BiographySeason 71998 · 26 episodes1998MoreEpisodes1David Berkowitz: Son of SamFor 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."2Mao Tse Tung: China's Peasant Emperor“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.”3Amelia Earhart: Queen of the Air4Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act5Anne Frank: The Life of a Young Girl6Beethoven: The Sound and the Fury7Colonel Sanders: America's Chicken King8Dwight D. Eisenhower: Commander-in-Chief9Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling With Life10Evel Knievel: Hell on Wheels11Howard Carter: Triumph and Treasure12Jackie Kennedy Onassis: In a Class of Her Own13Jim Jones: Journey into Madness14John Wayne: American Legend15P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth16Ray Kroc: Fast Food McMillionaire17Satan: Prince of DarknessExamining the story of Satan's fall from grace and his efforts against the human race.18Vincent Van Gogh: A Stroke of Genius19Charles Lindbergh: Against the Wind20Fred Gwynne: More than a Munster21John Wayne Gacy: A Monster in Disguise22Nicolae Ceausescu: The Unrepentant Tyrant23The Tiffanys: Mark of Excellence44Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody63Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidTheir incredible exploits earned them a place in American legend. Their true fate remains one of the great mysteries of the Old west.67Nostradamus: Prophet of DoomExplore the incredible life of Nostradamus, the enigmatic man known as the Prophet of Doom.Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 9Season 10Season 11Season 12Season 13Season 14Season 18Season 19Season 20Season 21Season 24Season 25Season 26Season 27
