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S1 E10 The Murdering Cowboy

Documentary

14+

52m

Jan 1, 1998

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.

Season 1, 13 Episodes

The FBI Files - Polly Klaas: Kidnapped

Polly Klaas: Kidnapped,

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

The FBI Files - 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.

The FBI Files - 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.

The FBI Files - Death in Alaska

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.

The FBI Files - Deadly Paradise

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.

The FBI Files - 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?

The FBI Files - 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.

The FBI Files - Melissa Brannen: Missing

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.

The FBI Files - 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.

The FBI Files - The Murdering Cowboy

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.

The FBI Files - The World Trade Center Bombing

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.

The FBI Files - John Gotti: Convicted

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.

The FBI Files - The True Story of Mississippi Burning

The True Story of Mississippi Burning,

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

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The FBI Files

Crime

14+

7 Seasons

51m

Produced with the full cooperation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Through dramatic reenactments and interviews with agents and scientists' viewers witness the actual process of some of the FBI's most famous investigations.

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