Colonia Dignidad, the most sinister cult in Latin America, was dismantled years ago. During the COVID-19 crisis, its former settlers report that the old system has returned. Meanwhile, the Survivors tell us about the cult’s dark beginnings: the kidnappings of numerous children in Germany and the excuse of assisting the orphans after the earthquake in Chile that gave rise to a real slave camp.
With the arrival of democracy, the colony needs to protect itself to survive. Through the weaponization of charity, it uses the Chilean locals as its own army against the investigators from the new government. The settlers are forced to take part in a media circus, along with hundreds of children who arrive in the colony to become part of a Permanent Boarding School. But Schäfer has other plans.
Just as not all the Survivors have lived their stories the same way, not all of the colony's victims grew up in the fortress that was the enclave. The Chilean victims from the region also have a story to tell, a story linked to power and the political spider web from a time of horror that is still echoing in their lives and the Chilean nation.
How could something like this have gone on for so long? The exchange of favors, diplomacy and the use of personal information weaved a web of connections that granted the colony total impunity to conceal its crimes, as well as the power to get rid of its enemies. Nevertheless, one child's testimony opens the doors of the enclave and unleashes a fierce clash.
The search for Schäfer continues. At the colony, a struggle for power ensues. The system crumbles when the settlers start experiencing the outside world and learn to live in freedom. But to this day, their path is strenuous, and the former Colonia Dignidad territory is the center of disputes that shake the lives of all Survivors. What are the remnants of this horror?
Maeve makes a run for it, but Jimmi knows her too well. Hard-working carer Sharon puts other’s health before hers.
When Bill leaves for California to visit his girlfriend, Sharna comes to a major decision regarding his parole. Meanwhile, Nick's temptations kick in at a Mardi Gras festival with Kyle and Sandra, a fun night at the club celebrating Arielle's freedom quickly turns nasty and after Jovan misses a planned dinner with Artie and her son, Steven, a hostile confrontation ensues...putting Jovan's parole in jeopardy.
The Looney Builders are hired by the Mouse Sisters to build a bridge over a mac and cheese spill. Lola turns the job into a game which results in the crew losing sight of the bigger goal.
Actor Martin Compston and his good friend Phil MacHugh set off on a sporty exploration of the north of Scotland by taking part in their very own Highland Games.
The team embarks on their most terrifying case yet, as Ian, Jayne and Barri tackle a dark entity that is reluctant to leave a family home in the East Midlands.
Russell digs into the mini-budget, chess cheaters and Putin. Plus, he chats to kids about Ukraine in Playground Politics, with stand-up from Paul Chowdhry.
Daffy Duck and Porky Pig take a dear friend to a final resting place.
Celebrities guess hidden phrases by guessing letters one at a time and win money or prizes, as determined by a spin of the wheel, for each correct consonant they guess.
In Louisiana, 23 young men are found dead over a nine-year period. Investigators search for the Bayou Strangler but a break in the case comes only after a key error by the killer.
Dental records show a corpse's identity to be a woman who supposedly died over three years ago from a brain aneurysm.
Follows the dangerous work of logger and sawmill owner Kevin Wenstob as he and his crew go to extremes to keep the family sawmill, and their way of life, alive.
On this episode Maggie and Kieran travel north to help Colin and Lisa, a couple who are currently living in Beaumont with Lisa's mother. They're willing to up sticks and move to the country, preferably north of Beaumont and ideally Cavan. We take a tour around houses in Cavan and Longford in search of a good value property for a reasonable price.