Crimes That Shook the World

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2006–

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Some of the most notorious murderers in recent history are examined. Using dramatic reconstruction and expert testimony, this is a forensic account of the perpetrators and the detectives in ... Read allSome of the most notorious murderers in recent history are examined. Using dramatic reconstruction and expert testimony, this is a forensic account of the perpetrators and the detectives in the crimes that shook the world.Some of the most notorious murderers in recent history are examined. Using dramatic reconstruction and expert testimony, this is a forensic account of the perpetrators and the detectives in the crimes that shook the world.

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Tim Pigott-Smith

Narrator…

Gregg McCrary

Self - Criminal Profiler…

Franc Violi

Ivan Milat

Alistair Lock

Dennis Nilsen

Fawn Wallace

Aileen Wuornos

Aldo Innocenti

Lorenzo Allegranti

Darren Matthews

Peter Sutcliffe

Rupert Baker

Steve Wright

Brian Cowan

Peter Jay

Peter Doyle

Arthur Shawcross

David Houston

Robert Ring

Douglas Perin

Giovanni Foggi

Cindy Simmons

Tyria Moore

Peter Amory

Stewart Gull

Michael Ray Davis

Richard Mallory

Christine De Melo

Carmel Di Nuccio

Keith Flood

George Oldfield

Shanna Baccari

Patti Ives

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Some of the most notorious murderers in recent history are examined.

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10/10

Well Done Series Woefully Under Publicized

I would have never known about this series if I hadn't been flipping through my cable TV listings - I watch the Discovery Channel frequently and can't even remember seeing it advertised. The Discovery website offers nothing extra about the series just the synopsis you can get from any TV listing. Why the short shrift? I was hooked when I managed to stumble upon the episode on Ivan Milat "The Backpacker Murderer" - I had never heard of this man and I thought I was pretty well schooled in notorious murderers. And just last night there was another ep "The Phoenix Strangler" about a South African serial killer, again I had never heard of these crimes.

It's so refreshing to see documentaries on famous murders that don't show the same cast of characters - Manson, Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, Gein - we've heard about these guys ad nauseum - there are other countries with serial killers people! and this brilliant series explores this.

I love it and want to purchase the series on DVD, unfortunately that's not an option.