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All Episodes of Murderous History

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At the scene of every crime is a story of a time, the place, and its people. This six-part series steps back in time to examine the most gruesome and compelling murder mysteries of the

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Season 1

8.1/1017 votes
Edinburgh Body Snatchers
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/9/2021
In a divided city at the centre of the scientific Enlightenment, the elite turn a blind eye to poverty, injustice, and murder in the name of progress. During this time people were murdered and their bodies sold to science.
Director: Unknown
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7.6/1016 votes
Britain's Killer Nanny
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/23/2021
A ruthless con artist capitalizes on the rigid moral and social codes of Victorian England.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.3/1024 votes
London Blitz Killer
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/25/2021
A body in a bombed-out chapel reveals the true story of life during wartime, when not everyone kept calm and carried on. Some used the cover of the blitz and the blackout to carry out murderous deeds.
Director: Unknown
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7.1/1021 votes
Chicago's White City Devil
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/2/2021
A serial killer thrives on the dark side of America's desire to build it bigger and better.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.9/1019 votes
Berlin's Nazi Ripper
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/16/2021
How the terror and paranoia that marked Nazi rule let a serial killer get away with murder.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.9/1013 votes
Rio's Playboy Killers
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/30/2021
July 23rd, 1977. Claudia Rodrigues, the well-off sister of a popular actress, attends a party in a trendy neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. What happens next will spark a national scandal and become Brazil's crime of the century. Witness this high-profile case as it unfolds, featuring the playboy son of a watch company tycoon, the Jogo do Bicho mafia, lots of cocaine, and a successful local detective known as the "Brazilian Barretta," who must battle Rio's powerful and corrupt forces in order to bring Claudia's killers to justice.
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