Biography
Season 7 Episode 1 - David Berkowitz: Son of Sam
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."
Episodes in Season 7
David Berkowitz: Son of Sam
60 min
Mao Tse Tung: China's Peasant Emperor
60 min
Amelia Earhart: Queen of the Air
60 min
Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act
60 min
Anne Frank: The Life of a Young Girl
60 min
Beethoven: The Sound and the Fury
60 min
Colonel Sanders: America's Chicken King
60 min
Dwight D. Eisenhower: Commander-in-Chief
60 min
Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling With Life
60 min
Evel Knievel: Hell on Wheels
60 min
Howard Carter: Triumph and Treasure
60 min
Jackie Kennedy Onassis: In a Class of Her Own
60 min
Jim Jones: Journey into Madness
60 min
John Wayne: American Legend
60 min
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
60 min
Ray Kroc: Fast Food McMillionaire
60 min
Satan: Prince of Darkness
60 min
Vincent Van Gogh: A Stroke of Genius
60 min
Charles Lindbergh: Against the Wind
60 min
Fred Gwynne: More than a Munster
60 min
John Wayne Gacy: A Monster in Disguise
60 min
Nicolae Ceausescu: The Unrepentant Tyrant
60 min
The Tiffanys: Mark of Excellence
60 min
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
46 min
Nostradamus: Prophet of Doom
47 min
