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Program #102: HOMICIDE: An autopsy reveals that an elderly woman was sexually molested and died of a broken neck during a struggle with her attacker. Homicide Det. Cheryl Lyons and her partner focus on the victim's daughter's boyfriend, a man name Sha-awa, as the primary suspect. JUVENILE INVESTIGATIONS: Det. Chris Hicks is assigned a case involving a 13-year-old girl who has been having consensual sex with a 27-year-old female friend of the family. After talking with the young girl, Det....

RED MIKE EDSON: MARINE RAIDER: In 1942, the key to winning the war in the Pacific was the strategic island of Guadalcanal, and the key to holding that indispensable island was a small band of "experimental" guerrilla fighters under the command of Col. Merritt "Red Mike" Edson. A "Marine's Marine," Edson invented a new kind of high-mobility warfare that helped win some of America's earliest ground victories in the Pacific arena. ROY GEIGER: FLYING LEATHERNECKS: Renowned as a man who inspired...

Bomber's vs. Fighters face off in three of the most intense dogfights in history! Courageous bomber pilots from World War II and Vietnam challenge deadly foes against incredible odds. Using state of the art computer animation, you're in the cockpit with legendary World War II Navy ace Swede Vejtasa's SBD dive bomber as he fights off eight lethal Japanese Zeroes. World War II Medal of Honor winner Jay Zeamer and his crew pit their slow B-17 bomber against 17 Japanese fighters in a battle for...

In the annals of the Civil War, the great battles dominate. Names like Gettysburg, Chancellorsville or Antietam are famous by sheer weight of blood and horror. Where armies of men by the tens of thousands opposed each other, these were the vast, open, visible spectacles of the conflict. But the well-worn archives of that time are also filled with the details of far lesser-known actions like a Confederate attempt to burn down New York City. They were clever, daring, covert operations designed...

A day in the life of the New York Police Department's Emergency Services Unit as it saves lives and captures crooks around the clock. Viewers will see these elite cops stop a suicidal man from jumping off a bridge, nab dangerous drug dealers, and use the jaws of life to pull a family out of a wrecked car.

On December 17, 1944, at the height of the Battle of the Bulge, 115 American POWs were shot down senselessly by a Nazi tank detachment. It was one of the most blatant and brutal of all Nazi war crimes. OUR CENTURY takes a hard look at the Malmedy Massacre and the war crimes trial that followed. Interviews with survivors vividly recount the horror and death of the massacre, while extensive footage of the trial offers a point-by-point look at case. Explore the many strange twists of the tale why...

A rapist who attacked a woman on a barroom pool table, a thief who absconded with over $10,000 in gold jewelry from a casino, and a prostitute who plied her trade while testing HIV-positive ask the board for parole.

Ernie Pyle, the epic WWII reporter, was in the midst of dozens of history's most desperate battles. A self-doubter, depressive, an alcohol abuser, and too sensitive for the terrors he recorded so brilliantly, Pyle changed the face of American journalism.His chronicles of plain men in war comforted the heart of America until he was killed by Japanese fire in 1945. Join us for a gripping salute to the tortured career of the great journalist, much of it in his own timeless words.

September 14, 1944--the South Pacific. While clearing mines for the Allied invasion of the Palau Islands, the USS Perry is rocked by a huge explosion and immediately begins to list. All hands abandon ship into open waters, drawing enemy fire from shore. Two days later the Allied invasion begins and quickly becomes one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific Campaign--the Battle of Peleliu. Deep Sea Detectives John Chatterton and Richie Kohler follow one survivor's journey to find the USS...

A small island in the southwestern Pacific, Guadalcanal was the place the US chose to confront the Japanese on the ground for the first time in WWII. Here, beginning in August 1942, Americans and Japanese were brought face-to-face in close-quarter shootouts that became a turning point of the war. From the near-total annihilation of Colonel Frank Goettge's intelligence patrol to the battles of Bloody Ridge, both sides learned what the other was made of. The Japanese were willing to fight to the...

Since the very beginning of time people have attempted to see into the future. From Central African tribes to Native Americans, prophecy has held an esteemed place in cultures around the world. This searching program journeys back thousands of years for a riveting look at prophecy through the ages. In a thrilling re-creation, the olive groves, brilliant marble and swirling mists of ancient Delphi come alive, as we visit the most famous oracle of Ancient Greece. Travel the world to see how...

It's said revenge is a dish best served cold, but in the Wild West, it was often served with a heaping helping of technology. From a liver-eating madman bent on avenging the death of a loved one to a teenage girl who switched her gender to exact vengeance on her husband's murderer, technology made a uniquely brutal form of frontier justice possible. Host David Carradine guides viewers through the most grizzly stories of score-settling the West ever saw.