Second Verdict - Season 1

First aired: 5/27/1976 6 episodes

A dramatised documentaries of classic criminal cases and unsolved crimes from history re-appraised by fictional police officers.

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Episodes

1. The Lindbergh Kidnapping

Aired: 5/27/1976

Was Bruno Hauptmann really the man responsible for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby in 1932? Or was he the victim of a miscarriage of justice?

2. Who Killed the Princes in the Tower?

Aired: 6/3/1976

Was Richard III really the murderer of popular legend?

3. The French Bluebeard

Aired: 6/10/1976

The story of Henri Landru and the mysterious disappearances of so many of his rich lady friends.

4. Murder on the 10.27

Aired: 6/17/1976

John Alexander Dickman was hanged for murdering a man aboard a train in 1910. But were the two chief witnesses against him the ones really responsible?

5. Lizzie Borden

Aired: 6/24/1976

Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her father forty whacks - or did she?

6. Who Burned the Reichstag?

Aired: 7/1/1976

How the mentally challenged Marinus van der Lubbe was framed for arson by the Nazis.