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- StarsLester HoltSteven E. PittThe murder of Jason Alexander in June of 2008, in the city of Mesa Arizona..
- DirectorMohammed Ali NaqviStarsMrzebiJuliet StevensonA look into the sexual abuse suffered by the children living in the North-Western city of Peshawar in Pakistan.
- DirectorJamie DoranMike HealyStarsNajibullah QuraishiArun RathIn Afghanistan many hundreds of boys, often as young as ten, are being lured off the streets on the promise of a new life.
- DirectorSkye BorgmanStarsJan BrobergBob BrobergMary Ann BrobergThe twisting, turning, stranger-than-fiction true story of the Brobergs, a naive, church-going Idaho family that fell under the spell of a sociopathic neighbor with designs on their twelve-year-old daughter.
- StarsMa Anand SheelaPhilip ToelkesJane StorkWhen Osho, the world's most controversial guru, builds an Utopian city deep in the Oregon country, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.
- DirectorSara MastStarsDebra NewellChristopher GoffardTerra NewellDocuseries of "Dirty" John Meehan, based on the true crime podcast.
- DirectorBarbara BrancaccioJoshua ZemanStarsJoshua ZemanBarbara BrancaccioBill EllisRealizing that the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.
- DirectorJoshua ZemanStarsRachel MillsJoshua ZemanStephen WinickDelving into our collective nightmares, this horror-documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them.
- DirectorTristan Ferland MilewskiStarsMichael A.AmitMichael AnastasioOnce a year, the Dream Boat sets sail - a cruise only for gay men. Far from their families and political restrictions, we follow five men from five countries on a quest for their dreams. The cruise promises seven days of sunshine, love and freedom - but on board are also their personal stories, their doubts and uncertainties.
- DirectorGary SinyorStarsRichard LinternCraig JacksonEileen BarkerWhat motivated cult leaders Jim Jones, David Koresh and Marshall Applewhite.
- StarsRichard LinternMike BerryEmma KennyThe crimes of sadistic sexual murderers Peter Sutcliffe and Steven Wright; along with those of the married predators Fred and Rosemary West, are examined.
- 2015– 42m5.7 (16)TV EpisodeDirectorWill HanrahanStarsGlenn WilsonLinda PapadopoulosPaola TotaroInside the Mind of a Serial Killer examines the case of Michel Fourniret and Monique Olivier who murdered at least eight people in France and Belgium between 1987 and 2001. The twisted married couple used their own child to help kidnap and murder multiple girls and young woman.
- StarsRichard LinternKerry DaynesMike BerryThe history of three psychopathic serial killers are reviewed. Peter Tobin, Ian Brady and Joanna Dennehy.
- DirectorJadwiga MichalskaStarsRichard LinternCraig JacksonEmma KennyEncounters with Evil look at criminals who prey on members of their own families. It looks at cases of family annihilation and other murders in the family. It looks at the case of Jeremy Bamber who killed three generations of his own family in the White House Farm murder. It also looks at the cases of child killer Stuart Hazell and wife murderer Mitchell Quy.
- 2015– 42m5.4 (18)TV EpisodeDirectorWill HanrahanStarsPaola TotaroLinda PapadopoulosGlenn WilsonInside the Mind of a Serial Killer looks at the case of Angus Robertson Sinclair who killed two teenage girls in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1977. He is put on trail, but later acquitted in 2007 under controversial circumstances. Later, suspect of other murders he is retried and convicted of murdering the two girls.
- A lawyer shot -- his girlfriend admits she pulled the trigger and then dances in a strange police video -- was it self-defense or love gone bad? "48 Hours" Peter Van Sant investigates.
- StarsTom KimballKirk GillJack LevinWars have terrorized entire populations for thousands of years. The American West was home to ruthless killers who were idolized in fiction and folklore. Evil evolved to a hideous new form with the genocidal dictators of the 20th Century such as Hitler, Stalin and Mao Tse Tung who ordered the execution of tens of millions. But in the middle of the 20th Century a new and chilling phenomenon emerged in the post-war Western society: The Serial Killer! As if fashioned from our nightmares, they terrified and fascinated us. Lurking behind masks of bland normality, the serial killer often evaded capture for years, decades or eternity. These are America's Serial Killers!
- DirectorJim ConoverStarsDave BarthBrian BenassiTerry CastlemanIn 1979, several Law enforcement agencies investigating the murders of young boys chase a Pedophile Serial Killer across America.
- DirectorJohn LaRosePsychic helps Arkansas police save teenage boy abducted from Food Center parking lot and held by horrific abductor.
- DirectorBenjamin NolotStarsKimberleigh AndrewsKim BiddleAdam BrownA documentary about today's young adult hookup culture and the stories in pop-culture that influence it.
- DirectorWill AllenStarsWill AllenDimitrius PulidoPhillipe CoquetAn inside look at Buddhafield, a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.
- DirectorMax SerioStarsKostas A. KatsavdakisGeoffrey MartinJan MichalekThey may appear to be as ordinary as your next-door neighbor. In reality they're far from it. Serial Killers possess an unquenchable thirst for murder, performed with a total lack of remorse. Their names are seared into our collective consciousness as symbols unthinkable terror: Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer. Their heinous deeds are immortalized by their fearsome nicknames, Zodiac Killer, Green River Murderer and the BTK Strangler...Bind, Torture, Kill. For decades criminologists and forensic scientists have searched for keys to unlock the twisted psyche of these monsters. This episode journeys inside the minds of these murderers to discover the reasons for their heinous acts. Was it an abusive childhood or was it hard-wired from birth? How is it possible for any human being to be this evil?
- DirectorMyles KaneJosh KouryStarsGay TaleseGerald FoosNan TaleseJournalism icon Gay Talese reports on Gerald Foos, the owner of a Colorado motel, who allegedly secretly watched his guests with the aid of specially designed ceiling vents, peering down from an "observation platform" he built in the motel's attic.
- DirectorStuart PowellStarsMark ArthurNicole AndrewsJesse SanchezMark Arthur maintains that he murdered a friend's father on a Houston highway for savagely beating his wife. But police have a different theory.
- StarsLindsay HaugenDori GreesonGene GreesonOne of the small number of women who commit murder, Lindsay Haugen claims that she strangled her depressed boyfriend in 2015 as an act of mercy.
- DirectorJohn SmithsonStarsHelen MirrenSylvia PadillaDebbie PadillaA family describes their time within a religious cult, one that perpetuated pedophilia, sexual abuse, and prostitution.
- StarsBob McKeownMark KelleyGillian FindlayInvestigative journalist news documentaries are presented.
Epidode "Hell to pay" about martensville scandal https://youtu.be/-0DJsvtTCx4 - DirectorAndrew JareckiStarsArnold FriedmanJesse FriedmanDavid FriedmanDocumentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.
- DirectorChip ColleyRob KlugStarsRichard SchlesingerPhilip MarkoffMorgan Houston48 Hours examines the case of "Craigslist Killer" Philip Markoff a promising young medical student with a double life that led to murder. 48 Hours interviews one of his surviving victims and talks to the friends of the woman he killed. It also looks at some of the dangers associated with Internet and examines the lives of call girls.
- StarsDebbie NathanKenneth V. LanningDanny DavisThis episode of Retro Report chronicles the McMartin Preschool trial, interviewing the case's investigators, its lead prosecutor as well as the alleged preschool victims. It recounts the trial's effects on the national psyche, causing hysteria about everything from satanic rituals to child pornography, involving dozens of day care centers across the country.
- DirectorOfra BikelStarsAlan AmbroseBrenda AmbroseLisa BakerBizarre accusations of abuse surround a prominent daycare in Edenton, North Carolina. Frontline's 3-part investigation "Innocence Lost" chronicles how a disagreement between two friends snowballed into a sexual abuse hysteria.
- DirectorOfra BikelStarsDylan BakerGrace BeanJoe CheshireBizarre accusations of abuse surround a prominent daycare in Edenton, North Carolina. Frontline's 3-part investigation "Innocence Lost" chronicles how a disagreement between two friends snowballed into a sexual abuse hysteria.
- DirectorOfra BikelStarsWill LymanJudy AbbottChris BeanBizarre accusations of abuse surround the prominent Little Rascals Daycare Center in Edenton, North Carolina. The 3-part report "Innocence Lost" chronicles how a disagreement between two friends snowballed into a sexual abuse hysteria.
- StarsLester HoltKeith MorrisonAndrea CanningLong-running news-magazine/investigation series.The episode about disappearance of Brian Shaffer, segment name " Missing medical student"
- 2002–202342mTV-144.2 (15)TV EpisodeStarsPhil McGrawCharlie BrennanKatie CouricPart 1 of an interview with 29-year-old Burke Ramsey, brother of murder victim JonBenét Ramsey.
- 2002–202342mTV-144.3 (11)TV EpisodeStarsPhil McGrawKimberly ArchuletaAshleigh BanfieldPart 2 of an interview with 29-year-old Burke Ramsey, brother of murder victim JonBenét Ramsey.
- DirectorNick GrayStarsLawrence E. King Jr.John DeCampRobert Hupp"Conspiracy of Silence" is a powerful, disturbing documentary revealing a nationwide child abuse and pedophilia ring that leads to the highest levels of government. Featuring intrepid investigator John DeCamp, a highly decorated Vietnam war veteran and 16-year Nebraska state senator, "Conspiracy of Silence" reveals how rogue elements at all levels of government have been involved in systematic child abuse and pedophilia to feed the base desires of key politicians.
- DirectorDavid BeilinsonMichael GalinskySuki HawleyStarsNoreen GoschNancy AllenPaul BonacciAn examination into the cold case of the Iowa boy, Johnny Gosch, who disappeared on his paper route 30 years earlier.
- British true crime documentary mini-series following the family of Anni Dewani as they hunt for the truth behind her mysterious murder while on honeymoon in South Africa in 2010.
- 2005–202352mTV-MA8.2 (11)TV EpisodeThis episode revisits Adelaide's notorious Adelaide Family Murders case, where six young Adelaide men were murdered during the 1970s and '80s. The victims were found in random locations throughout the state, their bodies neatly cut into pieces. Although each attack and mutilation appeared different, police investigators soon began to link the horrific murders to one another.
- 2009– 43mNot Rated7.3 (11)TV EpisodeStarsSteven A. EggerKirk GillTom KimballSome serial killers kill out of desire. But it's thought that some kill out of a rejection of their own desire - which is explored through a look at John Wayne Gacy and the Highway Killers.
- StarsDakota MichaelsPhil CrowleyThis episode ; https://youtu.be/aglfrAxJsNw
- DirectorJenny PopplewellStarsNickole AtkinsonJim BenemannLuke EppleIn 2018, 34-year-old Shanann Watts and her two young daughters disappear in Colorado. With the heartbreaking details emerging, the family's story made headlines around the world.
- DirectorBrian Volk-WeissStarsDanny WallaceIrwin YablansTommy Lee WallaceIt took a young team's blood, sweat and tears - and a triple-threat visionary - to make this bloodless yet scarily influential horror masterpiece.
- DirectorAnna KeelStarsWilliam BoninWilliam BoothRon BowersIn 1970s California, a serial killer dumps young boys' bodies along the freeways. An L.A. street reporter on the case receives information that embroils him in the dilemma of a lifetime. Decades later, lost confession tapes help experts uncover the truth.
- StarsSteven AveryDolores AveryLaura NiriderFilmed over a 10-year period, Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who, while in the midst of exposing corruption in local law enforcement, finds himself the prime suspect in a grisly new crime.
- DirectorMichael HarteStarsDouglas BenceBob BrentonMike CattranSerial killer Dennis Nilsen narrates his life and horrific crimes via a series of chilling audiotapes recorded from his jail cell.
- CreatorRyan MurphyIan BrennanStarsEvan PetersRichard JenkinsMolly RingwaldThe story of a cannibalistic serial killer named Jeffrey Dahmer, a.k.a. the Milwaukee Monster.