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The Narco Hack — official video preview
2026SeriesSociety

The Narco Hack

Once considered impenetrable, the encrypted messaging service Sky ECC became a safe haven for organized crime. When French and European investigators manage to infiltrate the system, they intercept more than a billion messages, exposing drug trafficking, money laundering and planned murders. Featuring testimonies from investigators and criminals, this documentary series explores one of the most extraordinary police operations against international organized crime.

Swipe Right on the Devil — official video preview
2026SeriesSociety

Swipe Right on the Devil

When 24-year-old Sydney Loofe disappears after a Tinder date, what begins as a missing-person case quickly spirals into a haunting mystery. As investigators race to uncover her whereabouts, they are drawn into an astounding world of manipulation, witchcraft, mind control and black magic. Each new lead uncovers disturbing revelations, exposing behavior that shocks even seasoned FBI agents. With every answer raising new questions, Sydney's story becomes a cautionary tale about trust, vulnerability and the hidden dangers that can lurk behind seemingly ordinary encounters, culminating in a…

Monsters: The Truth Behind the Myths — official video preview
2026SeriesHistory

Monsters: The Truth Behind the Myths

From vampires and werewolves to demons and Frankenstein, Monsters: The Truth Behind the Myths unpacks the origin story of our most legendary monsters —and tracks their staying power across the centuries. It's a historical journey to the mindsets that made them and how folklore and superstition has intersected with science and popular culture right up until today.

2026
2026SeriesScience

Milestones of the Solar System

The solar system we know may seem eternal. Yet long before our Sun and planets began their elegant dance, billions of years of chaos and wreckage reigned supreme. From planets, asteroids, and moons forged from stardust, to volcanoes unleashing fiery destruction on Mars, and a cataclysmic collision that turned early Earth molten and gave birth to our Moon, this series explores the defining milestones of our Solar System. Through breathtaking visuals and scientific discoveries, the film reveals how chaos became structure and how destruction became the driving force behind creation. Each…

2026
2026SeriesNature

Megastorm

Extreme weather events examined from the inside out, including Hurricane Helene, the December Tennessee tornado outbreak and the vicious Black Summer of Australian wildfires, charting how and why they happen and the devastation left behind using first-hand survivor and witness accounts and adrenaline-fuelled footage captured on the ground.

The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story — official video preview
2026SeriesSociety

The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story

The re-opening of a mysterious 1985 cold case murder in Louisiana unearths a haunting history of bloodshed and long-buried trauma. What begins as an investigation into a 1985 murder turns into a haunting exploration of a community's dark history of violence and bloodshed. Set in the rural bayou outside New Orleans, Louisiana, a harsh landscape steeped in supernatural lore and traditions, the story starts with the disappearance of Dorothy Lou Thompson - the owner of a pet cemetery that had been built on land long rumored to be cursed. Dorothy's body eventually turns up wrapped in chains in…