Biography: Season 7

Episode 1: David Berkowitz: Son of Sam 1998-03-23 | 60 min For over a year, he held a city hostage to fear. When he was finally caught, the nation was shocked to discover that the "face of terror" was a cherubic postal worker who smiled sweetly for the camera. David Berkowitz claimed the lives of six people in a killing spree that resulted in the largest manhunt in the history of New York. Once apprehended, he confessed to all the crimes and asked the judge to put him away forever so he would not kill again. In this comprehensive portrait, reporters and detectives who worked on the case, the parents of victims, a prosecutor and a former FBI profiler relive the case that galvanized a nation. Psychologists explore the many frustrations and disappointments that led Berkowitz to kill, and in a gripping interview, Berkowitz himself talks about his crimes and jailhouse transformation into the "Son of Hope." Today, he ministers to other prisoners and born-again Christians all over the world in hopes of restoring some meaning to his shattered life. From the dark streets of a shaken city to the jailhouse reformation, BIOGRAPHY examines the "Son of Sam." Episode 2: Mao Tse Tung: China's Peasant Emperor 1998-03-30 | 60 min “For 25 years Mao Zedong ruled one quarter of the world’s population. This is the extraordinary story of a farmer’s son who became a God in his life time but in private never shook off his peasant roots; a man who presided over one of the most radical experiments in social reform ever seen in human history but who will be remembered as one of the bloodiest dictators of the twentieth century. This program–told through the accounts of those who have met and studied him, loved and loathed him–includes archive film and pictures going back to the very earliest days of Mao’s life, as well as unique film of China at the turn of the century and during key episodes in Mao’s communist revolution. It includes harrowing and eye-witness accounts of such momentous events as the cultural revolution, the Great Leap Forward and the most severe man-made famine ever recorded.” Episode 3: Amelia Earhart: Queen of the Air 1998-04-06 | 60 min Episode 4: Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act 1998-04-13 | 60 min Episode 5: Anne Frank: The Life of a Young Girl 1998-04-20 | 60 min Episode 6: Beethoven: The Sound and the Fury 1998-04-27 | 60 min Episode 7: Colonel Sanders: America's Chicken King 1998-05-04 | 60 min Episode 8: Dwight D. Eisenhower: Commander-in-Chief 1998-05-11 | 60 min Episode 9: Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling With Life 1998-05-18 | 60 min Episode 10: Evel Knievel: Hell on Wheels 1998-05-25 | 60 min Episode 11: Howard Carter: Triumph and Treasure 1998-06-01 | 60 min Episode 12: Jackie Kennedy Onassis: In a Class of Her Own 1998-06-08 | 60 min Episode 13: Jim Jones: Journey into Madness 1998-06-15 | 60 min Episode 14: John Wayne: American Legend 1998-06-22 | 60 min Episode 15: P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth 1998-06-29 | 60 min Episode 16: Ray Kroc: Fast Food McMillionaire 1998-07-06 | 60 min Episode 17: Satan: Prince of Darkness 1998-07-13 | 60 min Examining the story of Satan's fall from grace and his efforts against the human race. Episode 18: Vincent Van Gogh: A Stroke of Genius 1998-07-20 | 60 min Episode 19: Charles Lindbergh: Against the Wind 1999-01-07 | 60 min Episode 20: Fred Gwynne: More than a Munster 1999-01-18 | 60 min Episode 21: John Wayne Gacy: A Monster in Disguise 1999-01-25 | 60 min Episode 22: Nicolae Ceausescu: The Unrepentant Tyrant 1999-02-01 | 60 min Episode 23: The Tiffanys: Mark of Excellence 1999-02-08 | 60 min Episode 44: Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody 1995-09-04 Episode 63: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1995-10-20 | 46 min Their incredible exploits earned them a place in American legend. Their true fate remains one of the great mysteries of the Old west. Episode 67: Nostradamus: Prophet of Doom 1995-11-06 | 47 min Explore the incredible life of Nostradamus, the enigmatic man known as the Prophet of Doom.