

Crimes that Made History - Flight 571: The Acceptable Face of Cannibalism

Thumbnail for Crimes that Made History - Fritz Haarmann, A Vampire In The Weimar Republic
26min

Crimes that Made History - Fritz Haarmann, A Vampire In The Weimar Republic