Season 8
(1995)
Cast
Episodes
Murder of the Century 0.0
October 16, 1995
In 1906, the murder of Stanford White, New York architect and man-about-town, by Harry K. Thaw, heir to a Pittsburgh ra…
Edison's Miracle of Light 0.0
October 23, 1995
In 1878, Thomas Edison announced his intention to harness Niagara Falls and produce a safe, electric light system. He s…
Chicago 1968 0.0
November 13, 1995
While America was reeling from the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King and public outcry against th…
The Orphan Trains 0.0
November 27, 1995
In the mid 19th century, thousands of children roamed the streets of New York in search of money, food and shelter. In …
Freedom on My Mind 0.0
January 15, 1996
In the summer of 1964, two groups converged in Mississippi: one mostly young, white and well educated from out of state…
Daley: The Last Boss 0.0
January 22, 1996
Richard J. Daley was born on a street he would never leave and christened in the small church in which he would be buri…
The Battle Over Citizen Kane 0.0
January 29, 1996
A thinly-veiled portrait of the immensely powerful newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, the movie created a buzz …
The Wright Stuff 0.0
February 12, 1996
Theirs is a quintessential American story of two midwestern boys who believed they could break the barrier of the air, …
Spy in the Sky 0.0
February 26, 1996
In the spring of 1960, Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. Overnight, this top-secr…