Johnny Broderick served as a NYPD Police Detective from 1923 until 1947. One of the most colorful officers ever to wear a badge, Broderick was best known for using excessive force and doling out justice to such famed gangsters as Legs Diamond and "Two Gun" Crawley.

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In the fall of 1996, young women started disappearing in the small town of Poughkeepsie, New York.  Police were sure they were dealing with a serial killer,  However, they had one problem...they could not find any dead bodies..that is until investigators starting searching the attic of local school employee Kendall Francois.

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In 1945, after a very questionable murder conviction, a 16 year old black teenager, Willie Francis, was sentenced to die in the Louisiana's electric chair.  The first execution sent shockwaves through Willie repeatedly but failed to kill him.  The drunken executioners had failed to hook up the chair properly.  A second execution was scheduled six days later.  Willie's new attorneys fought the second execution on the grounds it constitued "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" which is prohibited under the U.S. Constitution   This is the story of their desperate attempt to save Willie's life. 

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Between July 1963 and October 1965, young lovers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered 5 young people in and around Manchester, England. These sensless acts of violence became known as "The Moors Murders"

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On September 25, 1966 Jerry,his wife Linda and their four year old daughter Debbie Bricca were all brutally murdered in their west side Cincinnati home. Police interviewed more than 400 people, but no one was ever charged. Now, nearly 50 years later, the case remains open.

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The Sydney Mutilator terrorized Australia between 1961 and 1963. William MacDonald would brutally murder and castrate vargarant men.  

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In April 1865, Henry Rathbone was a wealthy Lawyer and accomplished Military Officer.  He was engaged to be marry to the woman of his dreams. Then events of one awful night changed his life and the life of a nation. 

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Bullied as a child, Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins sought revenge by raping and killing more than 80 people. Gaskins became known as "The Meanest Man in America" 

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In life, Elmer J. McCurdy was a bungling, inept bandit. In death, he became a legend.

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When Toni Jo's husband was sentenced to 50 years in prison she vowed to do anthing to get him out...this included murder.

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