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.

In a turmoil-torn Argentina, in the summer of 1978, Edgar Tulio Valenzuela (Tucho) and Raquel Negro ...

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

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

A family falls prey to the manipulative charms of a neighbor, who abducts their adolescent daughter....
At the peak of her immense popularity in the 1920s, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson was drawing la...

Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. Whi...

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

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

Ghostly images of Colombia’s jungle landscapes are set to radio transmissions sent by family members...

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

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

Documentary shedding light on the emotional fallout of the murder of Sarah Payne, the eight-year-old...
This documentary shows the enormous media impact that the abduction story has had over the years. It...

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

The story of Jaycee Lee Dugard, a girl who was kidnapped outside a school bus stop and found alive e...

The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devo...

A docu-special, which recounts the terrifying true story in Elizabeth Shoaf's own words. Featuring n...
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...

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