Friends Speak Season 1

Natalee Holloway mysteriously disappeared while on a school trip in Aruba back in 2005. How did this popular and responsible Alabama honours student completely vanish? Evidence points to the man Natalee was last seen with, Joran Van der Sloot. What happened on Natalee's last night on earth? How did Joran walk away from his crime? We hear from the people who knew Natalee best to get their story.

From the outside looking in the Turpin family seemed normal enough, but a phone call in January 2018 changed everything. One of their thirteen children escaped from captivity and exposed the dark secrets of what had been happening inside the Turpin family household for decades. Systematic torture and abuse within the walls of the Turpin home are just the tip of the iceberg as those closest to the family make sense of this tragedy. Hear first-hand accounts from those who knew them best, and learn how blindsided even they were to the horror taking place. Where the Turpins mentally ill, or sadistic psychopaths? Why didn't the children seek help sooner? Perhaps most importantly, can you ever really know what's going on behind closed doors?

Chris and Shannan Watts were by all accounts the perfect couple, with two perfect children Celeste and Bella. In 2018 this family was shattered by the disappearance and murder of Shanann and the kids at the hands of Chris himself. How is it possible for something this horrific to happen in a sleepy mountain town of Frederick Colorado? Did Chris simply snap the morning of the murders, or was it something much more calculated and sinister? Friends of the Watts family come together to unravel the secrets behind this tragedy.

Jodi Arias was found guilty of killing her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander back in 2008. The murder shocked and confused the public. How could this beautiful, intelligent, well-spoken woman brutally stab her ex-boyfriend multiple times before shooting him with a .25 calibre handgun? Was Jodie Arias a sex-crazed stalker with murderous intent? Or was Jodie the victim of abuse at the hands of a controlling boyfriend? Her friends set the record straight.

More than 7 years after acquittal, Casey Anthony's friends speak out. They recall interviews with police and the media circus around her trial. It includes a childhood friend who was rumoured to be Caylee's father; a tattoo artist who inscribed 'Bella Vita' on Casey's shoulder, 2 weeks after her daughter went missing; a friend who recalls being besieged by reporters after the story broke and a former roommate who makes a heart-wrenching visit to the site where Caylee's body was found. It also features members of the prosecution and defense teams. They describe their strategies in a case that had all of America transfixed. Did presenting a bombshell theory involving Casey's father create reasonable doubt amongst the jury? How did prosecutors lose a case considered a 'slam dunk'? Audiences will witness chilling audio and video recordings from Casey, her parents and her friends during the weeks and months following Caylee's disappearance.