Out of power politics, offended vanity and a desire for revenge, Hohenstaufen Emperor Henry VI and the King of France became accomplices in an unheard-of act: the hostage-taking of the English King Richard the Lionheart. It was the kidnapping of the century.

Documentary shedding light on the emotional fallout of the murder of Sarah Payne, the eight-year-old...

A family falls prey to the manipulative charms of a neighbor, who abducts their adolescent daughter....
This documentary shows the enormous media impact that the abduction story has had over the years. It...

What if the events in a key era in our history were actually completely different than what our hist...

In 1812, during the French period, large parts of Germany are occupied by the troops of Napoleon. Se...

After the Kyrgyzstan Independence in 1991, the ancient practice of Ala-Kachuu ("grab and run") retur...

At the age of 10, Natascha Kampusch was kidnapped and held captive for eight years by a deranged man...

A documentary recounting the kidnappings of British Trade Commissioner James Cross and Quebec Vice-P...

The disappearance of nursing student Holly Bobo remains a mystery for years. Even after a tight-knit...

In June of 2002, Salt Lake City was the setting for a chilling kidnapping. An angelic young girl is ...

Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the myst...

In 2007, the Taliban kidnapped 24-year-old Ajmal Naqshbandi and an Italian journalist. Naqshbandi wa...

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband ...

Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. Whi...
Documentary about the twin sister Jutta and Gisela Schmidt. In the late sixties the two women rebel...

A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dign...

In Argentina, between 1982 and 1985, the Puccios, a well-established family of San Isidro, an upper-...

Documentary examining the mysterious disappearance of financial advisor Lynda Spence, who vanished w...

In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and...