Episode
Horizon: Prisoners of Incest
Overview
In this documentary, Horizon reconstructs a therapy session where a man imprisoned for incest meets his family for first time in two and one half years.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 21
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 1984-03-19
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Prisoners of Incest is Episode 9 in 1984 of Horizon. It aired on 1984-03-19. The runtime is 60 min.
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