It happens in a million homes every night: people sit there, remote controls hanging from their hands, not knowing what to watch next. For those with a thing for real-life thrillers and eerie mysteries, discovery+ has it covered! Discovery’s newly launched video streaming service, discovery+, has a plethora of fantastic gripping documentaries based on shocking real-events, proving that the truth can be stranger than fiction after all.
JonBenet Ramsey: What Really Happened?
This exclusive feature-length discovery+ Original explores the iconic murder case of the six-year-old child beauty queen, JonBenet Ramsey, with a fresh perspective. For the first time, viewers can hear the previously unreleased audio diaries of Lou Smit, famed Colorado Springs homicide detective who was coaxed from retirement to try and bring some clarity to the chaos surrounding this case. Lou tests alternate theories often asking the questions that the Boulder police department had not. Was there an intruder? Was all the DNA identified? Could the killer still be at large? These audio tapes reveal how Smit meticulously tested each piece of evidence, debunked erroneous theories and uncovered new information that drove the case in a completely new direction.
Aileen Wuornos Mind Of A Monster
Starting in late 1989 through November 1990, seven men in and around Marion county, Florida fell victim to an elusive serial killer. As detectives slowly pieced together the evidence, they discovered the killer they were after was a woman named Aileen Wuornos. Aileen was America’s first female serial killer. She wrote down her darkest secrets for her best friend whilst on death row and now her friend reveals what happened.
The Impossible Row
After thirteen days, world-record holding explorer Colin O’Brady, along with a crew of world class ocean rowers, has achieved what was once considered impossible – crossing the treacherous Drake Passage from the southernmost tip of South America, Cape Horn, to Antarctica. Battling intense winds, 25-foot swells and stormy weather, Colin and his team set off in a rowboat – with no sail or motor to rely on – as they endured the most unpredictable waters on the planet, all in a 29-foot rowboat. The row pushed the entire crew to their limits, testing their physical and mental strength as they worked to accomplish something that many thought was impossible.
Finding Escobar’s Millions
During his reign running the world’s biggest drug cartel, Pablo Escobar amassed an estimated fortune of US$30 billion… and then buried it all over Colombia. With unprecedented access and permission from the Colombian government, two former DEA agents, Chris Feistl and Jerry Salameh, who spent their careers hunting down Colombian narcos, are now returning to Colombia in search of Pablo Escobar’s buried treasure.
These and many more thrilling documentaries are now available on discovery+. discovery+ can be accessed via STARZPLAY, which is available to download online and via respective iOS and Android app stores.