Season 2 (1993)

Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald: The Green Beret Killer
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February 13, 1993 • 45m

Examining the case in which a man's wife and children were brutally murdered, he claimed, by drug-crazed hippies.

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
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April 21, 1993 • 45m

Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi official captured by Israeli agents in 1960 and taken to Israel to be tried for war crimes.

City Killer Gangs
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April 28, 1993 • 45m

Organized crime during the Prohibition era, including profiles of Al Capone, Bugs Moran and Lucky Luciano. Brooklyn DA Charles J. ...Read more

Jean Harris
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May 9, 1993 • 45m

The case of Jean Harris, the former headmistress convicted of murdering her lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, in 1980.

Howard Hughes Biography Hoax
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June 16, 1993 • 45m

Recalling a hoax in the 1970s involving an alleged authorized biography of Howard Hughes by Clifford Irving.

Charles Starkweather
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June 23, 1993 • 45m

Charles Starkweather, executed in 1959 for committing 11 murders.

Richard Speck
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June 30, 1993 • 45m

The case of Richard Speck, who was convicted of the 1966 murders of eight nurses and student nurses in Chicago.

Wayne Williams
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July 28, 1993 • 45m

Wayne Williams, convicted of two of the Atlanta child murders that terrorized the city between 1979 and 1981.

Mafia Wars
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August 11, 1993 • 45m

Examining the battles waged against gangland families by the Gambino organized-crime family, led by "Boss of Bosses" Paul Castella...Read more

Bonnie and Clyde
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September 1, 1993 • 45m

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, whose string of robberies and killings made them two of the most notorious criminals of the 1930s.

Target: Mafia (The Prohibition Years)
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September 8, 1993 • 45m

Profiling crime during Prohibition. Examining Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt's efforts to curtail bootlegging...Read more

Target: Mafia (Birth of the American Mafia)
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September 15, 1993 • 45m

Examining the birth of the American mafia from its origins in Sicily to mob activity during Prohibition. Included: the roles of A...Read more

Target: Mafia (The Kennedys and the Mob)
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September 22, 1993 • 45m

Examining efforts by President Kennedy and his brother Robert to curtail mob activity; the possible link between JFK's assassinati...Read more

Target: Mafia (Gangbusters)
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September 29, 1993 • 45m

Profiling "gangbusters" such as Harry Anslinger, first commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics; and Thomas E. Dewey, who successfu...Read more

Target: Mafia (Empire of Crime)
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October 6, 1993 • 45m

Examining mob activity during World War II; the murder of Benjamin Siegel; nightclubs, casinos and racetracks linked to organized crime.

Mobfathers, Part 1
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October 13, 1993 • 45m

A three-part history of mob activity in Philadelphia. [Part 1 of 3] shows how Nicodemo Scarfo gained power by supplying concrete t...Read more

Mobfathers, Part 2
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October 20, 1993 • 45m

Part 2 of a three-part history of mob activity in Philadelphia. [Part 2 of 3] concerns local and Federal government investigations...Read more

Mobfathers, Part 3
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October 27, 1993 • 45m

Part 3 of a three-part history of mob activity in Philadelphia. [Part 3 of 3] examines connections between the Sicilian Mafia and ...Read more

Rape on Trial
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November 3, 1993 • 45m

Examining highly publicized rape cases, including the 1992 conviction of Mike Tyson for the rape of a beauty-pageant contestant; a...Read more

Dahmer: Mystery of a Serial Killer
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November 10, 1993 • 45m

A graphic account of the crimes of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer who became, his attorney Gerald Boyle says, "the embodiment of evi...Read more

The Rosenbergs
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November 17, 1993 • 45m

Back to the 1950's and an era of the "Red Scare" to examine the evidence against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg that led to their conv...Read more

Fire Starters
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November 24, 1993 • 45m

Examining two arson cases: the 1990 blaze at the Happy Land club in the Bronx, which claimed 87 lives; and the 1944 Hartford Circu...Read more

Alcatraz: Escaping America's Toughest Prison
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December 1, 1993 • 45m

A history of Alcatraz recalls some of the prison's most spectacular breakout attempts, including one that inspired the film "Escap...Read more

KKK: Hate Crimes in America
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December 15, 1993 • 45m

Racially motivated crimes in the U.S., such as the murders of three civil-rights workers in Mississippi, and the 1988 beating deat...Read more

Vigilante Justice
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December 29, 1993 • 45m

Cases of vigilantism in the U.S., including the 1984 Bernhard Goetz subway shooting in New York City; the 1984 murder of an allege...Read more