On a cold Sunday in March 2008, an 18-year-old woman jumps off a bridge in Canada's capital, Ottawa. She sinks into the icy water and welcomes death to end the darkness that has consumed her mind. Three years before, a 32-year-old man hanged hi

The St. Petersburg Sacrifices (Tamara Samsonova)

May 17th, 2023 31m 33s

In St. Petersburg's gray suburbs, loneliness hits hard. The elderly Tamara Samsonova desperately tries to fill the void left by her husband's sudden disappearance by renting out a room. But the tenants never hang around. Is it due to the bleak

The Abattoir in the Australian Outback (Katherine Knight)

May 10th, 2023 31m 48s

There can be a certain joy associated with being engrossed in one's work. But when is enough enough?Katherine works as a butcher in the small village of Aberdeen, and thrives among cattle hooks and butcher knives.But trauma from the past ha

A Deadly Secret (Charlie Brandt)

May 3rd, 2023 30m 52s

Can a traumatic childhood experience turn you into a serial killer? This is the story of Charlie Brandt, who, together with his wife Teri, must leave their home in the Florida Keys before the hurricane arrives. Fortunately, they can stay with T

This Time I Did It (Lawrence Singleton)

Apr 26th, 2023 31m 26s

The year is 1979. Mary Vincent is only 15 when she decides to leave her home in Las Vegas and pursue her dream of becoming a professional dancer in Los Angeles. She will hitchhike down there and take a few detours along the way. But she should

Butchered in the Valley (Charles Kennedy)

Apr 19th, 2023 30m 27s

In 1870 New Mexico, few things get people in the saddle like the prospect of a bright and shiny future – especially in the form of gold. Big and small make pilgrimages to the mountains "Sangre de Cristo" (Blood of Christ) with an ambition and a

Father, Son, and Sacrifice (The Alexander Family)

Apr 12th, 2023 34m 4s

How does a stonemason and his family from post-war Hamburg become a family of mass murderers in Tenerife? And how do they go from being a somewhat quiet and shy family to being the center of one of the most brutal mass murders in recent history

Murder in Central Park (Daphne Abdela)

Apr 5th, 2023 35m 3s

At night, New York's Central Park turns into a dark labyrinth, where alcoholics, the homeless and rootless, and other people on the fringes of society meet in open spaces and under the cover of the shelter of trees and bushes. In May 1997, 44-y

The Bloody Trunk (Winnie Ruth Judd)

Mar 29th, 2023 41m 18s

In 1931, train workers detect a foul stench coming from a suitcase left at a Los Angeles train station. Initially, police think that the case contains illegally-smuggled meat, but when they open the suitcase, they discover a badly abused corpse

Murder in the Highlands (Fiona Torbett)

Mar 29th, 2023 28m 29s

The story of 62-year-old Fiona Torbett who disappeared in the Highlands on July 7, 1993. Fiona was a seasoned 'hill bagger' having spent many years hiking and documenting walks in the Scottish Highlands, particularly in the collection of hills

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Introducing: The Darkness Vaults

Mar 15th, 2023 1m 56s

For journalists all over the world, reporting true crime stories is a day-to-day reality. But what do journalists do when that reality is so dark that it feels like we’ve reached a new depth of human cruelty? For the first time, a network of

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