Francisco de Assis Pereira's crimes are revisited from the perspective of the victims, new reports from investigators and unpublished audio recordings from one of Brazil's most infamous serial killers, known as the Park Maniac.
We all have unsolved mysteries in our lives, and sometimes those mysteries can lead us in unexpected directions. When the magazine demanded new and fresh content from the writers, one of the writer stumbles upon a real-life unsolved mystery and takes help from the team to solve it
In December 1985, Alison Day disappeared after getting off a train at Hackney Wick station. Over the next six months, two more women would be snatched at stations in the South East. Rumours began to circulate that a serial killer was stalking the railways, and that he was linked to a series of sex attacks across London, going back years. But who was he? And could there be any truth in the rumour that there was a team of killers, working together? It took another fourteen years for the police to close the case on the so-called ‘Railway Killers’. It was a case that completely rewrote our understanding of murderers, and how to catch them. Through dramatic reconstruction and testimony from police officers, and the victims’ friends, The Railway Killers reveals every twist and turn in the case. Across three episodes this landmark series explores the devastating impact of these crimes, as well as the shocking revelation of the killers’ identities.
This series features 8 stories centred on true murder cases involving the discovery of a shallow grave known as ‘deposition sites’ by police. Told from the perspective of the lead investigators, each story follows a trail of clues often employing cutting edge investigative science to catch their killer.
Middle-aged forensic pathologists Zhang Han and Luo Xiao, along with young experts Ke Hao and Zhao Yiran, and seasoned professionals Dong Mingjian and Zhao Yue, confront societal issues and the complexities of human nature. Together, they are dedicated to honoring the deceased and upholding legal equality, revealing individual pain and exposing the true soul of the community through their work.