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Buzz Bissinger, Contributing Editor for 'Vanity Fair' talks about how the idea came about for the Runaway Doctor story as well as if he keeps in touch with any of the people featured in the story.

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A headless torso washes ashore. A mob’s daughter is executed mob-style. A millionaire’s young wife vanishes. Some believe that one man knows exactly what happened to all three victims. He is "The Fugitive Heir."

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A headless torso washes ashore. A mob’s daughter is executed mob-style. A millionaire’s young wife vanishes. Some believe that one man knows exactly what happened to all three victims. He is "The Fugitive Heir."

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A headless torso washes ashore. A mob’s daughter is executed mob-style. A millionaire’s young wife vanishes. Some believe that one man knows exactly what happened to all three victims. He is "The Fugitive Heir."

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Ned Zeman, Contributing Editor for 'Vanity Fair' talks about how the idea came about for the Fugitive Heir story as well as if he still thinks about the people involved in the story today.

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Editor's Note: The Fugitive Heir

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Lisl Auman's life is turned upside down when her so-called 'friends' reveal their dark and dangerous sides.

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She Wasn't Just Moving, She Wanted Revenge

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In the summer of 1997, Lisl Auman is charged with the felony murder of Denver police officer Bruce VanderJagt, despite being locked in the back of a police patroller when the deadly shots were fired.

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A Police Chase That Turned Into A Gunfight

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Twenty-one-year-old Lisl Auman is a self-proclaimed hippie with a knack for mixing with the wrong people at the wrong place and time.

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She Was Trying To Find What To Do With Her Life

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When political activist Madalyn Murray O'Hair mysteriously disappears, she'll touch off one of the most baffling missing persons cases in American history-a case full of strange clues, false leads, and lethal suspects.

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Could I Tell You If Someone Had A Gun To My Head?

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When Madalyn Murray O'Hair and her family disappear, some suspect that she fled to New Zealand to live a lavish lifestyle, while others have a much more grim theory.

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There Was No Sense Of Urgency With Her Disappearance

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To some, Madalyn Murray O'Hair is the most hated woman in America, and when she and her family mysteriously disappears, police immediately suspect foul play.

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What Are They Doing On the Lam Overseas?

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Mark Seal, Contributing Editor for 'Vanity Fair' talks about working with Hunter S. Thompson as well as why he thinks the Lisl Auman case was such an important story to tell.

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Editor's Note: Prisoner of Denver

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To avoid a maximum sentence, David Waters tells police the dark story of what really happened to the O'Hair family.

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They Were Held Against Their Will For 30 Days

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Mimi Swartz, Writer for 'Vanity Fair' and Executive Editor for 'Texas Monthly Magazine,' talks about how the Madalyn Murray O'Hair story came about as well as what her most memorable moment was while writing.

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Editor's Note: The Lady Vanishes

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A woman is left for dead. When the case goes cold, private investigator Ken Brennan is hired to find out exactly what happened.

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The Suspect Was In The Hotel But There Were No Records Of Him

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Private investigator Ken Brennan is hired to find out exactly what happened after a woman is raped and left for dead. His investigation uncovers disturbing clues and sets off a hunt for a man who preys on women nationwide.

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On the night Lana Clarkson is shot dead in Phil Spector's house, he refuses arrest when the police come to investigate the scene.

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How Did Phil Spector End Up With Blood On His Hands?

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People from Spector's past come forward to talk about how his obsession with gunplay became more and more dangerous, involving pulling his gun on both John Lennon and Leonard Cohen.

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Police investigate the scene of the murder at Phil Spector's House, and soon discover things do not add up with Spector's ever-changing story.

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The state of Florida was sending young boys to Dozier for even the most minor acts in order to use them for slave labor.

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The Dozier School Was Created To Supply Slave Labor

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Many former inmates at Dozier recall the savage beatings they took at Dozier in "The White House" by the guards, and by a particularly sadistic one known as the "One-Armed Enforcer".

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Children Were Savagely Beaten By One-Armed Dozier Enforcer

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Years after their release, former inmates of Dozier have come forward to reveal acts of grizzly murder that occured at the reform school.

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They Were Feeding Boys To The Hogs

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Decades after being released from The Dozier School, hundreds band together in order to seek justice for those that were murdered at the reform school.

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Robert Sam Anson, Contributing Editor for ‘Vanity Fair’ talks about how the piece on Phil Spector came about and shares his thoughts on Lana Clarkson and the unusual sources he had in researching this story.

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David Kushner, writer for ‘Vanity Fair’ talks about how the story for “The White House Boys” came about as well as who he keeps in touch with from the story today.

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Myron Farber, a writer for ‘Vanity Fair’ talks about how the idea for the story came about as well as what remaining questions he still has about the case.

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Editor's Note: Presumed Guilty

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From the pages of Vanity Fair magazine, comes a television series that reinvents the mystery format. All-new series premeires Monday, January 19 at 10/9c. Only on Investigation Discovery!

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Many killers have a playground and the I-5 interstate that runs along the West Coast is where this killer likes to play.

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