The Young Hippies Who Hijacked a Plane
In 1972, two young hippies hijack a commercial airplane in a wild attempt to free a famous political activist from jail, setting off one of...
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Every Monday, Serial Killers takes a psychological and entertaining approach to provide a rare glimpse into the mind, methods and madness of the most notorious serial killers with the hopes...
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The Greek Robin Hood Who Kidnapped Billionaires and Escaped Prison in a Helicopter
In the craggy peaks of Greece, a modern outlaw proves that you can rob a bank, kidnap a billionaire, and still be the most beloved man in th...
Stanley Alpert, the Kidnapping Victim Who Outsmarted his Captors
Kidnapped on his 38th birthday by criminals who think every federal prosecutor is secretly wealthy, a calm-under-pressure lawyer survives a...
Abby Catt: Born to Rob
After their mother’s death and years living under a controlling father, two Texas teens are pulled into their dad’s string of bank robberies...
Barefoot Bandit: The Teen Felon Who Became a Folk Hero
A teenage runaway becomes a folk hero and a nationwide fugitive as he steals planes, boats, and cars—often barefoot—turning a two-year crime...
Hunter Moore: The Undoing of the Internet's Most Hated Man
A notorious internet troll builds a revenge-porn empire that terrorizes thousands—until a determined mother launches a relentless campaign t...
Gareth Williams: The Spy in the Bag
When a brilliant intelligence officer from MI6 is discovered dead inside a padlocked duffel bag in his London flat, investigators face an im...
Hellish Nell, the Last Witch of Scotland
To some, Helen Duncan is a powerful medium who bridges the realms of the living and the dead. To others, she's a dangerous con artist blendi...
The Dread Pirate Roberts and the Silk Road: Anatomy of a Darknet Killer
A libertarian idealist known only as “The Dread Pirate Roberts” builds the Silk Road—an anonymous online black market that explodes into a b...
The Missing Candy Heiress and the Chicago Horse Mafia
In 1977, candy heiress Helen Brach – one of the richest women in America – vanishes. Detectives consider the many people who might have want...
Murder on the Galapagos? Island Utopia Spirals into Death and Disappearances
A 19th-century island experiment founded by two nature-loving Germans goes from Gilligan's Island to Lord of the Flies when an entitled and...
The Oesterreich Murder: Secrets in the Attic
When a lonely Milwaukee housewife lives a double life, her secret world spirals into a decade of deception — culminating in a deadly confron...
The Molly Watson Case: Bride-to-Be Murdered Right Before Her Wedding
Molly Watson had waited seven long years for her happily-ever-after wedding with her boyfriend, Jim. Then, less than 48 hours before they we...
Heaven's Gate: Rehearsing for the Apocalypse
A charismatic leader convinces his devoted followers that salvation awaits aboard an alien spacecraft trailing a comet—leading the Heaven’s...
The Convict Who Faked His Death For Love
A brilliant con man turns his life into a high-stakes romantic heist, embezzling fortunes and pulling off mind-bending jailbreaks—all to kee...
The Trunk Murderess Whose Gruesome Crime Captivated a Nation
26-year-old "trunk murderess" Winnie Ruth Judd killed her two best friends one hot Phoenix night in 1931. Then she stuffed both of them into...
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game
When McDonald’s ran its beloved 1990s Monopoly sweepstakes, Jerome "Uncle Jerry" Jacobson had one job: Protect the game pieces. Instead, he...
Killer on the Run: The Many Lies of Audrey Marie Hilley
When two members of the same family contract a mysterious illness, evidence points toward one lethal commonality: the manipulative matriarch...
The Torso in the Basement: The Case of Dr. Crippen
A boisterous entertainer and wannabe opera singer disappears from her London home. Before detectives find human remains in the basement, her...
Billionaire Boys Club: Wannabe Heir Makes a Killing in LA
In 1980s Los Angeles, a charismatic prep-school hustler builds the Billionaire Boys Club—part investment syndicate, part illusion—until a hi...