From Russia with crime

Television drove schoolchildren to murder

Episode Summary

Two eighth-grade boys from a village in Russia’s Amur region commit a brutal murder of their classmate. During interrogation, they confess: the idea came from... television. How did TV shows and movies influence the teens? Why did no one notice the warning signs? And where is the line between fiction and real-life violence?

Episode Notes

Two eighth-grade boys from a village in Russia’s Amur region commit a brutal murder of their classmate. During interrogation, they confess: the idea came from... television. How did TV shows and movies influence the teens? Why did no one notice the warning signs? And where is the line between fiction and real-life violence?