The BEST episodes written by Nancy Porter
#1 - The Most Dangerous Woman In America
NOVA - Season 31 - Episode 15
Examine the complex case of Typhoid Mary, a cook that was quaratined for life against her will in the early 1900s.
#2 - Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage
American Experience - Season 6 - Episode 1
The life and risks taken by the famous woman aviator.
#3 - The Wright Stuff
American Experience - Season 8 - Episode 8
The story of Wilbur and Orville Wright and the earliest days of aviation.
#4 - Alone on the Ice
American Experience - Season 11 - Episode 7
An account of Robert Byrd's adventures at the poles and his trials in Antarctica.
#5 - Houdini
American Experience - Season 12 - Episode 7
In 1912 Harry Houdini was lowered into New York's East River in a crate wrapped in chains. The crowd of spectators gasped; reporters pulled out their stop watches. Houdini was out in less than a minute. The resulting media blitz established him forever as the world's greatest escape artist. On stage, Houdini subjected himself to the Water Torture Cell, being buried alive, and other perils of his own design. Throughout his rise from Hungarian immigrant to international star, Houdini confronted our greatest fears entrapment, pain, death -- and emerged victorious. Produced by Nancy Porter. Mandy Patinkin narrates.