American Lawmen - Season 1

First aired: 2/17/2016 8 episodes

Welcome to the dawn of policing seen through the eyes of the brave few who first picked up a badge.

Episodes

1. Pinkerton and the Race to Save Lincoln

Aired: 2/17/2016

Celebrated P.I. Allan Pinkerton is hired to protect a strategic railroad from attack, but as his investigation unfolds, he uncovers a hidden conspiracy to assassinate President Lincoln.

2. Petrosino vs. The Mafia

Aired: 2/24/2016

Turn-of-the-century Little Italy is a dangerous place, but as New York City’s first Italian-American detective, Joe Petrosino is determined to do whatever it takes to protect his people from organized crime.

3. Melvin Purvis: The Gang Buster

Aired: 3/2/2016

During the Great Depression, a violent crime wave is sweeping the nation. And it's up to the FBI's Melvin Purvis to lead a massive manhunt for the most dangerous men in America.

4. Sheriff Baker & the Everglades Blood Feud

Aired: 3/9/2016

The Everglades are home to bank robbers, rumrunners, and cold-blooded killers. And Sheriff Bob Baker is determined to take down one of the most infamous and deadly gangs in Florida’s history.

5. Dallas Stoudenmire: Hero of Hell Paso Wed

Aired: 3/16/2016

Lawlessness runs rampant in a notorious Texas outpost and it's up to legendary lawman Dallas Stoudenmire to tame the town known as 'Hell' Paso.

6. Jelly Bryce: The Perfect Shot

Aired: 3/23/2016

With outlaws firing machine guns in the streets of Oklahoma City, sharpshooting legend Delf 'Jelly' Bryce is on a collision course with some of the most violent men in America.

7. Tom Smith: The Two-Fisted Marshal of Abilene

Aired: 3/30/2016

Using his fists instead of a pistol, professional boxer turned frontier lawman Tom Smith is determined to clean up 'Hell on Earth'. This is the little known story of one of the greatest lawmen of the Wild West.

8. Thomas Tunney: The Spies of New York

Aired: 4/6/2016

A New York City cop uncovers a German terrorist cell operating on American soil during World War I and fights to stop them before it's too late.