The Crimes that Changed Us — Season 1, Episode 6: The Nanny Trial
Documentary, Crime • 43 min • 1 season, 8 episodes • ★ 8.3/10
Episode synopsis
Louise Woodward, an 18-year-old au pair from Britain, is accused of murdering eight-month-old Matthew Eappen by violently shaking him. Her trial creates a media firestorm, searing the term "shaken baby syndrome" into America's consciousness.
About The Crimes that Changed Us
The stories of murder investigations and their extraordinary consequences, which overturned laws, transformed police interrogation and revolutionised forensic detection.