Frontline - Season 2

Television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart’s weekly ministry was seen by over two million people in big cities and small towns across the U.S. and Canada.But of the tens of millions of dollars he raised through his appeals, only a tiny portion actually went into charity work. Several years before his fall, Frontline investigated whether the money these modern revivalists raise goes to do God’s work or to keep the preachers on TV. Should the government regulate religious fundraising? (pbs.org)

A two-part Frontline episode about Kenneth Bianchi, one of the Hillside Stranglers, and about his attempt to plead not guilty due to insanity, claiming he suffered from multiple personality disorder.

A look at the trial and the use of psychiatric evidence in the criminal proceedings of mass murderer Kenneth Bianchi. (imdb)

Much of the debate over the role of the U.S. in Central America focuses on this tiny nation about which filmmaker Ofra Bikel says "we know so much, but we know so little." In this report, Bikel takes us into the heart of El Salvador to examine the politics and the people the U.S. government supports there. (wgbh.org)

Originally aired June 18, 1984. This program looks at the use of animals in experimentation and the anti-vivisection movement, including the struggle to save the Silver Spring monkeys.