30. Horrorhaus Höxter 1: Do you need to be a sadist to torture people?
In the middle of a snowstorm in April 2016 a car broke down on the outskirts of a sleepy German town. Angelika, a middle-aged woman, stepped out and knocked on a neighbour’s door asking for help. Wi...
10 Jun 202135min
29. Tuskegee Trauma: How lethal is medical racism?
In the 1930s in Tuskegee, Alabama, hundreds of men signed up to a medical study which offered free transportation to and from hospitals, free hot lunches and free medicine for most diseases.But the me...
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28. Eating Fireballs: Is prison education a good idea?
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27. Hollywood Predator: Would you keep an open secret?
American film producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for two separate cases of sexual assault. Women have made allegations of Weinstein committing sexual assault over decad...
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26. House of Tears: Why do we mistreat young mums?
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25. Suicide Voyeur: Why is assisted dying a crime?
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24. Missing Little Princess: Can we detect high-stakes lies?
On the 19th February 2008, nine-year-old Shannon Matthews went missing in Dewsbury in West Yorkshire. She had just been dropped off by a coach at her school which was just half a mile from her home. S...
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23. Blue Lips: Does good cop / bad cop actually work?
On the 22nd of April 1972, the police in the southeast London borough of Lewisham were alerted to a house fire on Doggett Road. On the second floor of the building, they discovered the body of 26-year...
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