Crime Stories

Crime Stories

About the show

This investigative series takes the viewers behind the scenes with those who record crime investigations up close - on film, on paper, and on tape. Along with police officers, the family and friends of the victims, defense lawyers and prosecutors share their recollections of the crimes and their consequences.  These first-hand accounts, coupled with dramatic re-enactments, news footage, clippings and photographs paint a comprehensive picture of the grim truth. 

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Upcoming episodes

May 21st
1000p

The Roaming Rapist

For three weeks in May of 1994, a brutal killer had a nation on edge. A bloody spree of rapes, kidnappings, and murders resulted in the deaths of six Oklahoma residents, including a local radio personality and an elderly widower. Gary Alan Walker, an emotionally disturbed ex-convict, was eventually captured and executed for these crimes.
May 22nd
1000p

The Elderly Executioners

Multiple murders in rural communities are always a shocking occurrence, but never more so than in Livingston County, Missouri in the late 1980Õs. Ray and Faye Copeland, an elderly farmer and his wife, would become AmericaÕs oldest couple on death row when a simple livestock scam escalated into murder.
May 26th
1000p

The Homicidal Handyman

In Sacramento in the mid 1980Õs, a ruthless killer was making his way through the fringe community of Oak Park. Behind him, he left a trail of victims, stuffed in closets, hidden under debris and even buried alive. Handyman Morris Solomon was eventually captured and sentenced to death for these crimes.
May 27th
1000p

The Boardinghouse Killer

Dorothea Puente spent much of the 1980Õs providing shelter for the elderly and infirm in her Sacramento boardinghouse. It wasnÕt until the first body was found in her backyard that authorities realized Dorothea was not the sweet old woman she first appeared to be.
May 28th
1000p

The Human Hunter

Like many Alaskans, bakery owner Robert C. Hansen was known for his hunting abilities. In the early 1980Õs, however, his taste for hunting took a sinister turn. A growing list of missing persons and the discovery of two dead bodies led the police to begin the search for a killer who raped his victims before turning them loose and hunting them down like animals
May 29th
1000p

The Railcar Killer

One of the most intensive manhunts in the history of Texas took place over the summer of 1999 when brutal serial killer Angel Resendez Ramirez was on the loose. Riding the rails eastward and driving the vehicles of his victims back west, Resendez terrorized railroad communities all across America before finally surrendering to police.
Jun 1st
1000p

Ivan Milat: The Backpacker Killer

In the early 1990s, the tourist hotspot of new south wales, australia became a place of fear when backpackers started going missing. Over the course of a year, the bodies of seven missing backpackers were found in belanglo state forest, 150 km from sydney. After an intense police investigation, local construction worker ivan milat was found guilty of these crimes.
Jun 2nd
1000p

The Btk Strangler

In 1974, a man identifying himself as the btk (bind, torture, kill) strangler started a killing spree in kansas spanning the next two decades. He managed to kill ten people while eluding an intense manhunt by police. After a 13-year lull, he reemerged in 2004 through a disturbing letter to the media, that ultimately lead to his capture a year later.
Jun 3rd
1000p

The Teenage Terrors -

Six days into 2004, an unidentified man is found stabbed to death just outside of the booming oil city of calgary, alberta. Just when the police appear to have no leads, a witness comes forward after seeing an article about the murder. The victim is identified as evan chu,* a local dj and security guard who has a penchant for helping wayward youth. School rumors and wiretaps lead police to three guilty teenagers.
Jun 4th
1000p

The Menthol Murderer

A week-long search for a missing 10-yr-old indiana girl ends sadly with her body being discovered in a nearby stream. The ensuing investigation puts police through the wringer as they are misled by false confessions and stories of secret meth labs. Dna evidence eventually pins the crime on anthony stockelman and the community is finally able to achieve justice.