Specials
Episodes • 2000

1. The Unperfect Crime
60 minExpanded two-hour special about the 1997 Loomis-Fargo armored car heist in North Carolina and the serio-comic fate of its bumbling underdog perpetrators who fell victim to avarice, mutual betrayals, and false romantic promises.
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2. Cruel Deception
60 minJames M. DeBardeleben II was a counterfeiter who eluded the Secret Service for years. His capture proved to be only the beginning..
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3. Deadly Dentist
60 minIn Saint Louis, a serial killer strikes and vanishes, leaving little evidence in his wake. Blending into the community, he confounds authorities for more than three decades. To catch him, police must find his weakness and reveal the true face of a murderer.
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4. Dangerous Pursuit
60 minThe crime spree of Paul John Knowles in 1974 included serial rape, multiple murders and robbery.
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5. Flight From Justice: The Story of D.B. Cooper
60 min35,000 feet above the Pacific Northwest, 1971: D.B. Cooper hijacks a Boeing 727, receives $200K in-flight and parachutes out. Normally, parachuting at that altitude can be fatal, but this shows how he might have done it.
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