Miniseries

6 episodes · 27th May 1976

A dramatised documentaries of classic criminal cases and unsolved crimes from history re-appraised by fictional police officers.

Episodes

Episode 1

The Lindbergh Kidnapping

Was Bruno Hauptmann really the man responsible for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby in 1932? Or was he the victim of a miscarriage of justice?

Episode 2

Who Killed the Princes in the Tower?

Was Richard III really the murderer of popular legend?

Episode 3

The French Bluebeard

The story of Henri Landru and the mysterious disappearances of so many of his rich lady friends.

Episode 4

Murder on the 10.27

John Alexander Dickman was hanged for murdering a man aboard a train in 1910. But were the two chief witnesses against him the ones really responsible?

Episode 5

Lizzie Borden

Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her father forty whacks - or did she?

Episode 6

Who Burned the Reichstag?

How the mentally challenged Marinus van der Lubbe was framed for arson by the Nazis.