The Black Dahlia
Hollywood's most famous murder case took place in post-war Los Angeles. Elizabeth Short, an attractive young woman was found brutally murdered and dumped in a vacant lot. She was called the "Black Dahlia" because she always dressed in black. This case was unsolved.
Charles Manson
His mother was an alcoholic prostitute who sold him for a pitcher of beer.
Charlie started to attract a group of followers, many of whom were very young women with troubled emotional lives who were rebelling against their parents and society in general. This was the core of the Manson Family execution team who he ordered to kill pregnant actress Sharon Tate, her wealthy house guests, and the well-to-do LaBiancas.
Edgar Allan Poe
Master of the horror story, father of the detective whodunnit and famous American poet died suddenly. Everyone assumed that he drank himself to death, but the facts of the case point to murder.
Ira Einhorn: The Unicorn Killer
Hippy guru/consultant murders his beautiful girlfriend, Holly Maddux, and flees to France to escape prosecution and potentially the death penalty.
O. J. Simpson
This may be considered the crime of the last century. More than 10 years after the murder of his ex-wife and her friend, the former football star continues to stir controversy. Analysis of the murder and road rage trials, and forensics.
Hollywood's most famous murder case took place in post-war Los Angeles. Elizabeth Short, an attractive young woman was found brutally murdered and dumped in a vacant lot. She was called the "Black Dahlia" because she always dressed in black. This case was unsolved.
Charles Manson
His mother was an alcoholic prostitute who sold him for a pitcher of beer.
Charlie started to attract a group of followers, many of whom were very young women with troubled emotional lives who were rebelling against their parents and society in general. This was the core of the Manson Family execution team who he ordered to kill pregnant actress Sharon Tate, her wealthy house guests, and the well-to-do LaBiancas.
Edgar Allan Poe
Master of the horror story, father of the detective whodunnit and famous American poet died suddenly. Everyone assumed that he drank himself to death, but the facts of the case point to murder.
Ira Einhorn: The Unicorn Killer
Hippy guru/consultant murders his beautiful girlfriend, Holly Maddux, and flees to France to escape prosecution and potentially the death penalty.
O. J. Simpson
This may be considered the crime of the last century. More than 10 years after the murder of his ex-wife and her friend, the former football star continues to stir controversy. Analysis of the murder and road rage trials, and forensics.