The BEST episodes of American Experience season 18

#1 - Jesse James

Season 18 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/6/2006

An examination of the real details of the notorious outlaw and his brother.

#2 - Annie Oakley

Season 18 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/8/2006

Chronicle of the amazing markswoman, her life, the discovery of her talent, and the promotion of her career.

#3 - John and Abigail Adams

Season 18 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/23/2006

A chronicle of the lives of the couple and their mutual regard for each other's abilities and intelligence.

#4 - The Boy in the Bubble

Season 18 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/10/2006

Account of David Vetter, a boy with an immune system so compromised that he led a life of isolation in a sealed enclosure.

#5 - The Alaska Pipeline

Season 18 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/24/2006

The engineering behind the challenging work of transporting oil during the height of the energy crisis and the subsequent environmental impact of the pipeline.

#6 - Two Days in October

Season 18 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/17/2005

Discord in two different places - a withering ambush of US troops by the Viet Cong 40 miles west of Saigon and a student protest that turns violent at the University of Wisconsin.

#7 - Race to the Moon

Season 18 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/2005

The Apollo 8 mission to orbit the moon and the men and women behind the effort.

#8 - Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (1): Sin City

Season 18 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/2005

The story of the circumstances that led to the founding of what would become a huge tourist destination in the desert.

#9 - Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (2): American Mecca

Season 18 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/2005

#10 - The Nuremberg Trials

Season 18 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/30/2006

On November 20, 1945, the twenty-two surviving representatives of the Nazi elite stood before an international military tribunal at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany. This American Experience production draws upon rare archival material and eyewitness accounts to re-create the dramatic tribunal that defines trial procedure for state criminals to this day.

#11 - Hijacked

Season 18 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/2006

The motivations of the "Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine" and the airplane hijackings they carried out.

#12 - Eugene O'Neill

Season 18 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/21/2006

The life of one of the 20th century's most acclaimed playwrights.

#13 - The Man Behind Hitler

Season 18 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/22/2006

Documentary on Joseph Goebbels and the propaganda behind the success of the Nazi regime - told mainly though his own diaries and speeches.