Aired: 5/21/1997
Recent events such as Ruby Ridge and the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta have tarnished the FBI's once-sterling image.
Aired: 6/4/1997
Modern forensics helps solve crimes; O.J. Simpson's attorney Peter Neufeld.
Aired: 6/14/1997
In 1970, an oxygen tank ruptured on the Apollo 13 command module, leaving three astronauts struggling to return to Earth.
Aired: 6/21/1997
Police brutality in the Rodney King case and the riot following the verdict.
Aired: 6/28/1997
A Soviet military plane shoots down one civilian jet, and a bomb planted by terrorists explodes another.
Aired: 7/2/1997
Popularity and political power of televangelists; Jerry Falwell; Pat Robertson; Jimmy Swaggart and Oral Roberts.
Aired: 7/9/1997
Interviews and underwater footage of volcanic eruptions help explain the role volcanoes play in building continents.
The role of women in the military, including their history and their recent struggles within the male-oriented institution.
Aired: 7/23/1997
News anchors and correspondents look back at the devastating 1993 flood of the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
Aired: 8/6/1997
Footage helps chronicle mass murders committed since 1966 and profiles those who were responsible.
Aired: 8/13/1997
A history of corruption in police work that includes profiles of several rogue officers who have committed heinous crimes.
Aired: 8/20/1997
Edward R. Murrow flies into the eye of a 1954 storm; hurricanes Hugo, Andrew; tracking hurricanes.
Aired: 9/3/1997
People who have been found guilty and imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit.
Aired: 9/10/1997
The debate surrounding capital punishment has become a metaphor for crime and violence in the United States.
Aired: 9/13/1997
The bloody inmate uprising at Attica State Prison that ended in the deaths of 47 prisoners and guards.
Aired: 9/17/1997
Host Mike Wallace chronicles the history of the Central Intelligence Agency, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1996.
Aired: 10/8/1997
The history of legal gaming, including the 18th-century scandals that brought it to an abrupt end and its resurgence in today's society.
Aired: 10/15/1997
Despite advances in modern medicine, viral infections continue to be a potent threat to society.
Aired: 10/22/1997
Political scandals include Wilbur Mills, Gary Hart, Bernard Goldfine and Bobby Baker.
Aired: 10/29/1997
An account of the 1950 U.N. peacekeeping mission in Korea, which escalated into a bloody war that claimed 54,000 American lives.
Aired: 11/8/1997
Top investigators explain the search for answers that followed the crashes of two 737s.
Aired: 11/19/1997
How the controversy between man and nature could affect America's national parks.
Aired: 11/26/1997
The Brink's heist, the D.B. Cooper case and other famous cases highlight an exploration of modern capers and how they are evolving.
Aired: 12/3/1997
The influence of TV violence; developing a TV ratings system.
Aired: 12/10/1997
Original news footage recounts the stories of Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy, two of the most notorious serial killers of the 20th century.
Aired: 12/17/1997
Criminologist James Fox analyzes the rise in youth crime.
Aired: 12/24/1997
How one American soldier's attitudes evolved with the changing U.S. policy in Vietnam.