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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.

In Miami, the discovery of a mutilated body sent investigators on the trail of a deadly cult. But agents found a wall of silence around the cult's members. Potential witnesses, terrified of reprisals, refused to talk.

In the 1970's a string of bank robberies and bombings spread fear and destruction along the east coast. The FBI faced a new breed of criminal, the domestic terrorist.

Beginning in 1990, Europe found itself in the clutches of a serial killer. He became an international outlaw, hopping from country to country to evade capture and to kill again.

When a young woman was grabbed from her Texas home, the police raced to find her abductors. On the face of it, the kidnapping seemed like the random act of desperate men.

In Alabama, two desperate criminals fled the custody of a local deputy. Eluding authorities, they made their way across the country in a wave of car theft, abduction, and murder.

In Buffalo, New York, a sniper targeted African-American men. He held a city hostage, and threatened to ignite a racial powder keg. And it looked like others might be following his bloody example.

It's a model's job to rivet the public's attention. But in 1984, some aspiring models began attracting publicity in a terrible new way.

Across the Midwest, a band of armed robbers struck banks at the rate of nearly one per month. They attacked with lightning precision and lethal force. They were in and out in five minutes.

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

On July 2nd 1994, a 12-year-old girl was abducted from her home in northern California. The FBI knows to act fast, search wide, enlist volunteers. But as the hours slipped by, agents also realized their chances for recovering her alive grew slim.

She appeared on the highway in the spring, a young woman, her life cut short, her past and her identity a mystery. Only by finding out who she was could we ever hope to find her killer.

Despite what you see in the movies, most bank robbers come in quietly, pass a note, and slip away. They want cash, not bloodshed. But in Richmond, Virginia, a pair of gunmen entered a bank with their guns blazing.

On October 1, 1993, a stranger abducted 12-year-old Polly Klaas during a slumber party in her home.

John Gotti was ambitious, powerful and ruthless. He ruled with flash and conspicuous style, playing celebrity with the media and cat and mouse with the FBI. They called John Gotti the Teflon Don. Serious charges just wouldn't stick.

In the early 1990's, a serial killer stalked lone victims in the dead of night, his hunting ground the suburbs of Washington, D.C., his target, anyone who owned a car.

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.

In 1984, a tragic murder led agents into the frightening world of domestic terrorism. Law enforcement vowed to dismantle the violent faction that claimed responsibility.

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

The parents of 11 yr. old Brittany Martinez knew their daughter was no runaway. Something had happened to her, something terrible. When they failed to find Brittany in their quiet Illinois neighborhood, they called the police.

In the early 1990's, Washington, D.C., became the murder capital of the nation. Few were left untouched by gang violence, which was ignited by the drug trade. By 1994, that violence would strike at the very heart of law enforcement.

Money may not be the root of all evil, but for some men, a million dollars is enough to justify murder. Even men sworn to uphold the law can sometimes be tempted.

A series of armored car heists and bloody shoot-outs shocked law enforcement. The brutal violence of the crimes suggested a motive more complex than greed. When the robbers started targeting police, the FBI took charge.

A woman and her infant son vanish. The husband is frantic. The clues are scarce, but hopes linger, even as the hours and days tick by without a word. Was she on the run, or the victim of foul play?

A mother and child are kidnapped, a bystander is murdered. Violence such as this shattered a quiet Texas neighborhood and exposed a drug cartel that flourished where it was least expected.

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