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Wartime Crime

Season 1 2017

  • 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z on AHC
  • 43m
  • 4h 18m (6 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
While the battlefields of WWII were a stage for acts of heroism, strategic cunning, and horrific atrocities, conditions on the home front seemed more stable. Yet from bombed-out London to occupied France, the war enabled one thing to flourish - crime.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

1x01 The Demon Doctor

Series Premiere

1x01 The Demon Doctor

  • 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z43m

Known for his dubious medical practices and shady financial deals, the Nazi occupation liberated Dr. Marcel Petio's murderous instincts, enabling him to embark on a killing spree.

2017-10-25T04:00:00Z

1x02 The Godfather of London

1x02 The Godfather of London

  • 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z43m

Billy Hill was the most powerful Kingpin in Britain's post-war underworld, but the secret behind Hill's empire is little known.

2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

1x03 The Nazi Jewel Heist

1x03 The Nazi Jewel Heist

  • 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z43m

When the U.S. military takes over the German Kronberg castle in 1945, an affair between a U.S. Army captain and Air Force officer results in an elaborate treasure heist.

2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

1x04 The Zoot Suit Riots

1x04 The Zoot Suit Riots

  • 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z43m

Racial tension in pre-war America and WWII are spotlighted.

2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

1x05 The Blackout Killers

1x05 The Blackout Killers

  • 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z43m

In Nazi Germany and Britain, the blackouts were a necessity for defending lives and property from enemy bombing but proved a useful tool for predatory criminals, allowing two serial killers who used the absolute darkness to prey upon victims.

2017-11-22T05:00:00Z

1x06 The Sicilian Connection

1x06 The Sicilian Connection

  • 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z43m

Incensed by their treatment under Mussolini's regime and anxious to re-establish their European criminal network, Mafiosi including incarcerated kingpin Charles "Lucky" Luciano offered their full support to American intelligence officers.

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