Court TV Profiles Four of the Nation's Most Brutal Mass Murder Criminals in a Special Week of Compelling Crime & Justice Programming.NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--April 6, 1999-- Premiere Week of April 12th to Include Anatomy of a Homicide: Life on The Street Documentary and Original Character-based Vignettes Weeklong Programming Special Culminates Sunday, April 18 in a 14-hour Sunday Marathon, The Serial Killers, Featuring Expert Harold Schechter Harold Schechter is a true crime writer who specializes in serial killers. He attended the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he obtained a Ph. D. He is professor of American literature and popular culture at Queens College of the City University of New York. Court TV is airing a weeklong series of world premieres and special programming April 12-19, to accompany the debut of a totally new look and feel of the network. This programming, showcasing the breadth of the network's crime and justice focus, includes original Crime Stories, a behind-the-scenes look at an award-winning Homicide: Life on The Street episode, "The Subway," new Court TV-produced vignettes featuring the cast members of Homicide and a marathon, The Serial Killers, hosted by Pros & Cons anchor Nancy Grace Nancy Ann Grace (born October 23, 1958) is an American talk show host and former prosecutor. She frequently discusses issues from what she describes as a victims' rights standpoint. . All will be supported by Court TV's Web site. Said Art Bell, Court TV's executive vice president of strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , "I am pleased that just ten weeks into our new primetime schedule, we are not only debuting our new on-air look but premiering some high quality original programming that speaks to the new Court TV brand as well." Court TV's programming highlights for the week of April 12 include: -- Four original Crime Stories documentaries that take a look at the most heinous criminals of our nation's last three decades - "Ted Bundy: Face Beneath the Mask" - Monday, April 12; "Beyond Evil: The Life and Crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994) was an American serial killer. Dahmer murdered at least 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1989 and 1991. " - Tuesday, April 13; "The Boston Strangler Boston Strangler American serial killer who murdered at least 11 and as many as 13 women in the Boston area between 1962 and 1964. The killer's first victim, a 55-year-old woman, was sexually assaulted and strangled in her apartment on June 14, 1962. " - Thursday, April 15 and "Richard Speck Richard Franklin Speck (December 6, 1941–December 5, 1991) was a mass murderer who systematically killed eight student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital, Chicago, Illinois on July 14, 1966. : Born to Raise Hell" - Friday, April 16. All are hosted by Richard Belzer and air at 10 p.m. (ET). WORLD TELEVISION PREMIERES. "Ted Bundy Theodore Robert 'Ted' Bundy (November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) is one of the most infamous serial killers in U.S. history. Bundy raped and murdered scores of young women across the United States between 1974 and 1978. : Beneath the Mask" follows the sex crimes and trials of the brutal killer of young women from Seattle to Florida, who, with his incredible movie star looks and charm, would manage to fool authorities for years. Bundy was executed in Florida in 1989. Featured are interviews with Anne Rule, who worked with Ted Bundy at the Seattle Crisis Clinic and author of the best-selling book, "The Stranger Beside Me"; Carol DaRonch, the only woman known to have escaped Bundy; Lynn Thompson, defense attorney and co-counsel defending Bundy in the Chi Omega murders and the murder of Kimberly Leach Kimberly Diane Leach, (October 28, 1965 – February 9, 1978) was a 12 year old student at Lake City Junior High School, in Lake City, Florida, and the final and youngest murder victim of Ted Bundy. ; and Robert Ressler Robert Ressler is a former FBI agent and author. He coined the term serial killer and played a significant role in the psychological profiling of violent offenders in the 1970s. He served in the US Army before joining the FBI in 1970. , author of "Whoever Fights Monsters" and former FBI profiler specializing in sexual homicides. "Beyond Evil: The Life and Crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer" takes us inside the carnage discovered in a Milwaukee apartment during the summer of '91 that shook the city as well as the nation. Dahmer, who confessed in minute detail to 17 murders dating back to '78 and received 15 life sentences, was bludgeoned to death by another inmate in prison. Crime Stories sheds new light on the Dahmer rampage through exclusive footage as well as interviews with: Dahmer from prison; Jeffrey's parents, Lionel and Joyce Dahmer; Dr. Fred Berlin, defense expert on sex offenders; Dr. Park Dietz Park Dietz (born 1948) is a forensic psychiatrist who was educated at Cornell, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Pennsylvania. As a full-time academic at Harvard Medical School and the University of Virginia Schools of Law and Medicine, he contributed over 100 publications to , forensic psychiatrist, criminologist and star witness for the prosecution; and Tracey Edwards, a victim who escaped and led police to Dahmer. "The Boston Strangler" takes a look back at 1964 when thirteen Boston women were brutally strangled stran·gle v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr. 1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle. b. within an 18-month period. The city was locked in terror and the media dubbed this savage murderer "The Boston Strangler." Albert Henry Albert Royle Henry (1907 - 1981) was the former first Premier of the Cook Islands and a colorful and charismatic figure in Cook Islands politics for many years. Henry was a pioneer in Cook Islands politics, and a driving force behind Cook Islands self-government, which it DeSalvo later confessed to the murders while in prison serving a life sentence for sexual assault and armed robbery. DeSalvo was stabbed behind bars after six years of his sentence. To this date, no one has been charged with the murders. Court TV's documentary offers interviews with: F. Lee Bailey, attorney for DeSalvo; Susan Kelly, author of "The Boston Stranglers" and chief promoter of the conspiracy theory conspiracy theory n. A theory seeking to explain a disputed case or matter as a plot by a secret group or alliance rather than an individual or isolated act. conspiracy theorist n. ; Dr. Ames Robey, former chief psychiatrist at Bridgewater State Hospital, where DeSalvo hinted to a fellow inmate that he was the strangler stran·gle v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr. 1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle. b. ; and John Donovan, former chief of the Boston Homicide Unit. "Richard Speck: Born to Raise Hell" focuses on the 24-year-old sailor with a long, violent criminal record. On July 13, 1966, armed with a gun and knife, Speck approached a townhouse town·house or town house n. 1. A residence in a city. 2. A row house, especially a fashionable one. in a Chicago suburb. What started as a robbery, ended in the deaths of eight nurses. A single survivor, who hid, would later identify Speck as the killer. After serving 24 years in prison, Speck died of a heart attack in 1991. The program will feature interviews with William Martin William Martin can refer to:
trial and assistant state's attorney Noun 1. state's attorney - a prosecuting attorney for a state state attorney prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, public prosecutor - a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state in Cook County, Illinois Cook County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of 2000, the population was 5,376,741, making it the second largest county by population in the United States (after Los Angeles County, California), and accounting for 43. ; the Honorable James Gramenos, former lead assistant to the chief defense attorney for Richard Speck. At the time of the trial in 1967, Gramenos was an ex-FBI agent; Marshall Hartman, former member of Speck's defense team; Jack Wallenda, former lead investigator in the Speck murder case and chief homicide detective for Cook County. -- The Anatomy of a Homicide: Life on The Street documentary about the making of the Emmy Award-winning Homicide episode, "The Subway," takes viewers behind the scenes of one of television's most celebrated police dramas. The documentary, which originally aired on PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, , shows how this provocative, Peabody Award-winning and double Emmy nominee episode was conceived and created. The documentary, as well as "The Subway" episode itself, will air on Court TV on Monday, April 12, from 8-10 p.m. (ET). Both will be played without commercial interruption. -- Originally produced vignettes with four cast members from Homicide: Life on The Street who discuss their characters - 'Tim Bayliss,' 'John Munch,' 'Meldrick Lewis,' 'Lieutenant Al Giardello' -- while in character. WORLD TELEVISION PREMIERE. -- On Sunday, April 18, the network will air The Serial Killers, a 14-hour marathon of documentary and dramatic programming hosted by Court TV's Nancy Grace, that explores some of the nation's most notorious serial killers and what makes them tick. Airing throughout the day will be original vignette programming examining the behavior and motives of these criminals. The vignettes were scripted for Court TV by Harold Schechter, author of "The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers," as well as 18 other books about America's most monstrous crimes. Schechter has also scripted episodes of The Cosby Mysteries and Law & Order, and wrote the just published historical mystery, "Nevermore nev·er·more adv. Never again. nevermore Adverb Literary never again Adv. 1. nevermore - at no time hereafter; "Quoth the raven, nevermore!" -E.A.Poe never again : A Novel," in which Edgar Allan Poe and Davy Crockett team up to solve a series of murders in 1830s Baltimore. Some of the day's programming will include: the two-part "Sniper" episode of Homicide: Life on The Street and encore performances of Crime Stories' "The Boston Strangler," "Ted Bundy: Beneath the Mask" and "Beyond Evil: The Life and Crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer." -- Your Turn, as part of the network's ongoing "Choices and Consequences" public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. initiative, travels to Oklahoma City to discuss with teens the legacy and the healing process since the 1995 bombing. Confirmed guests include Governor Keating, Mayor Kirk Humphries, as well as members of local victim and survivor groups. WORLD TELEVISION PREMIERE on Saturday, April 17 at 1 p.m. (ET). Encore performance - Sunday, April 18 at 1 p.m. (ET). -- Serial killer expert Harold Schechter is scheduled to appear on the April 16 episode of Pros & Cons to take a look at recent crimes committed by serial killers. To reflect the entire spectrum that constitutes crime and justice programming, Court TV launched an entirely new primetime schedule in January featuring shows that go beyond pure trial coverage. In this regard, the network will premiere 88 hours of original documentary programming on the Crime Stories series; Pros & Cons, the daily exploration of breaking legal news; and Snap Judgment, an irreverent look at the justice system. Court TV also added the recently acquired Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Homicide: Life on the Street to its weeknight week·night n. A night of the week exclusive of Saturday and Sunday. week  nights schedule. For the first time in network history, the weekend primetime lineup includes films, the CrimeTime Movie. Since these changes were initiated, Court TV has experienced significant gains in audience share as well as growth in key demographic categories. Court TV, a 24-hour basic cable network, provides a window on the American system of justice through distinctive programming, which both informs and entertains. As the first and only cable network dedicated to crime and justice, Court TV broadcasts live trials by day and crime and justice programming at night. A service of Time Warner Entertainment and Liberty Media Corp., Court TV (http://www.courttv.com) is distributed to more than 34 million households. |
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