The FBI Files
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.
Polly Klaas: Kidnapped
On October 1, 1993, a stranger abducted 12-year-old Polly Klaas during a slumber party in her home.
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.
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.
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.
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 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?
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.
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 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 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 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.
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 True Story of Mississippi Burning
Philadelphia, Mississippi, 1964. A sleepy southern town steeped in tradition finds itself targeted for invasion.
