(52 X 24 minute episodes)
THE SERIES
Each of the 52 programmes consists of several infamous cases where historical reconstructions and rare photographs, including those from the archives of the FBI and Scotland yard, will bring back memories of notorious cases, of which two thirds occurred in North America. Over 600,000 hours of archive film have been searched in the preparation of this series.
The programmes are divided into easily identifiable themes. Each programme opens with the historical setting for each case and the evidence which first confronted the police. The cases then developed against the accelerating presentation of detailed forensic evidence with the eventual clues which led to the chase and apprehension of the felon. Particular emphasis is placed on the scientific and forensic evidence. As the case moves towards the trial, the tension and drama of the courtroom are brought home to the viewer through transcripts, photographs and film which have come from no fewer than 27 of the world's leading archive libraries. As the trial concludes, the psychology of the perpetrator is examined in common with the other perpetrators in the same criminal category. Common threads run through each programme in order to explain the mentality and psychology of the serial killers and mass murderers who have dominated Criminal History.
The series is a landmark look at some of the most infamous and interesting cases of the last 100 years and will contain rare archive material which has never previously appeared on television anywhere in the world.
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MICHAEL KATZ
VICE PRESIDENT PROGRAMMING & PRODUCTION
THE INTERNATIONAL DEPT,
THE HISTORY CHANNEL
A&E TELEVISION NETWORKS
235 EAST 45TH STREET
NEW YORK
NY - 10017
USA TEL: 001 212 210 9003
FAX: 001 212 907 9476
E-MAIL: michael.katz@aetn.com
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KATE WINN
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING HOME VIDEO
NEW VIDEO GROUP
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NEW YORK
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USA
TEL: 001 203 353 7204
FAX: 001 212 907 9418
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THE STORIES
(each programme = 24 minutes)
Programme 1
Lady Killers
John Christie - UK 1940s - 50s.
Richard Speck - Chicago, USA 1966.
William Heirens - USA 1940s.
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Programme 2
Killing For Pleasure
Neville Heath - London / Worthing / Brighton, UK 1946.
Bianchi & Buono (The Hillside Stranglers) - USA 1977 / 78.
Norman John Collins - USA 1967 - 69.
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Programme 3
Terrorising The Cities
Albert De Salvo (The Boston Strangler) - USA 1962 - 64.
Richard Ramirez - Los Angeles, USA 1985.
Patrick Kearney - USA 1975 - 77.
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Programme 4
Stalking The Innocent
David Berkowitz (Son of Sam) - New York, USA 1976 - 77.
Gerald & Charlene Gallego - Nevada, USA 1978 - 80.
Peter Manuel - Glasgow, UK 1956.
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Programme 5
From Coast To Coast
Ted Bundy - Florida / Utah / Seattle, USA 1974 - 77.
John Eric Armstrong - Detroit, USA 1900s - 2000.
Christopher Wilder - NY, USA 1980s.
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Programme 6
Streets of Fear
Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper), UK 1975 - 80.
Arthur Shawcross - NY, USA 1988 - 89.
Joel Rifkin - NY, USA 1990s.
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Programme 7
Horror on the Highways
Henry Lee Lucas - USA 1960s - 80s.
William Bonin - LA, USA 1980.
Joseph Paul Franklin - Indiana, USA 1977 - 80.
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Programme 8
Killing For Thrills
Lake and Ng - San Francisco, USA 1985.
Fred and Rosemary West - UK 1960s -1990s.
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Programme 9
Spree Killings
Bonnie and Clyde - USA 1932 - 34.
Starkweather and Caril - USA 1958.
Paul Knowles - USA 1974.
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Programme 10
The Cannibals
Jeffrey Dahmer - USA 1980s -1990s.
Ed Gein - Winsconsin - USA 1954 - 57.
Boris Chikatilo - Russia 1980s - 1990s.
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Programme 11
Intent on Murder
John Gacy - USA 1970s.
Gary Heidnick - Philadelphia, USA 1986 - 87.
Kenneth Erskine - London, UK 1986.
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Programme 12
Trapped by Forensics
John Duffy (The Railway Killer), UK 1986.
Timothy Spencer - US 1987.
David Lashley - UK 1977.
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Programme 13
Mass Murderers
Charles Whitman (The Austin Sniper) - USA 1966.
Wayne Henley and Dean Corll - USA 1970 - 73.
Michael Ryan - Hungerford, UK 1987.
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Programme 14
The Poisoners
Harvey Hawley Crippen - London, UK 1910.
Carl Coppolino - USA 1965.
Arthur Waite - USA 1916.
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Programme 15
Deadly Doctors
John Bodkin Adams - Eastbourne, UK 1950s.
Harold Shipman - Manchester, UK 1990s.
Alice Wynekoop - Chicago, USA 1933.
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Programme 16
Savage Surgeons
Marcel Petiot - France 1940s.
Buck Ruxton - UK 1935.
Jeffrey McDonald (Green Beret Killer) - N. Carolina, USA.
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Programme 17
Cult Killings
Jim Jones - Guyana, USA 1978.
The Order of the Solar Temple - Switzerland 1994.
Aum Shinrikyo - Japan 1995.
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Programme 18
Celebrity Murder
Charles Manson - LA, USA 1969.
Andrew Cunanan - USA 1997.
Joe Orton - London, UK 1967.
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Programme 19
Evading Justice
Green River - Seattle, USA 1980s.
Zodiac - San Francisco, USA 1960s.
Zodiac - New York, USA 1970s.
Jack the Stripper - London, UK 1960s.
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Programme 20
A Question of Doubt
Jimmy Hoffa - USA 1975.
Sam Sheppard - Ohio, USA 1954.
Ronald Light - Green Bicycle Case 1919.
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Programme 21
Victims of Jealousy
Dorothy Stratten - Bel Air, USA 1980.
Ruth Ellis - London, UK 1955.
Jean Harris - Virginia, USA 1980.
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Programme 22
Deadly Kidnappings
Bruno Richard Hauptmann - (Lindbergh Baby Case) New Jersey USA 1932.
Donald Neilson (Black Panther) - Shropshire, UK 1975.
Mrs McKay - London, UK 1969.
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Programme 23
Political Killings
Sacco and Vanzetti - USA 1920.
Harvey Milk / Dan White - San Francisco, USA 1978.
Malcolm X - NY, USA 1965.
Henriette Caillaux - France 1914
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Programme 24
Bizarre Murders
Ronald Defeo - Amityville, USA 1974.
Roberto Calvi - Rome, London 1982.
Dian Fossey - Rwanda, Africa 1985.
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Programme 25
Gangland Murders
Al Capone - Chicago, USA 1920s - 30s.
Lucky Luciano - NY, USA 1910 - 30s.
John Dillinger - Minnesota, USA 1920s - 30s.
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Programme 26
Society Murders
Lord Lucan - London, UK 1974.
Ann Woodward - NY, USA 1955.
Harry Oakes - Bahamas 1943.
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Programme 27
Murdered on Duty
Katherine Anne Powers - Boston, USA 1970.
Gunter Fritz Padola - London, UK 1959.
Roberts, Whitney & Duddy - London, UK 1966.
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Programme 28
Hollywood Murders
Cheryl Crane / Lana Turner - USA 1958.
Thelma Todd - USA 1935.
Paul Bern / Jean Harlow - USA 1932.
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Programme 29
Inheritance Killers
Menendez Brothers - Beverly Hills, USA 1989.
Jeremy Bamber - Essex, UK 1985.
Steve Benson - USA 1985.
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Programme 30
Murder in Cold Blood
Juan Corona - California, USA 1970s.
Dennis Nilsen - London, UK 1970s - 80s.
Wayne Williams - Atlanta, USA 1970s - 80s.
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Programme 31
Political Assassinations
Robert Kennedy - USA 1968.
Aldo Moro - Italy 1978.
Gandhi - Delhi, India 1948.
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Programme 32
Deadly Ladies
Ma Barker - Missouri, USA 1910 - 30s.
Velma Barfield - North Carolina, USA 1960 - 70s.
Karla Faye Tucker - Houston, USA 1983.
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Programme 33
Murder By Decree
Martin Luther King - Atlanta, USA 1968.
Georgie Markov - London, UK 1979.
Joseph Yablonski - Clarksville, USA 1969.
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Programme 34
Murder in High Office
Anwar Sadat - Cairo, Egypt 1978.
Yitzak Rabin - Tel Aviv, Israel 1995.
Hendrik Vewoerd - Capetown, South Africa 1966.
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Programme 35
Somebody Killed the President!
James Garfield - Washington, USA 1881.
President McKinley - USA 1901.
President Kennedy - JFK, USA 1963.
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Programme 36
Angels of Death
Donald Harvey - Ohio, USA 1986 - 87.
Orville Lynn Majors - Indiana, USA 1993 - 95.
Beverley Allitt - Grantham, UK 1991.
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Programme 37
Murdering Conmen
Donald Merrett - Europe 1927 - 54.
Roy Fontaine - London, UK 1977 - 78.
Raymond Fernandez - NY, USA 1947 - 49.
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Programme 38
Model Murders
Charles Rathbun - LA, USA 1995.
Harvey Glatman - LA, USA 1957 - 58.
Vicki Morgan - Hollywood, USA 1983.
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Programme 39
Premeditated Murder
Ruther Snyder / Judd Gray - NY, USA 1927.
John Lennon - NY, USA 1980.
Leopold & Loeb - Chicago, USA 1924.
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Programme 40
Murder for Profit
Dorothea Puente - Sacramento, USA 1988.
Michael X - Trinidad, Caribbean 1972.
John George Haigh - London / Crawley, UK 1944 - 49.
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Programme 41
Death in the Country
William Cook - Texas USA 1950.
Gaston Dominici - France 1952.
Resendez - Texas, Kentucky and Illinois, USA 1997 - 99.
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Programme 42
Poisoned To Death
Herbert Armstrong - Hay on Wye, Wales 1921.
Graham Young - London, UK 1962 - 71.
Judias Buenuano - Florida, USA 1970s -1980s.
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Programme 43
Evidence of Murder
Donald Hume - Essex, UK 1949.
Hanratty - A6 Slough, UK 1961.
John List - New Jersey, USA 1971.
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Programme 44
Murder at the Top
Ernst Roehm - Bavaria 1944.
Bishop Gerardi - Guatemala City 1998.
Earl Mountbatten - Donegal Bay, Ireland 1979.
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Programme 45
Royal Murders
King Faisal - Riyadh, Saudi-Arabia 1975.
King Birendra and Nepalese Royal Family - Kathmandu, Nepal 2001.
The Tsars - Moscow, Russia 1918.
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Programme 46
Trunk Murders
Ira Einhorn - Philadelphia, USA 1977.
Tony Mancini - UK 1934.
John Robinson - UK 1927.
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Programme 47
Final Justice
Robert Harris - San Diago, USA 1978.
Gary Gilmore - Utah, USA 1976.
Steven Judy - Indiana, USA 1979.
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Programme 48
Crimes of Prejudice
Neshoba Civil Rights Workers - Mississippi, USA 1964.
Klaus Barbie - Lyon, France 1942 -1945.
Colin Ireland - London, UK 1993.
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Programme 49
New York Mafia Murders
Frank Costello - NY, USA.
Crazy Joe and Larry Galo - NY, USA.
Genovese - NY, USA.
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Programme 50
Red Light Murders
Robin Benedict - Boston, USA 1983.
Robert Lee Yates - Washington, USA 1990 - 98.
Richard Cottingham - New Jersey, USA 1973 - 80.
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Programme 51
Murder For Hire
Judge Peel - USA 1955.
Mother Duncan - Santa Barbara, USA 1958.
Carlos the Jackal 1970s - 1980s.
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Programme 52
Women Who Kill
Alma Rattenbury / George Stoner - Bournemouth, UK 1935.
Ulrike Meinhoff - Germany 1968 - 72.
Aileen Wournos - USA 1989 - 91.
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FOR WORLDWIDE TV RIGHTS
PLEASE CONTACT:
MICHAEL KATZ
VICE PRESIDENT PROGRAMMING & PRODUCTION
THE INTERNATIONAL DEPT,
THE HISTORY CHANNEL
A&E TELEVISION NETWORKS
235 EAST 45TH STREET
NEW YORK
NY - 10017
USA TEL: 001 212 210 9003
FAX: 001 212 907 9476
E-MAIL: michael.katz@aetn.com
FOR WORLDWIDE VIDEO AND ALL PUBLISHING RIGHTS
PLEASE CONTACT:
KATE WINN
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING HOME VIDEO
NEW VIDEO GROUP
A&E TELEVISION NETWORKS
216 EAST 45TH STREET
NEW YORK
NY - 10017
USA
TEL: 001 203 353 7204
FAX: 001 212 907 9418
E-MAIL: kate.winn@aetn.com
ALSO: CERTAIN VIDEO CASSETTES AND DVDs ARE AVAILABLE FROM:
SUSAN MARGOLIN
NEW VIDEO GROUP INC
902 BROADWAY (9TH FLOOR)
NEW YORK
NY 10010
USA
TEL: (212) 206 8600 X 226
FAX: (212) 206 9001
E-MAIL: SMargolin@newvideo.com