James Ellroy's LA: City of Demons
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James Ellroy's LA: City of Demons

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S01E03 - "Serial Killers"

Andato in onda il Feb 3, 2011, 3:00 AM

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Bestselling author James Ellroy, takes a fresh look at some of Hollywood's most nihilistically notorious crimes from the past to the present in James Ellroy's LA: City of Demons. This new six-part series shamelessly showcases Ellroy's larger-than-life personality and his vivid verbal style as he exhumes, explores and exposes the delicious dirt that cascades behind the silver screen. Ellroy has insidiously instigated himself with law enforcement sources – and he steroid-stamps these stories as only he can. You'll get in-depth interviews with witless witnesses, preening prosecutors, insipid investigators and jaded jurors. Each episode guides viewers through the crevices of crime that demonically define the City of Angels. Fiercely forcing his way into every episode is the animated, proudly profane bull terrier, Barko. This gruff K-9 cop corrupts the corruption-prone Ellroy and gives the audience a putrid peek into his own lurid life, dealing dope and peddling payoffs. Untamed, unfiltered, and narrated by the elephant-ego'd Ellroy himself.

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Stato
Terminata
Lingua
English
Durata
60 min
Prima TV
January 19, 2011
Terminata
February 2, 2011
Programmazione
Wednesday alle 22:00

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Episodi (1 Stagione · 6 Episodi)

Dead Women Own Me

The unsolved homicide cases of the infamous Black Dahlia and his own mother's 1958 murder shaped famed crime writer, James Ellroy's youth. More recently, the rape and murder of two teenaged girls made another deep impression on his psyche.

Jan 19, 2011

60 min

The Scandal Rags

The Demon Dog gets the lewd lowdown from Lana Turner's daughter, Cheryl, about her childhood killing of a notorious L.A. mobster. Ellroy also details the corrupt case of Confidential Magazine, which launched generations of celebrity media mangling.

Jan 26, 2011

60 min

Serial Killers

King of crime fiction James Ellroy unleashes a volume of venomous vitriol on the most depraved, despicable, and deadly criminals, the serial killers. Ellroy offers up a homicidal history of Los Angeles-based beaters, bashers, stranglers and slashers.

Feb 2, 2011

60 min

Dames & Delinquents

After World War II, LA was marred by an ongoing feud between the LAPD and organized crime. Ellroy explores the scandal that brought down the entire police department - the unsolved murder of mob princess Brenda Allen Vice.

60 min

The Dark Side of Hollywood

The madcap misdeeds and misfortune of tinsel town notables is nothing new. Throughout a hundred years of Hollywood heinousness, stars have been strung out, snuffed out, locked up, and lusted over. Crime author James Ellroy explores the dark side of fame.

60 min

Hot Spot Homicide

Clamor! Commotion! Cocaine! Carnage!!! It's the Los Angeles nightclub! These speakeasies have been home to all manner of gangland garroting. From shootouts to shakedowns, James Ellroy recounts the whacked out history of these wicked watering holes.

60 min

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