Name: Wartime Crime
Uploaded: 2022-08-23T23:25:44.000Z
Description: When war strikes, crime flourishes. The chaos of WW2 presents mobsters, gangs and serial killers with a perfect opportunity. This series unearths six extraordinary cases in the wartime crimewave.

When war strikes, crime flourishes. The chaos of WW2 presents mobsters, gangs and serial killers with a perfect opportunity. This series unearths six extraordinary cases in the wartime crimewave.

Rights Booster

The bloody rise of Billy Hill, London's most fearsome gangster. While Hitler's firebombs rain down on Britain's capital, Hill exploits the panic to build a criminal empire.

Blitzkrieg Kingpin, Season 1, Episode 1

A serial killer stalks the streets of Paris. As French Jews, criminals and underground partisans desperately try to flee their Nazi occupiers, a psychotic doctor launches a ruthless killing spree.

Resistance Is Useless, Season 1, Episode 2

When American GIs steal a cache of gold and diamonds belonging to a leading Nazi, they are pursued by the US Army, SS officers and the British Royal Family in a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse.

The Nazi Jewel Heist, Season 1, Episode 3

Anarchy on the streets of wartime L.A. as Mexican street gangs are singled out as the new "enemy within" and a conflict with armed navy recruits erupts in five days of shocking violence.

The Zoot Suit Riots, Season 1, Episode 4

In London and Berlin two deranged killers exploit the wartime blackout to launch a spree of murders. When the sun goes down, no woman alone in the streets is safe.

The Blackout Killers, Season 1, Episode 5

As the US Army prepares to invade Sicily, the government seeks to enlist an unlikely ally: the New York mob. Crimeboss Lucky Luciano sees the perfect opportunity to exact his revenge on Mussolini.

Wartime Crime

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