American Justice
(1992)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 7
Death Row Prostitute: Aileen Wuornos
Episode 16 - 11-18-1998
Aileen Carol "Lee" Wuornos was an American serial killer and prostitute who murdered seven men in Florida in 1989 and 1990 by shooting them at point-blank range.
9.2/10
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Season 6
The John Lennon Assassination
Episode 17 - 1-01-1998
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.
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Donnie Brasco
Episode 16 - 11-26-1997
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.
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The Yorkshire Ripper
Episode 1 - 1-19-1997
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.
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Season 4
Attack at Waco
Episode 8 - 1-01-1994
The story of the tragic assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Texas and the subsequent efforts to determine the facts and assign blame
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Escape From Alcatraz
Episode 7 - 12-01-1993
Prisoners at Alcatraz conspire to escape.
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Target Mafia: The Showdown
Episode 6 - 10-27-1993
Federal government battles the mob; Rico statutes; Castellano tapes.
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Target Mafia: Secrets Unveiled
Episode 5 - 10-20-1993
Crime summit at Apalachin; Castellano seizes Gambino's power.
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Target Mafia: Unions and the Mob
Episode 4 - 9-29-1993
Mobsters in the labor movement; Socks Lanza; Jimmy Hoffa; Willie Bioff and Hollywood; Murder Incorporated.
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Prostitution: Sex and the Law
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Season 2
Vigilante Justice
Episode 25 - 12-29-1993
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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KKK: Hate Crimes in America
Episode 24 - 12-15-1993
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.
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Alcatraz: Escaping America's Toughest Prison
Episode 23 - 12-01-1993
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.
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Fire Starters
Episode 22 - 11-24-1993
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.
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The Rosenbergs
Episode 21 - 11-17-1993
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.
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Dahmer: Mystery of a Serial Killer
Episode 20 - 11-10-1993
50m
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.
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Rape on Trial
Episode 19 - 11-03-1993
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."
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Mobfathers, Part 3
Episode 18 - 10-27-1993
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.
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Mobfathers, Part 2
Episode 17 - 10-20-1993
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.
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Mobfathers, Part 1
Episode 16 - 10-13-1993
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.
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Target: Mafia (Empire of Crime)
Episode 15 - 10-06-1993
Examining mob activity during World War II; the murder of Benjamin Siegel; nightclubs, casinos and racetracks linked to organized crime.
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Target: Mafia (Gangbusters)
Episode 14 - 9-29-1993
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.
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Target: Mafia (The Kennedys and the Mob)
Episode 13 - 9-22-1993
Examining efforts by President Kennedy and his brother Robert to curtail mob activity; the possible link between JFK's assassination and organized crime.
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Target: Mafia (Birth of the American Mafia)
Episode 12 - 9-15-1993
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.
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Target: Mafia (The Prohibition Years)
Episode 11 - 9-08-1993
Profiling crime during Prohibition. Examining Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt's efforts to curtail bootlegging; battles between ethnic gangs.
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Bonnie and Clyde
Episode 10 - 9-01-1993
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, whose string of robberies and killings made them two of the most notorious criminals of the 1930s.
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Mafia Wars
Episode 9 - 8-11-1993
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.
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Wayne Williams
Episode 8 - 7-28-1993
Wayne Williams, convicted of two of the Atlanta child murders that terrorized the city between 1979 and 1981.
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Richard Speck
Episode 7 - 6-30-1993
The case of Richard Speck, who was convicted of the 1966 murders of eight nurses and student nurses in Chicago.
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Charles Starkweather
Episode 6 - 6-23-1993
Charles Starkweather, executed in 1959 for committing 11 murders.
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Howard Hughes Biography Hoax
Episode 5 - 6-16-1993
Recalling a hoax in the 1970s involving an alleged authorized biography of Howard Hughes by Clifford Irving.
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Jean Harris
Episode 4 - 5-09-1993
The case of Jean Harris, the former headmistress convicted of murdering her lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, in 1980.
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City Killer Gangs
Episode 3 - 4-28-1993
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.
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The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Episode 2 - 4-21-1993
Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi official captured by Israeli agents in 1960 and taken to Israel to be tried for war crimes.
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Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald: The Green Beret Killer
Episode 1 - 2-13-1993
Examining the case in which a man's wife and children were brutally murdered, he claimed, by drug-crazed hippies.
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Season 1
John Wayne Gacy
Episode 6 - 12-16-1992
42m
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.
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Ted Bundy
Episode 5 - 12-02-1992
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.
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The Hillside Stranglers
Episode 4 - 11-18-1992
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.
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Murph the Surf
Episode 3 - 11-11-1992
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.
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Boston Strangler
Episode 2 - 11-04-1992
The police investigation of "The Boston Strangler," who murdered 13 women from 1962 to 1964. Included: techniques such as psychic consultation and hypnosis.
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The Kennedys and the Mob
Episode 1 - 10-07-1992
50m
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.
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Death Row Prostitute: Aileen Wuornos
Episode 16 - 11-18-1998
Aileen Carol "Lee" Wuornos was an American serial killer and prostitute who murdered seven men in Florida in 1989 and 1990 by shooting them at point-blank range.
9.2/10Haven't Seen
Boston Strangler
Episode 2 - 11-04-1992
The police investigation of "The Boston Strangler," who murdered 13 women from 1962 to 1964. Included: techniques such as psychic consultation and hypnosis.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Dahmer: Mystery of a Serial Killer
Episode 20 - 11-10-1993
50m
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.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
The Kennedys and the Mob
Episode 1 - 10-07-1992
50m
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.
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