Miniseries
6 episodes · 1976
A dramatised documentaries of classic criminal cases and unsolved crimes from history re-appraised by fictional police officers.
Episode 1. The Lindbergh Kidnapping
1976-05-27 · 50 min
Was Bruno Hauptmann really the man responsible for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby in 1932? Or was he the victim of a miscarriage of justice?
Episode 2. Who Killed the Princes in the Tower?
1976-06-03 · 50 min
Was Richard III really the murderer of popular legend?
Episode 3. The French Bluebeard
1976-06-10 · 50 min
The story of Henri Landru and the mysterious disappearances of so many of his rich lady friends.
Episode 4. Murder on the 10.27
1976-06-17 · 50 min
John Alexander Dickman was hanged for murdering a man aboard a train in 1910. But were the two chief witnesses against him the ones really responsible?
Episode 5. Lizzie Borden
1976-06-24 · 50 min
Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her father forty whacks - or did she?
Episode 6. Who Burned the Reichstag?
1976-07-01 · 50 min
How the mentally challenged Marinus van der Lubbe was framed for arson by the Nazis.
