Category: <span>True Crime</span>

“Are we the sum of our worst actions”, is the moral question that this riveting and thought-provoking documentary series examines.  Series 4 follows three crimes where the events and disturbing details are very different, except for the “Sword of Damocles” like threat of the death sentence hanging in the air like a dark ominous cloud. In each story we get to hear from the victim’s and convicted murderer’s families, as well as the condemned themselves. What becomes clear is that these terrible crimes have not…

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Over the Shoulder was delighted and lucky to sit down with the multitalented actress turned director Julia Ford to discuss her experience at the helm of BBC’s hit courtroom drama SHOWTRIAL. Julia began a successful stage and screen career in the 1980’s before moving to her real love, directing. Julia offered great insight into the directing craft and the processes involved in making a blockbuster series and much more too…here we go Season 2 of SHOWTRIAL has been a massive success. How did the opportunity…

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A young girl is standing in the middle of a valley and a guy is taking pictures of her, whilst doing this he is also asking her questions about herself.  As she is telling her story she feels vulnerable and starts crying. He goes up to seemingly console her, but instead puts his hand around her neck and begins to strangle her. She desperately tries to move away from him, but he jumps on her. He pulls her to the ground and as she tries…

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With true crime TV documentaries dominating every streaming platform from Netflix to Disney it’s hard to be surprised by any new stories. They turn criminals into celebrities, treat crime as entertainment and often expose the vulnerability in us that cults and charlatans can exploit. The new Lifetime docuseries The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blandford struggles to fit into any of these genres with its story of the darkness at the heart of a mother’s love.  Gypsy was born in Louisiana in 1991, her mother…

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