The Crimes that Changed Us

Season 12020

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

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8 Episodes

E01 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.

November 12, 2020

E02 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.

November 19, 2020

E03 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.

November 26, 2020

E04 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.

December 3, 2020

E05 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.

December 10, 2020

E06 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.

December 17, 2020

E07 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.

December 24, 2020

E08 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.

December 31, 2020

The Crimes that Changed Us

E01 Andrea Yates

E02 Atlanta Olympic Bombing

E03 McMartin Preschool Trial

E04 The Menendez Brothers

E05 Selena

E06 The Nanny Trial

E07 Patty Hearst

E08 Rodney King

Devoir d'enquête

Taotao

It's Not That I Can't Get Married, I Just Don't Do It

Fast N' Loud: Demolition Theater

The Throne Room

Hotel Europa

Your Cheatin' Heart

Couple or Trouble

Vysokie stavki

Emelya

Nectar en el cielo

Dead By Dawn

Veselo Veče

Restoration Road With Clint Harp

Wish Me Luck

E01 Andrea Yates

E02 Atlanta Olympic Bombing

E03 McMartin Preschool Trial

E04 The Menendez Brothers

E05 Selena

E06 The Nanny Trial

E07 Patty Hearst

E08 Rodney King