A Crime to Remember

Queens, NY, 1965. Two children disappear in the night, taken from their bedroom. Hours later they turn up dead, strangled. The police have no clues but an instant dislike for the parents: Eddie (20's) and Alice Crimmins (26). They are separated and fighting over custody of the kids. She seems more concerned about her make-up and appearance than her dead kids; he seems to be obsessed with her many love affairs. Cops think one of them did it, but it will take twelve years to unravel the truth.

New York, NY, 1963. When two young women - just out of college, starting their first jobs in The Big City - wind up dead in their Upper East Side apartment, raped, mutilated, the victims of a terrible, heinous attack, the City is thrown into chaos. If these girls aren't safe, who is? The NYPD is under such pressure to solve the high-profile case it makes a tragic mis-step in the investigation of the case the newspapers dub "The Career Girls Murders."

West Palm Beach, FL, 1955. Judge Curtis Chillingworth (58) and his wife (50's) say their goodbyes to friends at swank dinner party, step into their car and drive away. They are never seen again. When police start investigating they unravel a tale of corruption, moonshine and numbers-running that leaves Florida in shock.

Kew Gardens, Queens, 1964: Kitty Genovese is raped and stabbed to death outside her apartment building as her neighbors watch and do nothing, introducing America to the "bystander effect." But is this really the whole story...?

Live Oak, FL, 1952: The revered Dr. Leroy Adams has been shot in his office. In a time of segregation and secrets, figuring out who is responsible may not be as easy as simply identifying the killer.

Key Biscayne, FL, 1964: Candy Mossler (40s) finds her multi-millionaire husband, Jacques (69), stabbed to death in their apartment. Detectives are swept into a twisted tale of incest, secret homosexual liaisons, and money, money, money...

Gaffney, SC, 1968: When a local reporter receives a mysterious phone call from a murderer who threatens to kill again, Gaffney police must race against the clock to try to save the town’s teen girls.

New York, NY, 1973: When a twenty-eight year old schoolteacher for deaf children is murdered in NYC, detectives immerse themselves in the swinging world of 1970's nightlife, where club-goers and activists rub shoulders with wide-eyed career girls.

Chicago, IL, 1966: The crime of the century begins when a man knocks on the door of a dormitory of nursing students and murders all…but one, who will live to help police attempt to bring him to justice.

Lincoln, NE, 1958: When two love-struck, sex-crazed teenagers embark on a killing spree in Lincoln, Nebraska, it will fall to one local sheriff to put the brakes on this nightmare of a joy ride.

Kansas City, MO, 1960: When Patricia Jones’ bullet-ridden body turns up by the side of lovers’ lane, Detective Browning forges ahead on a catch me if you can trail from Missouri to Mexico, taunted by the sly smiles of his provocative arch nemesis.

St. Paul, MN, 1963: Carol Thompson, church-going wife and devoted mother of four, is found in a bloody heap on her neighbor’s doorstep. Detectives must peel away the layers of her picture-perfect life to reveal the painful secrets of this housewife.

The story behind author Truman Capote's classic non-fiction novel, "In Cold Blood," which details the Clutter family murders in 1959 and the nationwide manhunt that followed for the killers.

The city of Chicago is gripped with terror after three bizarre and savage murders go unsolved. Amidst this public furor, both the police and the local newspapers are desperate to give the people what they want: someone to blame.

In what became known as "The Crime of The Century," a boy from one of Chicago's wealthiest families is kidnapped and found murdered. The ensuing investigation zeroes in on the wealthy, thrill-seeking college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.