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The Genetic Detective
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The Genetic Detective
Investigative genetic genealogist CeCe Moore uses her unique research skills to transform the face of crime solving. By working with police departments and crime scene DNA, Moore is able to trace the path of a violent criminal's family tree to reveal their identity and help bring them to justice.
The Genetic Detective 2020
Basketball and Other Things
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Basketball and Other Things
Asking life's tough questions to one of the greatest collections of basketball wisdom ever assembled. Basketball stars share how basketball taught them about life.
Basketball and Other Things 2022
Deadly Wives
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Deadly Wives
Deadly Wives 2013
American Haunting
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American Haunting
A unique look inside the terrifying lives of families encountering paranormal phenomena within their own homes, witnessing first-hand the frightening incidents they experience daily. Surveillance cameras set up throughout the houses capture every moment of the eerie activity that transpires and document the damaging toll it takes on the families' lives.
American Haunting 2013
Evil Talks: Chilling Confessions
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Evil Talks: Chilling Confessions
Viewers go inside the interrogation room to witness first-hand the clever tactics employed by detectives in hopes of securing a criminal confession. From establishing rapport with their suspects, to old-fashioned "good cop, bad cop" questioning, the series showcases real-life interrogation strategies used by police to break their suspects and confess what really happened.
Evil Talks: Chilling Confessions 2018
Your Attention Please
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Your Attention Please
This three-part series explores nine Black voices who are part of the next generation of excellence.
Your Attention Please 2020
Who Do You Believe?
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Who Do You Believe?
Simultaneous storytelling takes viewers through compelling true-crime cases from dual perspectives. The audience steps into the shoes of two contrasting narratives to hear the recounts directly from the victims and criminals with never-before-revealed details.
Who Do You Believe? 2022
Cults and Extreme Belief
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Cults and Extreme Belief
Elizabeth Vargas, alongside former members of controversial organizations, goes on a search to uncover how these sects use their influence to prey upon people's desperation to create powerful and often destructive belief systems. Each episode will take an immersive look at one currently active group through the eyes of past devotees and get perspective from believers and leaders that are still inside.
Cults and Extreme Belief 2018
Alone: The Beast
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Alone: The Beast
Three strangers attempt to endure 30 days in a remote wilderness location with no tools or modern amenities; faced with extreme challenges, it'll take all their ingenuity and stamina to work together as a team and survive.
Alone: The Beast 2020
Homicide City: Charlotte
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Homicide City: Charlotte
All cities, even the great ones, harbor dark secrets. Homicide City: Charlotte uncovers the most dramatic murders that have taken place in this southern metropolis.
Homicide City: Charlotte 2019
Model Killers
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Model Killers
Models are the epitome of beauty, fame and glamour. They are the lucky few - blessed with faces and bodies worshiped and envied around the world. But what happens when that model high life all little girls dream of turns into a nightmare?
Model Killers 2013
1969
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1969
The six-part series features gripping first-hand accounts of how the year's events came together at the same dizzying, chaotic time.
1969 2019
Secrets of the Morgue
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Secrets of the Morgue
Explore high-profile murder cases from the perspective of the medical examiner, as they work alongside homicide detectives to bring justice to murder victims and their families.
Secrets of the Morgue 2018
60 Days In: Narcoland
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60 Days In: Narcoland
Six participants go undercover in crucial areas along I-65 – one of the biggest drug trafficking corridors in the country, encompassing six counties in Kentucky and Indiana – for a first-hand look into how drug cartels have infiltrated America’s Heartland.
60 Days In: Narcoland 2019
Extreme Paranormal
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Extreme Paranormal
Extreme Paranormal is an American paranormal documentary TV special that premiered on Monday, October 26, 2009 on A&E Network at 10pm EST. It aired as a two-part 1 hour special for Halloween and followed the missions of three paranormal investigators that go to extremes in order to make contact with spirits during their investigations.
Extreme Paranormal 2009
Food Tech
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Food Tech
Food Tech was a television series on the History Channel, about the making of foods, from the farming to the processing of the food. It was hosted by Bobby Bognar. Each episode focused on the various parts of different types or styles of meals, such as Mexican food, breakfast and hotel buffets.
Food Tech 2010
When Sharks Attack... and Why
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When Sharks Attack... and Why
From America's coastlines to exotic beaches around the world, shark attacks are becoming more unpredictable. Many of these attacks occur suddenly, in large numbers and in unexpected locations — puzzling locals and scientists alike. Experts investigate these mysterious incidents to discover what is affecting some of nature’s most feared fish.
When Sharks Attack... and Why 2023
Murder on the Internet
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Murder on the Internet
Interviews with the family and friends of victims, police, lawyers and psychologists tell the stories of some of the most shocking crimes committed by people using online dating.
Murder on the Internet 2017
Found
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Found
A group of experts fan out across the nation to investigate unexplained objects found by ordinary people in their own backyards across America. They study the objects, test them, date them, and deliver real answers about the object's origins.
Found 2017
Who Lives in Scotland?
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Who Lives in Scotland?
In this two-part documentary, Martin Geissler explores the profound impact on Scotland of the movement of people, both within the nation and of its new arrivals.
Who Lives in Scotland? 2022
Cultureshock
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Cultureshock
A look at the untold stories behind watershed moments in pop culture according to producers with each episode helmed by a noted director.
Cultureshock 2018
Deadly Women: Fatal Instincts
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Deadly Women: Fatal Instincts
Crime experts explore the motives and modus operandi of female killers. While males are often driven by anger, impulse and destruction, women usually have more complex, long-term reasons to kill.
Deadly Women: Fatal Instincts 2022
Bride Killa
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Bride Killa
A double-wordplay series that tells stories of deadly brides who kill on their wedding day, or of sweet brides who fall prey to bridekillas with an “axe to grind.” First comes love, then comes marriage, and for an unlucky few murder.
Bride Killa 2018
You Can't Turn That Into A House
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You Can't Turn That Into A House
Two Missouri brothers, Taimoor and Rehan, travel the country rewriting the rules of home design by taking on the most unconventional, most bizarre, most dangerous run-down structures and transforming them into surprising, ingenious and luxurious dream homes.
You Can't Turn That Into A House 2017
Marcia Clark Investigates The First 48
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Marcia Clark Investigates The First 48
Delve into some of America’s most shocking crimes that have remained unsolved or ended with controversial outcomes. Each episode focuses on a specific case and examines the first 48 hours after the crime to reveal new angles and unravel enduring mysteries.
Marcia Clark Investigates The First 48 2018
Let the World See
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Let the World See
A chronicle of Ms. Mamie Till-Mobley's fierce quest for justice that sparked the civil rights movement after her son Emmett Till's brutal murder, inspiring heroes like Ms. Rosa Parks and others to stand up boldly for their rights.
Let the World See 2022
The House with Annabel Crabb
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The House with Annabel Crabb
The House with Annabel Crabb reveals the late-night drama behind some well-known pieces of legislation and accompanies crucial decision-makers behind the scenes for the often messy process of making Australian laws.
The House with Annabel Crabb 2017
Bill Bryson Notes from a Small Island
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Bill Bryson Notes from a Small Island
Following his enormously successful book "Notes From a Small Island", American travel writer Bill Bryson sets off on a new tour of Britain. Starting at Dover, where he recalls his first disembarkation in 1973 to a land of rain, sweet tea and disagreeable land-ladies, his travels take him from Poole in the South to the Western Isles of Scotland. Along the way he encounters such colourful characters as the pipe smokers of Solihull, ballroom dancers in Blackpool and the caber tossers of Glenfinnan. Bryson brings all his perspective eye, dry wit and outbursts of comic exasperation to this affectionate survey of the British way of life.
Bill Bryson Notes from a Small Island 1
Drug Lords: The Next Generation
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Drug Lords: The Next Generation
A new generation of cocaine traffickers emerges and the police have the job of taking them down.
Drug Lords: The Next Generation 2020
The Machines That Built America: Snack Sized
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The Machines That Built America: Snack Sized
The sped-up, super-charged, half-hour history of the top innovators and brands behind the machines that built America. Thrusting viewers from the surprising beginnings all the way up to the present day and spotlighting the story you didn’t know, filling in blanks you didn’t even know were there, from iconic names like Chevrolet, Boeing, and Harley Davidson.
The Machines That Built America: Snack Sized 2021
Monstresses
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Monstresses
What happens when "the other woman" tires of her title? Monstresses on bio. recounts the most sensational stories of cheating men and their out-of-control mistresses. Each episode introduces two mistresses and reveals the deadly consequences as they take matters into their own hands.
Monstresses 2013
Drugs Inc.: World’s Deadliest Drugs
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Drugs Inc.: World’s Deadliest Drugs
Drugs Inc.: World’s Deadliest Drugs 2021
The School That Tried To End Racism
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The School That Tried To End Racism
Documentary about a pioneering British school helping 11 and 12-year-old pupils uncover and eradicate hidden racial biases by giving them a series of activities designed to challenge everything they thought they knew about race.
The School That Tried To End Racism 2020
Butchers of the Bayou
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Butchers of the Bayou
Over the course of a decade, two prolific serial killers terrorized the women of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, raping and murdering, dismembering and cannibalizing. Neither of them ever met, but each of them knew what the other was doing and, perversely, it appears, they were trying to outdo each other in terms of their depravity and sexual deviance.
Butchers of the Bayou 2023
The School That Tried to End Racism
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The School That Tried to End Racism
Marc Fennell explores a ground-breaking school program designed to provide a class of primary school students with the tools to identify racial bias and make positive change.
The School That Tried to End Racism 2021
The Locator
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The Locator
A series documenting reunions of long-lost relatives and friends, with help from a location specialist.
The Locator 2008