American Crimes
United States
American Crimes focuses on true crime stories and legal proceedings from across the United States. The channel’s programming draws from actual case files, courtroom footage, and investigative reports, covering homicides, fraud, organized crime, and historical criminal cases. Documentaries and reenactments explore how law enforcement agencies operate, while some segments examine forensic science and the judicial process. The content tends to avoid dramatization, instead presenting facts and interviews with detectives, prosecutors, or survivors. News updates on ongoing trials or recent arrests occasionally appear between scheduled shows.
Viewers can access the channel through cable and satellite providers in the United States. Some episodes are available on demand through participating streaming services, though full schedules vary by region. TV guide listings for American Crimes typically group programs by theme, such as cold cases or white-collar crime, without a fixed daily lineup. The channel does not produce original series or employ on-air hosts, relying instead on licensed content from production companies specializing in crime documentaries.
Schedule
00:09 - 00:59
American Greed
Suicide Is Painless
Series, Newsmagazine, Docudrama, Crime, Documentary
Hedge-fund manager Samuel Israel III fakes his own death after defrauding investors of more than $450 million.
00:59 - 01:48
American Greed
Capturing The Fugitives
Series, Newsmagazine, Docudrama, Crime, Documentary
Law enforcement apprehends criminals featured on the show with the help of vigilant viewers.
01:48 - 02:37
American Greed
Deadly Black Gold Riches
Series, Newsmagazine, Docudrama, Crime, Documentary
James Henrikson schemes to strike it rich in the North Dakota oil fields, and he lets no one get in his way; when they do, they die.
02:37 - 03:25
American Greed: Deadly Rich
A Crash or a Kill Mystery
Series, Docudrama
Wealthy retired executive Ken Abbott and his wife, Celeste, are said to have died in a fiery car crash in New Jersey, but when the family can't get answers to simple questions about their deaths, police discover a gruesome crime motivated by greed.
03:25 - 04:14
American Greed: Deadly Rich
My Name Is Clark Rockefeller
Series, Docudrama, Crime
A serial imposter pretends to be an aristocrat and Rockefeller fortune heir; when bones are dug up behind a house in an affluent California community, police want to know who Clark Rockefeller really is.
04:14 - 05:03
American Greed
Online Dating Trap
Series, Newsmagazine, Docudrama, Crime, Documentary
Daylon Pierce is a consummate ladies' man who claims to be a licensed stockbroker, wooing unsuspecting women through internet dating sites; after the women hand over millions of dollars, Pierce robs them blind and breaks their hearts.
05:03 - 05:52
American Greed
The Falcon and the Con Man
Series, Newsmagazine, Docudrama, Crime, Documentary
A man attempts suicide and confesses to an extraordinary fraud that he perpetrated for the past two decades at a leading commodity futures brokerage.
05:52 - 06:41
American Greed
Kevin Cohen: Baby Broker Scam
Series, Newsmagazine, Docudrama, Crime, Documentary
Attorney Kevin Cohen uses his adoption annex to take advantage of couples seeking to adopt children.
06:41 - 07:30
American Greed
The Busted Mogul
Series, Newsmagazine, Docudrama, Crime, Documentary
Lobsang Dargey, a Tibetan Buddhist Monk, escapes Chinese oppression and claws his way to freedom in the U.S.; uneducated and broke, but rich with ambition, Dargey catapults from odd jobs to real estate development.
07:30 - 08:19
American Greed
Mark Weinberger: Nose No Bounds
Series, Newsmagazine, Docudrama, Crime, Documentary
An esteemed doctor turns to white-collar crime and becomes a most-wanted fugitive.
08:19 - 09:08
American Greed
Suicide Is Painless
Series, Newsmagazine, Docudrama, Crime, Documentary
Hedge-fund manager Samuel Israel III fakes his own death after defrauding investors of more than $450 million.
09:08 - 09:57
American Greed
Capturing The Fugitives
Series, Newsmagazine, Docudrama, Crime, Documentary
Law enforcement apprehends criminals featured on the show with the help of vigilant viewers.
09:57 - 10:46
American Greed
Deadly Black Gold Riches
Series, Newsmagazine, Docudrama, Crime, Documentary
James Henrikson schemes to strike it rich in the North Dakota oil fields, and he lets no one get in his way; when they do, they die.
10:46 - 11:35
American Greed: Deadly Rich
A Crash or a Kill Mystery
Series, Docudrama
Wealthy retired executive Ken Abbott and his wife, Celeste, are said to have died in a fiery car crash in New Jersey, but when the family can't get answers to simple questions about their deaths, police discover a gruesome crime motivated by greed.
11:35 - 12:25
Lockup: Grand Rapids: Extended Stay
The Hamptons
Series, Reality, Documentary, Crime
In Kent County Jail, a well-known inmate is back with more than 130 prior stays; an inside look at life in the one wing of the jail that inmates consider prime real estate, but where one will be expelled for good.
12:25 - 13:16
Lockup: Long Island: Extended Stay
Jail Born
Series, Reality, Documentary, Crime
A night at the beach in his brother's truck sends a repeat offender back to jail; a Christmas morning hold-up leaves a young man dead and four people in jail with serious charges.
13:16 - 14:06
Lockup: Holman: Extended Stay
He Takes No Prisoners
Series, Reality, Documentary, Crime
Grant Culliver, warden of one of Alabama's toughest prisons, Holman Correctional Facility, doesn't miss a beat in getting into a disruptive inmate's face, but he's also compassionate and gentle when the situation calls for it.
14:06 - 14:56
Lockup: Holman: Extended Stay
Snake and Fluffy
Series, Reality, Documentary, Crime
Of the nearly 1,000 inmates at Holman, the 200 most dangerous must be segregated from the rest; Bobby Gilbert, or "Snake", has spent 19 of his 43 years in the solitary confinement of Ad Seg. Because of his violent behavior.
14:56 - 15:47
Lockup: Wichita: Extended Stay
Defending Bacon
Series, Reality, Documentary
At Wichita's Sedgwick County Jail an inmate launches an attack on another, sending him to the emergency room; a detective must get to the bottom of it, while a pastor hopes to get to the heart of it.
15:47 - 16:38
Lockup: Wichita: Extended Stay
The Lifestyle
Series, Reality, Documentary
Wichita, Kansas and surrounding Sedgwick County take pride in their Wild West roots, but Billy the Kid's gang would be seriously outgunned by the notorious gangs of modern day Wichita.
16:38 - 17:26
American Greed: Deadly Rich
The Boy Toy Killer
Series, Docudrama, Crime
When a wealthy Texas retiree is found dead in a ravine in Mexico, all eyes turn to his young boyfriend, a porn actor; while investigators uncover the truth behind their relationship, border crossing records provide the key to solving the case.
17:26 - 18:15
American Greed
Psychic Fiend's Network
Series, Newsmagazine, Docudrama, Crime, Documentary
A phony psychic scams a wealthy but lonely timber baron out of millions while her devious daughter pretends to be in love with him.
18:15 - 19:04
American Greed
The Black Widows
Series, Newsmagazine, Docudrama, Crime, Documentary
Two seemingly elderly California women befriend homeless men, then kill them to collect insurance money.
19:04 - 19:55
Lockup: Grand Rapids: Extended Stay
The Gamble
Series, Reality, Documentary, Crime
A young inmate with a big personality faces problems while four other inmates are in jail after a shocking home invasion robbery and rape; one defendant will stand apart from the others, though nothing will prepare him for what's to come.
19:55 - 20:46
Lockup: Grand Rapids: Extended Stay
The Hamptons
Series, Reality, Documentary, Crime
In Kent County Jail, a well-known inmate is back with more than 130 prior stays; an inside look at life in the one wing of the jail that inmates consider prime real estate, but where one will be expelled for good.
20:46 - 21:36
Lockup: Long Island: Extended Stay
Jail Born
Series, Reality, Documentary, Crime
A night at the beach in his brother's truck sends a repeat offender back to jail; a Christmas morning hold-up leaves a young man dead and four people in jail with serious charges.
21:36 - 22:26
Lockup: Holman: Extended Stay
He Takes No Prisoners
Series, Reality, Documentary, Crime
Grant Culliver, warden of one of Alabama's toughest prisons, Holman Correctional Facility, doesn't miss a beat in getting into a disruptive inmate's face, but he's also compassionate and gentle when the situation calls for it.
22:26 - 23:17
Lockup: Holman: Extended Stay
Snake and Fluffy
Series, Reality, Documentary, Crime
Of the nearly 1,000 inmates at Holman, the 200 most dangerous must be segregated from the rest; Bobby Gilbert, or "Snake", has spent 19 of his 43 years in the solitary confinement of Ad Seg. Because of his violent behavior.
23:17 - 00:07
Lockup: Wichita: Extended Stay
Defending Bacon
Series, Reality, Documentary
At Wichita's Sedgwick County Jail an inmate launches an attack on another, sending him to the emergency room; a detective must get to the bottom of it, while a pastor hopes to get to the heart of it.