City Confidential

Two former California cops go into business in the City of Angels' sleazy adult entertainment industry. But their partnership ends in a murder and a plot twist worthy of a Hollywood script. Narrated by Paul Winfield.

Portland is a cold, isolated city, far removed from the American mainstream since establishment in 1622. This isolation has made the people of Portland self-reliant and individualistic. In Maine, folks believe a man has to look out for himself, even if that means taking the law into his own hands.

In the 1980s, Miami was perhaps America's hippest city. But the murder of wealthy Miami boat builder Don Aronow, shot while sitting in his Mercedes coupe on famed "Thunderboat Row" in 1987, put the spotlight on the city's glitz, glamour, and drug culture. And for years, Aronow's murder remained one of South Florida's most notorious mysteries. Narrated by Paul Winfield.

They were one of the most respected families in Spokane - the father, a decorated WWII veteran who became managing editor of the oldest newspaper in Washington State; the mother, a former model and charm-school matron widely regarded as the social matriarch of the town. Then, in 1978, a serial rapist began terrorizing the quiet, family-friendly city.

In 1988, police and paramedics responding to a 911 call found Russell Stager, popular high school teacher and baseball coach, dead at home from a reported accidental gunshot wound to the head. But many in Durham, North Carolina suspected his philandering and big-spending wife Barbara, who made the call, of killing Russell to cash in his life insurance policy.

To hear residents tell the story, murder doesn't happen in Fresno - at least not in the well-heeled suburbs. But the comfort of that municipal myth was shattered on Easter Sunday 1992 when the story of the Ewell family unwound into an Oedipal tragedy. The ambitious son Dana of this wealthy family was eventually charged with masterminding the brutal murders of his father, mother, and sister.

On March 30, 1985, in Lynchburg, someone viciously murdered one of the state's FFV - First Families of Virginia, and her husband. Someone entered Derek and Nancy Haysom's home and attacked the couple - he was stabbed 39 times, she was nearly decapitated. The grisly murders of the socially prominent couple caused upper-crust residents to fear a possible serial killer.

The story of brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez, convicted of the brutal murders of their wealthy parents. In their two highly publicized trials, the brothers admitted to the killings, but claimed they acted in self-defense after their parents physically and mentally abused them for years. Narrated by Paul Winfield.

A sex and murder-for-hire scandal lands televangelist George Crossley in jail. Paul Winfield narrates.

Federal Express airline pilots Holly and Mike Mullins seemed to be flying high when they first married. But as they soon learned, marriage between pilots has its ups and downs. Bitter divorce proceedings between Holly and Mike came to a sudden end when Holly's body was found in a burned-out van. When Mike eventually went on trial for murder, all of Memphis waited breathlessly for the verdict.

A Texas judge who liked to throw the book at drug dealers is murdered, and the hitman suspected of doing the job is Charles Harrelson, father of actor Woody Harrelson. Narrated by Paul Winfield.

To give her daughter a better chance of making the high school cheerleading squad, Wanda Holloway conspired to kill another cheerleader and her mother. The case shocked the nation and exposed the obsession that many Americans have with football and cheerleading. Features an interview with Verna Heath, the mother targeted for death. Narrated by Paul Winfield.

After six members of the DeFeo family are murdered in their home in Amityville, New York, by the oldest DeFeo son, George and Kathy Lutz move into the house and claim to experience a series of bizarre, supernatural events. They write an account of their experiences and the tale becomes the basis for the famed movie "The Amityville Horror". Narrated by Paul Winfield.

When a mother of two is brutally murdered, her family becomes convinced that her husband, a shady lawyer, is responsible. But many in Atlanta cannot believe that the former prosecutor and part-time judge is involved. Narrated by Paul Winfield.

The colorful story of the ex-cop and curvaceous former Playboy Bunny who was charged with the murder of her husband's ex-wife. After conviction, Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek went on the lam, and the whole town of Milwaukee, if not the entire country, cried "run, Bambi, run!" It took years before she was finally found in Canada and extradited back to the U.S. Paul Winfield narrates.

Terri Gilbert, a prominent health care consultant, claims self-defense after shooting and killing her philandering husband Gene, a leading attorney. The trial rocks the City of Albuquerque and leads to a surprise verdict. Paul Winfield narrates.