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Barbara Walters Presents American Scandals

For the first time, TV-legend Barbara Walters takes the viewer inside some of her biggest stories. She shares personal experiences, never before seen footage and fresh reporting on the scandalous events that captured the public's imagination.
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  1. S1 E1 - JonBenet Ramsey: Inside the Mystery
    November 1, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    The parents of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey are the only suspects in her death, but after one the most-exhaustive investigations, they are cleared of the crime. Nineteen years later, Barbara re-interviews her father, John Ramsey.
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  2. S1 E2 - O.J. Simpson: Kato Speaks
    November 8, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    Barbara Walters talks with Kato Kaelin twenty years after O.J. Simpson is found not guilty in the infamous murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Simpson, and Ron Goldman.
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  3. S1 E3 - Jean Harris: The Headmistress Murder
    November 15, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    When celebrity diet-doctor Herman Tarnower is killed, his lover is charged with the crime, and Barbara Walters risks her career trying to uncover what really happened in the Jean Harris murder case.
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  4. S1 E4 - Menendez Brothers: The Bad Sons
    November 23, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    Barbara Walters shares exclusive details about the Erik and Lyle Menendez murder case, including never-before-seen letters from Erik, as she uncovers a bombshell: a childhood message that could grant the brothers a new trial.
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  5. S1 E5 - Kimberly Mays: Switched at Birth
    November 29, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    Barbara Walters searches for one of the two baby girls, now grown, involved in a high-stakes custody battle after being switched at birth and sent home to the wrong family.
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  6. S1 E6 - Mark David Chapman: The Man Who Shot Lennon
    December 6, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    Barbara Walters interviews Mark David Chapman, the man who killed music-legend John Lennon outside of his New York City apartment, and reveals new details about the crime in the first-ever TV interview with Chapman's wife, Gloria.
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  7. S1 E7 - Jim Bakker: Fall From Grace
    December 13, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    Jim Bakker finds fame and fortune as a televangelist, but a sexual affair and financial scandal cause him to lose everything. Barbara Walters talks to Bakker's family and discovers the surprising truth about what he is up to now.
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  8. S1 E8 - Mary Kay Letourneau: Forbidden Love
    December 20, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    Barbara Walters revisits the most-notorious teacher-student sex scandal of Mary Kay Letourneau and her sixth-grade student, Vili Fualaau, with a no-holds-barred interview about their life together with their two daughters.
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  9. S1 E9 - Robert Blake: A Hollywood Hit
    December 27, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    Actor Robert Blake discovers his wife Bonnie Bakley murdered, and though all roads lead to Blake as the killer, he's found not guilty. Bakley's daughter tells Barbara Walters how she thinks he got away with murdering her mother.
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Producers
Emily WynnPeri MuldofskyStephanie MendezLauren FultonJohn R. GreenDiana Sperrazza
Cast
Barbara WaltersJim Bakker
Studio
Investigation Discovery
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