The Naked City’s most notorious crimes of the 20th century, told in the hard-boiled voice of the classic noir stories of the era.

Prime suspect of a gruesome triple homicide in Manhattan, including the killing of beautiful model Veronica Gedeon, wax sculptor Robert Irwin sold his story to the Chicago Herald-Examiner for five thousand dollars to hire one of the best defense lawyers in America and escape the death penalty.

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The murder of a true-crime mag cover girl sets off a massive manhunt. Prime suspect Robert Irwin sells his story to finance his own defense and escape the death penalty.

The Model and the Maniac

With a double indemnity insurance policy on her husband’s life and an adoring lover as a willing accomplice, what can go wrong with Ruthie Brown’s plan to stage a brutal murder? But Ruthie is a better murderer than she is a liar, and she is soon on a course for the electric chair.

With a double indemnity insurance policy on her husband’s life and a lover as a willing accomplice, what can go wrong with Ruthie Brown’s plan to stage a brutal murder?

Double Indemnity

Con-couple Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck pose as brother and sister to rob lonely women of their riches in 1940s America—but their dysfunctional relationship results in a brutal trail of killings that leaves at least 20 women dead.

Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck have a good thing going conning lonely women of their riches—until their dysfunctional relationship pushes them to murder.

The Lonely Hearts Killers

Umberto ‘Albert’ Anastasia, former chief of “Murder Incorporated,” settles into chair number four at his favorite barber shop. Little does he know that the Genovese crime family is about to send out a message to the New York underworld and retire him for good in a classic mob hit.

The rise and fall of Umberto ‘Albert’ Anastasia, chief of “Murder Incorporated,” who winds up the target of a mob hit as he settles into a barber shop chair.

Haircut for a Mob Boss

A disgruntled former employee of The Consolidated Edison Company launches a multi-year campaign of bombing terror across the landmarks of 1950s New York from Grand Central to Radio City—but will pioneering advances in criminal profiling bring him to justice?

In 1950s New York, a mysterious figure orchestrates a bombing spree that hits city landmarks from Grand Central to Radio City.

The Mad Bomber

Three inept murderers and a victim with nine lives. When the ‘Murder Trust’ gang set their sights on killing a nobody and collecting on insurance, they just hadn't planned for how hard it can be to kill somebody. Or how to escape going to the chair as reward for their perseverance...

When the ‘Murder Trust’ gang set their sights on killing a nobody and collecting on insurance, they just haven’t planned for how hard it can be to kill somebody.