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Dark Nights in the City

Dark Nights in the City

Attorney and television host Eboni K. Williams exposes the dramatic true stories behind some of the notorious crimes in New York City.
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Season 110 of 10 Episodes

  • A violinist vanishes mid-performance at the famed Metropolitan Opera house in New York, and panic ensues when her body turns up in an air shaft the next day; wild theories spread as detectives try to unravel reality from rumors to find a killer.

  • Promising Russian boxer Sergei Kobozev takes a job as a bouncer in a bar suspected to be a hangout for the mob; just as he starts to win bouts, Sergei mysteriously goes missing; detectives must determine if he's a victim of organized crime.

  • Amy Watkins relocates to Brooklyn, N.Y., from rural Kansas to pursue a master's degree in social work; as she acclimates to the enormous city, Amy's trusting nature lacks a sense of peril until the tragic day when danger runs right into her.

  • The murder of transgender woman Diane Delia uncovers a volatile marriage, a confusing love triangle and an illicit affair; detectives lack the evidence to make an arrest until someone comes forward with a shocking story.

  • Talented medical researcher Dr. Kathy Hinnant moves from South Carolina to New York City for a dream job opportunity; although New York is rife with crime, Kathy's not scared until one tragic day at work when she faces her worst nightmare.

  • Educator Jonathan Levin chooses to teach at a tough Bronx high school after growing up in middle-class Long Island, N.Y.; when Levin fails to show up at school, police find him dead at home, setting off a rumor that could be a motive for the murder.

  • Police suspect a former private school kid of strangling a teenage girl.

  • An outgoing interior designer moves to Brooklyn for a fresh start; one night, two people chase him into the street, where a car hits him, leading to his death; detectives turn to social media to figure out who was pursuing the young man, and why.

  • A small-town dancer moves to New York City, determined to make it big on Broadway; a series of events and bad relationships causes her to take a detour to sex work; when she ends up dead, detectives have a long list of potential suspects.

  • A shy teenager transfers to a new school and the students start to bully her; when she goes missing, police turn to social media and find she has 1,600 friends, all of whom they must eliminate as potential suspects.
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Attorney and television host Eboni K. Williams exposes the dramatic true stories behind some of the notorious crimes in New York City.

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