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Death in Alaska

Crime

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Jan 1, 1998

The day began like any other for Cheryl and Paul Chapman, until the silence of a peaceful Sunday morning was shattered with a phone call.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 13 episodes

Polly Klaas: Kidnapped,

On October 1, 1993, a stranger abducted 12-year-old Polly Klaas during a slumber party in her home.

51m Jan 1, 1998

Above the Law,

California Highway Patrolman George Gwaltney discovered the body of 23-year-old Robin Bishop near her car on a remote desert highway.

52m Jan 1, 1998

Human Prey,

Thomas Dillon killed five outdoorsmen at random over a period of three years in rural southern Ohio. After a tip led the FBI to the murder weapon, ballistic testing made a match.

53m Jan 1, 1998

Death in Alaska,

The day began like any other for Cheryl and Paul Chapman, until the silence of a peaceful Sunday morning was shattered with a phone call.

52m Jan 1, 1998

Deadly Paradise,

It should have been Shangri-La, but when bad blood developed, piracy took over and the only law was the law of the jungle.

52m Jan 1, 1998

The Crazy Don,

To the FBI, he was believed to be the boss of New York's most powerful mafia organizationthe Genovese crime family. Was Gigante crazy or was his behavior a shrewd attempt to disguise his position as a ruthless mafia boss?

52m Jan 1, 1998

Killing Spree,

In 1984, in South Florida, a rapist and murderer was on the loose. The killer was a ruthless and terrifying predator, the newest member of an infamous group known as serial killers.

52m Jan 1, 1998

Melissa Brannen: Missing,

In 1989, residents of a close-knit apartment community in Virginia gathered for a holiday celebration. For Tammy Brannen and five-year-old daughter Melissa, Christmas was always a special time. Then without warning, the little girl was gone.

52m Jan 1, 1998

The Unabomber,

For nearly two decades a mathematical genius with delusions of single-handedly destroying industrial society, planted or mailed powerful bombs to unsuspecting innocent victims.

52m Jan 1, 1998

The Murdering Cowboy,

The sun set on the Wild West long ago, but some people refused to notice. Claude Dallas was one of them. A wily trapper, Dallas typified the rugged individualism that forged this country. He went too far when he killed two game wardens in 1981.

52m Jan 1, 1998

The World Trade Center Bombing,

Terrorist bombings are what happen in other countries. Not here in the United States. And yet, in 1993, it happened in New York City.

52m Jan 1, 1998

John Gotti: Convicted,

John Gotti was ambitious, powerful and ruthless. He ruled with flash and conspicuous style, playing celebrity with the media and cat and mouse with the FBI. They called John Gotti the Teflon Don. Serious charges just wouldn't stick.

52m Jan 1, 1998

The True Story of Mississippi Burning,

Philadelphia, Mississippi, 1964. A sleepy southern town steeped in tradition finds itself targeted for invasion.

52m Jan 1, 1998