Crime Stories Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• The Abducted Atheists

  A note claiming a family emergency was all that was left behind when American Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair and her family vanished in August 1995.

• Aileen Wuornos - A Woman Scorned

  An insight into the motives of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who murdered seven men. Dubbed America's first female serial killer, she was the inspiration behind the movie Monster

• Al Capone

  The story of Al Capone, who built an empire from gambling, prostitution and murder, and dominated Chicago during prohibition

• Al Roker Investigates: Faulty Forensics

  US news anchor Al Roker discovers how the mishandling of DNA evidence at Houston Crime Lab led to the wrongful convictions of innocent people

• Al Roker Investigates: Katie.Com

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Al Roker Investigates: The Horrors Of Hazing

  Al Roker explores the secret initiation rituals of American college fraternity and sorority houses, and learns how these traditions can sometimes have tragic consequences

• The Alibi

  How the police solve baffling crimes, using the work of forensic experts, interrogating witnesses and turning up unusual evidence

• Alien Conspiracy

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exclusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Allan Legere - The Monster of Miramichi

  The story of how Allan Legere sparked a manhunt after terrorising the Canadian town of Miramichi in 1989 with a crime spree that included rape, arson and murder

• Angel Resendez Ramirez: The Railcar Killer

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Anthony Stockelmen

  First-hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• The Arbitrary Assassins

  Police were led to an assortment of suspects after finding the body of Raymond Collin in a snow-covered truck.

  Next on: Sunday 20th December 6:00pm EST - The Biography Channel
• The Backpack Killer

  In New South Wales, Australian backpackers started going missing.

• Badge of Dishonour

  How the police solved the murder of a Houston housewife, shot dead in her home after complaining that a deputy sheriff was harassing her

• The Black Widower

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• The Blacktown Boys

  A beauty queen is found dead in a field and all accounts lead to John Travers.

• A Body To Die For

  How a woman's plastic surgery resulted in her death after a friend recommended an Ecuadorian doctor to carry out the procedure

• The Boston Strangler

  The case of Albert DeSalvo, who in 1964 confessed to the murders of 13 women in Boston, but was deemed unfit to stand trial and was eventually found stabbed to death in his cell

• Broken Honour

  An officer is shot dead in a small town, and NCIS investigators uncover clues that link the man's death to an undercover drug sting that resulted in a personal vendetta

• Burning Secret

  The NCIS plan a sting operation to catch the suspected murderer of a young woman whose body was found abandoned at the side of a rural highway in South Carolina

• The Butcher of St. Eustache

  How the police captured the killer of a woman shot dead in her home - a crime that bore similarities to an unsolved case

• By Reason Of Insanity: Hugh Kelly

  A documentary exploring how the murderer Hugh Kelly pleaded insanity and was sent to a mental institute

• Chance Encounter

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Chasing the Cat

  After a couple steal over $6million worth of money and valuables from the wealthiest woman in Dallas, Texas, police begin a thorough investigation

• The Chief

  Detective Mike Chitwood transfers to Shawnee, Oklahoma, where he hopes to put his years of experience to good use in bringing stability to the town

• Clara Harris: A Deadly Drive

  The story of a woman who discovered her husband was having an affair and used the family Mercedes to kill him

• Clifford Sleigh - The Boogeyman

  The body of a six-year-old girl is discovered and horrified parents rally to protect their children. The crime goes unsolved for a decade

• Cold Clues: The Peppin Case

  An investigation into the shooting of Phyllis Peppin in 1972, in which her husband was the chief suspect until someone else confessed 27 years later

• Cold Clues - The Smith Case

  A baffling case in Michigan, where police spent three years searching for a missing woman, after her husband claimed that she left him for another man

• Colin Thatcher - The Conservative Killer

  How a politician became the prime suspect in the investigation into his wife's murder and a sting operation was launched to establish his guilt

• Command and Control - Inside Rikers Island

  The way correction officers use covert gang intelligence to maintain control over a prison population of 15,000 unpredictable inmates

• Condemned in Texas

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exclusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing crime stories

• Confessions Of A Master Jewel Thief

  Former cat-burglar Bill Mason reveals how he broke into the buildings of the rich and famous, stealing over $4million worth of valuables

• Dangerous Game

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Dark Secrets: Hadden Clark

  Profile of Hadden Clark who was born with all the riches a man could ask for but proceeded to go on a killing spree across America

• A Date to Die For

  Detectives investigating the death of a man found in a burnt-out car encounter a web of lies and connections to dating agencies in their hunt for the killer

• A Daughter's Love

  A fourteen-year-old girl, imprisoned for the murder of her mother, finally confesses that her father orchestrated the entire plot

• David Shearing: The Wells Grey Gunman

  The case of six members of a wealthy family who were found dead in their car at a US national park. Baffled police launched a manhunt, and received a haunting confession

• David Snow - The House Hermit

  The case of house hermit David Snow, a solitary man obsessed with antiques, who resorted to murder and sexual assault to obtain the objects which fascinated him

• DC Snipers' Wife

  First-hand accounts and dramatic re-enactments of the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, in which 11 people were killed

• A Deadly Enterprise

  The crimes of American brothers Jimmie and Isom Turquitt, who took in homeless alcoholics before helping them to die and collecting their insurance money

• Deadly Exposure

  The crimes of photographer William Bradford, who had a penchant for photographing women and then murdering them

• Deadly Lesson

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Dean Corll: The Candy Man

  After an accomplice shoots American serial killer Dean Corll in August 1973, police connect him to the disappearances of 27 boys and young men.

• Death in the Desert - Raffi Kodikian

  A man is murdered while hiking with his friend in New Mexico's rattlesnake canyon

• Death of a Rising Star

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Decoy Squad

  The work of undercover officers, whose detective techniques include passing themselves off as drug dealers, businessmen and even muggers in a bid to keep streets crime-free

• Deep Secrets

  A couple fail to return from a boat trip, but the clues force police to question whether they were left at sea or if there was another reason for their disappearance

• Dennis Lynn Rader: The BTK Strangler

  First-hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• The Devil's Courthouse

  Police discover that the death of a woman whose car went over a cliff in North Carolina was not accidental, and suspect that her neighbours are hiding information

• The Disappearance of Dawn

  The 30-year investigation into the murder of a young wife and mother in Michigan, who disappeared in 1973

• Disorder in the Court

  Counting down the 20 most infamous courtroom moments of recent years, featuring highlights from high-profile trials

• The Doctor of Death

  Neurologist Richard Boggs is linked to the murder of a patient.

• Dorothea Puente: The Boarding House Killer

  The crimes of Dorothea Puente, the apparently harmless owner of a boarding house for the elderly who was exposed by the discovery of a body in her back yard

• Double-Cross

  How police solved the double murder of Californian doctor Ken Stahl and his wife, Carolyn, after his assistant's confession shed new light on the case

• Douglas Robert Worth: The Pictou Sadist

  The case of missing schoolgirl Trina Campbell, who disappeared in 1987, and whose remains were discovered by police tracking the movements of a local convicted rapist

• Downloading the Devil

  A Christian and Gulf War veteran discovers his wife and child are missing, but when investigators rule out abduction they suspect it could be murder

• Edward Delen Warren: The Wilderness Murders

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Evidence in the Ashes

  The work of National Response Teams, strategically located across America to act in the event of a disaster or terrorist attack

• The Farmingville Incident

  The investigation into the severe beating of two Hispanic labourers on Long Island in 2000, which highlighted the problem of continuing racial tensions throughout America

• Firestarter

  The story of fire department captain John Orr who was also a prolific arsonists

• From Beyond The Grave

  The story of how police thwarted a man's attempt to fake his own death after killing his best friend

• Gary Alan Walker: The Roaming Rapist

  Gary Alan Walker spent three weeks in May of 1994 terrorizing Oklahoma residents with his bloody spree of rapes, kidnappings and murders.

• Gerald & Charlene: The Love Slave Murders

  The story of married couple Gerald and Charlene Gallego who raped and killed a woman

• Gore/ Waterfield Florida: The Killing Cousins

  The arrest of killer David Allen Gore. Police were alerted to his whereabouts after he caused a stir when spotted taking pictures of a naked girl in the street

• Grave Robber

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• The Happy Face Killer

  After a couple was found guilty of the rape and murder of Taunja Bennett, a letter signed with a happy face claimed responsibility for the crime.

• Head Cases

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Hollywood Stalkers

  Prosecutor Rhonda Saunders traces the movements of celebrity stalkers and discovers what fuels their obsessions

• Hunt for a Serial Killer

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Incriminating Evidence

  How the police solve baffling crimes, using the work of forensic experts, interrogating witnesses and turning up unusual evidence

• Innocence for Sale

  The world of child prostitution and sex trafficking in America, including the story of a girl who was abducted on her 14th birthday

• Inside the Yellow Line

  The events that led to the FBI forming its elite Evidence Response teams and an insight into the agency's work, including the modern detective techniques used

• The Interrogation of Michael Crowe

  The interrogation of a teenager who confessed to killing his 12-year-old sister

• Into Thin Air

  Police investigate the disappearance of an informant, fearing that her betrayal of a drug dealer may have been discovered and savagely punished

• Ivan Milat: The Backpack Killer

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• John Ausonius: The Laser Man

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• John Martin Crawford - The Lady-Killer

  The deaths of three women lead Canadian police in Saskatchewan to investigate a local serial offender

• John Raymond Travers: The Blacktown Boys

  Australian police hunt for a murderer when the body of a beauty queen is discovered in a field near Sydney

• Keith Latta - The Murderous Mastermind

  How the police investigated the death of a wealthy businessman. The crime had all the hallmarks of an assassination, but the victim's business partner became a suspect

• LA Vice

  Undercover female police officers, posing as prostitutes, reveal the seamier side of Los Angeles

• Larry Fisher: The Elusive Rapist

  A man jailed in 1968 for the rape of several women in Saskatoon, Canada, is found innocent decades later after DNA evidence helps the authorities catch the real perpetrator of the crimes

• Laser Man

  In Sweden, a man began shooting immigrants with a laser guided rifle.

• Leonard Fraser: The Rockhampton Rapist

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Lost In The Woods (Aka: The Wrong Man - Dennis Dechaine)

  The case of Dennis Dechaine, a man who was convicted of murdering a 12-year-old girl in 1988. He continues to protest his innocence and hopes new evidence will clear his name

• Love Connection

  The hunt for a bank robber who stole $1 million over seven months by charming female employees

• The Love Slave Murders

  Gerald and Charlene Gallego earned the title of the first husband a wife serial murderers when they raped and murdered ten people across the western United States between 1978 and 1980.

• Lover's Leap

  Insight into the brutal murder of wealthy Virginians Derek and Nancy Haysom at the hands of their daughter

• Mad Scientist

  The story of Alan Chmurny, a successful chemist who drew the attention of police after stalking and harassing pharmaceutical secretary Marta Bradley

• Marcello Palma - The Victoria Day Shooter

  The shooting dead of three prostitutes in a single evening. The killer's identity would come as a complete revelation to investigators

• Marvin Anderson's Nightmare

  The story of a Virginia man who was wrongly convicted of abduction and rape, but had to wait 20 years before he was cleared and pardoned

• Maximum Security

  Following the work of corrections officers in one of America's most notorious prisons, as they strive to prevent and solve violent crimes between prisoners

• The Menthol Murderer

  Police are misled by false confessions and stories of secret meth labs in their quest to find the killer of a 10-year-old Indiana girl.

• Michael McGray - The Homicidal Drifter

  The case of Michael McGray, who was arrested for the murder of a mother and daughter but then also confessed to a string of other unsolved crimes

• Military Secrets

  The bodies of naval officer Leanne Brown and her boyfriend are discovered in a wood and NCIS agents follow a clue which leads them to an isolated church

• Mind Games

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• The Missing Mom

  Tara Lynn Grant was reported missing five days after her husband claimed she left their home in an unidentified black car.

• Morris Solomon - The Sacramento Slayer

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Murderous Mother, Deadly Son: Sante and Kenneth Kimes

  A look at the crimes of Sante Kimes and her son Kenneth, who were convicted of murdering a Manhattan millionaire

• Mystery in a Small Town (AKA Teen Killer)

  Teenager Michael Saltz Jnr is accused of killing an 11-year-old boy in a fit of rage

• New Profilers

  An insight into the work of psychological profilers, who give clues to the motivations of serial killers and provide invaluable insight on cases ranging from kidnapping to terrorism

• Obsession

  Police were initially baffled when a mother of six was apparently murdered by a stranger, but the investigation eventually led to the arrest of her millionaire former husband

• Overboard

  The murder of an Ohio woman and her children on their first vacation to Florida, where they were lured onto a boat and brutally murdered, with a look at the clues the culprit left behind which led to an arrest

• People Vs. Simpson: Unfinished Business

  Legal experts and family members offer their perspective on the trial of OJ Simpson, one of the most controverial and high-profile cases of the 20th century

• Peter John Peters - The Tattoo Man

  The case of Peter John Peters, whose week-long crime spree was brought to an end only by the combined efforts of five separate police forces

• Peter Piper
• Pretty Poison

  A man is found dead on his wedding night and the authorities soon discover that he was poisoned by his wife

• Prison Squad

  An exploration of the Pelican Bay maximum security prison in California, a gaol with a fearsome reputation for inter-prisoner violence

• Psychic Detectives

  An investigation into how psychics help police solve baffling crimes, revisiting a selection of cases supposedly cracked with the aid of paranormal powers

• Railroaded in Texas

  A collection of case interviews, including Captain David Caldwell of South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and prosecutor Blair Jennings

• Ray and Faye Copeland: The Elderly Executioners

  Re-enacting the story of Ray and Faye Copeland, who used their farm as a site for a livestock fraud and eventually turned to murder

• Reasonable Fear

  Three intriguing cases of stalking investigated by Las Vegas Deputy District Attorney Rhonda Saunders

• RFK - In Pursuit of Justice

  Profile of the RFK Memorial organisation, which celebrates the life of senator Robert F Kennedy - the second of the family to be assassinated

• Richard Crafts: The Woodchipper Wife Killer

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker

  First-hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exclusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Riker - Tales From Jail

  Interviews with staff and prisoners reveal the unlawful acts that are committed behind bars

• Rob C. Hansen: The Human Hunter

  The story of New York resident Peter Cassese, who masterminded one of the most ingenious burglary gangs in American history

• Robert F. Kennedy: Our Children, Our Future

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• The Rockhampton Rapist

  The murder of a 9-year-old girl leads to the arrest of Australian serial killer Leonard Fraser.

• Ronald Glenn West - The 22 Caliber Killer

  The case of Ronald Glenn West, a one-time police officer who was convicted of shooting dead two housewives in his local area, but remained at large for 30 years

• Rookies

  Following new recruits at one of America's leading police academies in Somerset, New Jersey, where the failure rate is high

• Russell Johnson - The Bedroom Strangler

  Police find no trace of forced entry as they investigate a rash of crimes involving women being attacked in their beds.

• Sacramento Slayer

  Morris Solomon terrorized the community of Oak Park in Sacramento, Calif. with his multiple killings.

• The Sacramento Slayer

  In Sacramento in the mid 1980's, a ruthless killer was making his way through Oak Park.

• Scoutmaster's Secret

  The boy who revealed his scout master was leading a secret life of murder, sex and lies

• The Silent Sniper

  The murder of Jamie Paxton mirrors multiple deaths in the Ohio area; a psychological profile leads authorities to Thomas Lee Dillon as a prime suspect in the murders.

• The Slave Master

  Police suspect a Missouri man of being involved with the disappearance of three women from the Kansas City area during the 1980's and 90s.

• The Slaying Sweethearts

  Erika De Nardo's story about the killings of her mother and brother crumbled with the finding of evidence.

  Next on: Sunday 13th December 6:00pm EST - The Biography Channel
• A Son's Revenge: Edmund Kemper

  A man who killed his grandparents and eight women, but claimed that his last victim was the only one he should have mudered

• Taking Vegas

  The investigation into a group who used an elaborate method of card counting to win more than $3million in Las Vegas

• Tangled Web

  Detectives investigating a mysterious killing follow a series of clues that eventually lead them to an unlikely trio of suspects - a grandmother, a hairdresser and a hitman

• Ted Bundy: Beneath the Mask

  America's worst serial killer Ted Bundy, who killed and tortured a number of young women throughout America during the 1970s

• The Teenage Terrors

  The conviction of three teenagers found guilty of the murder of a local DJ and security guard who liked to help wayward youths

• Tell Take Bomb (Aka The Broomstick Bomb)

  A single mother on the management scheme for the bank of America becomes the victim of a violent crime - but investigators suspect she could be linked to an elaborate heist

• Terror by Text

  Test messages reveal pastor Helge Fossmo incited his mistress to murder his wife.

• Terry Driver - The Abbotsford Killer

  Profile of Terry Driver, the Abbotsford Killer, who was responsible for a brutal attack on two teenage girls in 1995, and evaded police for months before he was caught

• Tien Poh Su - The Casebook Rapist

  How police solved the baffling case of a bodybuilder who raped and killed a female student

• Tracing Audrey

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Trail of Deceit

  First hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exlusive footage are combined to explore the grim truth behind these intriguing Crime Stories

• Trenchcoat Gang

  How police caught notorious bankrobbers Ray Bowman and Billy Kirkpatrick, but were left stumped when the pair refused to reveal where they had stashed their loot

• Trouble in Paradise

  A look at Jeffrey Wallace, who claimed insanity when he was convicted of opening fire in a crowded Florida bar, though the prosecution claimed the former child prodigy's 'madness' was an elaborate hoax

  Next on: Tuesday 15th December 12:30am EST - truTV
• Troubled Waters

  A young couple are found drowned in a creek and authorities believe they were murdered - but underwater detectives uncover a mysterious truth

• Twisted Plot

  The trial of Atif Rafay and Sebastian Burns, who were convicted of murdering the Rafay family in their home

• Unforgettable Face

  A man who has spent 10 years in jail for rape comes under the scrutiny of the Innocence Project, who believe he may have been falsely imprisoned

• Uniform Justice

  The story of how the Naval Criminal Investigative Service urgently scrambled to uncover clues when a corpse was found floating in a lake at Camp Pendleton, San Diego

• An Unlikely Terrorist - Shelley Shannon

  The story of a church-going mother who is serving a 31-year prison sentence for trying to destroy six abortion clinics

• Wayne Clifford Boden: The Vampire Rapist

  The case of so-called 'vampire rapist' Wayne Clifford Boden, the serial killer whose victims were identified by the bite marks discovered on their bodies

• The Wells Grey Gunman

  David Shearing's confession to six murders solves the case of a missing family.

• The Whistleblower

  The story of Chuck Hamel, who was attacked after revealing a pipeline service company's environmental crimes

• The Wilderness Murderers

  Police discover a bizarre plot when led to a former convict.

• William Fyfe - The Killer Handyman

  Quebec rapist and murderer William Fyfe. Friendly and well-liked by his neighbours, the criminal was finally caught by a single fingerprint

• The Witching Hour

  A New Orleans family's youngest son disappears during Hallowe'en, leaving detectives trying to solve the mysterious case

• Women in Control

  The work of the prison officers at New York's Manhattan House of Correction, where almost half of the employees are female

• The Woodchipper Wife Killer

  Helle Crafts went missing after a snowstorm, resulting in a conviction that shocks a community.

• The Wrong Man: A Question of Time

  The story of Hector Rivas, who was convicted of murdering New Yorker Valerie Hill despite the absence of any physical evidence

• The Yosemite Park Murderer

  Handyman Cary Stayner is accused of murdering three Yosemite National Park tourists.