This critically-acclaimed, powerful reality series takes you, for the first time ever, behind the scenes of the busy Brooklyn Homicide Squad - 30 elite detectives, working 10 of Brooklyn, New York's deadliest precincts. Follow them as they "catch" cases and "crack" the mysteries of a drug related shooting, an abandoned dead baby, a mysterious stabbing, and a gang-related double murder.

Woven through all five episodes is the desperate hunt for "The Brooklyn Strangler", a serial killer who has already murdered 5 women. When he kills his sixth victim, the race is on to catch him before he strikes again.

Filmed over 6 months with unprecedented access, the series intimately shows the relentless dedication, emotional frustrations and sacrifices it takes to be a "Speaker For The Dead", and bring justice during tragedy to the families of homicide victims.