The Atlanta Prison Riot: On the morning of November 23, 1987 Cuban prisoners at the Atlanta Federal Prison start setting fires. The inmates break out homemade weapons and steal handcuffs and radios from prison employees. A Cuban prisoner chases a prison officer across the yard, threatening to slit his throat. A tower guard shoots the prisoner dead. By 10:50 the Cubans control most of the central buildings. Local and state police, fire and emergency rescue teams and the Atlanta FBI rush to the prison. Agents are sent to the East Gate, where inmates and detainees are turning themselves into authorities. De-briefing reports at the gate reveal that 79 hostages are being held in the chapel and the American dorm. Military Delta forces are called in and begin gathering intelligence about the identities and movements of hostages. They install closed circuit TV cameras with motion detectors and alarms, while inside, inmates fashion swords by the thousands. The FBI is forced to negotiate with the hostile prisoners to end the standoff as quickly and as peacefully as possible.
No Place To Hide: In the Spring of 1997, a killer preying on senior citizens terrorizes the River Parish area of Southern Louisiana. By May, local police and the New Orleans FBI are exploring a connection between the April 9 murder of a 71-year old widow and the May 9 murder of a retired couple. A month later, authorities forward information on the crimes to the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit in Quantico, VA, hoping a profile will help them narrow the field of possible suspects. In July an elderly couple survives a violent attack. Like the other victims they were robbed, beaten, shot, and left for dead. Their description of the assailant aids investigators in what have been dubbed the “Airline Highway Slayings.” By September, police and FBI agents working the case link two past murders from March and May to the case, bringing the body count to five. A casino worker calls, and names a possible suspect. Investigators had already been looking into the man, an area mechanic with a gambling problem and connections to several of the victims. FBI agents and local authorities arrest him in Texas in November, 1997 along with his girlfriend. After several hours of questioning, he confesses to six killings.
The FBI Files is an American docudrama that takes a look behind the scenes of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s crime laboratory.
Real FBI cases are recounted through reenactments and interviews, due to the sensitive nature of the show, viewer discretion is advised.
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