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The Crimes that Changed Us

The Crimes that Changed Us

S1 · E1

IMDB:

8.3
The Crimes that Changed Us

Released

11/12/2020

Duration

0h 43m

Genre

Documentary, Crime

Country

United States of America

Cast

N/A

Overview

The stories of murder investigations and their extraordinary consequences, which overturned laws, transformed police interrogation and revolutionised forensic detection.

Episodes

Andrea YatesEP 1Available

Andrea Yates

43m10.0

Andrea Yates appears to have the perfect family. However, her fascination with extreme religious ideas and hidden postpartum psychosis leads her to believe Satan is sending messages to drown all of her children. What follows is a media firestorm.

Atlanta Olympic BombingEP 2Available

Atlanta Olympic Bombing

43m10.0

At the 1996 Olympics, a security guard discovers pipe bombs and clears the area to minimise the fatalities. Praised as a hero, the FBI then decides he fits the domestic terrorist profile, while the real villain continues his terror campaign.

McMartin Preschool TrialEP 3Available

McMartin Preschool Trial

43m10.0

When the parents of children in a California preschool are informed that their kids may have been the victims of sexual abuse, it sets off a chain of panic and catastrophic events that will put an innocent man on trial for the heinous crimes.

The Menendez BrothersEP 4Available

The Menendez Brothers

43m10.0

When a Hollywood executive and his wife are brutally killed in a wealthy neighborhood, suspicion falls on their two sons. Charged with the murders, the brothers reveal disturbing family secrets, and the scene is set for one of the most shocking trials.

SelenaEP 5Available

Selena

43m10.0

A Mexican-American singer is on the cusp of international superstardom when one fateful visit to a Texas motel cuts her young life tragically short. Fans clamor for justice as police negotiators stand-off with an unlikely killer.

The Nanny TrialEP 6Available

The Nanny Trial

43m10.0

Louise Woodward, an 18-year-old au pair from Britain, is accused of murdering eight-month-old Matthew Eappen by violently shaking him. Her trial creates a media firestorm, searing the term "shaken baby syndrome" into America's consciousness.

Patty HearstEP 7Available

Patty Hearst

43m10.0

In the seventies' chaos, left wing radicals take heiress Patty Hearst hostage and the media, too. While the FBI focuses their efforts on bank robbery charges, a murder goes unsolved. But the son of the slain Myrna Opsahl holds out for justice.

Rodney KingEP 8Available

Rodney King

43m10.0

In 1992 Los Angeles, the brutal police beating of Rodney King is caught on video, igniting outrage. When the officers are let off, fury is unleashed. With testimony from LA residents, this is an intimate account of those dark days.

Cast