Episodes
David Berkowitz: Son of Sam
March 23, 1998
For over a year, he held a city hostage to fear. When he was finally caught, the nation was shocked to discover that the "face of terror" was a cherubic postal worker who smiled sweetly for the camera. David Berkowitz claimed the lives of six people in a killing spree that resulted in the largest manhunt in the history of New York. Once apprehended, he confessed to all the crimes and asked the judge to put him away forever so he would not kill again. In this comprehensive portrait, reporters and detectives who worked on the case, the parents of victims, a prosecutor and a former FBI profiler relive the case that galvanized a nation. Psychologists explore the many frustrations and disappointments that led Berkowitz to kill, and in a gripping interview, Berkowitz himself talks about his crimes and jailhouse transformation into the "Son of Hope." Today, he ministers to other prisoners and born-again Christians all over the world in hopes of restoring some meaning to his shattered life. From the dark streets of a shaken city to the jailhouse reformation, BIOGRAPHY examines the "Son of Sam."
Mao Tse Tung: China's Peasant Emperor
March 30, 1998
“For 25 years Mao Zedong ruled one quarter of the world’s population. This is the extraordinary story of a farmer’s son who became a God in his life time but in private never shook off his peasant roots; a man who presided over one of the most radical experiments in social reform ever seen in human history but who will be remembered as one of the bloodiest dictators of the twentieth century. This program–told through the accounts of those who have met and studied him, loved and loathed him–includes archive film and pictures going back to the very earliest days of Mao’s life, as well as unique film of China at the turn of the century and during key episodes in Mao’s communist revolution. It includes harrowing and eye-witness accounts of such momentous events as the cultural revolution, the Great Leap Forward and the most severe man-made famine ever recorded.”
Amelia Earhart: Queen of the Air
April 6, 1998
Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act
April 13, 1998
Anne Frank: The Life of a Young Girl
April 20, 1998
Beethoven: The Sound and the Fury
April 27, 1998
Colonel Sanders: America's Chicken King
May 4, 1998
Dwight D. Eisenhower: Commander-in-Chief
May 11, 1998
Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling With Life
May 18, 1998
Evel Knievel: Hell on Wheels
May 25, 1998
Howard Carter: Triumph and Treasure
June 1, 1998
Jackie Kennedy Onassis: In a Class of Her Own
June 8, 1998
Jim Jones: Journey into Madness
June 15, 1998
John Wayne: American Legend
June 22, 1998
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
June 29, 1998
Ray Kroc: Fast Food McMillionaire
July 6, 1998
Satan: Prince of Darkness
July 13, 1998
Examining the story of Satan's fall from grace and his efforts against the human race.
Vincent Van Gogh: A Stroke of Genius
July 20, 1998
Charles Lindbergh: Against the Wind
January 7, 1999
Fred Gwynne: More than a Munster
January 18, 1999
John Wayne Gacy: A Monster in Disguise
January 25, 1999
Nicolae Ceausescu: The Unrepentant Tyrant
February 1, 1999
The Tiffanys: Mark of Excellence
February 8, 1999
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody
September 4, 1995
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
October 20, 1995
Their incredible exploits earned them a place in American legend. Their true fate remains one of the great mysteries of the Old west.
Nostradamus: Prophet of Doom
November 6, 1995
Explore the incredible life of Nostradamus, the enigmatic man known as the Prophet of Doom.
