Documentaries : Crime

All of the measures by the federal government to stem the tide in the financial meltdown that began with the subprime mortgage crisis have added hundreds of billions of dollars to our national debt. FRONTLINE reports on how this debt will constrain and challenge the new Obama administration, and o...

For much of the 20th Century, vaccines were hailed as a medical miracle for their ability to ward off such devastating diseases as mumps and polio; at the onset of the 21st Century,.....

Every day on our streets brutal wars are fought between powerful crime dynasties. Murder, intimidation and extortion.... Just another day in the office for these gangs, fiercely protecting their multi-million dollar businesses. Gangs of Oz is a 5 part docu-drama series looking at different criminal ...

"Honey, We're Killing the Kids!" profiles 13 families across the nation and addresses the current health crisis of childhood obesity and what we can do to save our children from the mess that we have created. 17% of "under 11s" are overweight, 21% have high blood pressure and diabetes has doubled in...

"The American Experience" Malcolm X: Make It Plain...

Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival. The Donner Party’s nightmarish journey penetrated to the very heart of the American Dream at a crucial phase of the nation’s "manifest destiny. Touching some of the most pow...

Based on the book They Marched Into Sunlight by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Maraniss, Two Days in October tells the story of two turbulent days in October 1967 when history turned a corner. In Vietnam, a U.S. battalion unwittingly marched into a Viet Cong trap. Sixty-one young men wer...

10 WAYS TO KILL BIN LADEN recaps the 10 boldest, most ingenious missions employed thus far to capture or kill the Al Qaeda leader. The first such operation dates back to 1998 and the Clinton administration, before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks made bin Laden the most notorious and most hunted man in th...

18 With A Bullet captures the reality of life for the young members of the 18th Street Gang in San Salvador, now one of the most dangerous cities in the world. During the civil war in San Salvador, thousands of families migrated to America. Most of these settled in Los Angeles where many joined not...

Joran van der Sloot, a former suspect in the disappearance of American teen Natalee Holloway, said on surveillance recordings aired on a Dutch TV special this evening that Holloway appeared to be lifeless on an Aruban beach three years ago during a romantic tryst, and "she'll never be found."...