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    48. Family Reunion: Research opportunity or ethical nightmare?

    Two brothers are overjoyed to find each other. But something isn鈥檛 quite right.

  2. 47. Bad Influencer: Can you spot pseudo-scientific health claims?

    Something about Belle Gibson鈥檚 clean eating journey isn鈥檛 quite right.

  3. 46. Tiny Shoes: Can we heal injustices against Indigenous peoples?

    What can be done to heal the wounds caused by poor treatment of Indigenous Canadians?

  4. 45. Call Centre Crooks: How do you catch a scammer?

    鈥淩oger鈥� makes his money by scamming old ladies. But someone is watching.

  5. 44. Operation Island: What do we know about male victims of rape?

    The UK鈥檚 most prolific rapist only targeted men. How did he get away with it for so long?

  6. 43. Le Fake: Are con artists pathological liars?

    A man manipulates his way into the lives of the rich & famous to devastating consequences

  7. 42. Jonestown: How can you tell that you鈥檙e in a cult?

    What started out as a promise of a utopian community ended with a massacre.

  8. 41. 666devil: Could anyone become a victim of sextortion?

    Matt Falder blackmailed over 40 victims online into sexual acts.

  9. 40. Hungry like the Wolf: Can we ever understand filicide?

    Diane Downs鈥� children are shot on a small country road. But all is not as it seems.

  10. 4. Cannibal Cop: What is your darkest fantasy?

    How one woman found out that her husband was fantasising about cooking her alive.

  11. 39. King of Farum: Why do we love anti-heroes?

    Sofie idolised her former mayor in Denmark. Was he a modern Robin Hood or just corrupt?

  12. 38. The Yorkshire Ripper: Do women need to reclaim the night?

    Peter Sutcliffe murdered 13 women and attacked many others. Why wasn鈥檛 he stopped sooner?

  13. 37. Mr Creepy: Can gun bans prevent school shootings?

    Did banning handguns after the Dunblane massacre work?

  14. 36. Nazi on Trial 2: Is Evil banal?

    The prosecution had a problem: The Nazi bureaucrat Adolf Eichmann was terrifyingly normal

  15. 35. Nazi on Trial 1: Can 鈥渏ust following orders鈥� justify horrific crimes?

    鈥淭he Architect of the Holocaust鈥� is kidnapped and put on trial

  16. 34. #Pizzagate: Why do people believe conspiracy theories?

    How a pizza restaurant became the center of a horrific conspiracy theory.

  17. 33. Kill Team: Could you be trained to kill on command?

    American soldiers murdered three innocent civilians in Afghanistan.

  18. 32. Jimmy McGovern: Doing Time

    Mark is drunk. Again. But this time it lands him in prison for an awful crime.

  19. 31. Horrorhaus H枚xter 2: Should we judge offenders for being ice cold?

    Angelika was called the 鈥榯orture witch鈥�. Why?

  20. 30. Horrorhaus H枚xter 1: Do you need to be a sadist to torture people?

    A snowstorm in April led to a shocking discovery 鈥� Germany鈥檚 house of horror.

  21. 3. Remembering Monsters: Can we trust memories?

    John thought his father was a monster, but now he鈥檚 not so sure.

  22. 29. Tuskegee Trauma: How lethal is medical racism?

    128 Black men left to die from syphilis. What is the legacy of this racist research?

  23. 28. Eating Fireballs: Is prison education a good idea?

    Lyle May murdered a young woman and her son. Should he be able to get a degree in prison?

  24. 27. Hollywood Predator: Would you keep an open secret?

    Everybody knew about Harvey Weinstein鈥檚 sexual assaults. Why didn鈥檛 they speak up?

  25. 26. House of Tears: Why do we mistreat young mums?

    A mass grave is found at a former Irish Baby Home. Who is to blame for the 978 deaths?

  26. 25. Suicide Voyeur: Why is assisted dying a crime?

    An online predator coaxes death. But, should assisted suicide always be a crime?

  27. 24. Missing Little Princess: Can we detect high-stakes lies?

    In 2008 a girl goes missing on a council estate in England. A frantic search ensues.

  28. 23. Blue Lips: Does good cop / bad cop actually work?

    What did the 1972 murder of Maxwell Confait teach us about police interviewing?

  29. 22. The Butcher of Baghdad: Would you kill a dictator?

    Should Saddam Hussein have been killed for his crimes?

  30. 21. No Angel: When is spreading infectious diseases a crime?

    The case of Nadja Benaissa, a German popstar convicted for recklessly transmitting HIV.

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