Season 5

1996-01-17 · 43m

Notorious recent cases provide the focus for an examination of cop killings and what can be done to protect those in uniform.

1996-02-07 · 43m

Chicago crime bosses; Al Capone; Anthony "Joe Batters" Accardo; Sam Giancana; Gus Alex.

1996-02-15 · 43m

Dr. Sam Sheppard is convicted of murder in 1954 and retried in the '60s.

1996-03-06 · 43m

The cases of the Freeman brothers and Jeffrey Howarth highlight an examination of murder in the family.

1996-04-10 · 43m

How Bugsy Siegel and others built a glittering gambling mecca from barren desert; includes an interview with former casino manager Frank Rosenthal.

1996-04-24 · 43m

In 1993 Colin Ferguson methodically shoots passengers aboard a Long Island Railroad commuter

1996-05-11 · 43m

Bail bondsmen hire bounty hunters to capture fugitives.

1996-05-25 · 43m

Schoolteacher Pamela Smart enlists a student to kill her husband.

1996-06-05 · 43m

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.

1996-06-19 · 43m

Technology creates police weapons designed to stun rather than kill.

1996-07-17 · 43m

Strict departmental policies govern high-speed police chases.

1996-07-28 · 43m

In the 1950s, England reels over the case of serial killer John Christie.

1996-08-18 · 43m

A British serial killer lures young men to his apartment and dismembers them.

1996-08-21 · 43m

Interviews with Nicholas "The Crow" Caramandi, former hit men and other experts highlight an examination of the mob hit man. Host: Bill Kurtis.

1996-08-25 · 43m

Recalling the Bamber family murder case, considered by some to be almost the perfect crime.

1996-09-01 · 43m

Richard Ramirez rapes, mutilates and tortures more than 25 California victims.

1996-09-04 · 43m

Three juries consider the murder cases against Erik and Lyle Menendez.

1996-09-22 · 43m

The murders of six prostitutes end with a man's suicide.

1996-09-25 · 43m

Confessions play a part in three unique criminal cases; coercion; admissibility.

1996-09-29 · 43m

After James Hanratty is hanged for a murder, a man confesses to the crime.

1996-10-02 · 43m

Profiling the lives of men and women who choose to work as homicide detectives.

1996-10-06 · 43m

The twisted career and mysterious disappearance of the union boss.

1996-10-13 · 43m

Clever criminal who spent the last 12 years of his crusading against execution.

1996-10-20 · 43m

The cruel story of mistaken identity in the Muriel McKay kidnapping case.

1996-10-20 · 43m

A woman is kidnapped and murdered after inheriting a fortune.

1996-10-23 · 43m

The case of Polly Klaas highlights an examination of repeat offenders who are set loose upon society.

1996-11-17 · 43m

Theories abound concerning President Kennedy's death.

1996-11-17 · 43m

The controversial story of the 1918 murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family

1996-11-20 · 43m

How society ultimately copes with the prospect of executing a woman.

1996-11-24 · 43m

Englishman Neville Heath was hanged for murder.

1996-12-04 · 43m

The United States is the only country to provide free legal counsel for poor defendants.

1996-12-08 · 43m

An examination of the Gambino crime family and its bloody 30-year war with the other gangland families of New York.

1996-02-10 · 43m

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.

1996-03-09 · 43m

For bigger payoffs, criminals turn from bank robbery to kidnapping.