Crime Night

Recounts the tragic murder of Donia in El Khanka, Egypt, at the hands of her fifth husband, Ali. After years of failed marriages, infertility struggles, and saving for IVF, Donia continued to support Ali despite his abuse and unemployment. Driven by greed, Ali stole her savings and murdered her with shocking brutality—stabbing her, severing her tendons, and burning her body with chemicals. Arreste...

Recounts a 2021 murder case in Qalyubia, Egypt, involving Ayman, a career criminal, and his wife, Zeinab Al-Arga. When Ayman’s body was found, police traced the crime back to Zeinab and her son-in-law, Mohamed, who confessed to plotting the murder to escape Ayman’s control and constant abuse. They drugged, dismembered, and disposed of him, leading to their arrest and eventual death sentences. You...

Explains forensic entomology, the science of using insects to investigate crimes. It focuses on how certain insects involved in decomposition can reveal the time of death more accurately than a medical examiner and even show if a body was moved after death. The transcript outlines the four main insect groups linked to corpses and traces the field back to 13th-century China, where flies helped iden...

Dr. Mohamed Ahmed El-Ghareeb was a well-known endocrinology professor whose life took a dark turn in 2010. After losing a large sum of money in a scam by a dealer named Mohamed Mokhtar, he hatched a revenge plan with his longtime assistant, Mohamed Abdel Latif. They lured Mokhtar to an abandoned clinic, shot him, then dismembered and burned the body, using the professor’s medical expertise to try...

Muhammad Abdullah was once a thriving young businessman, but after a long courtship with Nehad he became convinced her family was using sorcery to control and ruin him. He broke off the relationship, then returned to it, feeling ever more manipulated and blaming Nehad’s mother, who was rumored to practise black magic and whose own mother had been killed years earlier over similar suspicions. Convi...

Sabreen’s husband, Sameer, had spent years working abroad to build a better life and returned to Egypt to open a chicken farm. He soon learned that Sabreen had secretly kept much of the money he sent home. After a violent dispute in which Sameer injured her mother, Sabreen decided to take revenge. She recruited Sayed, a cash-strapped neighbor, promising him 5,000 EGP to kill her husband. Sabreen d...

Sahar was a married mother of four who appeared to be living a stable life with her husband, Rafat, but she longed for her old flame, Mahmoud. Rekindling their affair, she plotted with him to free herself from her family by secretly lacing juice with dog poison. The plan killed three of her children and left Rafat fighting for his life. Investigators eventually uncovered the lovers’ scheme, and bo...

Mustafa was a prosperous businessman whose life was turned upside down by betrayal. After seven years of marriage to Fairouz, he began to sense something was wrong—especially after she persuaded him to hire Walid as his personal assistant while he traveled for work. Growing suspicious, Mustafa secretly installed cameras in their home and uncovered a devastating truth: Fairouz and Walid were having...

A heartbreaking case centers on two children, Nada and Abdullah, whose lives unraveled after their parents’ divorce and new marriages. Their father, Ismail, remarried a woman named Sahar, who began abusing the children while he turned a blind eye. The abuse escalated until Abdullah was strangled with an electrical wire, at first passed off as an accident involving his sister. Three weeks later, Na...

A 1987 case tells of a 60-year-old man, Maher, who was stabbed sixty-one times and left in his car. Forensic evidence — blood patterns and fingerprints — led investigators to two young men, Alaa and Ezzat, but the real mastermind was Maher’s third wife, Nawal. She orchestrated the killing to seize his money and assets despite already having his general power of attorney. Even after all three were...

In 2004, a gruesome case in Egypt began when a man was seen dumping a sack into an open sewer. Inside was only the lower half of a corpse, and with no witnesses or clear leads, it initially seemed unsolvable. Investigators determined the victim was an elderly woman who had been strangled and began searching for the missing upper half to confirm her identity. The real break came from an unexpected...

A badly decomposed body was discovered inside a Cairo apartment, triggering a complicated investigation to determine both the victim’s identity and the killer. Police at first believed the tenant, who rented the flat under the name “Kamal Lotfy, the journalist,” might be a witness — but soon uncovered that this identity was fake. As detectives dug deeper, they matched a wedding ring from the corps...

Kawsar and Saadiya were two infamous sisters from Monufia, Egypt, known across the region in the early 2000s for practicing sorcery and running elaborate scams. In 2003, both women were found brutally slaughtered and dismembered inside their home, the crime scene marked by precision cuts suggesting the killer was someone skilled with a knife. Police eventually arrested Shaaban al-Gazzar, a local b...

Haifa was a gifted young fashion designer in Tunisia who fulfilled her dream of opening her own atelier. In 2020, she was found murdered, sparking a major investigation. A single strand of hair clutched in her hand became the breakthrough that led police to her closest friend, Samah. Consumed by jealousy and desperate for money to hide an illicit pregnancy, Samah had carefully planned the killing...

Abeer endured a 17-year marriage to Saber that grew increasingly strained as he became a successful contractor, which fed her greed and resentment. After a brief separation and reconciliation, she began an affair with Saber's nephew, Walid, and together they conspired with her 16-year-old son, Mohamed, to kill Saber for his wealth and property. They drugged him, hid his body inside a mattress and...

Hadil, a Syrian doctor living in Egypt, orchestrated a murder plot against her husband, Fidaa, and his sister, Wafaa. She enlisted her lover, Dr. Abdelsalam, and her cousin, Yehia, to carry out the killings. Using her medical expertise, Hadil spread rumors about Fidaa’s morality and misdiagnosed him to weaken him before the attack. The crime was executed according to her plan, but police investiga...

The "Taggamo Serial Killer" stood trial, displaying no remorse and attempting to claim torture and mental illness, despite incriminating videos. The court referred his case to the Mufti for a death sentence. Notably, neither his family nor the victims’ families attended the trial. Journalists highlighted his narcissistic desire to be seen as a “hero” and the shocking number of people who encounter...

Dr. Magdy Rashid and his mother, Amal Mohamed Turk, were murdered in Sudan under mysterious circumstances, with no signs of forced entry and valuables left untouched. Investigation traced the crime to Antonio, a former Ethiopian security guard fired for dishonesty, who planned the murders and robbery using his knowledge of the family’s routine and house layout. He and an accomplice were caught aft...

Mohamed Al-Azraq, an 18-year-old from an Egyptian village, brutally murdered two young boys, Fares and Saad, in 2009. The children were strangled, stabbed multiple times, and their eyes were removed or destroyed, shocking the local community and sparking fears of folklore creatures or organ traffickers. Initial investigations stalled until authorities noticed Mohamed, a close friend of both victim...

Professor Hassan, a retired handicapped teacher living alone in Cairo, was initially thought to have died in a fire. Police soon suspected foul play after noticing unnatural elements at the scene, including a gas cylinder in the bedroom and deliberate electrical modifications. A child’s report of seeing a youth carrying the professor’s brown bag led investigators to Mohamed Salah, a drug-addicted...

In 2004, a young man's body was discovered in Mokattam, Cairo, initiating a complex cold case investigation. Initial testimonies from security guards were contradictory, especially after one guard fled the scene, making him an early suspect. Forensic evidence and witness statements eventually led to the identification of the victim and the arrest of three perpetrators: a young woman, her brother,...

A couple, Nader and Mona, living in Kuwait, hired a Filipino domestic worker named Joanna Dimafeliz. Over time, they abused and ultimately killed her, placing her body in a deep freezer in their apartment. A year later, the couple fled the country, but authorities eventually discovered the body, triggering a diplomatic crisis involving Kuwait, the Philippines, Syria, and Lebanon. The couple was la...

Anhar’s life was marked by a desire to please others and a pattern of infidelity, often with younger men. She married Mohamed in 2009, engaging in casual affairs over the years until 2017, when she met Ramy, a relationship that became deeply emotional for her. Unable to divorce Mohamed, Anhar conspired with Ramy to murder him, planning to make it appear as a robbery. She provided Ramy with an apar...

Souad, later known as the "Murderer of the Fifties," led a life marked by deception, infidelity, and violence. She married a farmer named Hindawi in 1943 but repeatedly attempted to kill him through poisoning and arson due to her extramarital affairs. After their divorce, she relocated to another village and turned to prostitution. When her younger brother, Mohamed, tried to intervene in her life,...

In 1920s Egypt, a farmer discovered human remains, triggering a police investigation amid a climate of political instability and widespread crime. Forensic expert Dr. Sydney Smith examined the bones and skull, noting details such as dyed hair and a dental plate, which allowed him to build a profile and identify the victim as a wealthy, missing landowner. Using this crucial forensic evidence, autho...