The 80's was known for big money, hair and attitude... but there was a hidden agenda that plagued the era. Greed and ambition took over, and the United States was subject to the biggest crime wave ever recorded.
The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade reveals the damning reality and darkest secrets of the 80's US 'blood era'.
Fear and terror taunted most in the town of Wylie, Texas; young mother Betty Gore was gruesomely murdered with an axe, something straight out of a slasher film.
Meanwhile in Libertyville, Illinois, one of the richest couples is gunned down in their home, leaving everyone in the community dismayed and confused.
This true-crime series reveals the violence of a time that was as rich with nostalgia as it was fraught with violence.
| CHANNEL |
IDx (DStv 171) |
| PREMIERE |
9 March 2018 |
| TIMESLOT |
Fridays, 22h00 |
| REPEATS |
Saturdays, 01h40 |