The Documentary Observer

Godfathers of Havana

2007-09-21T12:21:00.000-07:00

If Castro and his Cuban communist compadres had not thrown the corrupt Batista government and US Mafia out of Havana in 1958, the Mob wouldn't have needed to develop Las Vegas as the ultimate City of Sin. Havana, just 40 miles south of Miami, was a tropical paradise fueled by rum, rhumba, and gangsters. Join us as we expose a network of extraordinary corruption and the formation of a brutal criminal state on America's doorstep. Visited by the most celebrated Hollywood stars, top Mafia bosses, presidents, and politicians, this was a city of glitzy casinos, luxurious clubs, exotic dancing girls, and endless nights. Havana was at the crossroads of the Mafia-controlled narcotic super-highway before the Cuban Revolution took down the corrupt, Batista government.
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Outsmarting Terror

2007-09-21T12:06:00.000-07:00

Documentary looking at new scientific inventions, such as high-tech weapons and 'bomb- sniffing' buses, aimed at outsmarting terrorists.
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Masterminds - The Dinner Set Gang

2007-09-17T11:50:00.000-07:00

The Dinner Set Gang, also known as the Fat Cat Burglars, was a pair of thieves who became notorious in the late 1960s and 70's for stealing precious jewels from the rich and famous. The principal members of the gang were brothers-in-law Peter Salerno and Dominick Latella but some of the gang's nicknames, such as the Traveling Trio, included their driver (who was originally Carmine Stanzione, the husband of Salerno's sister). Newspapers in New York and Florida nicknamed them the Dinner Set Gang because they stole jewels not while a house was empty, but while the victims were home eating dinner. Because of this innovation, they are legends in the eyes of the detectives that investigated their case and are believed to have set the standard to which all jewel thieves are now compared.
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Colombia - Cocaine

2007-09-17T11:41:00.000-07:00

An Honest Citizen, follows Maria Cristina Chirolla, Head of the Attorney General's anti-money laundering office, as she struggles to fight the extraordinary reach of drug money in Colombia, involving leftist guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, and a national government undermined by corruption at every level.
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Aryan Brotherhood

2007-09-16T18:24:00.000-07:00

The life of the Aryan Brotherhood from killings to drug dealing all from within the jail system.

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Miami Drug Cartel

2007-09-16T16:56:00.000-07:00

In the 1980's Miami was a playground to the rich and famous - America's premier tourist spot. But behind the fun in the sun, an underground drug war was escalating over a massive cocaine industry. South American drug cartels infiltrated the beaches of south Florida - bringing with them record amounts of violence. Narrated by Golden Globe winner Anthony LaPaglia, NGC profiles the Miami Vice decade with rarely scene footage and exclusive interviews

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Most Evil Men In History - Vlad The Impaler

2007-09-15T14:53:00.000-07:00

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Monster of the Andes

2007-09-14T19:37:00.000-07:00

Disowned, aged eight, for molesting his sister, Pedro Lopez spent his life on the streets. When he was arrested in 1980, he confessed to killing over 300 young girls. A profile of a monster.

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Castro The Survivor

2007-09-14T18:08:00.000-07:00

"If surviving assassination were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal" - Fidel Castro

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Bruce Lee - The Intercepting Fist

2007-09-14T17:56:00.000-07:00

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Dangerous Knowledge

2007-09-14T17:54:00.000-07:00

In this one-off documentary, David Malone looks at four brilliant mathematicians - Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, ... all » Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing - whose genius has profoundly affected us, but which tragically drove them insane and eventually led to them all committing suicide.

Most accurate Investigation into UFO's ever

2007-09-14T17:51:00.000-07:00

Most accurate Investigation into UFO's ever, hard evidence, unbiased research, top level US government staff witnesses and amazing testimonials !

New York City Hackers

2007-05-02T15:42:00.000-07:00

New York City Hackers goes into detail about what happened to DVD back in 1999 and how it was hacked. In the recent events with HD-DVD DRM decrypting code that sparked all the buzz on the net and especially on digg.com this movie sheds light on back in the days with DVD and DECSS(the program used to decrypt DVD. This fight is far from over with the MPAA, first DVD then HD-DVD, two things are clear, the end users don't like DRM and you can't stop hackers..

Long live DECSS and 09:F9:11:02:9D:74:E3:5B:D8:41:56:C5:63:56:88:C0

Homer loves DRM free HD-DVD's

2007-05-01T21:20:00.000-07:00

The history of the Video Game.

2007-04-27T14:54:00.000-07:00

A Very accurate documentary explaining the start of video games from Pong to Half-life.

Who Killed The Electric Car

2007-04-27T14:40:00.000-07:00

A Documentary that goes into detail who is responsible why you probably haven't heard of the electric car and won't be anytime soon.