CRIMES OF THE 20TH CENTURY

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SUMMARY:
From the John F. Kennedy assassination to the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, take an in-depth look at the major crimes of the last 100 years. Includes archival footage and rare photographs of the Lindbergh kidnapping, the Manson murders, Bonnie and Clyde, Al Capone and Son of Sam.

PRODUCED BY: Norm Anderson
DOCUMENTARY / CRIMES & DISASTERS, 7 x 60 Minutes, 2000

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES :
• 3 hr DVD version available

DETAILED SYNOPSIS:
In this revealing seven video box set, you will witness the inside stories of brutal crimes of the 20th Century. In this panorama of crime and detection, delve into the shocking Lindbergh kidnapping, the St. Valentine’s Day massacre, the daring Brinks robbery, Leopold and Loeb, the Sam Sheppard case, the Martin Luther King and Kennedy assassinations, the Manson murders, the O.J. Simpson case, the Oklahoma bombing and many more infamous crimes of the 20th Century.

I. Psychos - Approx. 50 Minutes Color and Black & White

Adolf Eichmann and the Nazi Horrors
Nazi atrocities, death camp experimentation, and The Final Solution crafted by Adolf Eichmann are implemented by the Nazi party.

John Wayne Gacy
A part-time clown becomes a full-time murdered, eventually filling his basement with 29 rotting corpses.

Richard Speck
A combination of mental deficiency, mania and alcohol lead to an all-night killing spree during which eight nurse are raped and murdered. One survivor of the night of horror is left to testify.

Jonestown
A charismatic madman with ties to the CIA gathers his flock in a Guyana commune, About to have his tyrannical madness exposed, cult leader Jim Jones “encourages” his 913 followers to drink poisoned Kool-Aid.

Ed Gein
A quiet little farmer from Wisconsin inspired the movies, Psycho and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, after he is arrested for a particularly brutal murder and the police discover his bizarre penchant for digging up dead bodies.

II. Assassinations - Approx. 52 Minutes Color and Black & White

President McKinley and Archduke Ferdinand
Shocking turn of the century murders that marked a distinct pattern for our century at large.

Rasputin
Dubbed the “Mad Monk”, he held sway over Imperial Russia but his influence ended in a grisly overkill - death by poison, beating and bullets.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan
Failed murder attempts that produced a change in the course of history.

John Lennon
A disturbed young loner, angered by misconceptions, plots to change the world by killing a beloved rock star.

John F. Kennedy
Was J.F.K. the victim of a “Lone Nut”, or was he the target of a high level conspiracy involving the Mafia, the C.I.A. and reactionary political forces?

Martin Luther King
A sniper’s bullet killed him - but was notorious villain, James Earl Ray the assassin or only one small cog in a machine of murder?

Robert F. Kennedy
An eerie replay of his brother’s assassination. What was the underlying connection between Sirhan Sirhan and Teamster chief, James Hoffa?

III. Racketeers - Approx. 58 Minutes Color and Black & White

Al “Scarface” Capone
The eminently classic mob boss who ruled Chicago’s empire during Prohibition and ordered the infamous “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.”

Meyer Lansky
The brains of the mob and father of corporate crime, known for industrious planning and strategic maneuvers; he is living proof that some people do get away with murder.

Bugsy Siegel
The mercurial, charming visionary whose psychopathic ways helped him establish the city of Las Vegas.

Lucky Luciano
The mobster, pimp and killer whose exile in Italy led him to an unholy alliance between the mob and the United States intelligence community.

Joe Valachi
The mob street soldier who did the unthinkable - broke the code of silence and ratted out the secrets of the mob.

John Gotti
The notorious “Teflon Don” whose high-powered swagger brought the underworld into the public eye.

IV. Thieves - Approx. 50 Minutes Color and Black & White

John Dillinger
A wise-cracking bank robber whose daring jail breaks and “questionable death” made him an eternal legend in his own time.

Bonnie and Clyde
These psychotic lovers led a wicked life on the run, carving a criminal legend for themselves during the height of the Depression Era.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The last bandits of the Old West, whose turn of the century train heists and bank robberies are the stuff of western movie melodrama.

The Brinks Robbery
The most successful heist of its day, the intricate planning and millions in cash, nearly made for the perfect crime.

D.B. Cooper
A mysterious “sky-jacker” mastermind whose legendary parachute jump from a jetliner led him to become the only hijacker in the United States to escape capture.

V. Unsolved - Approx. 57 Minutes Color and Black & White

Lindbergh Kidnapping
an entire nation is shocked when all-American here Charles Lindbergh’s only child is kidnapped and then found dead - but did the clamor for justice result in the execution of an innocent man?

Torso Killer
In 1930’s Cleveland, Elliot Ness searches for America’s first serial killer, a brutal monster who leaves behind horribly mutilated corpses for the police to find.

Black Dahlia
A beautiful young actress moves to Hollywood with dreams of becoming a star, but her only fame comes when she is found dead and mutilated in an abandoned lot.

The Sam Sheppard Case
In a real-life drama that inspired “The Fugitive”, a respected doctor is convicted of murdering his wife. F. Lee Bailey suspects the doctors was railroaded and calls for another trial.

VI. Cold Blooded Murder - Approx. 53 Minutes Color and Black & White

O. J. Simpson
A world famous athlete and television star who tries to strategically charm his way out of a double homicide - and nearly succeeds.

Charles Manson
The dark prince of the hippie movement, he was the wild-eyed leader of an adoring band of drug-crazed killers who stopped at nothing to serve him.

Hillside Strangler
A pain of conspiring cousins who travel the Los Angeles highways terrorizing the largest city in the United States with serial rape and murder.

Charlie Starkweather
The inspiration for the film “Badlands”, a psycho obsessed with James Dean accompanied by his rebellious teenage girlfriend, go on a killing spree in the 1950’s.

VII. By Reason of Insanity - Approx. 50 Minutes Color and Black & White

Son of Sam
David Berkowitz, an evocative New York serial killer, claimed he received orders to murder from the dog next door.

Boston Strangler
Police officers, psychics and citizens could not seem to apprehend the crazed strangler as he prowled a terrified, unsuspecting metropolis.

Leopold and Loeb
Two brilliant young deviates devise the perfect murder to prove they are superior to the rest of the human race and go on trial for their lives.

Oklahoma City Bombing
Timothy McVeigh and co-conspirator, Terry Nichols, succeed in the terrible bombing of the Oklahoma Federal Building by way of a fertilizer/fuel bomb.

Ted Bundy
The charismatic law school student held an immoral fascination for women with long dark hair. He was responsible for the murder and rape of many women throughout the United States.

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