Episode 1
Cop Killers
1996-01-17 • 43 min
Notorious recent cases provide the focus for an examination of cop killings and what can be done to protect those in uniform.
TV season
1996-01-17
A look at groundbreaking criminal cases, presenting viewers with an inside look at the case through the eyes of those directly involved, ranging from law enforcement officers to the victims.
Episode 1
1996-01-17 • 43 min
Notorious recent cases provide the focus for an examination of cop killings and what can be done to protect those in uniform.
Episode 2
1996-02-07 • 43 min
Chicago crime bosses; Al Capone; Anthony "Joe Batters" Accardo; Sam Giancana; Gus Alex.
Episode 3
1996-02-15 • 43 min
Dr. Sam Sheppard is convicted of murder in 1954 and retried in the '60s.
Episode 4
1996-03-06 • 43 min
The cases of the Freeman brothers and Jeffrey Howarth highlight an examination of murder in the family.
Episode 5
1996-04-10 • 43 min
How Bugsy Siegel and others built a glittering gambling mecca from barren desert; includes an interview with former casino manager Frank Rosenthal.
Episode 6
1996-04-24 • 43 min
In 1993 Colin Ferguson methodically shoots passengers aboard a Long Island Railroad commuter
Episode 7
1996-05-11 • 43 min
Bail bondsmen hire bounty hunters to capture fugitives.
Episode 8
1996-05-25 • 43 min
Schoolteacher Pamela Smart enlists a student to kill her husband.
Episode 9
1996-06-05 • 43 min
John Wayne Gacy's lawyers discuss the man, the crimes and the case now that his execution has lifted the constraints of their attorney-client privilege.
Episode 10
1996-06-19 • 43 min
Technology creates police weapons designed to stun rather than kill.
Episode 11
1996-07-17 • 43 min
Strict departmental policies govern high-speed police chases.
Episode 12
1996-07-28 • 43 min
In the 1950s, England reels over the case of serial killer John Christie.
Episode 13
1996-08-18 • 43 min
A British serial killer lures young men to his apartment and dismembers them.
Episode 14
1996-08-21 • 43 min
Interviews with Nicholas "The Crow" Caramandi, former hit men and other experts highlight an examination of the mob hit man. Host: Bill Kurtis.
Episode 15
1996-08-25 • 43 min
Recalling the Bamber family murder case, considered by some to be almost the perfect crime.
Episode 16
1996-09-01 • 43 min
Richard Ramirez rapes, mutilates and tortures more than 25 California victims.
Episode 17
1996-09-04 • 43 min
Three juries consider the murder cases against Erik and Lyle Menendez.
Episode 18
1996-09-22 • 43 min
The murders of six prostitutes end with a man's suicide.
Episode 19
1996-09-25 • 43 min
Confessions play a part in three unique criminal cases; coercion; admissibility.
Episode 20
1996-09-29 • 43 min
After James Hanratty is hanged for a murder, a man confesses to the crime.
Episode 21
1996-10-02 • 43 min
Profiling the lives of men and women who choose to work as homicide detectives.
Episode 22
1996-10-06 • 43 min
The twisted career and mysterious disappearance of the union boss.
Episode 23
1996-10-13 • 43 min
Clever criminal who spent the last 12 years of his crusading against execution.
Episode 24
1996-10-20 • 43 min
The cruel story of mistaken identity in the Muriel McKay kidnapping case.
Episode 25
1996-10-20 • 43 min
A woman is kidnapped and murdered after inheriting a fortune.
Episode 26
1996-10-23 • 43 min
The case of Polly Klaas highlights an examination of repeat offenders who are set loose upon society.
Episode 27
1996-11-17 • 43 min
Theories abound concerning President Kennedy's death.
Episode 28
1996-11-17 • 43 min
The controversial story of the 1918 murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family
Episode 29
1996-11-20 • 43 min
How society ultimately copes with the prospect of executing a woman.
Episode 30
1996-11-24 • 43 min
Englishman Neville Heath was hanged for murder.
Episode 31
1996-12-04 • 43 min
The United States is the only country to provide free legal counsel for poor defendants.
Episode 32
1996-12-08 • 43 min
An examination of the Gambino crime family and its bloody 30-year war with the other gangland families of New York.
Episode 101
1996-02-10 • 43 min
In the Depression-torn dust bowl of the 1930s, a new kind of desperado is born. Pretty Boy Floyd, John Dillinger, and Bonnie & Clyde become as well-known and admired as movie stars.
Episode 102
1996-03-09 • 43 min
For bigger payoffs, criminals turn from bank robbery to kidnapping.