David Berkowitz: Son of Sam

S07 E01 • Monday, Mar 23, 1998 • Mar 23 • 1h

For over a year, he held a city hostage to fear. When he was finally caught, the nation was shocked to discover that the "face of terror" was a cherubic postal worker who smiled sweetly for the camera. David Berkowitz claimed the lives of six people in a killing spree that resulted in the largest manhunt in the history of New York. Once apprehended, he confessed to all the crimes and asked the judge to put him away forever so he would not kill again. In this comprehensive portrait, reporters and detectives who worked on the case, the parents of victims, a prosecutor and a former FBI profiler relive the case that galvanized a nation. Psychologists explore the many frustrations and disappointments that led Berkowitz to kill, and in a gripping interview, Berkowitz himself talks about his crimes and jailhouse transformation into the "Son of Hope." Today, he ministers to other prisoners and born-again Christians all over the world in hopes of restoring some meaning to his shattered life. From the dark streets of a shaken city to the jailhouse reformation, BIOGRAPHY examines the "Son of Sam."

Mao Tse Tung: China's Peasant Emperor

S07 E02 • Monday, Mar 30, 1998 • Mar 30 • 1h

“For 25 years Mao Zedong ruled one quarter of the world’s population. This is the extraordinary story of a farmer’s son who became a God in his life time but in private never shook off his peasant roots; a man who presided over one of the most radical experiments in social reform ever seen in human history but who will be remembered as one of the bloodiest dictators of the twentieth century. This program–told through the accounts of those who have met and studied him, loved and loathed him–includes archive film and pictures going back to the very earliest days of Mao’s life, as well as unique film of China at the turn of the century and during key episodes in Mao’s communist revolution. It includes harrowing and eye-witness accounts of such momentous events as the cultural revolution, the Great Leap Forward and the most severe man-made famine ever recorded.”

Amelia Earhart: Queen of the Air

S07 E03 • Monday, Apr 6, 1998 • Apr 6 • 1h

Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act

S07 E04 • Monday, Apr 13, 1998 • Apr 13 • 1h

Anne Frank: The Life of a Young Girl

S07 E05 • Monday, Apr 20, 1998 • Apr 20 • 1h

Beethoven: The Sound and the Fury

S07 E06 • Monday, Apr 27, 1998 • Apr 27 • 1h

Colonel Sanders: America's Chicken King

S07 E07 • Monday, May 4, 1998 • May 4 • 1h

Dwight D. Eisenhower: Commander-in-Chief

S07 E08 • Monday, May 11, 1998 • May 11 • 1h

Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling With Life

S07 E09 • Monday, May 18, 1998 • May 18 • 1h

Evel Knievel: Hell on Wheels

S07 E10 • Monday, May 25, 1998 • May 25 • 1h

Howard Carter: Triumph and Treasure

S07 E11 • Monday, Jun 1, 1998 • Jun 1 • 1h

Jackie Kennedy Onassis: In a Class of Her Own

S07 E12 • Monday, Jun 8, 1998 • Jun 8 • 1h

Jim Jones: Journey into Madness

S07 E13 • Monday, Jun 15, 1998 • Jun 15 • 1h

John Wayne: American Legend

S07 E14 • Monday, Jun 22, 1998 • Jun 22 • 1h

P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth

S07 E15 • Monday, Jun 29, 1998 • Jun 29 • 1h

Ray Kroc: Fast Food McMillionaire

S07 E16 • Monday, Jul 6, 1998 • Jul 6 • 1h

Satan: Prince of Darkness

S07 E17 • Monday, Jul 13, 1998 • Jul 13 • 1h

Examining the story of Satan's fall from grace and his efforts against the human race.

Vincent Van Gogh: A Stroke of Genius

S07 E18 • Monday, Jul 20, 1998 • Jul 20 • 1h

Charles Lindbergh: Against the Wind

S07 E19 • Thursday, Jan 7, 1999 • Jan 7 • 1h

Fred Gwynne: More than a Munster

S07 E20 • Monday, Jan 18, 1999 • Jan 18 • 1h

John Wayne Gacy: A Monster in Disguise

S07 E21 • Monday, Jan 25, 1999 • Jan 25 • 1h

Nicolae Ceausescu: The Unrepentant Tyrant

S07 E22 • Monday, Feb 1, 1999 • Feb 1 • 1h

The Tiffanys: Mark of Excellence

S07 E23 • Monday, Feb 8, 1999 • Feb 8 • 1h

Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody

S07 E44 • Monday, Sep 4, 1995 • Sep 4

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

S07 E63 • Friday, Oct 20, 1995 • Oct 20 • 46m

Their incredible exploits earned them a place in American legend. Their true fate remains one of the great mysteries of the Old west.

Nostradamus: Prophet of Doom

S07 E67 • Monday, Nov 6, 1995 • Nov 6 • 47m

Explore the incredible life of Nostradamus, the enigmatic man known as the Prophet of Doom.