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* CanadaEh:
** Launched a Canadian version in 2010; it was actually a Canadian version of Court TV that had refused to re-brand as [=TruTV=] due to CRTC rules designed to avert NetworkDecay.
** Shows produced by Cream Productions, including ''Web of Lies'' (pre-2021 seasons) and ''Fear Thy Neighbor'' are filmed primarily in Canada, with mostly Canadian casts. Unmodified Ontario license plates can occasionally be seen in the former series, especially in the early episodes.
** Some of the show's, such as ''See No Evil'', etc., have focused on crimes that happened in Canada.
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* ''Series/QuietOnSet'', with explores the toxic workplace environment for child actors on Nickelodeon, specifically under Dan Schneider.

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* ''Series/QuietOnSet'', ''Series/QuietOnSet'': with explores the toxic workplace environment for child actors on Nickelodeon, specifically under Dan Schneider.
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* ''Series/QuietOnSet'', with explores the toxic workplace environment for child actors on Nickelodeon, specifically under Dan Schneider.
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A sister network of the Creator/DiscoveryChannel, [[https://www.investigationdiscovery.com Investigation Discovery]] focuses on TrueCrime dramas, along with {{Docu Drama}}s. {{Crime Reconstruction}}s are commonly used, and will occasionally be recycled among their original programming if multiple shows happen to focus on the same case.

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A sister network of the Creator/DiscoveryChannel, [[https://www.investigationdiscovery.com Investigation Discovery]] (also known as ID) focuses on TrueCrime dramas, along with {{Docu Drama}}s. {{Crime Reconstruction}}s are commonly used, and will occasionally be recycled among their original programming if multiple shows happen to focus on the same case.



* ''20/20 on ID'': operates in the same format as 48 Hours on ID and Dateline with Creator/{{ABC}}'s docu-series.

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* ''20/20 on ID'': operates in the same format as 48 Hours on ID and Dateline with Creator/{{ABC}}'s [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]]'s docu-series.
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* AndThatsTerrible: In the "Heartless Souls" episode of ''Deadly Women'', an interviewee describes the bludgeoning of a child with a hammer as a "cowardly, terrible act."
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* UnrelliableNarrator: Con man Fred Brito claimed to have impersonated a symphony conductor and to have conducted a successful performance, [[http://thatliarfredbrito.blogspot.com/2013/01/ but according to one journalist]] it's extremely doubtful this ever happened, which resulted in later airings of this episode removing that part.

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* UnrelliableNarrator: UnreliableNarrator: Con man Fred Brito claimed to have impersonated a symphony conductor and to have conducted a successful performance, [[http://thatliarfredbrito.blogspot.com/2013/01/ but according to one journalist]] it's extremely doubtful this ever happened, which resulted in later airings of this episode removing that part.
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** After fraudulently securing a position on the town planning commission, Fred Brito falsely states he has been appointed by then-President Ronald Reagan to a high national office. This draws considerable media attention and quickly exposes him as a fraud and gets him arrested.


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* UnrelliableNarrator: Con man Fred Brito claimed to have impersonated a symphony conductor and to have conducted a successful performance, [[http://thatliarfredbrito.blogspot.com/2013/01/ but according to one journalist]] it's extremely doubtful this ever happened, which resulted in later airings of this episode removing that part.

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* ToxicFriendInfluence: William van Poyck was sent to prison for robbing a house under pressure from a friend, and later landed on death row when he tried to free another friend from prison, which resulted in the death of a guard.

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William van Poyck was sent to prison for robbing a house under pressure from a friend, and later landed on death row when he tried to free another friend from prison, which resulted in the death of a guard.guard.
** Timothy Fletcher and Doni Brown broke out of prison and murdered Fletcher's step-grandmother in a robbery. Afterwards they each claimed to be a reluctant follower and blamed the other for escalating their crime spree.

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* IdiotBall: Steven Jay Russell is able to get out of prison by pretending to have AIDS, and altering his records to show he's HIV-positive. At no point did prison officials test him to see if he actually had AIDS.

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Steven Jay Russell is able to get out of prison by pretending to have AIDS, and altering his records to show he's HIV-positive. At no point did prison officials test him to see if he actually had AIDS.AIDS.
** When robbing a U-Haul store, Aurlieas [=McClarty=] guns down the owners, then realizes too late that with them dead there's no one to open the safe. This may be justified by the fact that he was schizophrenic and his mental state was deteriorating by this point.


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* RhetoricalRequestBlunder: Penny Boudreau's boyfriend was annoyed at her constantly arguing with her daughter and told her "Either she goes, or I go." She took this to mean that she should kill her and strangled her daughter to death.
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* DeathlyDiesIrae: This is often used in the soundtrack for ''Deadly Women''.
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* EmpathyDollShot: ''Deadly Women'' often has a shot of a dropped children's toy in cases involving child abuse.

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