TV Show

Murderous History

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.

TV Show Stats +8%

1 seasons

6 episodes total

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

2021

Rating

TV Show

7.0/10

3 votes • HD

Season 1

6 episodes
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London Blitz Killer
Episode 1

London Blitz Killer

Episode 1 • Apr 25, 2021

A body in a bombed-out chapel reveals the true story of life during wartime, when not everyone kept calm and carried on. Some used the cover of the blitz and the blackout to carry out murderous deeds.

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Chicago's White City Devil
Episode 2

Chicago's White City Devil

Episode 2 • May 02, 2021

A serial killer thrives on the dark side of America's desire to build it bigger and better.

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Edinburgh Body Snatchers
Episode 3

Edinburgh Body Snatchers

Episode 3 • May 09, 2021

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.

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Berlin's Nazi Ripper
Episode 4

Berlin's Nazi Ripper

Episode 4 • May 16, 2021

How the terror and paranoia that marked Nazi rule let a serial killer get away with murder.

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Britain's Killer Nanny
Episode 5

Britain's Killer Nanny

Episode 5 • May 23, 2021

A ruthless con artist capitalizes on the rigid moral and social codes of Victorian England.

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Rio's Playboy Killers
Episode 6

Rio's Playboy Killers

Episode 6 • May 30, 2021

July 23rd, 1977. Claudia Rodrigues, the well-off sister of a popular actress, attends a party in a trendy neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. What happens next will spark a national scandal and become Brazil's crime of the century. Witness this high-profile case as it unfolds, featuring the playboy son of a watch company tycoon, the Jogo do Bicho mafia, lots of cocaine, and a successful local detective known as the "Brazilian Barretta," who must battle Rio's powerful and corrupt forces in order to bring Claudia's killers to justice.

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