SEPTEMBER 2011 HIGHLIGHTS

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SPECIALS

ID INVESTIGATES: 9/11 CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS ** TV-PG One-Hour Special Premieres Sunday, September 4 at 9 PM ET ID INVESTIGATES: 9/11 CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS profiles the NYPD‟s elite Crime Scene Unit and its search for evidence and survivors in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Led by Detective Sergeant Joe Blozis, the Crime Scene Unit was tasked with a search of epic magnitude on the biggest crime scene investigation in history. While America absorbed the shock of the tragedy, Blozis and his officers hunted down clues to reveal crucial final moments of the hijacked planes and identify thousands of victims as well as the terrorists themselves. This one-hour documentary spotlights the brave investigators who risked their lives and endangered their health to dig, sift, and uncover the dangerous remains of Ground Zero.

PREMIERES

TWISTED TV-14 Season 3 Premieres Friday, September 23 at 10 PM ET TWISTED takes an in-depth look at some of the world‟s most prolific and infamously iconic serial killers through the eyes of the people who knew them best. Attempting to uncover the psychology of each killer, this series seeks to understand whether nature or nurture drove them down the path of . The Night Stalker Premieres Friday, September 23 at 10 PM ET Richard Ramirez, a Satan- loving, drug-fueled burglar, raped, murdered, and mutilated innocent people while they slept in their homes. Men, women, children and the elderly all fell victim after being forced to pray to the devil before him. Was Ramirez the “Night Stalker” born to kill, warped by drugs, or a victim of childhood trauma? Location: Los Angeles The Meanest Man in America Premieres Friday, September 30 at 10 PM ET Donald Henry “Pee Wee” Gaskins became South Carolina‟s most infamous mass murderer when he confessed to police that he had his “own private graveyard.” The hearse-driving madman claimed nearly 100 lives and didn‟t stop once imprisoned, becoming the first man to ever kill an inmate on death row. Location: Florence County, SC

FINALES

BIG LAW: DEPUTY BUTTERBEAN ** TV-14 Season 1 Finale Airs Tuesday, September 6 at 7 and 7:30 PM ET At 416 pounds, Eric “Butterbean” Esch hit the heavyweight boxing scene in the „90s like a giant wrecking ball. Now he‟s taking his tough-guy reputation to the streets of his hometown of Jasper, AL, as a deputy with the Walker County Sheriff‟s office. Along with his partner and best friend, Adam Hadder, Bean is on a mission to bring back a sense of community safety, no matter how many butts he has to kick. Dangerous Games Premieres Tuesday, September 6 at 7 PM ET While patrolling the road, Deputies Butterbean and Hadder go on hot pursuit of an alleged drunk driver, leading them to a neighboring county where they find the truck crashed but no driver. It seems he has fled into the woods, but the deputies suspect he may really be hiding in a nearby house. Once inside, a large man becomes violent and the deputies are forced to use a Taser and pepper spray to subdue him. Then, another surprise – drugs are found scattered all over the house, and before long, all the occupants are in cuffs and the deputies score the ultimate drug bust. Under Siege Episode Premieres Tuesday, September 6 at 7:30 PM ET Deputies Butterbean and Hadder track down and apprehend wanted fugitive Candice Brand. Butterbean learns Brand is prostituting herself to pay for drugs, so he enlists her in a sting operation. With her help, they arrest four men in one afternoon, and Butterbean pledges Brand his support as she vows to clean up and turn her life around. Then, the finale of BIG LAW‟s ten-part series culminates with the torrent of tornadoes that ripped through Alabama in April 2011. While Jasper itself remained relatively unscathed, neighboring suburbs of Birmingham were devastated. The episode concludes as Deputies Butterbean and Hadder conduct search-and-rescue and aid missions alongside their fellow Walker County police force amidst the chaos of the storms.

I MARRIED A MOBSTER ** TV-14 Season 1 Finale Airs Wednesday, September 14 at 10:30 PM ET You see their lives portrayed in movies like Married to the Mob and Goodfellas, but rarely, if ever, do you hear them speak or get a glimpse into their lives. I MARRIED A MOBSTER presents stories of the mob from a new perspective: the women who had unprecedented access into this secretive world, where breaking vows could literally get you killed. With reenactments, archival photos and interviews, each episode tells the back-story of one family‟s rise and fall from the first person point-of-view of the Mrs. Love Hurts Premieres Wednesday, September 7 at 10:30 PM ET Through mob daughters like herself, Love Majewski meets Chris Paciello, a member of the , as well as Ray Merolle. Ray is a part of “The Untouchables,” the car-theft operation that inspired “Gone in 60 Seconds.” When Chris grows abusive, Love asks for Ray‟s protection, becoming at once his personal property and accomplice to theft. Chris moves to Miami, but is eventually arrested for murdering a porn king‟s wife, while Ray is convicted of more than 100 counts back in Staten Island. This leaves Love to live her life in limbo, trying to date normal guys but never fully escaping the FBI‟s radar. Ebony & Ivory Premieres Wednesday, September 14 at 10:30 PM ET has never been known for its acceptance of outsiders, and letting new faces in is a risky proposition, especially for a single African-American woman. Dion Nicosia never dated wise guys or white men, but a job in a club introduces her to a world she never imagined joining. A young Genovese associate, Angelo Nicosia, disarms her with his Sicilian charm. When Angelo‟s wife discovers the pair in bed, he does the unthinkable and leaves her for Dion. She‟s thrust into a world of curious glances in her direction and no familiar faces, but the luxurious lifestyle keeps her smiling. While Nicosias‟ romance rocks the mafia underworld, the real shock to the system comes with a knock on the door from the feds.

NIGHTMARE NEXT DOOR TV-14 Finale Airs Thursday, September 15 at 10 PM ET How well do you know your neighbors? NIGHTMARE NEXT DOOR tells the tales of mysterious from behind white picket fences that rocked Middle America. Each hour bring a new murder mystery and a new look into the evil that can lurk in the heart and soul of a tight-knit community. Interviews with investigators, , family members and/or neighbors piece together the twisting tale of a classic whodunit, and forensic experiments lead viewers into the heart of the investigation. Heartless in the Heartland Premieres Thursday, September 1 at 10 PM ET A small town is overcome with fear when one of their own, eight-year-old Alyssa Owen, is found dead on the side of a rural country road. Investigators race to find Owen‟s killer but are slowed by a series of roadblocks, including their trouble locating the girl‟s mother. As police try to piece together the mystery, their workload doubles when her mother‟s body is found six weeks later. In order to find their killer, police soon realize they don‟t need to look far beyond their own case file for the truth. Location: Boonville, MO Conspiracy of Evil Premieres Thursday, September 8 at 10 PM ET When 51-year-old Barbara Iske is found murdered execution-style in the driveway of her employer, it leaves the community flooded with fear. Investigators turn to undercover surveillance, cell phone forensics, and good old-fashioned police work in their search for answers. The hunt for the killer takes twists and turns, but armed with a tenacious effort to solve this crime, investigators will get their man. Location: Grosse Point, MI Midwestern Malice Premieres Thursday, September 15 at 10 PM ET Laura Wynn is discovered savagely attacked and strangled to death in her own home. Residents of the normally peaceful town pass their days in fear while detectives scramble to find Wynn‟s killer. When a double homicide strikes in a nearby town, the community fears a serial killer may be on the loose. Yet still, Wynn‟s case grows icy cold until thirteen years later when persistent police work helps identify an intoxicating piece of evidence that may have been the weapon that killed Wynn. Location: Poplar Bluff, MO

ONGOING SERIES

I ESCAPED: REAL PRISON BREAKS TV-14 New Episodes Premiere Tuesdays at 10 PM ET I ESCAPED: REAL PRISON BREAKS revisits the incredible true stories of some of the greatest escapes in history. Meet the inmates who refused to surrender to incarceration as the series introduces some of the most elaborate and unimaginable prison breaks, featuring dramatic reconstructions and interviews with those involved. A Fugitive Among Us Premieres Tuesday, September 6 at 10 PM ET o Trapped in the Bernalillo County Detention Centre, natural-born killers Sebastian Eccleston and Daniel Mitchem make a pact to break out. Gaining access to a minimum- security wing dubbed the God Pod, the pair studies the bible while secretly plotting their escape. The plan is not only risky, it‟s half-baked. They survive a deadly 65-foot drop down an air duct, but Mitchem is soon caught hiding in a refrigerator, while Eccleston‟s freedom lasts four months before his cover is blown. Location: Albuquerque, NM o The year is 1970 and Linda Darby is serving a life sentence at the Women‟s Prison for murdering her second husband and torching his corpse. Darby maintains her innocence and has the full support of family and friends, but two years later, her appeals have run out and the cold reality of life in prison sets in. Distraught and angry, Darby hops the prison fence and disappears. Thirty-five years later, a new fugitive task force revisits the case and finally reunites Darby with her jail cell. Location: Indianapolis, IN Trooper Tragedy Premieres Tuesday, September 13 at 10 PM ET At Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Claude Eugene Dennis plans to make a break for it with help from Michael Lancaster, a convicted armed robber who has escaped from prison once before. Lancaster‟s maintenance job at the prison gives the duo access to a labyrinth of underground tunnels. After five months of careful planning, they burrow their way to freedom and prepare to unleash hell. What follows is the deadliest criminal rampage in Oklahoma history. Thirty-three days later, the showdown reaches its endgame, but Dennis and Lancaster refuse to be taken alive and spark a vicious gun battle that does down as being the bloodiest day ever for Oklahoma State Troopers. Location: Oklahoma, , Alabama Gone to the Dogs Premieres Tuesday, September 20 at 10 PM ET John Manard has no intention of serving his life sentence at the Lansing Correctional Facility, but the repeat offender convicted of first-degree murder isn‟t about to risk his life with a carelessly executed escape. Instead, he bides his time until he can enlist an accomplice. Enter Toby Young, a woman twice his age who runs a rehabilitation program pairing hardened criminals with stray dogs. Trusted by prison officials, Young drives in and out of the high-security fortress each week. Manard pours on the charm and convinces Young that, if she helps him escape, they could drive off into the sunset and live happily ever after. Four hours after their escape, an interstate manhunt springs into action. Location: Lansing, KS Love Behind Bars Premieres Tuesday, September 27 at 10 PM ET o Cuban refuge Orlando Boquete serves 50 years at Glades Correctional Institution for attempted sexual battery and burglary. Inspired by the French memoir Papillion, Boquete plots his own jailbreak with the help of fellow inmate George Wright. The duo risks everything to hop the maximum-security prison‟s 15-foot razor wire fence. Refusing to surrender, Boquete gambles with his life and jumps into an icy cold swamp full of deadly alligators. Location: Belle Glade, FL o At Crossroads Correctional Center, Terry Banks serves life without parole for pre- meditated murder and deviously seduces vulnerable prison guard Lynette Barnett. A forbidden relationship flourishes in the shadows of the super-max prison and, and Barnett engineers her lover‟s escape. Disguising Banks as a prison guard with fake ID, the convict walks out of the prison to freedom. Minutes later, a prison headcount exposes their charade, but the lovebirds are already miles away. Law enforcement feares that Banks will kill again, and Barnett will be his first casualty. Location: Cameron, MO

WHO THE (BLEEP) DID I MARRY? ** TV-PG New Episodes Premiere Wednesdays at 10 PM ET Pulling back the curtain on bizarre double lives, WHO THE (BLEEP) DID I MARRY? examines stories of couples in which one spouse has hidden a shocking secret. From bank robbers to bigamists and international spies, these sometimes shocking characters will have viewers shaking their heads in disbelief and wondering how the truths behind these scandalous spouses were kept hidden for so long. Strange Bedfellows Premieres Wednesday, September 7 at 10 PM ET When Dina Matos met Senator Jim McGreevey in 1995, she knew his job came with its fair share of media attention. What she didn‟t expect was that the cameras would turn on their marriage in particular. Jim and Dina were the perfect couple to the public eye. They attended state events together and were proud parents. But what she thought were Jim‟s trips to conferences in Las Vegas were actually romantic getaways with his lover and homeland security advisor, Golan Cipel. In 2004, Jim came out to the press, announcing “I am a gay American.” Dina was devastated and wondered if their marriage was a sham for the press to make Jim look like an all-American politician. Four years after, after a long and grueling divorce and months of media attention, Dina finally called it quits. Location: Plainfield, NJ The Rock Star Husband Premieres Wednesday, September 14 at 10 PM ET Gayle Cuvreau first noticed something odd about her boyfriend during a trip to Hawaii. Scott Moughton, a computer whiz and local musician, was driving when suddenly he began shaking and couldn‟t keep his eyes open. They pulled over to a gas station where Gayle phoned police while Scott went to the restroom. Within minutes, he reemerged insisting he was fine. But one day in 1999, their life crumbled when Gayle found pills to treat drug addiction in Scott‟s guitar case. Despite going to rehab for heroin dependence, Scott went home and began dealing drugs. In 2007, he was ambushed by police and sent to prison for identity theft and forgery, forcing Gayle to trade in her former luxurious lifestyle. She now lives with roommates while she rebuilds her life. Location: Bothell, WA

WICKED ATTRACTION ** TV-14 New Episodes Premiere Thursdays at 9 PM ET WICKED ATTRACTION examines what happens in the mind of the “average” person when they fall under the spell of a sadistic predator. Forensic psychologists and criminal profilers uncover horrifying clues and reveal the true stories of people driven to commit murder together. This series investigates some of the most terrifying crimes in recent history and delves inside the criminal mind to explore the psychological motivations behind deadly duos. Sex, Lies & Bloody Goodbyes Premieres Thursday, September 1 at 9 PM ET Obsessed with sex, men, and money, Catherina Voss decides to hire a hit man to kill her husband, Navy Ensign Cory Voss. As Catherina waits excitedly for Cory‟s life insurance check to arrive, she hits the town with her latest lover, Michael Draven, spending wildly and living in their own fantasy world. They make an odd-looking couple, with Michael sometimes dressed as Dracula and Catherina as his gypsy flame, and hire David Runyon to abduct and kill Cory. Location: Newport News, VA

DEADLY WOMEN ** TV-14 New Episodes Premiere Fridays at 10 PM ET DEADLY WOMEN takes viewers on a journey into the bizarre world of women who kill for thrills. While male murderers are often driven by anger, impulse and destruction, women usually have more complex, long-term motives. Featuring Candice DeLong, a former FBI agent and criminal profiler, this series explores the psyche of female killers, showing what turns love affairs into fatal attractions or how twisted minds and dark secrets can send women on lethal rampages. Kill for Cash Premieres Friday, September 2 at 10 PM ET Money is a strong motivator. It can be used for good. It can be used for evil. It can be the driving force behind murder. These women stopped at nothing to get their hands on the goods. o Maria del Rosio “Rosie” Alfaro set out to rob the home of her friend April Wallace in order to buy drugs. Encountering April‟s sister, Autumn, when she got there, Rosie coerced her into the bathroom, where Autumn was stabbed 57 times. Rosie walked away with $240 worth of stolen goods. Location: Anaheim, CA o Marjorie Diehl Armstrong and three others played a role in a bizarre bank that killed a pizza deliveryman with a collar bomb. Even stranger, her boyfriend‟s body was then found in her freezer. So why did she kill? For money to hire a hitman to murder her father so she could collect an inheritance. Location: Erie, PA o Kim Snibson was a master manipulator and fanciful liar. In 2006, she recruited two men to attack Kathryn McKay and Greg Hosa. The couple was kidnapped, gagged, hogtied, smothered and strangled before their bodies were burned in 44-gallon drums, all so Kim wouldn‟t have to pay the $300 she owed them. Location: Nowra, Australia Breaking Point Premieres Friday, September 9 at 10 PM ET Anger, fear and despair are basic human emotions but when coupled with a broken mind, a perfect storm is created. Teetering on the edge of unbalance, these women resort to murder when pushed to the breaking point. o Amber Cummings could no longer take the agony of being in an abusive relationship with her husband, James. She resigned to killing herself, but when she put the gun to her mouth, she realized that her 9-year-old daughter would be left in the care of a crazed lunatic. Instead, she turned the gun on James while she slept. Location: Belfast, ME o Kate Webster was as murderous as she looked. In a flash of drunken anger, Kate threw her elderly boss down a flight of stairs, strangled her, dismembered her, boiled and burned the body, then disposed of the parts in the river. Not content to stop there, Kate took on the dead woman‟s identity. Location: Richmond, UK o Wendi Andriano‟s husband became seriously ill and had to stop working. Resentful of her new responsibilities, she hatched a scheme to kill him and profit from his death by slipping poison in his food. When that too long to take effect, she beat and stabbed him to death. Location: Ahwatukee, AZ Love to Death Premieres Friday, September 16 at 10 PM ET Love and money can make for a beautiful marriage, unless the love is of money, the bride is a killer, and the groom is her victim. o Josephine Gray‟s relationships adopted a deadly pattern. She had a bad habit of soliciting lovers to kill her husbands, first Norman Stribbing in 1974 and then Robert Gray in 1990 and her live-in lover, Clarence Goode, in 1996. Josephine was motivated by money, powered by witchcraft, and thwarted prosecutors for decades. Location: Maryland o Elisa McNabney, a one-time brilliant student, gentle friend and popular cheerleader, ended her own life in a Florida jail cell, leaving in her deadly wake 38 aliases and a criminal record spanning more than 113 pages, including credit card , grand theft, parole violations and her final crime, the painful drawn out poisoning murder of her husband, Larry. Location: San Joaquin County, CA o Shirley Withers made a desperate emergency call to report the body of her multi- millionaire husband, Peter Shellard, laying naked in a pool of blood on the bedroom floor. Few knew Peter had a fetish for dressing in black leather and being whipped by a dominatrix, but on that night, it was Shirley and two friends beating her husband to death. Location: North Caulfield, Australia

UNUSUAL SUSPECTS TV-14 New Episodes Premiere Sundays at 10 PM ET UNUSUAL SUSPECTS is a new documentary series for ID that showcases some of the most notable and challenging investigations in contemporary law enforcement. Each one-hour episode profiles completed cases that were anything but “cut and dry,” with twists and turns, multiple suspects, and the unlikely culprit (or culprits) who almost got away with it. Who Wanted Them Dead? Premieres Sunday, September 4 at 10 PM ET In August 2004, affluent couple John and Susan Sutton are attacked in their home by an armed intruder. With multiple gunshot wounds, John survives but Susan does not. Evidence suggests a planned murder and investigators focus on John‟s law partner. When pressed, he reveals an affair with Susan, but phone records give him an alibi. Cell phone records finally lead police to a suspicious young man with ties to the family. Was it a burglary gone wrong, or a murder for hire? Location: Coral Cables, FL Hiding in Plain Sight Premieres Sunday, September 11 at 10 PM ET FBI office manager Melissa Mooney is murdered in her home in 1999. Investigators canvas the neighborhood, but no clues emerge. Rumors of an abusive marriage lead to Mooney‟s ex-husband, but his alibi checks out. A mysterious letter points to a married government agent who was seeing Melissa on the sly, but he too is cleared. Two years after the crime, a re-examination of the case takes police back to the beginning and an unlikely killer who was hiding in plain sight. Location: Wilmington, NC Terror in Gulfport Premieres Sunday, September 18 at 10 PM ET In 1984, a series of blood- curdling screams breaks the neighborhood din, but no one calls the police. A body is found stabbed the next day and identified as Karen Gregory. For Detective Larry Tosi, the immediate problem is not a lack of suspects, but a surplus: her boyfriend, her co-workers, a man seen at her house after Karen‟s body was discovered. Nearly a year passes before the case is solved and no one is more shocked than Tosi himself. Location: Gulfport, FL Where’s Becky Premieres Sunday, September 25 at 10 PM ET Fifteen-year-old Becky Stowe is living at her best friend‟s house and having the time of her life. One afternoon, she leaves a note that says “Went 2 Talk 2 Rob,” and is never seen again. Detectives immediately focus on Becky‟s high school boyfriend, Rob, yet his alibi is solid. Becky‟s mother is convinced she has run away, but police have another idea – why did her mother‟s boyfriend refuse to take a polygraph test? Two years go by before the disturbing truth about Becky is finally revealed. Location: Niles, MI

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