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6 Episodes 2010 - 2010
Episode 1
Tue, Mar 23, 2010
Episode 2
Fri, Apr 2, 201049 mins
Scientist Dr. Frank Olson worked for the CIA, conducting secret, often inhumane warfare experiments, leaving him with mixed emotions. In 1953, a bloodied Olson is found lying outside a NY hotel, dying from what is assumed to be a 10-story window jump. Though his death is initially ruled a suicide, a 1975 release of top-secret CIA documents about an "unnamed" Olson contains new information. Son Eric has many questions. Why was his father not allowed to resign when he gave notice? Was he assassinated? Drugged? After 40 years, an exhumation and second autopsy may help shed further light on what really happened in this David Olson v. Government Goliath saga - or - may generate even more mystery.
Episode 3
Fri, Apr 9, 201049 mins
30 year old Ezzat Aboul-Hosn's fiery death kicks off a manhunt which leads to Lebanon. A deadly and mysterious illness strikes down a 19 year old runner, Merrill Bahe and threatens the lives of other Navajos.
Episode 4
Tue, Apr 6, 201049 mins
In 1975, Frank Hilley fights a perplexing illness. As he grows worse, his wife of 25 years, Marie, rushes Frank to hospital. Unfortunately, Frank dies at 45 His autopsy concludes hepatitis as the official cause of death. Then, while their son is at college, daughter Carol starts to grow ill in much the same way as Frank. Eventually, when Carol's liver tests and and other tests come up negative, she then is sent to specialist Dr. Thompson. He rapidly discovers the true cause of illness. Now an exhumation and second autopsy must be performed on Frank Hilley, because, yes, Carol really did suffer the exact same affliction as her father had, who was initially misdiagnosed. That is, his cause of death was not natural. The 1966 chilling case of Charles Whitman is reexamined. After killing his mother and wife, Whitman, 25, climbed to the top of the University of Texas Clocktower with an arsenal of weapons to shoot random people in a 96 minute long rampage. Changing the course of violence in American History, ex-marine Whitman was found and shot to death. In the aftermath, research showed that Whitman was suffering from several psychological problems, headaches, and left a suicide note. Could this have caused Whitman's insane behavior? It was only through autopsy, requested by Whitman himself, that the closest reason for mental illness was exhibited in his brain.
Episode 5
Tue, Apr 13, 2010
Episode 6
Fri, Apr 30, 2010
Amber Taylor, 19, awakens to find her five-day old infant,Tamara, dead in her bed. At first, police treat the case as a homicide, due to her home's uncleanliness and the baby's bloody appearance. However, the real cause of death and aftermath are more shocking, discovered only after the baby is autopsied. Esteemed writer Sherwood Anderson, former literary member of the 1920s Algonquin Round Table, finds his career and circle of friends diminishing in 1941. Though not feeling or looking well, he decides to take a trip to South America with his wife, where his popularity is booming. Stomach problems begin to plague him on the ship. Blamed on hangovers, then food-poisoning, Anderson's condition worsens, until he must be transported to dry land. Days later, he dies painfully in hospital. Wife Eleanor orders an autopsy for her 65 year-old husband. His initial cause of death, though, ought to be a cautionary lesson to us all.