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A teenage girl stops a serial killer in his tracks.

In the peaceful village of Essex Junction, Vermont, Michael Durenleau's life is cut short with a knife through the heart in the darkness behind Veronica's Tavern after celebratory drinks with his wife Rebecca.

In a case that shocked the nation, a mother and son stand trial for the unthinkable; Shanda Vander Ark, once a promising law clerk, now faces murder charges in the death of her own child.

Domestic terrorists the Symbionese Liberation Army take hostage Patty Hearst, the daughter of a well-known media mogul.

A Minnesota man kills two teens who have broken into his home, and a jury must determine whether he is a hero or a murderer.

Faceless killers lure victims to their deaths on social media.

Two serial killers terrorize Phoenix with a random pattern of shootings at night.

Timothy McVeigh kills 168 people in minutes; personal stories from victims of his act.

Police search for two missing Florida teens before they can cross paths with a serial killer riding the rails across the country, leaving a string of murders behind him.

A shooter goes on a rampage, targeting police officers, and local residents update the nation in real time on social media.

The downfall of a wealthy Japanese businessman who has an obsession with drugging and raping Western women is that he saves videos of his attacks.

An actor is stabbed to death defending his brother in a fight.

A brilliant banker is found dead wearing only a head-to-toe bodysuit.

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd is charged with drug possession and threatening to kill; Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos launders billions of dollars of stolen public funds.

Pan Am Flight 103 blows up over Lockerbie, Scotland; multiple scandals plague Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman.

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.

Richard Kananen Sr. abused his wife and three children so badly that no one bothered to report him missing when he disappeared; when his wife Marilyn vanished fifteen years later, it became clear that the evil in their father had been passed down.

Benson and Stabler enter the world of pornography when they investigate the shooting and rape of an Arkansas man.

When a girl in foster care is found dead, the detectives probe her family connections in search of a motive and a murderer.

Melanie McGuire made a living bringing life into the world as a fertility clinic nurse; the police accused her of shooting her husband, dismembering his body and disposing of it in suitcases dumped into the Chesapeake Bay.

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