The Meanest Man in America: The Mind of Donald Gaskins

The forensic work used to convict military instructor Pierre Chanal, who was accused of several murders in northern France during the 1980s. He was arrested when police caught him kidnapping a Hungarian man, but detectives were convinced he had previously killed at least eight times, prompting an intensive investigation to find evidence linking him to the crimes.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

Britain’s biggest serial killer was a doctor, Dr Harold Shipman. Unsuspected for many years, Dr. Shipman selected his victims from his patient list. There were clues, but who in the community would believe that a doctor would kill his patients? Suspected of killing over 350 people during his career, it was clumsy attempts at forging the will of one of his victims in his own favor that alerted the police and led to his arrest. Found guilty at his trial and jailed for life, Dr. Shipman committed suicide never accepting his guilt.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

In December 1980, the world mourned the murder of music icon John Lennon. But who was the unassuming man who waited outside the Dakota building, and what drove him to commit such a historic act of violence? This award-winning episode of the acclaimed documentary series First Tuesday delves deep into the psyche of Mark Chapman. Through meticulous investigation and psychological analysis, the film attempts to unravel the complex reasoning behind the shooting, exploring Chapman's descent from a troubled Beatles fan to a fame-obsessed killer. It is a chilling portrait of obsession and the dark side of celebrity, seeking to answer the question that haunted a generation: Why?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

When former Russian FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko died a slow and agonizing death in a London hospital, poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope, it triggered one of the most politically explosive investigations of the 21st century. This documentary tells the inside story of his assassination and the international manhunt that followed, with exclusive access to the investigators, journalists, and loved ones at the heart of the case. Tracing a trail of radioactive polonium-210 across London that led directly to Russian state agents, the film reveals how a single death on foreign soil exposed the brutal lengths a powerful government would go to silence its enemies, turning a murder investigation into a tense diplomatic confrontation with the Kremlin.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

In 1992, Félix Michaud is arrested for the murder of 72-year old Rose Gagné. The charge is based solely on the testimony of Marco Albert, a drug addict. Michaud is convicted and sentenced to life.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

He was a small man with a monstrous reputation, a serial killer who christened himself "the meanest man in America" and boasted of a private graveyard for his victims. Convicted of nine murders but claiming a toll of over 100, Donald Gaskins represented a unique depths of human cruelty. This documentary brings together leading psychologists and criminology experts to analyze the making of a psychopath. Through archival footage, interviews, and chilling excerpts from his own confessions, the film dissects Gaskins' personality—from his traumatic childhood to his reign of terror across South Carolina—attempting to understand how a human being could embrace evil so completely and what his case reveals about the outer limits of criminal violence.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

exploring the events leading up to former US Postal Service worker Jennifer San Marco's vengeful 2006 attack on former colleagues and an old neighbour, in which she shot and killed seven people before taking her own life in Goleta, California.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

Broadmoor is a brave documentary that goes behind the formidable walls at a time when a controversial new approach seeks to release inmates back into society after no longer than nine years. With unprecedented access to staff and their patients, Broadmoor exposes the myths surrounding mental health and reveals the realities of life inside a notorious institution. Since its foundation 150 years ago, Broadmoor Hospital has fascinated the public and the media, but there are many misconceptions about what it does and the patients it is responsible for. Now for the first time it has opened its doors to a TV camera crew, giving unprecedented insight into its patients and the work that is carried out to treat and rehabilitate them.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

For over 146 years Broadmoor hospital has gained a reputation as the last stop for some of the UK’s most dangerous criminals. It was thought of as the place where mentally unstable offenders would be incarcerated for the rest of their lives – until a recent and radical change. Since its foundation 150 years ago, Broadmoor Hospital has fascinated the public and the media, but there are many misconceptions about what it does and the patients it is responsible for. Now for the first time, it has opened its doors to a TV camera crew, giving unprecedented insight into its patients and the work that is carried out to treat and rehabilitate them.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

Was the most expensive painting ever sold at auction a fake? This award-winning documentary explores the authenticity of the Sunflowers painting by Vincent van Gogh, bought in the late 1980s for a then record sum by a Japanese insurance company. In 2002, the painting went on public exhibition alongside an undisputedly genuine version of Sunflowers, raising once again the questions so vividly posed in this film.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.