Lionsgate

In Christianity's medieval battle to retake the Holy Land from Islam, the failure of wealthy Crusaders left a growing number of disgruntled Europeans. And so, in 1212, two 12-year-old boys began their own Crusade and thousands of children tagged along. We reveal how these innocents paid the ultimate price in this spiritual warfare.

Captain Mattei (Auteuil) is about to arrest a gang of bank robbers when a sniper watching from a rooftop singlehandedly decimates a whole army of cops, allowing the gang to escape. Unfortunately, one of the members of the gang is wounded, and their plan falls apart. Then, while Mattei hunts down the sniper, the gang spirals into an abyss of violence and betrayal...

Delve into the aftermath and repercussions of the 1947 Roswell incident, when many believe an alien spacecraft crashed in New Mexico. Based on The Day after Roswell by Lt. Col. Philip J. Corso and William Birnes, we explore if technologies like the laser,fiber optics, the integrated circuit, super-strong fibers, and night vision were developed with the aid of aliens. Career officer Corso claims his first alien encounter came on July 6, `47, while on late-night security rounds at Ft. Riley,...

The life-or-death situations where an armed assailant is holding innocent people hostage are among the most difficult in all of law enforcement. THE HOSTAGE TAKERS focuses on several prominent cases, revealing the unique forces involved. From the Hanafi siege of three Washington D.C. buildings in 1977 to the 12-hour standoff at an Alabama elementary school in 1988, footage shows how the police respond to these explosive situations. Trained negotiators reveal the different approaches they use...

For years, the brain was terra incognito for surgeons, but recent advances have made it possible to correct many brain disorders through surgery. THE STORM WITHIN ventures inside the operating theater where pediatric surgeon Dr. Ben Carson corrects a rare brain disease that causes more than 100 seizures a day. Witness the operation, and trace the discoveries and breakthroughs that have opened the brain up to surgeons like Dr. Carson. As the global environmental movement gains strength,...

The Pioneers. A look at the homes of the men who helped turn sleepy villages into bustling towns. Includes Brigham Young's "Beehive House,"; Harvey Vaile's mansion in Independence, Missouri; and Charles Conrad's mansion in the Rocky Mountains of Montana.

In the eyes of a pimp, nothing is more valuable than a teenager - the younger, the better. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS: CHILD SEX TRADE reports that each year more than 300,000 kids are bought, sold, exploited and enslaved by child sex rings from California to New York, from Canada to the Midwest. On the street, a 13-year old girl can earn up to $200,000 a year for her pimp. Worldwide last year, these child prostitutes earned more than a billion dollars. 51% of the teenagers working the streets are...

The coming of the railroad changed virtually every aspect of society, and warfare is no exception. Linking the industrial might of nations to the battlefields, trains have played a vital role in virtually every conflict since the American Civil War. TRAINS IN WAR is the definitive examination of how the great peacetime creation of the 19th century forever changed the way nations wage war. From the storied Civil War saga of The General to the trains that sent millions of Hitler's innocent...

He traveled to the moon, under the sea and to the center of the earth all without leaving his desk. His vivid imagination created some of the seminal classics of science fiction. Jules Verne was truly a man ahead of his time. The 19th century Frenchman created some of the great futuristic works in the history of literature, including From the Earth to the Moon, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Here, BIOGRAPHY explores the life and works of "the father of...

It is the most famous monster in literature. The enduring creation of Mary Shelley has appeared in countless films and books since it was dreamed up by the 20 year old wife of the famed poet Percy Shelley. But is it possible that the story of the grotesque monster assembled from the parts of cadavers is rooted in the truth? FRANKENSTEIN investigates the true stories of two men who may be at the heart of the classic tale. First, travel to the castle near Frankfurt where an 18th century German...

Born of immigrant parents in 1912, Phil Silvers grew up on the mean streets of Brownsville in Brooklyn. His talent and wit launched a show business career that culminated with the smash Broadway show, Top Banana, and the heights of TV stardom in the 1950s as the star of his own Army sitcom. Eyewitness accounts of the comedian's life connect the show-business persona with the real-life husband and father. Among those interviewed are former wife Jo-Carroll Dennison, comedians Milton Berle, Red...

An examination of John F. Kennedy's exploits as skipper of PT 109 during WWII. On the night of August 2, 1943, a Japanese destroyer rammed Lt. Kennedy's 80-foot craft, splitting it in half. Two men died as a result of the collision, and Kennedy saved theremaining 10 crew members. However, recently revealed testimony from crew members and naval officers investigating the incident tells a different story. Did the Kennedy family bury the true facts in an effort to protect the image of JFK?