true crime documentary

Dr. Glennon Engleman might have looked like any other neighbourhood dentist, but behind that ordinary exterior was one of Missouri’s most calculating killers. Born on February 6, 1927, in Saint Louis, Missouri, Engleman, known as Glen to his friends, grew up in a south-side neighbourhood and felt deeply connected to his community. After serving in the military, he used the GI Bill to attend Washington University and become a ... View more

In the early hours of June 13, 1980, Betty Gore’s life ended in unimaginable horror. Her body was discovered on the floor of her home’s utility room in Wylie, Texas, brutally killed with an axe. Betty, a young mother of two, was hit 41 times with the weapon, a fact that would shock not only her family but the entire town and much of Texas. The case became even more chilling as investigators began to focus on one of Betty’s ... View more

Route 66 has always been a passageway of dreams, a road symbolic of freedom and adventure in American culture. But in June 1961, it became the backdrop for a chilling tragedy that forever altered the lives of four young boys from Oklahoma. What began as a family road trip ended in the Welch family murders that orphaned four boys and unanswered questions that would haunt the survivors for the rest of their lives. The ... View more

George Metesky, better known as the “Mad Bomber of New York,” was responsible for one of the most unsettling and notorious crime sprees in the mid-20th century. Born on November 2, 1903, in Connecticut, Metesky would go on to become infamous for planting dozens of bombs around New York City, waging a relentless campaign of terror that spanned nearly two decades. His story is not just one of a disgruntled man seeking revenge ... View more

The summer of 1947 brought sweltering heat and an even more intense wave of shock to the quiet community of Newark, Ohio. The arrest of Laura Belle Devlin for the brutal murder of her husband, John Devlin, shattered the town’s tranquillity and left its residents grappling with the macabre details of a crime that seemed to defy comprehension. Laura Belle, a petite, soft-spoken woman, was the last person anyone would have ... View more