Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century: The Basement & Trunk Murderers (1996)

Genres - Historical Film  |   Sub-Genres - Biography, Law & Crime  |   Run Time - 52 min.  |  
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Synopsis by Ed Atkinson

As part of the Great Crimes and Trials of the 20th Century series, this video examines the disturbing cases of Gary Heidnek and the mysterious "Brighton Trunk Murders". Gary Heidnek was accused and convicted of kidnapping, imprisoning and torturing 7 women. Two of the imprisoned women died, and it was rumored that one of the dead was ground into meat and then fed to the remaining prisoners. Also investigated are the mysterious "Brighton Trunk Murders" where two dismembered female bodies were found stuffed in cargo trunks and left at railway stations near Brighton, England. Actor Robert Powell narrates.

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cannibal, criminal, infamy, killing, murder, trial [courtroom]