A man in Australia spent a small fortune on a cutting-edge metal detector. But the cost of the contraption was peanuts in comparison with the prize it uncovered.

Amy Fisher was only 17 when she shot her lover’s wife in cold blood in 1992. But that was just the start of a notorious life in the public eye.

Back in 2004 these students tried to steal millions of dollars’ worth of books from a college library. Fourteen years later, their unlikely story reached the big screen.

Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998 for being gay. So shocked was America by the crime, it set about social changes that have resonated ever since.

University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey was murdered by her ex-boyfriend while returning home from class. And her mother was on the phone to hear her chilling last words.