Shocking Crimes: The Jigsaw Murder

In late March to early April 2009 police in London began finding body parts of a man they would later come to know as being Jeffrey Howe. With the nature of the crime body parts having to be pieced together to identify the victim the crime became known as the Jigsaw Murder and a manhunt began for the Jigsaw Killer.

Watch the full documentary now on Documentary Fans Release Date: 2014 Duration: 46 Minutes.

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Charles Manson: Journey Into Evil

In the late 1960's Charles Manson had set up a commune of people that referred to themselves as The Family. In 1969 Manson and the family went from petty criminals to cold blooded murderers. In two nights August 9th and 10th 1969 they carried out the brutal murders of seven people. The crimes being in Los Angeles and including the murder of actress Sharon Tate wife of film director Roman Polanski caused panic in the area among those in the film industry believing actors may be targeted if the murder spree continued. In the documentary we hear directly from Manson serving life imprisonment and fellow convicted family members Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten.

Watch the full documentary now on Documentary Fans Release Date: 1995 Duration: 44 Minutes.

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Aileen: Life And Death Of A Serial Killer

Aileen Wuornos in 1989/1990 killed seven men, she was a prostitute and at the time claimed she acted in self defence. In 1993 Nick Broomfield made the documentary Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer in which he set out to cover the case but ended up documenting how people were looking to profit from the story. Now ten years later Broomfield is called to testify in a hearing connected to the case; with footage from the original documentary being used as evidence. Broomfield takes the opportunity to cover the story again in a fresh documentary. This time he has improved access to Aileen Wuornos who is still on death row awaiting execution however her decision making and mental health are in question. With her version of events changing so much over the years is she at a point were she just want's it all over ?

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Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer

Aileen Wuornos was a prostitute who in the space of one year between November 1989 to November 1990 killed seven men, she claimed at first in self defence. This 1993 documentary by Nick Broomfield does touch on the actual crimes but it's the connection of two characters to Wuornos and the case that are the main focus. Arlene Pralle befriended and subsequently adopted Wuornos after she had been jailed, the adoption was apparently so as Pralle would have greater visitation and contact rights as a guardian. Steve Glazer was hired by Pralle to be Wuornos lawyer after the trial for the first murder.

Broomfield in the documentary is trying to get an interview with Aileen Wuornos and both Pralle and Glazer are acting as intermediaries, all the while looking for huge fees. It's this selling of the story that's highlighted and we find Pralle and Glazer are not the only ones with something to sell. Police involved in the crime are allegedly working with a studio to sell their side of the story to be made into a feature film on Americas first female serial killer.

Ten years after this documentary Nick Broomfield made a follow up documentary and actress Charlize Theron won the academy award for best actress playing Aileen Wuornos in the film Monster.

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Jack the Ripper The Definitive Story Part 2

Continuing on from Jack the Ripper The Definitive Story Part 1. For the first time all the facts are laid out in the most infamous crime of all time.

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Jack the Ripper The Definitive Story Part 1

The Jack The Ripper story is one that captures the minds of everyone. Although there are many similar unsolved crimes it's always been the Jack The Ripper case that has caught peoples imaginations. But many facts get lost and pieces of information are added or lost from the true story. In this two part Documentary Jack the Ripper The Definitive Story covers the story of Murder and Deceit in 19th Century London better than ever before. Watch Part 2 here: Jack the Ripper The Definitive Story Part 2

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