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Prime Video UK Pre-Buys True Crime Docs On Notorious British Killers, Drug Kingpins & Mysterious Disappearances
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video’s UK arm has pre-bought a suite of true crime docs about some of Britain’s most notorious crimes. The deals with London-based distributor Abacus Media Rights also…
Prime Video has tapped Amcomri Entertainment-owned Abacus for true crime docs several times over recent years, including for originals on Ian Brady, the murder of Meredith Kercher and Patrick Mackay. Two-part series Scissor Sisters follows two young women, Charlotte and Linda Mulhall, who stabbed and beat to death their mother’s boyfriend before descending further into depravity by mutilating Farah Swaleh Noor’s body and then dumping his in Dublin’s Royal Canal. The story begins in Blackman’s quiet, leafy hometown of Sevenoaks and travels to Tokyo’s nightclub district, where she had been working as a ‘hostess.’ The tale includes mysterious cults, conmen, bizarre rituals, and ends with the revelation of an unspeakable crime by one of the world’s most prolific sex offenders.
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