The Crimes that Changed Us

Name: The Crimes that Changed Us
Released: 2020-11-12
Rating: 8.3

2020 · 43m · TMDB 8.3/10 (6 votes)

The stories of murder investigations and their extraordinary consequences, which overturned laws, transformed police interrogation and revolutionised forensic detection.

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About The Crimes that Changed Us

The stories of murder investigations and their extraordinary consequences, which overturned laws, transformed police interrogation and revolutionised forensic detection.

Status: Returning Series
TMDB rating: 8.3/10 from 6 votes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

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Season 1

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S1 E1Nov 12, 202043 min

Andrea Yates

Andrea Yates appears to have the perfect family. However, her fascination with extreme religious ideas and hidden postpartum psychosis leads her to believe Satan is sending messages to drown all of her children. What follows is a media firestorm.

TMDB 10.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E2Nov 19, 202043 min

Atlanta Olympic Bombing

At the 1996 Olympics, a security guard discovers pipe bombs and clears the area to minimise the fatalities. Praised as a hero, the FBI then decides he fits the domestic terrorist profile, while the real villain continues his terror campaign.

TMDB 10.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E3Nov 26, 202043 min

McMartin Preschool Trial

When the parents of children in a California preschool are informed that their kids may have been the victims of sexual abuse, it sets off a chain of panic and catastrophic events that will put an innocent man on trial for the heinous crimes.

TMDB 10.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E4Dec 3, 202043 min

The Menendez Brothers

When a Hollywood executive and his wife are brutally killed in a wealthy neighborhood, suspicion falls on their two sons. Charged with the murders, the brothers reveal disturbing family secrets, and the scene is set for one of the most shocking trials.

TMDB 10.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E5Dec 10, 202043 min

Selena

A Mexican-American singer is on the cusp of international superstardom when one fateful visit to a Texas motel cuts her young life tragically short. Fans clamor for justice as police negotiators stand-off with an unlikely killer.

TMDB 10.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E6Dec 17, 202043 min

The Nanny Trial

Louise Woodward, an 18-year-old au pair from Britain, is accused of murdering eight-month-old Matthew Eappen by violently shaking him. Her trial creates a media firestorm, searing the term "shaken baby syndrome" into America's consciousness.

TMDB 10.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E7Dec 24, 202043 min

Patty Hearst

In the seventies' chaos, left wing radicals take heiress Patty Hearst hostage and the media, too. While the FBI focuses their efforts on bank robbery charges, a murder goes unsolved. But the son of the slain Myrna Opsahl holds out for justice.

TMDB 10.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E8Dec 31, 202043 min

Rodney King

In 1992 Los Angeles, the brutal police beating of Rodney King is caught on video, igniting outrage. When the officers are let off, fury is unleashed. With testimony from LA residents, this is an intimate account of those dark days.

TMDB 10.0/10 from 1 votes