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Thursday, June 24, at 7.30pm on Crime & Investigation Network

The latest offering from the channel that brought you the smash hit series, Crime Investigation Australia. Tough Nuts: Australia’s Hardest Criminals is the next exclusive series from FOXTEL’s Crime & Investigation Network. Lift the lid on the most notorious men in Australian crime. What made them? What shaped them? What took them to the top and then tipped them over the edge? Featuring never seen before interviews, unprecedented access, expert analysis, psychological profiling and high quality reconstructions. The real stories of the complex and violent relationships between Australia’s most pre- eminent criminals from Christopher “Rent-a-kill” Flannery to Lenny “Mr Big” McPherson. Behind every gangster and cold blooded killer dwells a fascinating mix of family and outsider, of friend and enemy, mate and monster. Hosted by crime-writer Tara Moss.

The first episode looks at Christopher Flannery. He was a killer for hire and ran a criminal enterprise known as Rent-a-kill Incorporated. Feared by everyone in the Melbourne and Sydney crime scene, Flannery had an endless array of victims.

*Ep 2 will premiere in July.

Monday June 21 at 9.30pm on Crime & Investigation Network

The series tells the remarkable stories of outrageous con artists who have tricked and defrauded their nearest and dearest as well as total strangers. Using exclusive film footage, dramatic recreations and first hand testimony, Conmen Case Files brings to life the biggest cons the world has ever seen. Not all cons are the same, but they’re all after one purpose – money. Follow the case of Robert Hendy-Freegard who exacted humiliating and degrading tricks to get money from his victims; a fake professor who tricked not only Christie’s auction house, but also his own daughter; a fantasist who tricked policemen into thinking he was one of their own; and a smooth talking lothario who broke both his victims bank balances, and their hearts. Conmen Case Files uncovers the stories behind the crimes, picking up the pieces of the puzzle that eventually led to the capture and imprisonment of the conmen.

Sunday, June 20, at 8.30pm on Crime & Investigation Network

A profile of the life and crimes of one of the most reviled criminals ever to have emerged from Scotland – child serial killer, Robert Black.

Saturday June 19 at 3.30pm on Crime & Investigation Network

Each week, America’s Most Wanted features dramatic re-enactments of crimes drawn from the files of the nation’s top law enforcement agencies. The best available photographs and videotapes of the actual criminals and suspects involved are shown.

Sunday, June 13, at 8.30pm on Crime & Investigation Network

On July 26, 1983, police in Vero Beach, Florida received a report of a nude man firing shots at a naked girl on a residential street. When they arrived on the scene, officers found the body of a 17-year-old girl hidden in the trunk of a car. David Alan Gore surrendered to police and confessed to five other murders, also implicating his cousin Fred Waterfield in the crimes.

Starts June 7, Mondays at 8.30pm on Crime & Investigation Network

The Gangland series tells the insider story of some of America’s most notorious street gangs. We learn how they’ve shaped their times and affected the neighbourhoods that they controlled. From the destruction wrought by the heroin kingpins in Harlem of the 1970s to today’s most dangerous gang MS-13, which has spread out from the inner city to infect unexpected turf, suburban communities – gangs have a rich yet deadly history. They usually start out as a form of protection for their members and community but then grow predatory as they feed on the very people that they purport to defend. With exclusive interviews and rarely seen footage, this is a raw look at life inside these gangs, from those who live it and the agencies that are working to stop them.

Starts June 7, weekdays at 4.30pm on Crime & Investigation Network

Cops Uncut is a hilarious and often shocking take on the real-life police chase video genre, which showcases a never before seen, warts-n-all vision of US law enforcement. With candid dashboard camera footage of bungled arrests, kamikaze crooks and cop-based carnage of all shapes and sizes, this is the ultimate American police trooper blooper reel.

Sunday, June 6, at 8.30pm on Crime & Investigation Network

In 1985, a brutal killer had Southern Californians fearing for their lives. Richard Ramirez, known as “The Night Stalker”, entered homes in the dead of night to terrorise the people inside. After six months and 14 murders, Ramirez was chased and beaten by a gang of citizens and finally arrested for his horrendous crimes.

Saturday, June 5, at 7.30pm on Crime & Investigation Network

Sometimes chaos erupts in the most violent and surprising ways in some of the most unpredictable places. In each special presentation, watch as we count down 20 of the most outrageous outbursts ever caught on tape. From trials gone wild to talk shows where civility beaks down to church services, every shocking video is 100% real and brought to life with a mixture of expert commentary and amazing archival materials.

Saturday, June 5, at 6.30pm on Crime & Investigation Network

Car Criminals follows forces across the country as they battle against car crime. From drug busts, to raids on burglars and high speed pursuits, we take a look at the different ways in which cops on the front line are tackling car crime. It offers the viewer an in-depth look at the role of the police through the eyes of the officers themselves, in-car footage and CCTV.