MIAMI SHOOTOUT Ep. 3 | “April 11, 1986”
While FBI agents wait for information which might reveal the identity of one of the armed robbers they have been chasing for six months, the...
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Historical True Crime — assassins, gangsters, mobsters and lawmen; manhunts, scandals and unexplained phenomena. Stories of the wildest and darkest chapters of America's past.
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20 of 299 episodesMIAMI SHOOTOUT Ep. 2 | “Escalation”
After a robbery spree in October and November of 1985, Michael Platt and Bill Matix go dark until January of 1986. They return to their favo...
MIAMI SHOOTOUT Ep. 1 | “Who are these guys?”
In October of 1985, two armed robbers, Michael Platt and Bill Matix, begin targeting banks and armored cars in broad daylight in South Miami...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 6 | “American Gangster”
Frank Lucas experiences a rough ride in the second half of the 1980s, and he hits rock bottom in the early 1990s. But when he is at his lowe...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 5 | “Mr. Untouchable”
In 1975, the law finally takes down Frank Lucas. Frank faces decades in prison, and he makes a decision to work with New Jersey prosecutor R...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 4 | “Superfly”
Hard times arrive for Frank Lucas’s heroin business. In the early 1970s, Harlem gangsters start dying, disappearing, or going to prison as a...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 3 | “The Golden Triangle”
After Bumpy Johnson dies, Frank Lucas travels to Bangkok, Thailand and sets up a powerful heroin operation. Frank’s new gang, nicknamed the...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 2 | “The Big Track Robbery”
Bumpy Johnson, the Godfather of Harlem, goes to prison after the betrayal by Flash Walker. While Bumpy serves time at Alcatraz, Frank Lucas...
FRANK LUCAS Ep. 1 | “Godfather of Harlem”
Before Frank Lucas is a household name in Harlem, Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson runs the city. During the Prohibition and Depression eras, Bumpy...
TEXAS KILLING FIELDS Ep. 3 | “1990s: Primary Suspects”
As a police task force revisits evidence from one of the murders in the 1980s, the next series of crimes begins in the same area of Texas th...
TEXAS KILLING FIELDS Ep. 2 | “1980s: Calder Road”
After a pause, the disappearances begin again in 1983 when Heide Fye vanishes after using a payphone in League City, Texas. A year later, La...
TEXAS KILLING FIELDS Ep. 1 | “1970s: Galveston 11”
In the summer of 1971, outside of Houston, Texas, Claire Wilson is six minutes late to pick up her 13-year-old daughter, Colette, after band...
[ENCORE] NORTH HOLLYWOOD ROBBERY Ep. 6 | “Code 4: No Further Assistance”
Members of the SWAT team confront the remaining robber and finally end the North Hollywood Shootout. Elements of the 44-minute gunbattle spa...
[ENCORE] NORTH HOLLYWOOD ROBBERY Ep. 5 | “A New Danger”
The shootout moves into a residential neighborhood, and the LAPD organizes the rescue of injured officers and civilians. One of the robbers...
[ENCORE] NORTH HOLLYWOOD ROBBERY Ep. 4 | “Officers Down”
The robbery escalates. Dr. Jorge Montes, a dentist whose office is across the street from Bank of America, helps Detective John Krulac and O...
[ENCORE] NORTH HOLLYWOOD ROBBERY Ep. 3 | “Tactical Alert”
When the robbery becomes frustrating, Larry Phillips begins the North Hollywood Shootout. Officers in multiple locations withstand gunfire f...
[ENCORE] NORTH HOLLYWOOD ROBBERY Ep. 2 | “Two-Eleven In Progress”
After two armored car robberies, Larry Phillips and Emil Matasareanu graduate to bank robberies. They have an arsenal of high-powered weapon...
[ENCORE] NORTH HOLLYWOOD ROBBERY Ep. 1 | “High Incident Bandits”
In the 1990s, Los Angeles was the reigning bank robbery capital of the world. As two young men from Pasadena became increasingly disgruntled...
HH HOLMES Ep. 6 | “Revelations”
HH Holmes goes to trial for the murder of Benjamin Pitezel. The legal battle is headline news, and he loves the attention. During that time,...
HH HOLMES Ep. 5 | “Buried Secrets”
After six months on the run, law enforcement arrests HH Holmes for insurance fraud. Holmes believes he has secured a sweetheart deal which w...