The Crimes That Changed Us

2020
TV-14
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Season 1 episodes (7)

2 Atlanta Olympic Bombing
11/18/20
At the 1996 Olympics, a security guard discovers pipe bombs and clears the area to minimize fatalities. Praised as a hero, the FBI then decides he fits the profile of a domestic terrorist, while the real villain continues his terror campaign.
3 McMartin Preschool Trial
11/25/20
When the parents of children in a California preschool are informed that their kids may have been the victims of sexual abuse, it sets off a chain of panic and catastrophic events that will put an innocent man on trial for the heinous crimes.
4 The Menendez Brothers
12/2/20
When a Hollywood executive and his wife are brutally killed in a wealthy neighborhood, suspicion falls on their two sons. Charged with the murders, the brothers reveal disturbing family secrets, and the scene is set for one of the most shocking trials.
5 Selena
12/9/20
A Mexican-American singer is on the cusp of international superstardom when one fateful visit to a Texas motel cuts her young life tragically short. Fans clamor for justice as police negotiators stand-off with an unlikely killer.
6 The Nanny Trial
12/16/20
Louise Woodward, an 18-year-old au pair from Britain, is accused of murdering eight-month-old Matthew Eappen by violently shaking him. Her trial creates a media firestorm, searing the term "shaken baby syndrome" into America's consciousness.
7 Patty Hearst
12/23/20
In the seventies' chaos, left wing radicals take heiress Patty Hearst hostage and the media, too. While the FBI focuses their efforts on bank robbery charges, a murder goes unsolved. But the son of the slain Myrna Opsahl holds out for justice.
8 Rodney King
12/30/20
In 1992 Los Angeles, the brutal police beating of Rodney King is caught on video, igniting outrage. When the officers are let off, fury is unleashed. With testimony from LA residents, this is an intimate account of those dark days.

About this show

The Crimes That Changed Us tells the stories of the most dramatic crimes that have happened across the country. Some of the cases included those around Andrea Yates, The Menendez Brothers, Patty Hearst, Selena and Rodney King.

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