The Story Of Vice

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NG Studios/ Amelia Host
The Story Of Vice

Synopsis

Rebels, Radicals, Mavericks, Change Makers. The Story of Vice is a documentary series about outsiders finding their voices in the underworlds of vice and proving that change only happens when you break the rules. New York's first crime scene photographer, Weegee, shines a light on organized crime. Louis Moore hijacks Southern Airways Flight 49 to seek justice against police brutality in Detroit. Chemist Alexander Shulgin creates a backyard laboratory where he invents the psychedelic drug, MDMA. Kevin Mitnick is the first 'darkside hacker' to use 'social engineering' against the FBI and in turn helps draw attention to computer security.

Episodes

Season 1
  • Weegee The Famous

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    Weegee The Famous: A look at the people who enforced change by breaking the rules. This time, Weegee - the prohibition-era photographer that made a living shooting the dead. (S1, ep 1)

  • Phreaks And Geeks

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    Phreaks and Geeks: The story of Kevin Mitnick, the notorious computer hacker who led the FBI on a three-year cat-and-mouse chase during the 1970s. (S1, ep 2)

  • The Love Drug

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  • Jacked

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    Jacked: The story of civil rights activist Louis Moore, and how a racially motivated beating at the hands of Detroit police led to his hijacking Southern Airways Flight 49. (S1, ep 4)