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10 Episodes 1994 - 1994
Episode 1
Wed, Mar 9, 1994
Turning Point looks back to 1969 and the the Tate and LaBianca murders committed by Charles Manson and his cult. Former Manson followers Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel give their accounts of murders. Diane Sawyer also interviews Charles Manson from prison.
Episode 2
Wed, Mar 16, 1994
Turning Point goes to Indianapolis to visit Becki and Keith Dilley who are the parents of sextuplets who were conceived with the help of the fertility drug Pergonal. It looks at the dangers of carrying so many children and talks to several other couples who experienced multiple birth pregnancies.
Episode 3
Wed, Mar 23, 1994
Turning Point looks at the August 1990 murder of five people in Gainesville, Florida, by serial killer Danny Rolling. It focuses the story on the victims and how the murders affected their families. It also looks at the lengthy trial that eventually sent the murderer to death row.
Episode 4
Wed, Mar 30, 1994
Turning Point examines the case of Adam Jeffery an Oklahoma City lawyer who promised to provided babies for twenty different couples who were looking for adoption. When he did not come through on his promise, he was arrested for fraud. Correspondent Meredith Vieira interviews the lawyer and talks to some of the people he defrauded.
Episode 5
Wed, Apr 6, 1994
Turning Point looks at some very young children are fighting life and death battles with cancer and leukemia. It talks to their families who are trying to support them and the doctors who are doing their best to save them. It also follows the children as they they try to live their lives while undergoing chemotherapy.
Episode 6
Wed, Apr 13, 1994
Turning Point examines the Chicago Tribune's Pulitzer Prize winning effort to offer front page coverage of every child murdered in the city during 1992. Correspondent Don Kladstrup looks at the heartbreaking cases talking to the reporters, families, and friends impacted by the deaths.
Episode 7
Wed, Apr 20, 1994
Turning Point goes to South Africa to investigate the murder of American Amy Biehl a 26-year-old Fulbright scholar who was stabbed to death by a mob last summer while traveling in Guguletu, a black township near Cape Town. Amy's family travels to South Africa in search of understanding, consolation, and reconciliation.
Episode 8
Wed, Apr 27, 1994
Turning Point examines the growing heroin problem in the United States. It interviews several addicts and former addicts who are in various stages of addiction and recovery. It also talks to health professionals about the dangers of heroin and problems that addicts face.
Episode 12
Wed, Jun 8, 1994
Episode 13
Wed, Jun 22, 1994