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Based On A True Story
Sometimes truth can be stranger than fiction. Explore heartwarming, shocking and inspired TV series based on true stories from around the world.
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On Death Row: The Pablo Ibar Story
Drama
Spanish
1 season
The lifeless bodies of a man and two women appear in a house in Miami. Some images recorded by a video camera lead the police to believe that the murderer is the Spaniard Pablo Ibar, who will be tried and sentenced to death.
On Death Row: The Pablo Ibar Story
Drama
I Am Scrooge
Miniseries
German
1 season
The story of a department store extortionist who in the late 1980s in Germany became an international media sensation and fooled an entire nation, receiving the nickname 'DuckTales Bandit'.
I Am Scrooge
Miniseries
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