Season 2
27 episodes · May 21, 1997
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- S2E1
The FBI: Life Without Hoover
May 21, 199745mRecent events such as Ruby Ridge and the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta have tarnished the FBI's once-sterling image.
- S2E2
Detectives of Death
Jun 4, 199745mModern forensics helps solve crimes; O.J. Simpson's attorney Peter Neufeld.
- S2E3
Crisis in Space: The Real Story of Apollo 13
Jun 14, 199745mIn 1970, an oxygen tank ruptured on the Apollo 13 command module, leaving three astronauts struggling to return to Earth.
- S2E4
Riot!
Jun 21, 199745mPolice brutality in the Rodney King case and the riot following the verdict.
- S2E5
Terror in the Sky: KAL 007; The Lockerbie Bombing
Jun 28, 199745mA Soviet military plane shoots down one civilian jet, and a bomb planted by terrorists explodes another.
- S2E6
The Televangelists
Jul 2, 199745mPopularity and political power of televangelists; Jerry Falwell; Pat Robertson; Jimmy Swaggart and Oral Roberts.
- S2E7
The Raging Inferno of Volcanoes
Jul 9, 199745mInterviews and underwater footage of volcanic eruptions help explain the role volcanoes play in building continents.
- S2E8
A Few Good Women
Jul 9, 199745mThe role of women in the military, including their history and their recent struggles within the male-oriented institution.
- S2E9
Underwater: The Flood of '93
Jul 23, 199745mNews anchors and correspondents look back at the devastating 1993 flood of the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
- S2E10
Massacre!
Aug 6, 199745mFootage helps chronicle mass murders committed since 1966 and profiles those who were responsible.
- S2E11
Crooked Cops
Aug 13, 199745mA history of corruption in police work that includes profiles of several rogue officers who have committed heinous crimes.
- S2E12
Hurricanes: Natural Born Killers
Aug 20, 199745mEdward R. Murrow flies into the eye of a 1954 storm; hurricanes Hugo, Andrew; tracking hurricanes.
- S2E13
Falsely Accused
Sep 3, 199745mPeople who have been found guilty and imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit.
- S2E14
Life or Death: The Battle Over Capital Punishment
Sep 10, 199745mThe debate surrounding capital punishment has become a metaphor for crime and violence in the United States.
- S2E15
Uprising at Attica
Sep 13, 199745mThe bloody inmate uprising at Attica State Prison that ended in the deaths of 47 prisoners and guards.
- S2E16
The CIA: 50 Years of Spying
Sep 17, 199745mHost Mike Wallace chronicles the history of the Central Intelligence Agency, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1996.
- S2E17
Gambling Mania: The Winners and the Losers
Oct 8, 199745mThe history of legal gaming, including the 18th-century scandals that brought it to an abrupt end and its resurgence in today's society.
- S2E18
Outbreak! The New Plagues
Oct 15, 199745mDespite advances in modern medicine, viral infections continue to be a potent threat to society.
- S2E19
Washington Scandals: Sex, Money, Power
Oct 22, 199745mPolitical scandals include Wilbur Mills, Gary Hart, Bernard Goldfine and Bobby Baker.
- S2E20
Korea: The Forgotten War
Oct 29, 199745mAn account of the 1950 U.N. peacekeeping mission in Korea, which escalated into a bloody war that claimed 54,000 American lives.
- S2E21
Crashes Without Cause: The Case of the 737
Nov 8, 199745mTop investigators explain the search for answers that followed the crashes of two 737s.
- S2E22
Cry of the Wild: Wolves, Fires and the Fight for Yellowstone
Nov 19, 199745mHow the controversy between man and nature could affect America's national parks.
- S2E23
Capers: The Men, The Gambles, The Heists
Nov 26, 199745mThe Brink's heist, the D.B. Cooper case and other famous cases highlight an exploration of modern capers and how they are evolving.
- S2E24
Violence in the Media
Dec 3, 199745mThe influence of TV violence; developing a TV ratings system.
- S2E25
Born to Kill: Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy
Dec 10, 199745mOriginal news footage recounts the stories of Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy, two of the most notorious serial killers of the 20th century.
- S2E26
Kid Crime: Violent Crime and Children
Dec 17, 199745mCriminologist James Fox analyzes the rise in youth crime.
- S2E27
Vietnam: A Soldier's Diary
Dec 24, 199745mHow one American soldier's attitudes evolved with the changing U.S. policy in Vietnam.