S1 E1: Polly Klaas: Kidnapped
In 1993, 12-year-old Polly Klaas was abducted. FBI agents collected fibers from her bedroom and discovered a palm print on Polly's bed. After a two-month investigation, the abductor was arrested.
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- Age 15
Produced with the full cooperation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Through dramatic reenactments and interviews with agents and scientists' viewers witness the actual process of some of the FBI's most famous investigations.
Cast: Bill Adams, Fred Arseanult, Carlin Birkey
Director: Robert H. Gardner, Jr., Jeffrey Fine
S1 E2: Above the Law
California Patrolman George Gwaltney discovered the body of Robin Bishop. Through the match of hairs and fibers and a unique test for identifying sperm, Gwaltney was placed at the scene of the crime.
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S1 E3: Human Prey
Thomas Dillon killed five men at random over a period of three years. A tip led the FBI to the murder weapon. Following a dramatic air and ground surveillance by the FBI, Thomas Dillon was convicted.
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S1 E4: Death in Alaska
The day began like any other for Cheryl and Paul Chapman, until the silence of a peaceful Sunday morning was shattered with a phone call.
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S1 E5: Deadly Paradise
It should have been Shangri-La, but when bad blood developed, piracy took over and the only law was the law of the jungle.
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S1 E6: The True Story of Mississippi Burning
Philadelphia, Mississippi, 1964. A sleepy southern town steeped in tradition finds itself targeted for invasion.
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S1 E7: The Crazy Don
To the FBI, he was believed to be the boss of New York's most powerful mafia organization. Was Gigante crazy or was his behavior a shrewd attempt to disguise his position as a ruthless mafia boss?
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S1 E8: Killing Spree
In 1984, in South Florida, a rapist and murderer was on the loose. The killer was a ruthless and terrifying predator, the newest member of an infamous group known as serial killers.
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S1 E9: The Murdering Cowboy
A wily trapper, Claude Dallas, typified the rugged individualism that forged this country. He went too far when he killed two game wardens in 1981.
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S1 E10: The Unabomber
For nearly two decades a mathematical genius with delusions of single-handedly destroying industrial society, planted or mailed powerful bombs to unsuspecting innocent victims.
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S1 E11: Melissa Brannen: Missing
In 1989, residents of an apartment community gathered for a holiday celebration. Tammy Brannen and five-year-old daughter Melissa were having fun when, without warning, the little girl was gone.
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S1 E12: The World Trade Center Bombing
Terrorist bombings are what happen in other countries. Not here in the United States. And yet, in 1993, it happened in New York City.
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S1 E13: John Gotti: Convicted
John Gotti was ambitious, powerful and ruthless. He played celebrity with the media and cat and mouse with the FBI. They called John Gotti the Teflon Don. Serious charges just wouldn't stick.
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