Great Crimes and Trials
This true-crime series examines some of the world's most horrifying and sensational cases to be brought to trial. Each episode recounts a notorious crime and reconstructs the investigation that brings the criminal to justice, using archival footage as well as trial footage, if available, to capture the critical courtroom moments.
- 2011-2011
- 1 season
- Investigation Discovery
- Documentary, Suspense
This true-crime series examines some of the world's most horrifying and sensational cases to be brought to trial. Each episode recounts a notorious crime and reconstructs the investigation that brings the criminal to justice, using archival footage as well as trial footage, if available, to capture the critical courtroom moments.
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Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 1
The Lesbian Vampire Killers
26 mins
In October 1989, Tracey Wigginton and her lesbian lover Lisa Ptaschinski together with another couple, lure a drunk, 47 year old Edward Baldock, into their car before driving him to a park on the banks of the Brisbane River. With the promise of showing him 'a good time', Wigginton, aided by Ptaschinski, stabbed Baldock 15 times in an attack so brutal it practically severed off his head.
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