Crime Stories

When the body of a local beauty queen is found in a farmer's field near Sydney, Australia, the entire country is riveted.

Gerald Gallego, son of a convicted killer, and Charlene Gallego, honour student and musical prodigy, were a match made in hell. Preying mostly on young women, they raped and murdered ten people in counties across the western States between 1978 and 1980.

Six days into 2004, an unidentified man is found stabbed to death just outside of the booming oil city of Calgary, Alberta. Just when the police appear to have no leads, a witness comes forward after seeing an article about the murder.

A week-long search for a missing 10-yr-old Indiana girl ends sadly with her body being discovered in a nearby stream. The ensuing investigation puts police through the wringer as they are misled by false confessions and stories of secret meth labs.

In November 1986, a snowstorm rips through Connecticut, leaving wife and mother Helle Crafts missing. Her husband, airline pilot Richard Crafts, evades suspicion for weeks by claiming that Helle had left the country to visit her sick mother.

US Coastguardsman Ricky Dale Hemphill and companion Charla Toma set out for a picnic along a river near Brookings, Oregon in the fall of 1979. A day later Ricky is found murdered and Charla is missing.