The FBI Files

1998 1 Season

Produced with the full cooperation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Through dramatic reenactments and interviews with agents and scientists’ viewers witness the actual process of some of the FBI's most famous investigations.

Genre: Documentary

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13 Episodes

1 - Polly Klaas: Kidnapped 53 min

In 1993, 12-year-old Polly Klaas was abducted. FBI agents collected fibers from her bedroom and discovered a palm print on Polly’s bed. After a two-month investigation, the abductor was arrested.

2 - Above the Law 53 min

California Patrolman George Gwaltney discovered the body of Robin Bishop. Through the match of hairs and fibers and a unique test for identifying sperm, Gwaltney was placed at the scene of the crime.

3 - Human Prey 53 min

Thomas Dillon killed five men at random over a period of three years. A tip led the FBI to the murder weapon. Following a dramatic air and ground surveillance by the FBI, Thomas Dillon was convicted.

4 - Death in Alaska 53 min

The day began like any other for Cheryl and Paul Chapman, until the silence of a peaceful Sunday morning was shattered with a phone call.

5 - Deadly Paradise 53 min

It should have been Shangri-La, but when bad blood developed, piracy took over and the only law was the law of the jungle.

6 - The True Story of Mississippi Burning 53 min

Philadelphia, Mississippi, 1964. A sleepy southern town steeped in tradition finds itself targeted for invasion.

7 - The Crazy Don 53 min

To the FBI, he was believed to be the boss of New York’s most powerful mafia organization. Was Gigante crazy or was his behavior a shrewd attempt to disguise his position as a ruthless mafia boss?

8 - Killing Spree 53 min

In 1984, in South Florida, a rapist and murderer was on the loose. The killer was a ruthless and terrifying predator, the newest member of an infamous group known as ‘serial killers.’

9 - The Murdering Cowboy 53 min

A wily trapper, Claude Dallas, typified the rugged individualism that forged this country. He went too far when he killed two game wardens in 1981.

10 - The Unabomber 53 min

For nearly two decades a mathematical genius with delusions of single-handedly destroying industrial society, planted or mailed powerful bombs to unsuspecting innocent victims.

11 - Melissa Brannen: Missing 53 min

In 1989, residents of an apartment community gathered for a holiday celebration. Tammy Brannen and five-year-old daughter Melissa were having fun when, without warning, the little girl was gone.

12 - The World Trade Center Bombing 53 min

Terrorist bombings are what happen in other countries. Not here in the United States. And yet, in 1993, it happened in New York City.

13 - John Gotti: Convicted 53 min

John Gotti was ambitious, powerful and ruthless. He played celebrity with the media and cat and mouse with the FBI. They called John Gotti the Teflon Don. Serious charges just wouldn’t stick.