American Justice

1. The Kennedys and the Mob

Air Date: 1992-10-07

The 1978 mass suicide of followers of Rev. Jim Jones, a cult leader who founded Jonestown in Guyana for the work of his People's Temple. Also: the murder of Rep. Leo J. Ryan, who was investigating allegations made by temple members.

2. Boston Strangler

Air Date: 1992-11-04

The police investigation of "The Boston Strangler," who murdered 13 women from 1962 to 1964. Included: techniques such as psychic consultation and hypnosis.

3. Murph the Surf

Air Date: 1992-11-11

Profiling Jack Murphy, a.k.a. "Murph the Surf," who was convicted of stealing the Star of India sapphire and other precious gems from New York's American Museum of Natural History in 1964.

4. The Hillside Stranglers

Air Date: 1992-11-18

Profiling the case of two American serial killers who terrorized Los Angeles between October 1977 and February 1978, with their nicknames originating from the fact that many of the victims' bodies were discovered on the sides of the Hollywood Hills.

5. Ted Bundy

Air Date: 1992-12-02

Profiling the case of Ted Bundy, who was executed in 1989 for several murders and who was suspected of killing 25 women in six states.

6. John Wayne Gacy

Air Date: 1992-12-16

Profiling the case of John Wayne Gacy Jr., who was convicted in 1980 of murdering 33 young men and boys and who was executed by the state of Illinois in 1994.

1. Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald: The Green Beret Killer

Air Date: 1993-02-13

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

2. The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

Air Date: 1993-04-21

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

3. City Killer Gangs

Air Date: 1993-04-28

Organized crime during the Prohibition era, including profiles of Al Capone, Bugs Moran and Lucky Luciano. Brooklyn DA Charles J. Hynes joins host Bill Kurtis.

4. Jean Harris

Air Date: 1993-05-09

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

5. Howard Hughes Biography Hoax

Air Date: 1993-06-16

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

6. Charles Starkweather

Air Date: 1993-06-23

Charles Starkweather, executed in 1959 for committing 11 murders.

7. Richard Speck

Air Date: 1993-06-30

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

8. Wayne Williams

Air Date: 1993-07-28

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

9. Mafia Wars

Air Date: 1993-08-11

Examining the battles waged against gangland families by the Gambino organized-crime family, led by "Boss of Bosses" Paul Castellano, until his 1985 assassination that was masterminded by John Gotti.

10. Bonnie and Clyde

Air Date: 1993-09-01

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

11. Target: Mafia (The Prohibition Years)

Air Date: 1993-09-08

Profiling crime during Prohibition. Examining Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt's efforts to curtail bootlegging; battles between ethnic gangs.

12. Target: Mafia (Birth of the American Mafia)

Air Date: 1993-09-15

Examining the birth of the American mafia from its origins in Sicily to mob activity during Prohibition. Included: the roles of Al Capone and Charles "Lucky" Luciano; rivalry among Italian, Irish and Jewish gangs.

13. Target: Mafia (The Kennedys and the Mob)

Air Date: 1993-09-22

Examining efforts by President Kennedy and his brother Robert to curtail mob activity; the possible link between JFK's assassination and organized crime.

14. Target: Mafia (Gangbusters)

Air Date: 1993-09-29

Profiling "gangbusters" such as Harry Anslinger, first commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics; and Thomas E. Dewey, who successfully prosecuted Charles "Lucky" Luciano on charges of running a prostitution ring.

15. Target: Mafia (Empire of Crime)

Air Date: 1993-10-06

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

16. Mobfathers, Part 1

Air Date: 1993-10-13

A three-part history of mob activity in Philadelphia. [Part 1 of 3] shows how Nicodemo Scarfo gained power by supplying concrete to the growing casino industry in Atlantic City.

17. Mobfathers, Part 2

Air Date: 1993-10-20

Part 2 of a three-part history of mob activity in Philadelphia. [Part 2 of 3] concerns local and Federal government investigations of Nicodemo Scarfo, which led to his imprisonment. Included: Scarfo's operations —from Philadelphia to Florida.

18. Mobfathers, Part 3

Air Date: 1993-10-27

Part 3 of a three-part history of mob activity in Philadelphia. [Part 3 of 3] examines connections between the Sicilian Mafia and the U.S., and the influence of the incarcerated Nicodemo Scarfo on crime in Philadelphia.

19. Rape on Trial

Air Date: 1993-11-03

Examining highly publicized rape cases, including the 1992 conviction of Mike Tyson for the rape of a beauty-pageant contestant; and the 1983 gang-rape case in New Bedford, Mass., that inspired the 1988 movie "The Accused."

20. Dahmer: Mystery of a Serial Killer

Air Date: 1993-11-10

A graphic account of the crimes of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer who became, his attorney Gerald Boyle says, "the embodiment of evil." Included: footage from Dahmer's trial; comments from experts on serial murder.

21. The Rosenbergs

Air Date: 1993-11-17

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 conviction of espionage and ultimately both of their executions in 1953.

22. Fire Starters

Air Date: 1993-11-24

Examining two arson cases: the 1990 blaze at the Happy Land club in the Bronx, which claimed 87 lives; and the 1944 Hartford Circus fire, in which 168 people were killed. Included: retired firefighter Rick Davey, who investigated the Hartford fire.

23. Alcatraz: Escaping America's Toughest Prison

Air Date: 1993-12-01

A history of Alcatraz recalls some of the prison's most spectacular breakout attempts, including one that inspired the film "Escape from Alcatraz." Included: the maximum-security prison at Marion, Ill.

24. KKK: Hate Crimes in America

Air Date: 1993-12-15

Racially motivated crimes in the U.S., such as the murders of three civil-rights workers in Mississippi, and the 1988 beating death of an Ethiopian student in Oregon. Included: comments from attorney Morris Dees.

25. Vigilante Justice

Air Date: 1993-12-29

Cases of vigilantism in the U.S., including the 1984 Bernhard Goetz subway shooting in New York City; the 1984 murder of an alleged child molester; and the 1987 torching of a Detroit crack house.

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4. Target Mafia: Unions and the Mob

Air Date: 1993-09-29

Mobsters in the labor movement; Socks Lanza; Jimmy Hoffa; Willie Bioff and Hollywood; Murder Incorporated.

5. Target Mafia: Secrets Unveiled

Air Date: 1993-10-20

Crime summit at Apalachin; Castellano seizes Gambino's power.

6. Target Mafia: The Showdown

Air Date: 1993-10-27

Federal government battles the mob; Rico statutes; Castellano tapes.

7. Escape From Alcatraz

Air Date: 1993-12-01

Prisoners at Alcatraz conspire to escape.

8. Attack at Waco

Air Date: 1994-01-01

The story of the tragic assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Texas and the subsequent efforts to determine the facts and assign blame

1. The Yorkshire Ripper

Air Date: 1997-01-19

Chronicling the case of the Yorkshire Ripper, a serial killer who preyed upon young women (some of them prostitutes) in the 1970s. A manhunt led to the arrest of Peter Sutcliffe, who was convicted of 13 murders in 1981.

16. Donnie Brasco

Air Date: 1997-11-26

An account of how FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone, a.k.a. Donnie Brasco, infiltrated the New York mob in the late 1970s. The undercover operation became the subject of a 1997 feature film starring Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. Pistone discusses the operation, various mobsters and the strain on his family.

17. The John Lennon Assassination

Air Date: 1998-01-01

A look at the twisted mind of Mark David Chapman, the deranged Beatles fan who grew up worshipping John Lennon, then stalked and murdered him in December 1980.