True Crime Documentaries
The Man Who Took Shannon Matthews
In 2008, nine-year-old Shannon Matthews went missing. 24 days later she was found safe and well at the house of Michael Donovan. The kidnapping, which provoked a nationwide search, had been a scam. With exclusive access to family members, neighbors and professionals who knew Donovan, this true crime documentary tells the untold story of the man behind the kidnap and why he committed the crime.
The Beverly Allitt Tapes
In 1993, a young and unassuming nurse was convicted of murdering four children, attempting to murder three others, and causing bodily harm to a further six. This gripping true crime documentary looks at the crimes and motivations of serial killer Beverley Allitt, dubbed ‘The Angel of Death’. Using expert evidence and tapes from Allitt’s police interviews, this hideous case is explored.
Murdered: The Baby on the Beach
In April 1984, a five-day-old boy’s body was found on a lonely Irish beach. This led to a chain of events that saw an innocent woman attacked and would bring shame on the Irish state and the police. This engrossing true-crime documentary explores this awful event, which shone an uncomfortable spotlight on the treatment of vulnerable women in Irish society and changed Ireland forever.
Tortured To Death: Murdering The Nanny
It was a story stranger than fiction. In 2017, a young French nanny, 21-year-old Sophie Lionnet, was murdered by her employees. The couple then burnt her body in the garden of their London home. This gripping true crime documentary revisits the bizarre case, which involved a delusional obsession with a celebrity and a disordered power dynamic that ended in extreme violence.
Taken: Putin’s Stolen Children
It’s every parent’s worst fear. The nightmare of a child being taken. Thousands of Ukrainian children have been kidnapped by Russia and their families are desperate to get them back. This true crime documentary, part detective story, part thriller, sees investigators trying to piece together what has happened and who is responsible. It’s a case that leads to the very top of the Russian state.