Crimes That Shook the World Season 2 Episodes

Episode 1

Dennis Nilsen

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Investigating how the psychological state of Dennis Nilsen, who killed at least 15 men and boys, was approached by the judiciary and media, after the serial killer claimed he committed the murders in a trance.

Episode 2

Yorkshire Ripper

Between 1975 and 1980, Peter Sutcliffe terrorized the north of England, killing 13 women and injuring more. This documentary examines how he was eventually brought to justice.

Episode 3

Arthur Shawcross

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

Investigating Arthur Shawcross, who murdered 11 women in the city of Rochester, New York, in the late 1980s. To build their case, police had to rely on ground-breaking criminal profiling work by the FBI to help catch the killer.

Episode 4

Monster of Florence

Thu, Sep 10, 2009

The unsolved case of the Monster of Florence, who preyed on young couples and committed murders in and around the city in the early 1980s, but who has never been officially identified.

Episode 5

Aileen Wuornos

Thu, May 7, 2009

Profile of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of six men in Florida over the course of a year. The programme explores how police were able to gather only circumstantial evidence against Wuornos, and launched an undercover operation to lure her and a possible accomplice out into the open.

Episode 6

Chessboard Killer

Thu, Apr 2, 200944 mins

The story of 'chessboard killer' Alexander Pichushkin, who aimed to kill 64 people - one for each square on the board of the game - but was caught before he could complete his task.

Episode 7

The Bodies in the Barrels

Thu, Sep 3, 2009

The Snowtown murders, also known as the Bodies in Barrels murders, were the murders of 11 (the twelfth charge of Suzanne Allen was dropped due to lack of evidence) people in South Australia, Australia between August 1992 and May 1999. The crimes were uncovered when the remains of eight bodies were found in barrels of acid located in a rented former bank building in Snowtown, South Australia on 20 May 1999. A total of four people, John Justin Bunting, Robert Joe Wagner, Mark Ray Haydon and James Spyridon Vlassakis, where charged and convicted for the murders and/or or assisting in the murders.

Episode 8

Suffolk Strangler

Thu, Apr 9, 2009

The hunt for the Suffolk Strangler, who murdered five prostitutes in the Ipswich area during 2006, leading to the largest manhunt since the Yorkshire Ripper

Episode 9

Monster of Belgium

Thu, Apr 30, 2009

Marc Dutroux (born 6 November 1956 in Brussels) is one of the most disturbed human beings ever born. He is a Belgian criminal, convicted of having, in 1995 and 1996, kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused six girls, ranging in age from 8 to 19, four of whom died as a result. He was also convicted of having killed a suspected former accomplice, Bernard Weinstein. Arrested in 1996 and has been in prison since then. His widely publicized trial took place in 2004. A number of shortcomings in the Dutroux investigation caused widespread discontent in Belgium with the country's criminal justice system, and the ensuing scandal was one of the reasons for the reorganization of Belgium's law enforcement agencies. The Belgium government's failure to capture him nearly caused a revolution. Did the government prevent his capture? Was there a cover up?

Episode 10

The Lucie Blackman Murder

The case of Japanese businessman Joji Obara, who came to the attention of Tokyo police in 2000, while they were investigating the disappearance of Lucie Blackman