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Ever since its premiere back in early 1992, NBC’s ‘Dateline’ has been exploring one astonishing true-crime tale after another to really shine a light upon the sordid, twisted side of human nature. Thus, of course, its season 26 episode 33, ‘The House on Pitch Pine Crescent,’ delving deep into the year-apart enigmatic deaths of married, elderly couple Bill and Bridget Harrison, is no different. So now, if you wish to learn more about the same — with a specific focus on what precisely transpired, its ensuing investigations, and the aftermath — we’ve got the essential details for you....

Apple TV’s ‘For All Mankind‘ season 3 takes the space race in an exciting direction with NASA, Helios, and Roscosmos competing against each other to reach Mars. Amidst the uncertainty in the space race, the political landscape of the USA is also shifting rapidly, and Ellen Wilson (Jodi Balfour) emerges as a major player in the power play. Ellen becomes the President of the USA, and under her leadership, NASA reaches Mars....

Showtime’s ‘George and Tammy’ follows the rocky relationship of the titular characters who are one of the most beloved couples in country music. With Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain in the lead roles, the show uses some of the most well-known songs of Tammy Wynette and George Jones to focus on the shifting emotions of their love story. In between this, we meet other people who witnessed the back and forth in George and Tammy’s relationship firsthand....

Created by Vanessa Gazy, Netflix’s thriller series ‘Echoes’ revolves around Leni and Gina McCleary, two identical twin sisters who swap their lives to share everything they “own,” including their husbands. The two sisters’ lives take a wild turn when one of them disappears, leaving the other alone to deal with the conflicts that arise due to the disappearance. Starring Michelle Monaghan as Leni and Gina, the enthralling series is an exploration of the human psyche, relationships, and emotional boundaries....

Residents of League City, Texas, were left petrified between the early 1980s and the early 1990s, as several girls and women went missing from the area, only for their remains to be found later. Hence, when Ellen Beason suddenly disappeared around 1984, her family urged the police to prioritize the investigation as much as possible. Netflix’s ‘Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields’ thus chronicles this shocking incident and portrays how authorities ultimately recovered her remains from under a sofa in a wooded area in Galveston County....

Netflix’s ‘God’s Crooked Lines’ is a Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Oriol Paulo. Originally titled ‘Los renglones torcidos de Dios,’ the movie is an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Torcuato Luca de Tena. The story follows Alice, a private investigator who poses as a mentally ill person and admits herself to an asylum. Her true motive is to uncover the truth behind a potential murder inside the asylum, but as she learns about the hospital, she realizes something bigger is at play....

Sylvester Bracey and Arsenio Haynes disrupted the peace in Lafayette, Louisiana, when they kidnapped Schanda Handley from her home at gunpoint. While the investigation later revealed that the duo abducted the victim on her ex-husband’s orders, she was rescued by a vigilant sheriff’s deputy. ’48 Hours: The Kidnapping of Schanda Handley’ draws a vivid picture of the incident and portrays how Sylvester and Arsenio’s deceased bodies were recovered from the Intracoastal Waterway in Port Allen....

John Harlan Kim’s Albert Han is one of the beloved characters in FOX’s action series ‘9-1-1.’ As Howard “Howie”/”Chimney” Han’s brother, Albert remains an integral part of the former and Maddie Buckley’s storyline. When Jee-Yun is born, Albert becomes an uncle. In the fifth season, Albert works with Station 133 and even collaborates with his brother at times. However, Albert hasn’t been featured in the sixth season of the show, making the viewers alarmed about his current whereabouts....

Directed by Mel Gibson, ‘Apocalypto’ is a period action-adventure film that revolves around Jaguar Paw, a tribesman captured by a few people from the Mayan tribe. After Jaguar loses his home and people, he fights to survive and return to his pregnant wife. The 2006 film unfolds in the 16th century Mexico just before the Spaniards reached the shores of South America. The movie explores the Mayan civilization, its cultures, rituals, and other elemental beliefs....

Known best for being the co-host of ‘Today Third Hour,’ Craig Melvin has been active in the media industry since 2001. During high school, he entered the industry by working with the Columbia, South Carolina-based WIS-TV. After college, he returned to join the same organization as a news photographer and producer. Craig’s talent soon helped him rise through the ranks at WIS-TV, and although he left for WRC-TV in July 2008, the year 2011 saw him join MSNBC and NBC News as a daytime anchor and reporter....

With Netflix’s ‘The Mole’ being a reboot that lives up to the incredible reputation of its original eponymous ABC competition series, we get a true insight into the complexities of human nature. After all, in the hopes of bagging a hefty cash prize, the aim of the game is for the players to complete a set of complex challenges while also trying to uncover the saboteur in their company. Lies, deception, suspicion, and paranoia thus take center stage — so now, if you wish to learn whether season 1’s Kesi Neblett served as a mere contender or an imposter, we’ve got you covered....

Created by Karan Anshuman and Puneet Krishna, Prime Video’s Indian crime-drama series ‘Mirzapur’ tells the story of two brothers – Govind “Guddu” Pandit (Ali Fazal) and Vinay “Bablu” Pandit (Vikrant Massey) – who become embroiled in the world of crime after they get an offer they can’t refuse from Akhandanand “Kaleen” Tripathi (Pankaj Tripathi), the local kingpin whose word is the law in the eponymous town. Things get twisted when the two boys’ father, lawyer Ramakant Pandit (Rajesh Tailang), accepts a case against Munna (Divyendu Sharma), the volatile son of Kaleen Bhaiya....

Netflix’s ‘Do Revenge’ follows the story of two girls, Drea and Eleanor, who come up with a great way to exact revenge on the people who ruined their lives. They make a pact to help each other in ruining the lives of their enemies. While Drea goes after the girl who made Eleanor’s life hell, Eleanor infiltrates Drea’s previous friend group to get dirt on her ex-boyfriend. In the beginning, things seem much simpler as the girls form a strong bond....

SPONSORED LINKS Prime Video’s ‘The English’ follows the story of a woman named Cornelia who travels all the way from England to America to exact revenge for the death of her son. In the beginning, she is presented as a naive person who doesn’t yet understand the ways of the new country and its people. Soon, however, she grasps the severity of her surroundings and adapts better than most people would....

Humans are strange creatures, and I say this as a horror movie buff. It is absolutely fascinating how much our kind loves being terrified. For many of us, there is nothing as fun and thrilling as a good ol’ scare in a well-thought out piece of horror fiction. It is the darkness, that is simultaneously unreal but also rooted in reality, which we find so intriguing. In fact, fear itself is rooted in our reality....

Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ tells the story of Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega), the eldest child of Gomez (Luis Guzmán) and Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones). Smart and morbid, Wednesday is forced to attend the Nevermore Academy, a boarding school where youths with extraordinary abilities receive education, after she has gone through eight regular schools in five years. At Nevermore, she makes friends, becomes interested in certain boys, and finds herself at the center of a mystery involving a murderous monster....

‘Palm Springs’ is a sci-fi rom-com that uses a time loop to make its characters fall in love with each other. Apart from the meet-cute, the fun, the fight, and all the other flavors of romance, the movie also focuses on the science fiction nature of the story and brings it to a proper conclusion by adding the detail about the mysterious cave into it. In the end, Sarah and Nyles find a way out of there, but that’s not where the story ends....

On Netflix’s ‘State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith,’ the viewers learn about what happened at a residence in Stevenson, Alabama, one night in January 2018 and its fallout. Brittany Smith shot and killed an acquaintance, Joshua Todd Smith, in what she claimed was self-defense. However, a judge ultimately didn’t see it that way, paving the way for a murder conviction. Brittany’s unwavering supporter, her mother, Ramona McCallie, was thus interviewed for the documentary and shared her side of the story....

Netflix’s ‘Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste’ chronicles the rise and fall of the San Fransisco-based sexual wellness company OneTaste. Established in June 2004, this organization earned instant popularity as thousands of people rushed to experience the Orgasmic Meditation and Slow Sex co-founder Nicole Daedone talked about. Nicole’s business partner, Robert “Rob” Kandell, also helped co-establish the company and generally looked after the business side of things while serving as the Chief Operating Officer....

A&E’s ‘First Blood’ chronicles the crimes of Ronald Dominique, aka the Bayou Strangler, who ran his reign of terror between 1997 and 2006 in Louisiana. Interestingly, Dominique had quite a lengthy criminal record at the time of committing the murders. As his nickname suggests, most of his victims were raped and tortured before being strangled to death. The show delves deep into each crime, reveals his modus operandi, and shows how law enforcement officials finally caught up to him....