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- A look back at the tragedy of the Apollo 1 pad fire, which killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee, and almost derailed the entire U.S. manned space program.
- Turning Point looks back to 1969 and the the Tate and LaBianca murders committed by Charles Manson and his cult. Former Manson followers Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel give their accounts of murders. Diane Sawyer also interviews Charles Manson from prison.
- Forrest Sawyer interviews the entire King family to reveal that they feel James Earl Ray had help with his assassination of King.
- Retells the story of the appearance of E.coli bacteria in ground beef in California and Washington State in 1992 and 1993 during the landmark outbreak. Focuses on the families of four children who died and of others who became seriously ill, in most cases after eating undercooked hamburgers from Jack-in-the-Box fast-food outlets. In standard news magazine fashion, there are snapshots and home movies of the pretty children before they were stricken, followed by grim hospital and funeral scenes. The reporter, Meredith Vieira, goes on to accuse the Federal Department of Agriculture of not doing enough to protect consumers from contaminated meat.
- Turning Point goes to Indianapolis to visit Becki and Keith Dilley who are the parents of sextuplets who were conceived with the help of the fertility drug Pergonal. It looks at the dangers of carrying so many children and talks to several other couples who experienced multiple birth pregnancies.
- Turning Point looks at the August 1990 murder of five people in Gainesville, Florida, by serial killer Danny Rolling. It focuses the story on the victims and how the murders affected their families. It also looks at the lengthy trial that eventually sent the murderer to death row.
- Turning Point examines the case of Adam Jeffery an Oklahoma City lawyer who promised to provided babies for twenty different couples who were looking for adoption. When he did not come through on his promise, he was arrested for fraud. Correspondent Meredith Vieira interviews the lawyer and talks to some of the people he defrauded.
- Turning Point looks at some very young children are fighting life and death battles with cancer and leukemia. It talks to their families who are trying to support them and the doctors who are doing their best to save them. It also follows the children as they they try to live their lives while undergoing chemotherapy.
- Turning Point examines the Chicago Tribune's Pulitzer Prize winning effort to offer front page coverage of every child murdered in the city during 1992. Correspondent Don Kladstrup looks at the heartbreaking cases talking to the reporters, families, and friends impacted by the deaths.
- Turning Point goes to South Africa to investigate the murder of American Amy Biehl a 26-year-old Fulbright scholar who was stabbed to death by a mob last summer while traveling in Guguletu, a black township near Cape Town. Amy's family travels to South Africa in search of understanding, consolation, and reconciliation.
- Turning Point examines the growing heroin problem in the United States. It interviews several addicts and former addicts who are in various stages of addiction and recovery. It also talks to health professionals about the dangers of heroin and problems that addicts face.