To Catch a Killer

Lars von Trier’s stunning debut film is the story of Fisher, an exiled ex-cop who returns to his old beat to catch a serial killer with a taste for young girls. Influenced equally by Hitchcock and science fiction, von Trier boldly reinvents expressionist style for his own cinematic vision of a post-apocalyptic world. Shot in shades of sepia, with occasional, startling flashes of bright blue, The Element of Crime (Forbrydelsens Element) combines dark mystery and operatic sweep to yield a pure celluloid nightmare.

Un killer come il dottor Hannibal Lecter trova sempre degli ammiratori - fanatici alla morbosa ricerca di ogni minimo dettaglio dei suoi brutali e sensazionali crimini. Il solo fatto che egli esiste li eccita, e la violenza a sangue freddo che egli esercita sui "comuni" mortali li sostiene mentre arrancano nelle loro esistenze amare e solitarie. Disadattati…

Sherlock has his mind palace, Morse his music - every detective has an edge. For most, it's forensic science. This three-part series provides a rare and fascinating insight into the secret history of catching murderers, charting two centuries of the breakthroughs that have changed the course of justice. Surgeon and writer Gabriel Weston explores this rich history through some of the most absorbing, and often gruesome, stories in the forensic casebook - and looks ahead to how forensics will continue to solve the murders of the future.

Film-maker Chris Wilson revisits the Harold Shipman story as it developed from a local news piece to the biggest serial killer case in British History.

Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their deaths through labyrinth traps. Three innocent men have already taken the fall for Daedalus and …

Ispirato a eventi reali, il film racconta la storia del detective Mike Souder (Sam Worthington), agente della Omicidi in una cittadina texana, e del suo partner, Heigh (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), un poliziotto appena arrivato da New York, alle prese con un serial killer che getta i corpi delle sue vittime in un'area paludosa chiamata "Killing Fields"…

Ispirato a eventi reali, il film racconta la storia del detective Mike Souder (Sam Worthington), agente della Omicidi in una cittadina texana, e del suo partner, Heigh (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), un poliziotto appena arrivato da New York, alle prese con un serial killer che getta i corpi delle sue vittime in un'area paludosa chiamata "Killing Fields".

Together, a weary cop and an all business FBI agent, team up to catch the latest homicidal manic: The Rain Killer. Just when they think that all the clues have been washed away, they find the one last clue; the one that's been in plain sight.

Re-examining one of the biggest murder investigations in Metropolitan Police history. Did prejudice lead to multiple missed opportunities to catch serial killer Dennis Nilsen?