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Season 8
87 :08x01 - Murder of the Century (Oct/16/1995)
The story of the murder of architect Stanford White by socialite Harry K. Thaw over the affections of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. Thaw's subsequent trials for murder were the O. J. Simpson trial of their day.
Guest Stars: David Ogden Stiers as Narrator
Director: Carl Charlson
Writer: Carl Charlson
 
88 :08x02 - Edison's Miracle of Light (Oct/23/1995)
Thomas Edison's invention of the lightbulb and its impact is chronicled in this episode.
Guest Stars: Peter Coyote as Narrator
Directors: John Walter (2), Matthew Collins
Writer: John Walter (2), Matthew Collins
 
89 :08x03 - Chicago 1968 (Nov/13/1995)
The Democratic convention of 1968 that met in Chicago to nominate a president but turned into a riot-scarred war zone.
Guest Stars: W. S. Merwin as Narrator
Director: Chana Gazit
Writer: Chana Gazit
 
90 :08x04 - The Orphan Trains (Nov/27/1995)
The story of orphaned urban children shipped to rural areas for new lives as part of a social engineering experiment.
Guest Stars: Stacy Keach (1) as Narrator
Directors: Janet Graham, Edward Gray, Chana Gazit
Writer: Edward Gray
 
91 :08x05 - Freedom on My Mind (Jan/15/1996)
The story of the struggle to register Afro-Americans to vote in Mississippi during the 1960's.
Directors: Connie Field, Marilyn Mulford
Writer: Michael Chandler
 
92 :08x06 - Daley: the Last Boss (Jan/22/1996)
The career of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley who ruled the Windy City with an iron hand for twenty-some years.
Guest Stars: Hal Holbrook as Narrator
Director: Barak Goodman
Writer: Geoffrey C. Ward, Barak Goodman
 
93 :08x07 - The Battle Over Citizen Kane (Jan/29/1996)
Orson Welles' 1941 film Citizen Kane arouses the ire of influential publisher William Randolph Hearst because the film is a thinly disguised (and unflattering) portrait of him.
Guest Stars: Richard Ben Cramer as Narrator
Director: Michael Epstein
Writer: Richard Ben Cramer, Thomas Lennon
 
94 :08x08 - The Wright Stuff (Feb/12/1996)
The life and times of pioneer aviators Orville and Wilbur Wright.
Guest Stars: Garrison Keillor as Narrator
Director: Nancy Porter
Writer: Nancy Porter
 
95 :08x09 - Spy in the Sky (Feb/26/1996)
The story of the U-2 plane which was designed to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Guest Stars: Roy Scheider as Narrator
Director: Linda Garmon
Writer: Linda Garmon
 
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