What’s the Crime?

In the series finale, Gráinne and Gemma share the story of Shanda Sharer. 

In 1991 Esther and Frank Mc Cann were so excited about adopting beautiful baby Jessica into their home in Rathfarnham, Dublin. Strange incidents in the home lead to a terrible accident.. but there was much more going on behind the scenes than anyone could have imagined.  

Last Call normally signals the last time to order a drink at a bar before closing.. but in the 1990’s in New York, the gay community were worried as it looked they had a serial killer on their hands, who struck at ‘last call’.

Lululemon is a premium athleisure store and in Maryland 2011, Lululemon hit the headlines for a very different reason. A robbery gone wrong led to a fatality that no one could have predicted. 

In the Spring of 2016 a 27 year old scholar, Yingying Zhang, flies over from China to start a new life, to undertake  PHD in the University of Illinois. Excited to start a new life and study in the USA, Yingying wasn’t aware of the dangers lurking in this American college.  

Dave Kroupa thought he had met the girl of his dreams when she walked into his auto repair shop in Omaha, Nebraska in 2012, but unbeknownst to Dave a nightmare had just begun

When 10 year olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman left home, in the small town of Soham, UK 2002, their photograph would be soon be one of the most recognisable pictures in the country as the whole world wondered where were Holly and Jessica? 

The murder of young, mother of two, Rachel Callaly in her home in Dublin in 2004 sent shockwaves throughout the country. But who was to blame and why? 

In the 1970's hitchhikingwas a rite of passage for America's youth. For 20 year old Colleen Stan it was a cheap and easy way to get around and the dangers of this were not at the forefront of her mind. Colleen was to learn that sometimes the most dangerous of people can look like the most trusting.

Welcome back to the third season of 'What's the Crime'. One hot Summer night in Texas, 8 year old Jennifer Schuett is trying to sleep in her ground floor apparment. But with the light left on and the window open Jennifer has no idea who is watching her from the outside.