Crime correspondent Sarah O'Connor investigates the origins of Ireland's deadliest gang feud, a major feud between two criminal organisations that has left eighteen people dead. The Hutch gang, led by Gerry Hutch, and the Kinahan Family, led by Christy Kinahan, are the main participants.The start of all of it came from the killing of Gary Hutch, 34, who was a nephew of Gerry Hutch and
In August 1988, the people of Burma defied decades of military oppression with one of the most remarkable popular uprisings of recent times. The demonstrators carried pictures of…General Aung San, the country’s greatest hero, led Burma to independence from Britain and founded the army that rules today. The demonstrators believed that if they carried pictures of Aung San that no soldier would har
On May 23, 2014, in Isla Vista, California, a young man named Elliot Rodger took it upon himself to kill 6 people and injure 14 more near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara, before turning a gun on himself and taking his own life. In this "20/20" special we take a closer look at how Elliot came to commit such crimes and for the first time we hear his
Last October (Oct. 2017) O.J. Simpson was released from prison after serving nine years for several offences including robbery, weapons and assault convictions. He may have served his time for those convictions but the question still remains, did he get away with murder?Twelve years ago a shocking interview with publisher Judith Regan and OJ himself took place, it was intended to promote hi
Mexico's curse stretches nearly 2,000 miles, it's huge rich neighbour the United States of America is the worlds largest consumer of illegal drugs, beyond the American border that insatiable appetite needs a supplier and Mexico has been that supplier for more than 100 years. Alcohol during the prohibition, cheap workers for generations and now the most valuable products of them all illegal drugs o
Ahead of America’s costliest ever elections, this documentary investigates how powerful lobby groups helped create laws blamed for some of the most controversial killings in recent US history.The documentary looks at the shooting death of a 17-year-old teenager by neighbourhood watchman George Zimmerman, the Texas grandfather Joe Horn’s shooting of two burglars robbing his neighbours house; an
A few years ago hardly anybody had ever heard of a man called Luka Magnotta but in 2010 this individual began posting videos of himself killing cats in various sadistic ways, from feeding a kitten to a python to putting two in a plastic vacuum bag and sucking the air out until they suffocated. These videos caused outrage on the internet and a group of individuals set about trying to hunt him down
The Jinx is a documentary mini-series which consists of six episodes that delve into several murder/disappearance cases for which Robert Durst has been and is still the prime suspect. Durst himself is an American real estate heir, the son of New York City mogul Seymour Durst and in 1982 his wife Kathie vanished into thin air. Many believe Durst to be responsible for this but given t
Tony Martin is a farmer from Norfolk, England who became infamous when he fatally gunned down a 16 year old burglar and wounded his accomplice in his home in August 1999. He was originally convicted of murder but this was later reduced to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and served just three years in prison.Martin went on to become somewhat of a tabloid hero, and this fi