A ruthless con artist capitalizes on the rigid moral and social codes of Victorian England.
How the terror and paranoia that marked Nazi rule let a serial killer get away with murder.
In a divided city at the centre of the scientific Enlightenment, the elite turn a blind eye to poverty, injustice, and murder in the name of progress. During this time people were murdered and their bodies sold to science.
A serial killer thrives on the dark side of America's desire to build it bigger and better.
At the scene of every crime is a story of a time, the place, and its people. This six-part series steps back in time to examine the most gruesome and compelling murder mysteries of the past 200 years, viewed through the lens of the eras and cities in which they took place. Through cinematic reenactments, we follow the determined investigators and complex perpetrators while revealing how each case made its own mark on history.