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When a British businessman is murdered in China, signs point to a prominent family in the Chinese Communist Party; the Hollywood Madam provides escorts for A-list clients.

Nancy Kissel incapacitates her husband with a milkshake full of sedatives before bludgeoning him; the U.S. government goes after a Mexican drug-cartel leader.

Cult leader Jim Jones has a U.S. congressman assassinated, then leads hundreds of followers in a mass suicide.

A good-looking wanderer picks up women in bars and murders them; when a doctor explains how intruders killed his wife and children, something does not add up.

Cops suspect an ex-lover is the culprit when a woman is savagely murdered inside her rural Louisiana home, but after years of investigation, it becomes clear that her deranged neighbors were involved.

A female enforcer murders her landlord and a fellow tenant after she is hired to take care of troublesome renters in return for free lodgings.

A killer who travels across the country murdering victims with pre-stashed weapons at random makes a grave mistake when he chooses a victim close to home.

A homicide investigation ensues after a surgeon's wife goes missing, and remains unsolved after 15 years.

When a banker's soon-to-be ex-wife dies, it is passed off as an accidental fall, but after months of investigation it becomes clear that she was murdered.

A preacher and his protégé run a scam through the Internet to rob victims, steal their identities and discard their bodies.

Middle-aged men fall victim to a killer in Florida who executes them and disposes of their dead bodies in random wooded areas until a bloody handprint leads to her capture.

A mentally unstable man kills and wounds victims on a two-hour shooting spree before trying to rob a tanning salon where an iron-willed customer takes him on.

Law enforcement spends nearly two years trying to hunt down a gunman who tried to take out an entire family one by one as they entered their house.

The savage murder of a rabbi's wife is passed off as a robbery gone wrong, but years later, a co-conspirator's confession helps bring the truth to the surface.

A serial killer with a history of serial rape terrorizes Tampa, Florida's red light district, targeting women of night at random, getting away with murder for months, only to be brought to justice by the one victim he let go.

A drug abuser out on a joyride kidnaps then kills an innocent coed in Oregon; investigators spend months attempting to solve what they believe is a missing persons case until the perpetrator strikes again 1400 miles away.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

Sixty-four-year-old Thurman Martin ruled his family with an iron fist, brutally beating anyone who dared stand up to his emotional and physical abuse; then one day he vanished, his family telling police he'd left with just a few changes of clothing.

In the investigation of the murder of a one-time millionaire, both his ex-wife and his son are suspects.

When a man goes missing, his friends turn to social media to track his final hours.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

Sixty-four-year-old Thurman Martin ruled his family with an iron fist, brutally beating anyone who dared stand up to his emotional and physical abuse; then one day he vanished, his family telling police he'd left with just a few changes of clothing.