Great Crimes and Trials

Great Crimes and Trials

RETURNING3 Seasons78 Episodes9.0
NetworkHistory
First AiredNov 2, 1993
Last AiredSep 23, 1996
Runtime30 min

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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Seasons & Episodes3 seasons · 78 episodes

E1
E1Mark Chapman and the Killing of John Lennon
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One man’s obsessive adoration of the world’s greatest rock star led to a transposition of personality and the death of John Lennon.
E2
E2Gaston Dominici and the Drummond Murders
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The 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 guillotine.
E3
E3Henry Lee Lucas - The Highway Stalker
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E4
E4Donald Hume - The Setty Case
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E5
E5John Duffy - The Railway Killer
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E6
E6Graham Young - The Compulsive Poisoner
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E7
E7Sir Harry Oakes - The Bahamas Murder Mystery
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E8
E8Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce)
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E9
E9Defeo and Benson - Inheritance Killers
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E10
E10Donald Merrett - The Murderous Buccaneer
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E11
E11Roy Fontaine - The Deadly Butler
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E12
E12Buck Ruxton - The Ravine Bodies Mystery
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E13
E13Leonard Lake and Charles NG - The Calaveras County Serial Killings
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E14
E14John Bodkin Adams and Other Infamous Doctors
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E15
E15Heidnick and Dahmer - Killers for Company
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E16
E16Judge Joe Peel and the Chillingworth Murders
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E17
E17Sacco and Vanzetti - Anarchy and Murder
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E18
E18The Trunk Murders
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E19
E19Browne and Kennedy and Other Police Killings
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E20
E20The Siege of Sidney Street
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E21
E21Leopold and Loeb
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E22
E22The Zodiac Killer and Other Unsolved Serial Murders
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E23
E23The Assassination of Robert Kennedy
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E24
E24Pol Pot and the Killing Fields of Cambodia
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E25
E25The Massacre at Malmedy
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E26
E26Ma Barker and Other Public Enemies
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About Great Crimes and Trials

Great Crimes and Trials is a documentary series on History. The show first aired on Nov 2, 1993 and currently has 3 seasons and 78 episodes. Great Crimes and Trials has been renewed and is returning for more episodes. It has a rating of 9.0/10 based on 2 votes.

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