Outlaws & Gunslingers

Sonny Franzese spent decades building rackets, beating cases and refusing to talk. Then his own son wore a wire against him. We follow the Colombo mobster’s rise, years in prison and final release at 100.

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Before Tombstone made him famous, Johnny Ringo was already leaving blood behind in Texas. We follow his life through the Mason County War, his ties to the Cowboys, and the lonely death that launched decades of stories about who killed him.

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In 1975, Marlene Olive and Chuck Riley murdered her parents inside their California home, then tried to destroy the bodies in a barbecue pit at China Camp.

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Jim Jones promised a better life. We follow the rise of Peoples Temple, the control and abuse inside Jonestown, and the final hours that left 918 people dead.

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From his rise in the Colombo crime family to his secret life as an FBI informant, we cover Greg Scarpa’s crimes, family, and role in a brutal mob war.

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Bill Doolin went from a quiet ranch hand to the leader of the Wild Bunch, one of the deadliest outlaw gangs in Oklahoma Territory. This is the story of the robberies, gunfights, betrayals, jailbreak and final manhunt that made him a legend of the Old West.


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A questionable gun case, false claims, and disastrous federal decisions turned Ruby Ridge into one of America’s deadliest and most controversial standoffs.

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Seven people died after taking cyanide laced Tylenol in 1982 and nobody was ever charged.

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Behind the image of an ordinary American family was a web of lies that ended in unimaginable tragedy. This is the story of the Watts family murders.


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Joel “Joe Waverly” Cacace went from running a Brooklyn flower shop to becoming one of the Colombo family’s most feared leaders. He survived shootings, fought through a bloody Mafia war, admitted his involvement in four murders, and was accused and later acquitted of ordering the murder of an NYPD officer. This is the violent life and criminal career of Joel Cacace.


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