Beethoven’s Hair traces the unlikely journey of a lock of hair cut from Beethoven’s corpse and unravels the mystery of his tortured life and death. The film begins in modern…

An in-depth look into the Branch Davidians, a religious cult led by David Koresh in the late 1980s and early 1990s that ultimately met with a tragic, fiery end.

The Twentieth Century swept in on a tide of Progress – with great advances in communications and transport. Society was still class-ridden, and at that time, Britain was still building…

The discovery of woolly mammoth remains raises important questions.

In this special live event, giants of stand-up come together to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Russell Simmons’s groundbreaking “Def Comedy Jam.”

Sharing her journey from child to teen activist, Georgie Stone looks back at her life and historic fight for transgender rights in this documentary.

In an all-new Shock Docs special, The Curse of Lizzie Borden, paranormal investigator Dave Schrader assembles a team of paranormal experts to investigate whether a dark family curse led to…

For two decades, a comptroller in a small Illinois town financed her successful horse-breeding business by stealing $53 million in public funds.

An in-depth look at four individuals who have pulled the trigger and the profound impact it’s had on their lives.

This film explores the era, life and work of William Shakespeare, including his famous lost years and the ways in which his legacy endures today.

Award-winning war photographer Rita Leistner goes back to her roots as a tree planter in the wilderness of British Columbia, offering an inside take on the grueling, sometimes fun and…

A comedian replies to the “Super Size Me” crowd by losing weight on a fast-food diet while demonstrating that almost everything you think you know about the obesity “epidemic” and…