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S8.E1 ∙ The Sinatra Kidnapping

Mon, Jan 04, 1999

The 1963 kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr., who was taken from his hotel room in Lake Tahoe, Nev. He was released by his captors three days later after his father paid the $240,000 ransom, and his three captors were caught and convicted.

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S8.E2 ∙ The Larry Flynt Story: Hustling the First Amendment

Tue, Jan 19, 1999

A chronicle of the legal battles of publisher Larry Flynt. Included: Flynt v. Falwell, a libel suit heard by the U.S. Supreme Court; Flynt's conversion to Christianity; and the shooting that left him wheelchair-bound. Interviewed: Flynt, his brother Jimmy, his attorneys, Rev. Jerry Falwell.

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S8.E3 ∙ Mark Chapman

Sat, Feb 06, 1999

The lives of the Beatles' John Lennon and his killer, Mark Chapman, are paralleled. Lennon's success is contrasted with Chapman's emotional instability. Also: the murder and trial are documented using film footage and photographs.

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S8.E4 ∙ A Teenage Murder Mystery

Tue, Feb 16, 1999

The circumstances surrounding the 1991 murder of a Pennsylvania teenage girl and the convoluted legal proceedings that followed. Among those interviewed are the victim's mother.

7.7 /10

S8.E5 ∙ Leonard Lake and Charles Ng

Sat, Feb 20, 1999

The story of how a serial killer and his wealthy accomplice were apprehended is chronicled using video footage, photographs and interviews.

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S8.E6 ∙ Leopold and Loeb

Sun, Feb 21, 1999

The 1920s investigation and trial of Leopold and Loeb for kidnapping and murder in Chicago is chronicled.

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S8.E7 ∙ Body in the Trunk Murders

Sat, Mar 06, 1999

Three murders---each involving women's remains found in railway baggage---that took place in England during the 1920s and '30s are detailed.

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S8.E8 ∙ Gary Heidnik and Jeffrey Dahmer

Sat, Mar 06, 1999

Serial killers Gary Heidnik and Jeffrey Dahmer are profiled. Included: comparisons of common elements of their crime sprees, such as cooking their victims.

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S8.E9 ∙ A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story

Tue, Mar 23, 1999

The case of homicidal divorcee Betty Broderick is chronicled. Included: her marriage to Dan Broderick, their divorce, the murder of Dan and his second wife, and the two ensuing trials.

8.1 /10

S8.E10 ∙ Gaston Dominici and the Drummond Murders

Sat, Apr 03, 1999

A look at the case of a family murdered while on vacation in France and the local farmer suspected in the mysterious crime.

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S8.E11 ∙ Judge Joe Peel

Sat, Apr 10, 1999

A report on the 1955 disappearance of a Florida judge and his wife.

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S8.E12 ∙ A Murder in Greenwich: The Martha Moxley Case

Tue, Apr 20, 1999

American Justice profiles the 1975 murder of 15 year old Martha Moxley in the rich and well to do gated community of Greenwich Village, CT. Moxely was brutally beaten to death with a golf club on the eve of Halloween in 1975. Initially investigators determined that one of the main suspects was Thomas Skakel, brother of Michael. The Skakel family were neighbors to the Moxley's and part of the powerful Kennedy clan, and it was highly speculated that it was this wealth and power that was able to protect the Skakel boys from the investigation. Former Los Angeles detective Mark Fuhrmann privately investigated the case and named Michael Skakel as the murderer. Then he wrote a book about the incompetency of the investigation and why it took until 2002 to finally find Michael Skakel guilty of the crime.

7.9 /10

S8.E13 ∙ John Duffy: Railway Killer

Sat, May 08, 1999

Profiling John Duffy, the convicted British murderer and rapist, who earned the nickname of "Railway Killer" because he used the train to escape from the scene of the crimes. Included: how "profiling" was used to help capture him; footage of the crime scenes.

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S8.E14 ∙ Ma Barker and Other Public Enemies

Sat, May 08, 1999

A look at the criminal activities of Ma Barker and her gangster sons. Included: reenactments of their crimes; archival footage.

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S8.E15 ∙ Myth Of A Serial Killer: The Henry Lee Lucas Story

Sat, May 22, 1999

Profiles the case of Henry Lee Lucas, who confessed to murdering women and whose victims may have numbered in the hundreds, giving him the notorious distinction of being America's most prolific serial killer.

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S8.E16 ∙ Graham Young: Compulsive Poisoner

Sat, Jun 05, 1999

Profiling Graham Young, the infamous British killer, who was obsessed with poison from his youth. Young was finally caught after the deaths of several colleagues at the factory where he worked, and his life was the subject of the 1995 film "The Young Poisoner's Handbook."

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S8.E17 ∙ Butch Defeo

Sat, Jun 05, 1999

The case of Ronald ("Butch") DeFeo Jr., an Amityville, New York, man convicted in 1975 of the murders of his parents and four siblings. The house in which the murders were committed later became the subject of speculation that it was "haunted."

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S8.E18 ∙ Justice Denied: The Hurricane Carter Story

Sun, Jun 13, 1999

Examining the case of boxer Hurricane Carter and his friend John Artis, who in 1967 were wrongly convicted of a 1966 triple homicide. Artis was eventually paroled in 1981, while Carter's conviction was finally overturned in 1985. Included: comments from Artis, Carter and their attorneys.

8.4 /10

S8.E19 ∙ The Perfect Murder: The Shannon Mohr Story

Tue, Jun 29, 1999

The 1980 murder of a Michigan woman, whose killer was caught because of her family's efforts.

9.4 /10

S8.E20 ∙ Body of Evidence: The Tom Capano Trial

Tue, Jul 06, 1999

Reports on the 1996 murder of Anne Marie Fahey, assistant to Delaware's Governor by Thomas Capano, politically connected lawyer, the subsequent cover-up and trial.

9.2 /10

S8.E21 ∙ Justice Denied: The Wrong Place, the Wrong Time

Tue, Jul 20, 1999

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S8.E22 ∙ Who Killed the Candy Heiress? The Helen Brach Story

Tue, Aug 03, 1999

An investigation into the mysteries surrounding the death of Helen Brach, who disappeared in 1977 and was declared legally dead, although her body was never found.

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S8.E23 ∙ Lethal Injection: The Hospital Murders

Tue, Aug 10, 1999

In the spring of 1981 an usually high number of patients are dying at Community Hospital of the Valleys in Perris, CA. After the hospital is closed for an inquiry investigators discover a sinister pattern. American Justice examines the case of serial killer Robert Diaz who was convicted of murdering 12 patients with lethal injections of the drug Lidocaine.

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S8.E24 ∙ Till Death Do Us Part: The Barbara Stager Story

Tue, Aug 24, 1999

On February 1st, 1988 Russ Stager is accidentally shot in the head by his wife Barbara in their Durham, NC home as she tried to wake him from bed. With the help of Stager's ex-wife, investigators see it as something other than an accident. American Justice examines the murder conviction of Barbara Stager.

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S8.E25 ∙ The Jonesboro Schoolyard Ambush

Wed, Sep 01, 1999

Documentary about the Jonesboro school massacre which occurred on Tuesday, March 24, 1998. The show depicts how 4 students and a teacher were killed by 2 armed middle school boys in Jonesboro a town in northeastern Arkansas. Mitchell Johnson, 13, and Andrew Golden, 11, pulled a school fire alarm and fired into the crowd as people filed out of the Westside Middle School, killing four girls and a teacher, and wounding 9 others. In August 1998, they were both sentenced to confinement until they reached the age of 21, the maximum under Arkansas law. The docudrama searches for clues to what happened and how to prevent similar tragedies in the future. The punishment the boys received led to changes in Arkansas' juvenile justice laws.

8.2 /10

S8.E26 ∙ Drowning in Lies: The Trial of Edward Post

Tue, Sep 21, 1999

On June 3rd, 1986 at a hotel in St. Louis, Edward and Julie Post are in town from New Orleans for a real estate convention. Julie Post drowns in the bathtub of their motel room while Edward goes out for an early morning jog. Investigators initially thought the drowning to be accidental. But as they learn of Edward Post's financial debt and the insurance money that he was going to collect from the death of his wife they take a much closer look, and discover what they believe is a motive for murder.

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S8.E27 ∙ Rape in Connecticut: The Alex Kelly Story

Tue, Sep 28, 1999

The case of Alex Kelly, a high-school athlete who fled the country for Europe just before his 1987 rape trial. Kelly surrendered to authorities in 1995, and was convicted in 1997.

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S8.E28 ∙ Duty, Honor and Murder

Tue, Oct 05, 1999

David Graham and Diane Zamora were two teenagers who were intensely devoted to each other during high school and had both joined the U.S Naval Academy in Annapolis. While at the academy, Diane confides in roommates that her and David had murdered Adrianne Jones while they were in high school in Mansfield, TX. They had murdered Jones because David Graham had cheated on Zamora by having a one-time sexual encounter with Jones, and Zamora wanted to kill her in order purify their relationship. American Justice profiles this case of murder and jealousy that also became a made-for-television movie.

8.6 /10

S8.E29 ∙ It's Not My Fault: Strange Defenses

Tue, Oct 26, 1999

American Justice profiles some of the more bizarre defenses in the history of the American legal system. First up, the so called "Twinkie Defense". On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco City Supervisor Dan White shot and killed Mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk who was another supervisor. White claimed he committed the crimes after binging on junk food. Next, "The Sleepwalking Defense" where Scott Falater stabbed his wife 44 times, but claimed he was sleepwalking while he did it. Then, "The Nymphomaniac Defense" where a woman claimed she was engaged in sexual surrogate therapy rather than prostitution.

7.3 /10

S8.E30 ∙ Vigilante Dad

Wed, Nov 03, 1999

The case of Ken Arrasmith, an Idaho man who, in 1995, gunned down a couple who had allegedly sexually abused Arrasmith's daughter. Arrasmith was convicted of their murders in 1996.

7 /10

S8.E31 ∙ Donald Merrett: The Murderous Buccaneer

Sat, Nov 06, 1999

Chronicles the life and career of John Donald Merrett. Included: the "not proven" verdict at his matricide trial, his drug smuggling and his suicide after he was considered to be a suspect in the murders of his wife and mother-in-law.

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S8.E32 ∙ Sister Against Sister: The Twin Murder Plot

Tue, Nov 23, 1999

Recalling the attempted 1996 murder of California resident Sunny Han by men hired by Sunny's identical twin sister, Gina. Gina received a 26-year sentence for the crime.

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S8.E33 ∙ Payback for a Bully

Tue, Dec 07, 1999

On July 14th, 1993 eight kids in their teens to early twenty's get together for the evening in Hollywood, Florida (a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale)to hang out. Several of the teenagers gang up on 20 year old Bobby Kent, who was with their group, and stab him repeatedly. Kent dies from his wounds, and despite the efforts of the youths to cover up the incident, the truth comes out and they are all charged with 1st degree murder. In their defense they claimed that Bobby Kent was a "vicious bully and this was his payback".

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