S4 Ep28: From 'Closer' to 'Crooked': NYC Detective Louis Scarcella's Fall from Grace

S4 Ep28: From 'Closer' to 'Crooked': NYC Detective Louis Scarcella's Fall from Grace

When Det. Louis Scarcella retired in 1999, he was a New York City hero. He had closed dozens of homicide cases during his decades-long run as a cop nicknamed 'The Closer' for his ability to get suspects to confess to him. Years after he retired, however, one of his highest-profile cases got another look, and a judge exonerated the man convicted. Then came another overturned conviction and another. To date, 20 verdicts in Scarcella-led cases have been overturned -- and the number could keep climbing.

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S1 Ep9: Charley Ross: America's First Kidnapping for Ransom

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S1 Ep8: Kitty Genovese: A Murder with 38 Witnesses

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S1 Ep7: The Mysterious Beheading of Pearl Bryan

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S1 Ep6: Bob Berdella: The Serial Killer Known as the Kansas City Butcher

To his neighbors, Bob Berdella was a proactive citizen who helped launch a neighborhood watch group. Sure, he was a bit condescending, but he seemed to have a big heart, using his Kansas City home as ...

30 Marras 202043min

S1 Ep5: Prohibition Murderers: The Karpis/Barker Gang

S1 Ep5: Prohibition Murderers: The Karpis/Barker Gang

Thanks to Prohibition, criminal gangs were a dime a dozen in the 1920s and '30s, but the Karpis/Barker Gang became one of the era's longest lived, highest profile, and most consequential. During the D...

16 Marras 202043min

S1 Ep4: Nannie Doss: The Murderous Giggling Granny

S1 Ep4: Nannie Doss: The Murderous Giggling Granny

When widower Sam Doss was rushed to the hospital with abdominal pains in 1954, his doctor was flummoxed by his life-threatening yet mysterious illness. But Doss got better and came home -- then died t...

9 Marras 202040min

S1 Ep3: Elma Sands: The Manhattan Well Murder

S1 Ep3: Elma Sands: The Manhattan Well Murder

When a 22-year-old woman living with relatives in a boarding house disappeared on Dec. 22, 1799, her loved ones didn't immediately worry. But when she still hadn't returned days later, all eyes turned...

2 Marras 202045min

S1 Ep2: Leopold & Loeb: Jazz Age Killers

S1 Ep2: Leopold & Loeb: Jazz Age Killers

On May 21, 1924, 19-year-old Nathan Leopold and 18-year-old Richard Loeb convinced a younger boy, 14 year old Bobby Franks, to get in a car with them. We think Leopold was driving with Loeb in the bac...

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