Scary Tales of New York

Episode 2

Double Indemnity

An investigation into the iconic real life crimes in the age of film noir, from the Double Indemnity murder to the Honeymoon Killers and the mob hit on the boss...

Episode 3

The Lonely Hearts Killers

Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck have a good thing going, conning lonely women of their riches-until their dysfunctional relationship pushes them to...

Episode 4

Haircut for the Mob Boss

Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, once the chief of the notorious "Murder Incorporated" crime firm, winds up the target of a mob hit in a barber shop chair.

Episode 5

The Mad Bomber

A bomber terrorizes NYC for 16 years, targeting landmarks and sending warnings to media. Police use new profiling methods to catch George Metesky, a former electrician with a grudge against Con Edison. Declared insane at trial.

Episode 6

The Man They Couldn't Kill

Irish down and out Michael Malloy finds solace a Bronx dive bar and never pays his tab. Owner, Tony Marino, bar tender Joe Murphy, an under taker named Francis Pasqua, and regular Dan Kriesberg hatch a plan to insure the barfly and then kill him. Over several months they fail to kill him in increasingly outlandish ways. Wood alcohol, poisoned oysters, sandwiches laced with ground glass and carpet tacks, they strip him naked in an alcoholic coma and leave him in a freezing park... they even run him down with a taxi. He comes back through the doors of the bar every time... They finally succeed in gassing him but as they try to make their claims the insurers become suspicious and the gang begins to fight among itself. Tried as the 'Murder Trust' all four men go to the electric chair for their part in the killing of the almost indestructible Mr Malloy.