Season 5
Season 5
Season 5
Season 5
- Air date:1996-01-17
- User score:0.0
- Number of episodes:34
List of Episodes
Air date: 1996-01-17
Runtime: 43 min
Notorious recent cases provide the focus for an examination of cop killings and what can be done to protect those in uniform.
Air date: 1996-02-07
Runtime: 43 min
Chicago crime bosses; Al Capone; Anthony "Joe Batters" Accardo; Sam Giancana; Gus Alex.
Air date: 1996-02-15
Runtime: 43 min
Dr. Sam Sheppard is convicted of murder in 1954 and retried in the '60s.
Air date: 1996-03-06
Runtime: 43 min
The cases of the Freeman brothers and Jeffrey Howarth highlight an examination of murder in the family.
Air date: 1996-04-10
Runtime: 43 min
How Bugsy Siegel and others built a glittering gambling mecca from barren desert; includes an interview with former casino manager Frank Rosenthal.
Air date: 1996-04-24
Runtime: 43 min
In 1993 Colin Ferguson methodically shoots passengers aboard a Long Island Railroad commuter
Air date: 1996-05-25
Runtime: 43 min
Schoolteacher Pamela Smart enlists a student to kill her husband.
Air date: 1996-06-05
Runtime: 43 min
John Wayne Gacy's lawyers discuss the man, the crimes and the case now that his execution has lifted the constraints of their attorney-client privilege.
Air date: 1996-06-19
Runtime: 43 min
Technology creates police weapons designed to stun rather than kill.
Air date: 1996-07-17
Runtime: 43 min
Strict departmental policies govern high-speed police chases.
Air date: 1996-07-28
Runtime: 43 min
In the 1950s, England reels over the case of serial killer John Christie.
Air date: 1996-08-18
Runtime: 43 min
A British serial killer lures young men to his apartment and dismembers them.
Air date: 1996-08-21
Runtime: 43 min
Interviews with Nicholas "The Crow" Caramandi, former hit men and other experts highlight an examination of the mob hit man. Host: Bill Kurtis.
Air date: 1996-08-25
Runtime: 43 min
Recalling the Bamber family murder case, considered by some to be almost the perfect crime.
Air date: 1996-09-01
Runtime: 43 min
Richard Ramirez rapes, mutilates and tortures more than 25 California victims.
Air date: 1996-09-04
Runtime: 43 min
Three juries consider the murder cases against Erik and Lyle Menendez.
Air date: 1996-09-25
Runtime: 43 min
Confessions play a part in three unique criminal cases; coercion; admissibility.
Air date: 1996-09-29
Runtime: 43 min
After James Hanratty is hanged for a murder, a man confesses to the crime.
Air date: 1996-10-02
Runtime: 43 min
Profiling the lives of men and women who choose to work as homicide detectives.
Air date: 1996-10-06
Runtime: 43 min
The twisted career and mysterious disappearance of the union boss.
Air date: 1996-10-13
Runtime: 43 min
Clever criminal who spent the last 12 years of his crusading against execution.
Air date: 1996-10-20
Runtime: 43 min
The cruel story of mistaken identity in the Muriel McKay kidnapping case.
Air date: 1996-10-20
Runtime: 43 min
A woman is kidnapped and murdered after inheriting a fortune.
Air date: 1996-10-23
Runtime: 43 min
The case of Polly Klaas highlights an examination of repeat offenders who are set loose upon society.
Air date: 1996-11-17
Runtime: 43 min
The controversial story of the 1918 murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family
Air date: 1996-11-20
Runtime: 43 min
How society ultimately copes with the prospect of executing a woman.
Air date: 1996-12-04
Runtime: 43 min
The United States is the only country to provide free legal counsel for poor defendants.
Air date: 1996-12-08
Runtime: 43 min
An examination of the Gambino crime family and its bloody 30-year war with the other gangland families of New York.
Air date: 1996-02-10
Runtime: 43 min
In the Depression-torn dust bowl of the 1930s, a new kind of desperado is born. Pretty Boy Floyd, John Dillinger, and Bonnie & Clyde become as well-known and admired as movie stars.
Air date: 1996-03-09
Runtime: 43 min
For bigger payoffs, criminals turn from bank robbery to kidnapping.
Top Cast
Bill Kurtis
Self - Host
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