Great Crimes and Trials (1993)
Great Crimes and Trials is an early 1990s BBC documentary television series. The program consists of archival material combined with never before seen interviews to reconstruct a renowned crime, examining the felon's motives, details of the crime, the investigations and the trial. Each episode is narrated by actor Robert Powell. In the United Kingdom the program is shown on weekdays on the Crime & Investigation Network. The first series was released on DVD by Columbia Tristar in 2005, and the third series was released on DVD by Network DVD in 2011. The first and second series were released on video by Columbia Tristar in 1997.
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Episodes
- 1 1. Mark Chapman and the Killing of John Lennon · 30mOne man’s obsessive adoration of the world’s greatest rock star led to a transposition of personality and the death of John Lennon.
- 2 2. Gaston Dominici and the Drummond Murders · 30mThe brutal murder of Sir Jack Drummond and his family in the lonely Provencal countryside led to a sensational trial and the eventual sentencing of a peasant farmer to the guilloti
- 3 3. Henry Lee Lucas - The Highway Stalker · 30m
- 4 4. Donald Hume - The Setty Case · 30m
- 5 5. John Duffy - The Railway Killer · 30m
- 6 6. Graham Young - The Compulsive Poisoner · 30m
- 7 7. Sir Harry Oakes - The Bahamas Murder Mystery · 30m
- 8 8. Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce) · 30m
- 9 9. Defeo and Benson - Inheritance Killers · 30m
- 10 10. Donald Merrett - The Murderous Buccaneer · 30m
- 11 11. Roy Fontaine - The Deadly Butler · 30m
- 12 12. Buck Ruxton - The Ravine Bodies Mystery · 30m
- 13 13. Leonard Lake and Charles NG - The Calaveras County Serial Killings · 30m
- 14 14. John Bodkin Adams and Other Infamous Doctors · 30m
- 15 15. Heidnick and Dahmer - Killers for Company · 30m
- 16 16. Judge Joe Peel and the Chillingworth Murders · 30m
- 17 17. Sacco and Vanzetti - Anarchy and Murder · 30m
- 18 18. The Trunk Murders · 30m
- 19 19. Browne and Kennedy and Other Police Killings · 30m
- 20 20. The Siege of Sidney Street · 30m
- 21 21. Leopold and Loeb · 30m
- 22 22. The Zodiac Killer and Other Unsolved Serial Murders · 30m
- 23 23. The Assassination of Robert Kennedy · 30m
- 24 24. Pol Pot and the Killing Fields of Cambodia · 30m
- 25 25. The Massacre at Malmedy · 30m
- 26 26. Ma Barker and Other Public Enemies · 30m
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