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Aftermath with William Shatner
Two-time Emmy Award-winner William Shatner takes an in-depth look at what happens when people are tragically or infamously transformed from unknown citizens into household names overnight. Stories like those of Jessica Lynch, Bernhard Goetz and the DC Sniper victims, Shatner intends to find out how the lives of those directly have changed forever since becoming front-page news.
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Episodes (6)
- 1. Ed Smart- Bringing Home ElizabethThis video is currently unavailableJuly 5, 201144minTV-14
Ed Smart lived every parent's worst nightmare--the abduction of a child. But when Smart's 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth was kidnapped at knifepoint in 2002, the nightmare turned even more horrible when suspicion fell on Smart and his family themselves. - 2. Baby Jessica- Robbie & Casey O' DonnellJuly 11, 201144minTV-14SubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglish
When 18-month-old "Baby Jessica" fell down an abandoned well in 1987, the world was riveted by the efforts of the rescue team that included fireman Robert O'Donnell. But the overwhelming media attention left O'Donnell feeling hollowed-out and betrayed, and his life spiraled downward. - 3. The Pentagon Papers- Daniel EllsbergJuly 18, 201144minTV-14SubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglish
When defense expert Daniel Ellsberg worked on a secret government study in 1969 about the Vietnam War, he realized that American leaders were lying to the public, they knew it was not a winnable war. Ellsberg decided to secretly copy the study and give it the nation's top newspapers. The "Pentagon Papers" became a national scandal. - 4. Chilean Miner Rescuer - Jeff HartJuly 25, 201145minTV-14SubtitlesEnglishAudio languagesEnglish
When 33 miners were trapped in a Chilean mine, a desperate call went out to Jeff Hart, asking him to assemble a team and fly 10,000 miles to Chile to save the men. Hart and his crew had spent their entire working lives drilling for oil and water, but now they were drilling to save lives. - 5. The Mayflower Madam- Sydney BarrowsThis video is currently unavailableAugust 1, 201145minTV-14
It was the most notorious sex scandal of the 1980s: the arrest of Sydney Biddle Barrows--a blue-blood debutante, a descendant of the Mayflower, a name in the Social Register... and a Madam of a high-priced call girl service. William Shatner talks with Ms. Barrows to find out how a high-society dame found herself working the underground sex scene. - 6. The Insider- Jeffery WigandThis video is currently unavailableAugust 8, 201144minTV-14
He's been called "The Man Who Knew Too Much" -- Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, a top scientist for a top tobacco company, who became the first insider who blew the whistle on Big Tobacco: what they knew about the deadly addictiveness of nicotine, and how many millions of dollars they spent covering that information up.
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- Directors
- Greg MatthewsNicole Lucas Haimes
- Producers
- Nicole Lucas HaimesMichael BrantonGary R. BenzTed HaimesTracy WeatherbyJoseph AngierAngie ThomasAndy BergCarrie Riley-Paul
- Season year
- 2011
- Network
- A&E Television Networks
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- Prime Video (streaming online video)
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- Available to watch on supported devices
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