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The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade

The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade
★ 6.5/10•2016•44m•TV-14•Documentary•Crime•Reality
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Investigation Discovery transports viewers on a bittersweet and terrifying journey back in time, revealing the dark side of America's favorite decade.

StatusEnded
Runtime44m
LanguageEN
First Air DateNov 14, 2016

Episodes

Episode 1 - The Yuppie MurderE144m

The Yuppie Murder

The Stuarts, are robbed and shot in Boston. Carol and her unborn child are killed. Charles survives to describe their black assailant, inflaming racial tensions, until a surprise witness comes forward with a story that blows open the case.

Nov 14, 2016

Episode 2 - The Preppy MurderE244m

The Preppy Murder

Jennifer Levin is found strangled to death in Central Park. A prep school heartthrob, Robert Chambers, is arrested for the crime. The press seizes on his provocative claim that Jennifer’s death happened accidentally during “rough sex."

Nov 21, 2016

Episode 3 - The Cheerleader MurderE344m

The Cheerleader Murder

In a wealthy California suburb, 15-year-old cheerleader Kirsten Costas is stabbed to death. A teenage girl is seen fleeing the scene. As months pass without an arrest, the police are stumped. But some in the community… think they know the murderer.

Nov 28, 2016

Episode 4 - The Heartland MassacreE444m

The Heartland Massacre

In the heart of America’s devastating Farm Crisis, the largest mass murder in recent Missouri history stuns a small town. An entire family is wiped out. The unlikely suspect is a 14-year-old boy… but the real extent of the horror is even more shock

Dec 5, 2016

Episode 5 - The Black Monday MurderE544m

The Black Monday Murder

Stockbroker Joe Pikul and his wife Diane are living the New York high life. When she discovers Joe’s been leading a double life, a conflict ensues. And within days of the stock market crash of Black Monday, their marriage comes to a violent end.

Dec 12, 2016

Episode 6 - The Real Fatal AttractionE644m

The Real Fatal Attraction

Single mother of three Linda Culbertson lands a dream job as a legal secretary in a Kansas City law firm. She falls hard for her married boss, Donald Pierce. Their twisted passions draw bystanders into a shocking and vicious crime?

Dec 19, 2016

Actors

Patrick Gallagher

Patrick Gallagher

Himself - Narrator

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