American Justice

The 1978 mass suicide of followers of Rev. Jim Jones, a cult leader who founded Jonestown in Guyana for the work of his People's Temple. Also: the murder of Rep. Leo J. Ryan, who was investigating allegations made by temple members.

The police investigation of "The Boston Strangler," who murdered 13 women from 1962 to 1964. Included: techniques such as psychic consultation and hypnosis.

Profiling Jack Murphy, a.k.a. "Murph the Surf," who was convicted of stealing the Star of India sapphire and other precious gems from New York's American Museum of Natural History in 1964.

Examining the case in which a man's wife and children were brutally murdered, he claimed, by drug-crazed hippies.

Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi official captured by Israeli agents in 1960 and taken to Israel to be tried for war crimes.

Organized crime during the Prohibition era, including profiles of Al Capone, Bugs Moran and Lucky Luciano. Brooklyn DA Charles J. Hynes joins host Bill Kurtis.

Charles Whitman kills his mother and wife, then fires from a University of Texas tower.

Prominent cases show how police deal with hostage situations.

Profiles of people who have been falsely accused and imprisoned.

Quiz-show scandals of the '50s; Clifford Irving's "biography" of Howard Hughes; Tawana Brawley.

The abductions of biathlete Kari Swenson and Exxon executive Sidney Reso are used to explore how law enforcement agencies respond to kidnappings.

The FBI adapts methods to catch racketeers; "most-wanted" list; wiretapping.

Notorious recent cases provide the focus for an examination of cop killings and what can be done to protect those in uniform.

Chicago crime bosses; Al Capone; Anthony "Joe Batters" Accardo; Sam Giancana; Gus Alex.

Dr. Sam Sheppard is convicted of murder in 1954 and retried in the '60s.

Chronicling the case of the Yorkshire Ripper, a serial killer who preyed upon young women (some of them prostitutes) in the 1970s. A manhunt led to the arrest of Peter Sutcliffe, who was convicted of 13 murders in 1981.

The DEA uses informants and undercover agents in a war against drugs.

Five cases where eyewitness identification played a vital role illustrate its fallibility.

Relatives sue after a husband hires a hit man to kill his wife, quadriplegic son and the boy's

An Ohio teenager turns up in the trunk of her car six days after being reported missing.

A national advocate of health-care reform is accused of trying to keep her child deathly

Did Brian Eftenoff force wife Judi to overdose on cocaine? Or was she simply a drug addict who took one gamble too many? The evidence is examined.

A deputy sheriff's dispute with a Texas woman ends in her death.

Crusading attorney Juliet Yackel tries to save her client, Darnell Williams, from execution.

When 19-year-old aspiring artist Sarah Stern goes missing just weeks before Christmas 2016, investigators initially suspect she may have committed suicide or run away from

Beloved 60-year-old chiropractor Mary Yoder falls violently ill and is rushed to the hospital; two days later, she dies, leaving her family and friends in a state of stunned disbelief; Mary's autopsy report reveals she didn't die of natural causes.

On October 20, 2014, white Chicago PD Officer Jason Van Dyke fatally shoots 17-year-old African American Laquan McDonald in an act that he and the Chicago PD called self-defense.

When two separate cases run cold for women who have been abducted and murdered, it takes the courage of a third unsuspecting victim, to unveil a killer hiding in plain

When an up-and-coming defense attorney is murdered in her office, her colleagues vow to seek justice and "make this

Small town detectives are frightened by what may come next after a young girl is brutally murdered in the woods; with a chance encounter and a digital trail, they must catch the child murderer at large.