Crime Night

Recounts the tragic story of Nayra Mohamed Anwar from Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt, whose marriage to fisherman Nader El-Sayed Heneidy ended in murder. After Nader was imprisoned for drug and weapons trafficking, his brother Maher El-Sayed Heneidy supported Nayra and her children, leading to an affair between Nayra and Maher. Nayra became pregnant and secretly terminated the pregnancy with Maher’s help....

Recounts the 2019 murder of Mahmoud El-Banna in Monufia, Egypt, by Mohamed Ashraf Ragih and his accomplices. Ragih, a troubled youth from a wealthy family, often engaged in bullying and was protected by his parents’ influence, contrasting with the honorable victim, Mahmoud El-Banna. The conflict escalated after El-Banna intervened when Ragih harassed a girl, Rona, over private photos, and later po...

Recounts the tragic case of Layan Talib, a six-year-old Lebanese girl whose death drew national attention and contributed to the reinstatement of the death penalty in Lebanon. Initially thought to be from an unknown illness after visiting her mother following her parents’ divorce, suspicion arose when her mother and maternal family refused an autopsy and prevented her father from seeing her body....

A real-life case in which an elderly, wealthy man was murdered by his long-time mechanic and the mechanic’s accomplice, a car parts store owner. The victim’s close relationship with the mechanic allowed them to learn about his finances and habits, facilitating the crime. The perpetrators lured him under the pretense of fixing his car, murdered him, and attempted to dispose of his body and new vehi...

Recounts the true crime case of Hamdy, a police officer in Minya, Egypt, who murdered his three daughters. He initially reported their deaths as resulting from a cobra bite—an unlikely occurrence in the area—prompting a thorough investigation. Authorities first suspected his second wife, but inconsistencies, including identical bite locations and lack of external injuries, led them to consult a sn...

Recounts the 2020 murder of Ahmed in Egypt’s Beheira Governorate, orchestrated by his fiancée, Rehab, in collaboration with her cousin and former lover, Mahmoud, just two days before their wedding. The narrative details Rehab and Mahmoud’s history, her father’s objection to their marriage, and her secret plan to have Ahmed killed after failing to convince him to call off the engagement. Mahmoud ul...

Recounts the 2023 "Sahel Doctor" case in Egypt, involving the murder of orthopedic surgeon Dr. Osama Tawfik. After receiving a suspicious call on June 4th, Dr. Osama disappeared, prompting an eight-day search before his body was found buried under a refrigerator in his clinic in the Sahel district. The perpetrators were his colleague Dr. Ahmed Shehta, Shehta’s common-law wife Iman Mohamed, and an...

Recounts the life of Ernst Herber Heim, a notorious Nazi "Doctor of Death." Born in Austria, he joined the Nazi Party and conducted horrific human experiments on prisoners during World War II. After the war, Heim escaped Allied custody and lived decades in hiding under various aliases, eventually settling in Cairo, Egypt, as Tarek Hussein Farid. There, he converted to Islam and was known locally a...

A criminal investigation in Egypt that began in 2018 with the discovery of a male body in a public garden in Masaken Sheraton. The victim, later identified as twenty-year-old engineering student Mohamed, had been stabbed multiple times during a struggle. Authorities connected the murder to a missing person report from Mohamed’s mother, noting he was carrying 25,000 pounds to purchase a used laptop...

Recounts the life and alleged activities of Amina al-Mufti, described as one of the most dangerous Arab spies. Born in Jordan to a prominent family, she moved to Vienna for studies, where she began rejecting Arab traditions. She later married a Jewish Israeli military pilot, Moshe, converted to Judaism, and emigrated to Israel after his death on the Syrian front. Al-Mufti became an agent for the M...

Recounts the tragic case of Selin Rakaan, a young Lebanese girl who died while under the care of her Ethiopian domestic worker, Bouzai. Initially thought to be a natural death or related to vaccination, investigations revealed that Bouzai had murdered Selin to prevent the child from exposing her years of theft from the family. The narrative details the investigation, including Bouzai’s shifting co...

Recounts the true crime case of Emad Ramadan and his wife, Sahar. Emad, described as weak-willed, and Sahar, characterized as controlling and defiant, experienced a tumultuous marriage that worsened after Sahar’s infidelity. Their relationship escalated into mutual threats of violence, culminating in Emad murdering his wife. The narrative details his plan to dismember her body and conceal it in a...

A shocking kidnapping case involving Hanaa and her husband, Ibrahim, a wealthy farmer in Qalyubia, Egypt. Although initially appearing respectable, Hanaa masterminded the abduction of her two-year-old son, Mohamed, in collusion with her former lover, Alaa, to extort 500,000 EGP from Ibrahim. Police investigation, aided by surveillance footage and phone records, exposed her secret communications wi...

A tragic true crime story involving Ashraf and Amal. Their marital conflict escalated due to Amal’s inability to bear a son, prompting Ashraf to marry his cousin Fatima, who gave birth to a boy, Abdullah. Despite ongoing tension between the wives, Amal was allowed to return to the household. Driven by revenge against Ashraf and his family, Amal fatally injected baby Abdullah with insecticide. Susp...

Recounts the 2008 Egyptian crime involving the murder of Heba El Akkad and her friend Nadine. The victims suffered multiple stab wounds, and the unusual circumstances of their deaths made the case a major public concern. Initially, authorities found that theft did not appear to be the primary motive. Investigation eventually led to Mahmoud El Essawy, tracked through a stolen cell phone. He confess...

A criminal case involving Nadera in Asyut, Egypt. Married to a simple farmer, she gradually became involved in illegal activities, prostituting herself and using sedatives to incapacitate her husband. She began an affair with Hedaya, a vegetable and fruit vendor, and plotted her husband’s murder, offering Hedaya and three others money and livestock to carry out the crime. The narrative details the...

Recounts the "European Countryside Massacre", a 2022 criminal case in Egypt. Five family members—a grandfather, his two daughters, and two grandchildren—were brutally murdered on a farm in Sheikh Zayed, discovered by the grandfather’s son. The crime scene indicated an attempted assault on one of the daughters, leading investigators to two suspects. The primary perpetrator, Atef Mahmoud Al-Saidi, a...

A homicide investigation in Sudan involving the murder of Amna Al-Sharif, wife of a prominent businessman. She was found strangled in her bedroom, with a large sum of money stolen from a closet, initially prompting suspicion toward the family’s maids or a recently hired carpenter. A forensics report later suggested the theft was staged, shifting suspicion to the victim’s daughter-in-law, Dr. Ryan...

A true crime case from Egypt in 2014 involving a microbus robbery and kidnapping. A man posing as a passenger orchestrated an armed robbery on a microbus traveling from Giza to Fayoum, targeting a remote area at Kilometer 35 of the desert road. He stole valuables, forced three women off the bus, sexually assaulted one, and then fled into the desert. The narrative details the subsequent police inve...

Recounts the chilling case of Radia, known as the Moroccan Devil, a high-profile criminal case in Morocco. It details the disappearance of her husband, Azzouz, in 2012, during which Radia gained public sympathy through a television appearance. Years later, her son, Sherif, also disappeared, with Radia offering inconsistent explanations, followed by the death of her daughter, Bassina, ruled a suici...

Recounts the investigation of a mysterious disappearance and murder in an Egyptian village, initially framed as a crime involving black magic and the search for buried treasure. The story follows Ahmed and his friend Ragab, who attempt to unearth a legendary treasure from Ahmed’s ancestral home and enlist the help of a supposed sorcerer. After Ragab disappears, Ahmed claims the sorcerer killed him...

Recounts a brutal quadruple murder of a single family in the village of Abu Al-Abbas, Minya Governorate, in 2009. It describes the daily life of Radia and her three children before the tragedy, highlighting the family’s close bonds, her husband Mubarak’s work abroad, and Radia’s habit of sharing personal information with neighbors. The events unfold with the discovery of the slaughtered family and...

In 2014, the United Arab Emirates witnessed one of its most mysterious and high-profile criminal cases, known as “The Ghost of Reem.” The story began with the murder of an expatriate teacher inside a women’s restroom at a major mall in Abu Dhabi. The crime baffled authorities, as there were no witnesses or clear evidence pointing to the identity of the killer, who fled the scene disguised in a ful...

The story centers on the murder of Dr. Aida, a 73-year-old retired medical analyst living alone in Cairo. After neighbors reported her disappearance and a foul smell, police found her dead in her bathroom with signs of head trauma, confirming it was a robbery-homicide. Investigators tracked stolen items and bank transactions, which led to Hoda, her house cleaner, caught on camera using the doctor’...

The case recounts the 2024 murder of Major General Hassan Galal Al-Obeidi, a retired Yemeni officer found bound and killed in his Egyptian apartment. What first appeared to be a robbery was traced to four culprits: Ramadan, Abdo, Suhair, and Israa. Israa’s troubled past and ties to sex work led her into a scheme with Ramadan to lure victims for robbery. Their plan against Al-Obeidi ended in his de...