A young married couple makes a huge mistake by agreeing to participate in a secret swingers' party in their suburban neighborhood, and soon both of them are being targeted by a jealous and homicidal neighbor. Director: Jessica Janos | Stars: Dana Davis, Jesse Ruda, James William O'Halloran, Elizabeth Leiner.
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy. Starring Hayden Panettiere as Amanda Knox, this true-crime drama is based on the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, and the subsequent trials of Knox and her Italian boyfriend for the crime.
This Lifetime original movie recounts the rapes committed by the infamous Andrew Luster and the women who brought him to justice. Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Jason Gedrick , Marla Sokoloff , Lisa Edelstein , Sarah Carter
Apr 01, 2022 · Toni Braxton returns to Lifetime to star in the Fallen Angels Murder Club as an ex-con turned amateur sleuth set out to investigate a series of …
When entertainment mogul Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty were murdered by their sons Lyle and Erik in 1989, the sensational trial gripped a scandalized America. This movie, starring Courtney Love and Nico Tortorella, delves into the abuse suffered by the infamous brothers and the motives behind their crimes.
2. Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story. Overcoming impossible odds —negligent drug-addict parents, an abusive grandfather, and homelessness—Liz Murray finished high school in two years and won a scholarship to Harvard University through an essay contest sponsored by the New York Times.
17-year-old Anne Sluti was abducted in broad daylight and held captive for six days before narrowly escaping. The movie version features James Van Der Beek as Sluti’s abductor and Levar Burton as a heroic cop hot on their trail.
Pregnancy Pact. In 2008, a group of female high school students in Gloucester, Massachusetts, allegedly made a pact to get pregnant at the same time and raise their children as a group. This take on the story stars Thora Birch and Camryn Manheim. 16.
Prosecuting Casey Anthony. This true-crime drama starring Rob Lowe as Jeff Ashton, the prosecutor in the infamous Casey Anthony murder trial, provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the prosecution’s case against Anthony and what led to the controversial verdict. 2. Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story.
Anna Nicole Smith’s tragic real life — from small-town single mother and dancer to world-famous Playboy centerfold struggling with drug and alcohol addiction — is explored in this sympathetic biopic.
In 2005, 18-year-old Natalee disappeared while on vacation in Aruba. Based on her mother Beth Holloway’s book “Loving Natalee,” the film depicts the events leading up to Natalee’s disappearance and the frenzied investigation that followed.
The real life story starts off pretty much the same after Anthony Steven Wright, better known as Tony Zappa, kidnapped 17-year-old Anne Sluti out of a mall parking lot in Nebraska on April 6, 2001. He held her for six days, chaining her up and subjecting her to sexual assault. Throughout that week, the kidnapper kept them on the move, breaking into a series of cabins until they ended up in Montana.
Yep, some of your favorite Lifetime movies are based on real murders and kidnappings that will seriously haunt you. Because the idea that someone like the assailant from The Girl in the Box could really exist is so much more frightening than any scary movie could ever be.
Security footage, cell phone activity, and email data led police to Philip Markoff — he was arrested on April 20 and later charged by the state of Massachusetts for first-degree murder, among other lesser charges.
Together, the girls had stabbed their friend more than 50 times because they simply didn't want to be friends with her anymore. During her disappearance, both girls tweeted vague references to the crime and posted pictures with their former friend and victim on social media.
IRL, the so-called "Craigslist Killer" was Philip Markoff from Boston, MA.
Aquamarine 's Sara Paxton faces off against soap-star Justin Bruening and House 's Lisa Edelstein in a movie about one woman's court case after she brutally stabbed her husband to death. The film is based on the story of Susan Wright, a Texas woman who stabbed her husband, the father of her children, 193 times before burying him in the backyard on June 13, 2003. The day after, she made a domestic violence claim about him to the police and attempted to get a restraining order. But only five days after the crime, she called her attorney to come over to her house and confessed, resulting in her own arrest after the police were called.
It turned out that Narcy Novack, Ben's wife, had been the driving force behind the crimes after she and her brother hired hit men to execute them. Ben had allegedly been having an affair at the time and was talking about divorce, but his and his mother's deaths would mean that Narcy would inherit the family fortune.
Elizabeth Smart Explains Why Candra Torres Backed Up Her Kidnapper Initially “Extra’s” Jenn Lahmers spoke with Elizabeth Smart as she promoted her Lifetime series “Elizabeth Smart: Finding Justice.” Sunday night, Smart brings attention to kidnapping survivor Candra Torres, who was held captive by her husband’s killer, in an episode entitled “The Brainwashed Bride.” When first interviewed by detectives, Torres lied to back up her kidnapper’s story,… 2020-07-29T21:12:41Z.
At first, Candra failed lie detector test after lie detector test. But after working with a psychiatrist who testified to Candra’s brainwashing, the county eventually impaneled a grand jury, which ultimately agreed to try Brown for Julio’s murder. But Brown was long gone. How were they going to find him to charge him?