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The Con explores the troubling tales of people taken in by claims and promises that proved too good to be true, from identity fraud and misleading romance to the high-profile college admission scandal and Fyre Festival. It will reveal how the victims were fooled and the cost of their false trust - emotional and financial. "The Con" will feature interviews with the key people caught up in the cons, including victims and eyewitnesses, and, in some cases, law enforcement and the perpetrators themselves. The series will lift the curtain on the people behind some of the most outrageous cons ever.

An inside look at America's premier crime-fighting agency, the FBI, with exclusive access to active-duty FBI agents and details of high-profile and unusual cases as told by agents, informants, undercover agents and victims.

THE DEVIL SPEAKS uses real audio recordings to peel back the layers of a case. From police interviews to recorded phone calls and voicemails, these recordings are a launching-off point as friends and family connect us with the victim and law enforcement officers walk us through the investigation. In the end, a final piece of chilling and revealing audio is the lynchpin to helping solve the investigation.

The 12-episode series, which focuses on surveillance footage collected across the nation, provides updates on the victims and those who have been charged as well as the inside narrative of some of the most dramatic crime scenes.

True stories of victims who are thrust into real-life nightmares while working the graveyard shift when they are the most vulnerable.

They say most homicide victims know their killer. But on the open road, your killer might just be someone you've yet to meet. America's highways are its arteries all 160,000 miles of them. But take a look around. How well do you really know the person next to you? How about that truck out front? And is the driver of that car behind just hunting for his next victim? In this series, we explore the deadliest tales of homicide on America's highways - where innocent journeys become deadly trips. Not everyone reaches their destination on the Highway to Hell.

Criminal Planet is a landmark eight-part series that reveals the latest trends in global crime and the increasingly complex, high-tech and wide-reaching challenges faced by law enforcement. The series explains underlying causes of global crime, hearing from victims, and profiles those on the cutting edge of enforcement who are seeking to break the criminal cycles that hurt our societies.

He creeps up when you least expect it, offering a lift when you're stranded, showing up unannounced at your house, intercepting you on the road, lurking at the curb, watching and waiting to make his move. Can you trust this stranger? Is he a Good Samaritan or the stuff of nightmares? Should you jump inside? Should you take the chance? If you won't go willingly, he'll make the ride mandatory, and take you on one final, terror-filled trip. Once you're in his prison on wheels, there's no escape from the man with a van.

This show delivers a collection of stories about ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances. It's hosted by ABC News correspondent John Quiñones, and features the reporters of ABC News' acclaimed series "20/20" who dig beneath the headlines to reveal stories of victims, their families, and the search for truth and justice.

From obsessed former lovers to unrelenting acquaintances fueled by the thrill of the chase, stalkers can have a range of motivations, but all instill a perpetual fear within their victims. With over three million people falling victim to stalking in the United States each year, this widely misunderstood crime reaches far beyond celebrities and people in the public eye.

Examine the twisted psychology of stalkers, as victims share their stories.

The biggest crime stories and court cases in the UK. The fights for justice, the investigations, and the stories of those affected by the crimes.

Series examining the crimes of the couple, revealing the true horror of what took place behind closed doors at 25 Cromwell Street and other addresses in Gloucester over the course of many years. The programme looks at recent police efforts to find the body of Mary Bastholm and tells her story, as well those of the 12 other young women known to have been murdered by Fred and Rose West.

Series which dips its toes into the deep, murky waters of the dating pool to discover bigamists, on-line scam artists, catfish and serial swindlers, who targeted innocent singletons and left them with broken hearts and empty bank balances. True stories of deception and double lives are relived by victims in painstaking detail, sharing the misery of how they were targeted and coerced into losing considerably more than their dignity.