Season 2
27 episodes · Apr 13, 1993
A look at groundbreaking criminal cases, presenting viewers with an inside look at the case through the eyes of those directly involved, ranging from law enforcement officers to the victims.
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- S2E1
Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald: The Green Beret Killer
Apr 14, 199343mExamining the case in which a man's wife and children were brutally murdered, he claimed, by drug-crazed hippies.
- S2E2
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Apr 21, 199343mAdolf Eichmann, the Nazi official captured by Israeli agents in 1960 and taken to Israel to be tried for war crimes.
- S2E3
City Killer Gangs
Apr 28, 199343mOrganized crime during the Prohibition era, including profiles of Al Capone, Bugs Moran and Lucky Luciano. Brooklyn DA Charles J. Hynes joins host Bill Kurtis.
- S2E4
Jean Harris
May 9, 199343mThe case of Jean Harris, the former headmistress convicted of murdering her lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, in 1980.
- S2E5
Howard Hughes Biography Hoax
Jun 16, 199343mRecalling a hoax in the 1970s involving an alleged authorized biography of Howard Hughes by Clifford Irving.
- S2E6
Charles Starkweather
Jun 23, 199343mCharles Starkweather, executed in 1959 for committing 11 murders.
- S2E7
Richard Speck
Jun 30, 199343mThe case of Richard Speck, who was convicted of the 1966 murders of eight nurses and student nurses in Chicago.
- S2E8
Wayne Williams
Jul 28, 199343mWayne Williams, convicted of two of the Atlanta child murders that terrorized the city between 1979 and 1981.
- S2E9
Mafia Wars
Aug 11, 199343mExamining 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.
S2E10Bonnie and Clyde
Sep 1, 199343mBonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, whose string of robberies and killings made them two of the most notorious criminals of the 1930s.
- S2E11
Target: Mafia (The Prohibition Years)
Sep 8, 199343mProfiling crime during Prohibition. Examining Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt's efforts to curtail bootlegging; battles between ethnic gangs.
- S2E12
Target: Mafia (Birth of the American Mafia)
Sep 15, 199343mExamining 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.
- S2E13
Target: Mafia (The Kennedys and the Mob)
Sep 22, 199343mExamining efforts by President Kennedy and his brother Robert to curtail mob activity; the possible link between JFK's assassination and organized crime.
- S2E14
Target: Mafia (Gangbusters)
Sep 29, 199343mProfiling "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.
- S2E15
Target: Mafia (Empire of Crime)
Oct 6, 199343mExamining mob activity during World War II; the murder of Benjamin Siegel; nightclubs, casinos and racetracks linked to organized crime.
- S2E16
Mobfathers, Part 1
Oct 13, 199343mA 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.
- S2E17
Mobfathers, Part 2
Oct 20, 199343mPart 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.
- S2E18
Mobfathers, Part 3
Oct 27, 199343mPart 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.
- S2E19
Rape on Trial
Nov 3, 199343mExamining 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."
- S2E20
Dahmer: Mystery of a Serial Killer
Nov 10, 199343mA 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.
- S2E21
The Rosenbergs
Nov 17, 199343mBack 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.
- S2E22
Fire Starters
Nov 24, 199343mExamining 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.
- S2E23
Alcatraz: Escaping America's Toughest Prison
Dec 1, 199343mA 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.
- S2E24
KKK: Hate Crimes in America
Dec 15, 199343mRacially 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.
- S2E25
Vigilante Justice
Dec 29, 199343mCases 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.
- S2E101
The Showdown
Oct 27, 199343mFrom the mid to late 70's and throughout the 80's America's war on crime takes a toll on the Mafia. American Justice takes a look at some mob figures and leaders during those years and some of the events that led to their downfall, death, or incarceration.
- S2E102
Target: Mafia: Secrets Unveiled
Oct 20, 199343mCrime summit at Apalachin; Castellano seizes Gambino's power.