The Curious Life and Death of...Episodes Guide

Lizzie Borden is at the center of one of the most brutal murders in American history. She was charged and acquitted of murdering her father and stepmother...but was she guilty? If so, what was her motive? And if not, then who really did it? An unknown intruder? The family maid? Jack the Ripper? Enter the investigation room and science lab of host Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris, where, with the help of a forensic expert and a former Scotland Yard detective, she'll separate fact from folklore and reveal what really happened in Fall River, MA in 1892.

In 1969, at the height of the Rolling Stones' fame, guitarist and band founder Brian Jones drowned in his swimming pool. From that night on, rumors circulated that his death was wildly curious. Now, medical historian Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris and her team of forensic and crime-solving experts are reopening the case, cutting through the conspiracies and poring over video footage never before seen on television. What they discover is a mystery so dark, it paints everything black, from the police to the British government...and the band itself.

In a cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, over a hundred victims of the RMS Titanic disaster are buried, including a simple grave dedicated to an "Unknown Child." Who was this unfortunate youth that perished in the freezing North Atlantic on April 15, 1912? Where was he on the ship when tragedy struck? Who was his family? And does he have any living descendants? Follow this twisting and turning scientific search as medical historian Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris and her team of experts bring this Titanic victim back to life after over a century.

In December 2009, the Hollywood world was rocked when movie star Brittany Murphy died at just 32 years old. Her tragedy took a curious turn five months later when her husband also died... in the same house and under almost identical circumstances. Was it a coincidence, or could it have been foul play? Follow host Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris and her team as they combine medical science with detective work, putting rumors of toxic mold, drug overdose, even deliberate poisoning to the test, all in an effort to reveal what--or who--killed the '90s starlet.

For three decades, Harry Houdini enjoyed international fame as the world's greatest escape artist. But in October 1926, a bizarre succession of broken bones, physical attacks, and appendicitis brought his astounding career and life to a sudden end. Nearly 100 years later, the fate of the master illusionist is still shrouded in mystery. So, what is the truth behind Harry Houdini's death? To answer that question, Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris and her team of medical and investigative specialists will need to work up a little forensic magic of their own.

In the 1980s and '90s there was no drug lord more famous than the "King of Cocaine," Pablo Escobar. In his heyday he was believed to be the seventh richest man in the world. When he died in a hail of bullets on a rooftop in 1993, many claimed to have fired the fatal shot, but who was truly responsible? The Colombian police? A vigilante mob? America's Delta Force? Or was it Escobar himself? Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris and her team run ballistic tests, study new evidence, and interview family and government officials to finally identify the killer.