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During the year 1980,

a major city in the United States became an ideal setting for fear.

A series of murders had taken place,

and to this day has still remained

unsolved.

- What can you tell me about the Slasher?

- Well, this guy's real smart.

We've covered thirteen murders so far.

He hasn't left us a single clue we can use.

- Think we'll see any action today?

- No way of telling that.

- This guy's crazy, just crazy.

He's got all the people on the street just scared shitless.

- Well, you two answered the call on the last victim,

right? - Yeah, unlucky thirteen.

- Were there any suspects?

- None. This guy, his M.O.,

it's all screwed up.

Half the time, he slashes his victim's throat,

and the other half the time, he goes ahead and

dismembers the whole body.

I dunno, I guess it depends on how much time he's got.

- Tell me about your call on victim thirteen,

if you will, please.

- Well, we had a news crew with us that night, too.

We responded to a call from an electrical business.

We got there, we found a Black male about thirty-five.

He had his throat cut.

At least he was all in one piece.

- We got another one here.

Same M.O. - Jesus Christ.

God, it's cold out here.

- God, I'd like to get my hands on that sucker.

- Did you get any witnesses? - No. No one.

- Looks like he died instantly.

A homicidal maniac had killed thirteen victims.

There can never be any justification for murder,

but what stood out about this particular set of crimes

is that the victims were poor, vagrant winos

who bothered nobody,

except for one man, a psychotic, deranged killer

who was seeking some kind of distorted revenge.

- Come on. - I don't think we can.

I really don't think we can.

So the people of the city's Bowery

were forced to live in a community

plagued with fear.

No matter how intoxicated these winos became,

they still could not forget that a murderer

was lurking in their very midst.

- That looks like something. - Yeah.

- I'm the one that called in.

I just found my buddy. He's dead over there in that dumpster.

- Oh, shoot. Where? - Over in the dumpster there.

The dumpster.

- I don't know.

- Take a look. - What's in there?

- Victims. - Oh, shit.

- You see that?

- There's got to be like three or four bodies in there.

- There's multiple this time.

- Yes, that should be illegal, man.

- We don't want that.

The transient residents of this inner city

were once again reminded of their extreme vulnerability.

- Get the, uh, coroner's wagon.

- I really can't believe it.

Honestly, I really can't believe it.

- Are you scared about the Slasher?

- I am afraid of this guy, the Slasher.

- When was the first time you noticed he was missing?

- Uh, about three days ago.

I haven't see him for three days.

- Did you worry or was that--

- No, no.

Drinking and that there, you don't worry.

- I don't know. I just don't know where to turn.

I just hope they catch him.

- Yeah, me too, man.

It'd be a good thing if they did catch him.

Wouldn't have all this trouble on the streets,

you know?

Yeah, they'll catch him sooner or later.

- You never know. - Did he

look all right last time you saw him?

- Oh yeah. Oh yeah, he looked real good.

- Okay, and you haven't seen him at all in three days?

- Not in three days, no.

No, not off-hand.

I Know I haven't.

- The last time you saw him? - About three days ago.

- I told him not to go out drinking or anything because that man

was out there,

the one who kills everybody,

and he went out drinking anyway.

Tried to take him to detox, but he wouldn't go,

and the last thing he gave me was the dog,

and now he's gone.

- How do you feel about this?

- Very upset.

I hope they catch whoever did it and

make him pay for what he did.

I told him not to go out drinking.

Now he's gone.

- I sat around for a long time and I run the skids.

I've been in a lot of bean lines.

I had a friend who was running with me, and

he took off one night.

When I sent him out to get a short dog,

he never come back.

He ended up in a dumpster,

and he got cut up pretty bad.

I hope they catch that guy.

I know I can't say nothing dirty about him,

but I wished I could.

I just hope he's proud of himself, and

when they catch him, I hope they put him in the gas chamber.

That's all I can say.

- Are you scared about saying that? - I'm scared.

I'm very scared.

I know he doesn't know where I live.

It doesn't matter 'cause

I been livin' on the skids.

I could stay in any dumpster or any skid anywhere.

But he'll find someone,

and uh, what he does, he's sick.

He's very sick.

- Fear is perhaps the most intense

of human emotions throughout our lifetime.

Each of us will experience the terrifying feeling to some degree,

but what is fear?

The dictionary states that fear is a feeling of

agitation or anxiety caused

by the expectation or realization of danger including

any threat to life or limb.

Therefore, it becomes

obvious that in order to achieve

security and a sense of peace in our lives,

the elements of fear must be removed.

Unfortunately, in today's society,

this state of well being has become

more and more difficult to achieve.

A recent study by the Klaus Clinic concluded that one

out of every three citizens residing in the United States of America,

one out of three,

will become a victim of some violent crime.

The criminal must prey on the innocent to survive.

Now,

you'll be introduced to a number of situations

which pinpoint the true horrors of the criminal mind.

Within the world of the deranged killer, there is no right,

there is no wrong,

and the instinct for survival must be predicated on violence

and above all else,

fear.

California is no stranger to murderous rampages.

The bloody history of the Manson family

and Patrick Wayne Kearney's bizarre

series of so-called Trash Bag Murders

are just two among many recent examples.

Another is the case of Edmund Kemper.

He killed and then decapitated eight women,

including his mother, before surrendering to lawmen.

Ina prison interview,

Kemper explained how his victims remained defenseless when dealing

with a calculating killer like himself.

- These girls that thought they were protected

by the hatpin, my first two victims,

uh, it's a waste of time.

The can of oven cleaner, they could have a .38 Special

in their purse.

They could have it in their hand.

It's not going to do them a damn bit of good.

That's not bragging.

I had control of the situation.

I had the gun.

They didn't know it.

I had the intent. They didn't know it.

I had it planned out in my mind.

They didn't know it, and I'm not going to make them aware of it.

People are SO naive.

Everybody is naive until they've been in the situation,

and that situation you're only in once.

- I assure you, nobody stands

very gently and puts their hands on your throat.

They choke you, and they put you down on that floor,

and you're down. It's this manner.

And it is not a joke when they're doing it.

Their intent is--

And so the innocent must prepare for a moment of truth

when they could become a killer's next victim.

When the peaceful community of Castle Beach became the stage

for a series of tragic murders

of young teenage girls,

the people of this small town

were forced to live in a constant state of fear.

The discovery of another victim would soon mark

the concluding chapter of one man's killing spree.

- Looks like multiple stab wounds.

- How many did you see? - Looks like five or six.

Let me go around the other side of the body.

- How long you figure she's been down here?

- From the look, I would say about four days.

- Well, was this girl killed in the same way?

- At this time, we can't be sure, but the M.O. appears to be the same.

- Is she the same age as the other ones?

- Well, she's a female Oriental, appears to be in her early twenties.

Other than that, we have no other possible I.D.

- Was she beaten and stabbed like the other girls?

- At this time,

I can't divulge any information regarding that.

- What's going to be done about these murders?

- You have similar leads to the other murders?

- Gentlemen, excuse me. At this time, there'll be no further questions.

This afternoon, I'm sure there'll a

total press conference answering all your questions.

- Don't you guys realize this is the seventh girl

that's been murdered down here?

All right fellas, get back.

It would be the last crime this psychotic

killer would ever commit.

Within a week, he would be arrested in his own apartment,

where police would discover evidence

of a most fearful nature.

- Would you state your name?

Every woman fears rape,

but an even greater fear is death.

- How long have you been employed by this agency?

Until his capture,

Mike Lorenzo kept the women of Castle Beach

in a perpetual state of fear. - To the gentleman at this table,

do you recognize him?

- Yes, I do.

- How does it happen that you recognize the defendant?

- Acting on an arrest warrant,

I went to 7321 Johnson Avenue, where I arrested the man

seated at the table.

- You made the arrest? - Yes, I did.

- Was a search made of the defendant's person

or premises at that time? - Yes, there was.

- And what did you find?

- Your Honor, I object to this entire line of questioning

relating to the search of the defendant's personal premises.

That search was in violation of the fourth

and fourteenth amendments of the Constitution.

- Counsel,

you are aware that this is not the proper time

to make such objections.

You are overruled.

Proceed.

- Thank you, Your Honor.

Officer, would you please tell the court

what was found during the search?

- I found a videocassette and six Polaroid stills.

- Your Honor, at this time, I would like the

videocassette to be identified as State Exhibit A,

and the six stills to be identified as Exhibits B through G.

- So ordered.

- At this time, Your Honor, I would like to show the

videocassette to the court.

- You may proceed.

Don't.

- Pissing me off.

You're really pissing me off.

You know that?

God damn!

God damn.

Fuck you like this.

That's right.

Yeah, baby.

Yeah, baby. That's right.

Yeah, baby. That's right.

Come on. Fuck me just like this.

Yeah.

A little bit. A little bit.

You know what I'm going to do to you now?

We know it.

Yes.

First thing, let's take your pants off.

A little, yeah, baby. Now you're gonna get it.

You're gonna get it good, baby.

Yeah, you are.

Yeah, baby.

Fucking bitch.

Turn it off!

- Mike Lorenzo ended his reign of terror

by committing suicide in

a courtroom holding cell.

Taking his life by his own hand

was easier than facing society's retribution.

- Suspect is holding a hostage on the third floor.

Sociologists are in general agreement:

the dynamics of a city

are highly conducive to crime.

When a person is forced to live

in a world where overcrowded sidewalks

and the continual sound of traffic

prevent even a brief moment of repose,

an emotional retaliation will eventually happen.

Such was the case of Lucas Washington,

an unemployed factory worker who could

no longer deal with the city in which he lived.

Equipped with an M1 rifle,

he declared a one-man war from his apartment window

on the city of New York.

- Get back, get back.

- Hey, get up here.

- Hey, get up here!

- Don't worry about it.

Don't worry about it, okay?

Let me get you outta here now, all right?

It's all over. Just go out in the hall.

- Go on right in, all right?

You alright? - Yeah.

Alright, just, I know, it's

alright. Don't get too shaky.

It's crazy.

Damn craziness.

Sick people in this city.

- Got it, Pete?

Ma'am, could you tell us what happened?

Could you tell us what happened?

A young female hostage managed to

survive the shootout between Washington

and the police.

Suffering extreme emotional trauma,

this innocent bystander is still under psychiatric care.

In the aftermath of this heinous crime, she will be plagued

with fearful nightmares for months to come.

No one will ever understand

the real reasons behind Lucas Washington's violent outburst.

When a man is forced to lose his pride and sense of self-respect,

revenge becomes his only alternative.

Under feelings of insecurity and fear,

he must find a new course to regain

a feeling of importance.

If the death of others becomes a means to that end,

tragedy follows.

The people of this neighborhood in New York City

will always remember the effects

Lucas Washington had on their community.

The unassuming wilderness of Southern Florida's Everglades

is the entry point of 70% of all marijuana

and cocaine imported into the United States by plane and boat.

To a visitor, the Everglades remain an unblemished wildlife reserve.

But drug smuggling is this region's major industry.

The area is so vast that the actual chance of capturing

a drug smuggler is highly unlikely.

When night falls, under the light of a full moon,

the increased traffic by the smugglers

affords law enforcement officers

a greater chance of success.

- There they are.

Although it will be a long time before these

two men again smuggle drugs,

they represent only a minute percentage of the drug

trafficking community.

Yet this same business creates more fear among law enforcement agencies

creates more fear among law enforcement agencies

than any other organized crime.

The mangrove canals of southern Florida

are another heavy area for drug

transport and receiving.

When a news team accompanied park rangers who were following up

a tip of an alleged drug pickup,

a real life human drama unfolded.

- We are now approaching Buoy 28.

- Hey, Dave, look, that looks like our boat over there.

- This is the Florida State Ranger Department.

You are under arrest.

Stop your engine and place your hands over your head.

- Holy shit, Dave. Those bastards are coming right at us.

- You guys stay down and hold tight.

- You fuckers get down.

- Central, this is patrol 3 x-ray tango.

Head north at Buoy 28 and stop at the inlet.

Two suspects are heavily armed and have fired on our boats.

Roger, patrol 3 x-ray tango.

Additional units have been alerted

and are proceeding to your 20 for backup.

3 x-ray tango. This is patrol unit 4 charlie william.

We have set up a roadblock in quadrant 47.

- You news boys, keep yourselves down.

- They're slowing down.

- I've got the driver covered. - Okay, but keep a close eye on them.

- Keep your hands in the air.

Now take your right hand and turn off your engine.

- Central, this is patrol 3 x tango.

We have suspects in custody and are proceeding

with the search of the boat.

One suspect is wounded and possibly dead.

Advise emergency units.

- Hey, buddy, you face the bow of the boat and keep

- your hands on top of your head. - Backup and

emergency units are proceeding to your quadrant.

After a high-speed chase,

the drug offenders were arrested.

The officers suffered no casualties,

but one of the smugglers was killed.

- You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to--

This particular bust resulted

in one of the largest cocaine confiscations

in Florida history.

The contraband discovered on this boat

had a street value of ten million dollars.

- Oh, you're going to wish you stayed...

In this area of the state, about one-third of murders

and deaths are drug-related.

Last year, law enforcement officials

seized 3.2 million pounds of marijuana

with a street value of 1.3 billion dollars,

and 2,353 pounds of cocaine

worth 5.8 billion dollars.

- Appropriated several million dollars' worth of cocaine.

- The most dangerous drug of all is not cocaine,

but one manufactured right here in the United States.

Itis called PCP.

- My name is Dr. Steven Lerner.

I'm a clinical researcher in the area of drugs of abuse.

The last six years,

my associates and I have been studying the drug PCP.

PCP is a very dangerous drug.

PCP was originally developed by Parke-Davis in the mid-1950s

as a surgical anesthetic,

and because of the adverse reactions in humans,

the clinical studies were discontinued in the mid-60s,

and the drug was taken off the market.

Since that time, we've been seeing its use illicitly,

not only in the United States but in foreign countries.

PCP users are oftentimes brought to medical settings

because of adverse reactions, where families,

friends, law enforcement may become involved.

Many times, in order to subdue the violent PCP user,

it may take as many as six or eight large officers.

For that reason, they may need to be restrained or medicated.

- Let go! - All right, calm down.

- I'm not going nowhere!

Hey?

You gotta hear. - Ventura County.

May we have some help out here?

- Get out of the way, get out of the way.

- Goddamn this guy's itchy.

- Lock him in here.

- Fuck, not going, not going.

- Goddamn it. Asshole, get back over here.

- Leave me alone! - Get him on the gurney.

- Bobby, get me the gurney. - Fucker, let me alone!

- You ready?

- Watch it. - Get your hands off me!

- Pin him down.

We should pin him down. - Son of a bitch, leave me alone!

- Turn him over. - Hold.

- Let me go! - All right, move the stretcher.

Move the stretcher. - Let me go!

- Move the stretcher over.

- Just watch him. - Fucker!

- All right. Come on.

Watch his legs. - Get your hands off me!

- I'm gettin' real tired of you, you understand me?

- Get your hands off me! - Go for the cuffs.

Go for the cuffs.

- Get outta here. Let me go.

Let me go.

Motherfucker.

All right.

- Calm it down there. - Take it easy.

Watch his feet.

Watch his feet. - Ya gotta let me go!

- Okay, just stand down. - I'm gonna get you.

- All right, damn it.

- Let me go! - Let's go.

You got him? All right, now let's hold the wrists up.

Let go of my arms!

- Call it a day, Bob. Get the door.

- Okay, right. Hold the line.

Pull the belt.

Open that door.

- Get the damn door.

Open that door.

- Here we go. - Clear the aisle out there.

- Everybody, clear out of the way back there.

- Let me go!

Let me out of this...

- Clear the aisle there, Bob. - What?

- All right, we're here. - That's right.

- Huh!

- This is five milligrams of PCP.

Typically, PCP is smoked, primarily on leaf material.

For someone that would take one or two inhalations

on a joint laced with PCP,

the effects would come on within one to five minutes.

The drug would peak or plateau within fifteen to thirty minutes.

The person would stay high for four to six hours.

And ordinarily, it would take twenty-four to forty-eight

hours until the person returned to normal.

That's used one time only.

For the chronic PCP user,

the person that uses at least three days per week

for a minimum of three months.

It may take anywhere from several months

to several years until the person

again returns to normal.

PCP users may exhibit

altering states of consciousness

where they may appear to be alert

and oriented at one point in time,

to be seen several seconds later,

where they may be combative

or even violent.

- Get outta here with this fuckin' camera.

Who are you?

Get this camera outta here.

- How are you doing, Willie? - Get that camera out of here.

Not taking my picture. - Now, I want you to take this.

- What's this? I ain't taking that shit.

- Man, it's good for you. - No!

- Willie, come on. - Get the fuck out of here.

- It's good for you. - I don't want it. No.

- I'm going to have to calm you down, Willie.

Take the medicine. - It's good for you.

- No.

- Take the medicine. - It is good for you.

- Take it all the way down.

All the way down. All the way down.

All the way down. - Take some more.

- All the way. Now swallow it.

Swallow it, Willie.

- Willie, you see what you did?

Willie.

- What'd you do that for, Willie?

- We're going to give you an injection, old man.

- No, you're not giving me nothin'. - Hey, doc?

- We're going to have to give you an injection.

- Yeah, we have to.

- Hold on. - Come on.

Relax. Relax.

Come on, man. - Fuckin' Black asshole.

- Get out of here. - Relax.

- I want your shoulder back here.

- Relax.

- I want your shoulder back here.

- Calm down, calm down. - Take it easy.

- Calm down, huh?

- Take it easy. - Come on, come down.

When this man awakens from his drug stupor,

he will once again have to face a reality

which he feared and tried to forget.

The use of drugs by the general populace

has increased dramatically in

the last two decades.

When society has to numb itself against an everyday existence,

our quest for medication becomes a subtle way

- Get that camera out... - of committing suicide.

There is little doubt that when this man's fears return,

he will renew his high with an old friend,

PCP, the angel of death.

- Courage is the quality of mind or spirit

that enables one to face danger without fear.

The brave few who challenge

insurmountable odds,

regardless of the consequences,

are labeled the fearless.

Competitive race car drivers, for example,

have always been considered men without fear.

However, a recent survey I conducted

at the Klaus Clinic proved to be quite the opposite.

In fact, the emotion of fear plays an important

role in a driver's ability to perform.

Race car drivers are able to harness

this emotion and use the adrenaline rush

to their best advantage.

But there is a problem:

when one attempts to harness man's most powerful emotion,

he runs the risk of losing his unique mastery.

A slight miscalculation can

transform fear into mindless panic.

I'd like to show you a few examples

of this unique psychological crossover.

Whether a race car driver,

a parachutist, or an experienced airline pilot,

you'll soon withess

that no one is immune to the breaking point of fear.

Into traffic, and he's running it behind Tom Sneva.

Eldon Rasmussen, number 58, is in the yellow car

coming around turn number two.

And oh boy, we've got an accident.

Sneva, he's on the wall.

He drove into a terrible spin.

We've got a fire.

The incident has blocked off the tracks.

The car comes tumbling across.

AJ Foyt was right behind him, but was able to avoid it somehow.

But Sneva, Tom Sneva is in the car.

He's moving around. He's trying to get out.

An incredible accident on car number 68, Tom Sneva.

- There's fire! Sneva can't seem to get out of the car.

When Tom Sneva walked away from this incredible accident.

If you watch closely,

you can observe how Snevas' slight miscalculation

nearly cost him his life.

You can see they are going even.

As they go through turn two there together,

somehow they touch.

Now you see Sneva's car, the blue car, mowed down,

and he actually goes into what I would call

a classic open wheel racing car action that climbs

over the front wheel of the yellow car, Rasmussen's car.

This is the type of accident that can occur.

It seems to me that Tom Sneva was in the inside lane.

Rasmussen stayed parallel with him, but look at that car slam

against the wall.

Every professional racer must drive

with fear as his passenger.

If he allows this emotion to take control of his psyche,

he faces not only disaster, but sometimes even death.

Regardless of this experience,

Sneva will return to the racetrack,

negating fear in his quest

for excellence within the arena of speed.

For those who suffer from acrophobia, the fear of heights,

the thought of parachuting out of an aeroplane

would be analogous to signing a death warrant.

To those who have experienced the sensation,

the feeling of falling through the air is the greatest

high any human being

can ever achieve.

For fifteen years, Bob Osler

has been a stunt photographer specializing

in aerial photography.

He climbs onto the wing strut in preparation for

filming a parachuting competition.

The pilot holds the plane steady until he's in position.

The first man out is Mark Adams,

a novice in competition for the first time.

Osler follows him in order to film his aerial maneuvers.

The object of free fall competition

isto land in a designated area.

The first competitor to hit this area,

two out of three times, wins the event.

In his first professional jump, Adams landed directly on the mark.

He jubilantly returned to his crew and received their congratulations.

- Hey. Hi, Mark.

As they posed for photographs,

he appeared confident about his next jump.

The crew carefully prepared his gear for his second attempt of the day.

When jumping out of a plane at 3,500 feet above the ground,

a parachutist is totally dependent upon his equipment.

After receiving a kiss for good luck,

- Good luck, Mark.

Adams is once again airborne

before his second jump.

- He looks like he's going off course. - Holy shit.

When a strong gust of wind

began to blow Adams off target--

- Son of a bitch, he's going off course.

his crew, concerned for his safety,

began to chase the drifting parachute.

- He seems to be drifting off course.

Cecil Clemons, the owner of Gatorama,

remembers that tragic day.

- The most

terrible thing

that I have ever witnessed was one evening I come out

was one evening I come out

on the patio,

and I see this man coming down in a parachute.

He landed right in the croc pit.

- And,

he just made one big scream

and the most horrible-looking face

you've ever seen on a human being, that was him.

- I can't get him!

And before I could get any help,

any way to get him out of there,

they had tore him to shreds. - Come on.

Get him out of there.

- Grab his leg!

Oh, shit. Look what they done to him!

- There was nothing I could do.

There was nothing anybody could do.

Adams had landed on a target which, this time,

had cost him his life.

Anyone who has flown has experienced

at least momentary anxiety

or panic upon takeoff.

When a plane crashes,

the devastation creates a mental picture for us to carry

the next time we fly.

- In January of 1982,

an Air Florida jet smashed into a bridge upon takeoff

and sank into the frigid waters of the Potomac River

in Washington DC.

For those who were fortunate enough to survive,

a dramatic rescue took place.

Among the dead were three infants

and four people who had been in cars

on the bridge when the plane struck.

There were five survivors of this

tragic crash of Air Florida Flight 90.

One female survivor lost her husband and two-month-old baby.

All were suffering from a variety of

broken bones and hypothermia,

but each recovered.

According to paramedic Gene Windsor, there was a sixth survivor

who passed up rescue twice in favor of one of the others.

When the helicopter returned for him a third time,

he had succumbed to the icy water, an unnamed hero of this tragedy.

- Once it hit,

I knew I was going to get out. I knew I was going to make it.

Yeah, I figured, since I was still alive after the crash,

that's what normally gets you.

Yunno, I had it made.

- I was unconscious momentarily.

It was the water, I think, getting in the water

that woke me up or brought me, revived me.

The biggest thing was remembering to take off the stupid seat belt.

As diving teams continued the search for victims,

salvage operations got underway

to recover as much of the wreckage intact

as possible.

This is one more tragedy to be added

to the annals of American aviation

and one more incident which creates an element

of fear for those who travel by air.

Terrorism thrives under many guises

and is protected by many battles.

For the people of El Salvador,

death has become a way of life.

But when there was an attempted assassination

ona government official

and when his bodyguards were shot down in cold blood,

the people of this country had to be taught a lesson in fear.

In El Salvador,

torture is a common technique

used to obtain information from prisoners.

The military records these sessions

for their private files and

occasionally, public display.

Carlos Moreno was a man

who happened to be in the right place at the wrong time.

The seemingly routine investigation

has become a horrible nightmare

for Carlos.

- Surname?

The methods of extracting information

are as old as civilization itself.

Crude but effective.

I'm just a peasant.

When Carlos did not respond

to the interrogation techniques,

the pain was increased.

The aim was to loosen his tongue

to a combination of pain and fear.

- Nothing, I don't understand.

- Why did you kill his men?

- Killed who?

I don't know who was killed.

- Are you sure you don't know?

- I know nothing, I don't know.

It's true, I don't know!

Ahh, don't hit me anymore, no!

No, no more! No more!

The merciless questioning continued for hours.

And still, the uncooperative prisoner

refused to give the proper answers.

A new set of techniques had to be employed,

but first,

an unconscious Carlos had to be revived.

- Carlos,

who is it you're really working for?

But even in his semi-stupor,

Carlos was unable to provide the needed information.

Totally disoriented and wracked with pain,

Carlos was indeed a very brave man,

or totally innocent.

For few people could withstand

this terrible agony without cracking.

- No, no, not again.

No, no!

- Carlos, you know.

You need to tell us who it is,

this is the last chance I'll give you.

The survival of a terrorist regime

depends upon secrecy.

The failure of the interrogation

of Carlos Moreno could only be resolved

in one way, for there could be no witnesses.

No one will ever know if Carlos was indeed guilty.

The role fear plays in torture,

especially in the case we have just seen,

can be quite horrifying.

A confession through the threat of pain

has been a practice of man throughout the years.

Perhaps the greatest foothold a shaky

government can have in today's world

is to govern through fear.

If people are afraid, people will obey.

There can be no room for dissensions;

therefore,

complacency through force becomes a way of life.

While growing up in Germany during World War Il,

I lived in an environment rampant with fear.

I was able to view firsthand

the tremendous power fear could dictate

over an entire race of people.

Although the war ended more than forty years ago,

a new militia of fear has entered the political scene.

Terrorists are men and women that use terror,

violence, and intimidation

to subjugate people to maintain supremacy.

Political adversaries comprise the terrorist hit list,

but on occasion,

their targets become innocent bystanders.

For this reason, anti-terrorist groups have been formed.

These groups combat the growing terrorist cancer

that is spreading within the political world.

I've studied terrorism the last thirty years,

and my greatest concern is

that someday the entire world will be threatened

by a single terrorist armed with a nuclear device.

On June first, 1980,

police responded to a phone tip

that a bomb had been placed at the home

of a recently defected Russian artist.

Time was of the essence,

for the lives of these professionals

were at the mercy of a bomb

that could explode at any given second.

There could be no room for panic.

Patience was the key to their success and their survival.

- You want to check down that way, Bill?

- Yeah.

- Anything? - Nothing down here.

- Let's check the pit out.

- We have an alert here.

Squad, we have an alert.

- Fearing that the explosive device

might detonate at any moment,

the bomb squad had no choice but to disarm it on the premises.

A reinforced steel shield was erected to protect the bomb squad,

observers, and the news cameraman.

- Two battery supplies,

a quartz clock attached to an arming device.

I'm gonna try and pull the blasting cap.

Going for the blasting cap now.

Bomb squad members are faced

with death on a daily basis.

Bill Reynolds had often expressed

his fear of a bomb exploding in his hands.

On this very day--

- Get out of here.

Bill's greatest fear became a tragic reality.

- Get outta here! Get outta here!

Through the mid-1960s to the early 1970s,

America was involved in a war

that has never really been understood.

The locale was Vietnam, a country divided by civil war.

Hoping to prevent the spread of communism, the United States set up

a base of operations in the city of Saigon,

where Americans teamed with South Vietnamese to destroy

and kill the dreaded communist Viet Cong.

Unfortunately,

this was a war which nobody could win.

For five years,

Cliff Freedman had been a news cameraman in Vietnam.

His dramatic footage of the war

had brought him awards, as well as recognition.

Many times,

he would risk his life to get that extra shot

that had made his photography so unique.

While filming a battle twenty-seven miles

outside of Saigon,

Freedman photographed his final episode of the war.

- All right. Keep your eyes open...

This last piece of film--

- Looks clear. - also cost him his life.

Ambush!

- Lieutenant, the fire's coming from the thicket.

Keep going. They're moving in.

- Jesus Christ, get down!

Move in.

- I think I'm hit.

- Medic! Get a medic!

- Hold it. Pull back.

You okay?

Get a medic.

- God damn it. Move in!

Medic.

Get a medic over here.

- Lay down! - Move it. Move it.

- Come on. Jesus, get a medic over here.

Freedman never carried a gun

during his time as a cameraman in Vietnam.

If he ever had a fear of war,

this footage was a testament to his courage.

In slow motion,

you'll be able to witness

the final frame of Cliff Freedman's life.

- Although Freedman captured the last moments

of his life on celluloid,

there are others who claim they've recorded

a mental image of their own death.

- I feel very strange talking about this

because it was a very personal experience.

Uh, I had to go to the hospital,

and I felt very much alone.

I was having open-heart surgery.

One of the greatest hopes we all share is

the probability of life after death.

The enigma of death has remained an unanswered question

since the beginning of time.

If there was ever one universal fear,

it would have to be the fear of death.

The case of Mary Stevens may somehow shed a new viewpoint

on this seemingly unsolvable mystery.

My heart stopped.

I was dead for several minutes,

and I didn't know what was happening.

Everything about me was bright red, and I thought,

"I'm dead.

Dear God in heaven, I'm dead."

I came out of the red into a white light.

Suddenly, I felt very safe.

I saw my husband.

I miss him terribly.

I was so happy.

My sister Gloria was there, the people I love.

Even my best friend.

Oh God, it was wonderful.

Then I saw my son.

He was killed in Vietnam, and he looked

just exactly the way I remember him.

I really wanted to stay there,

but I woke up in the hospital, and I was in terrible pain.

Yet I'm glad to be alive because there's so many things

I need to do and want to do.

But I'm not afraid to die anymore

because there's,

I know that I'll be with the people I love in the afterlife.

- The concept of death is, without question,

the greatest fear of mankind.

Even though there have been reported cases of life after death,

the intangible sphere of the unknown presents

for most a frightening destiny

which each of us will eventually have to face.

Through the ages, religion

has tried to provide a rational explanation

of our journey beyond the realm of the living.

The many questions concerning

what spiritually occurs may never be answered,

but specific cases have been accurately documented.

The practice of exorcism, although quite archaic,

is still performed in today's world.

As a psychiatrist, I cannot make a professional judgment

on the existence of the devil.

From the case you are about to see,

it is hard for me to deny the existence of some unusual force.

The following footage was photographed

by the University of Frankfurt research team

in West Germany. - Why were you

specifically chosen to perform this Exorcism?

- I was selected by the bishop, uh,

I have plenty of experience

with exorcisms.

That is, once all other means of

helping the child had been attempted.

To be honest, these cameras bother me.

I don't know what might happen.

I worry about things getting out of control.

Should I request it, you'll need to leave.

As far as I'm aware, such

rituals have never been filmed before.

- What is it you hope to achieve with this ritual?

- Oh, I want to break the devil's backbone

then I'll send him back to his masters.

- Could this be a hoax?

- Oh, if that's the case, then you needn't worry at all.

The ritual of exorcism

is a highly clandestine ceremony.

Although the Catholic Church is reticent to discuss this practice,

most theologians agree

that somewhere, somehow, Satan does exist.

Satan does exist.

A series of prayers is recited

over the possessed to incite the devil

to relinquish his possession.

As Satan's grasp becomes challenged,

he seeks revenge through physical manipulation

by endowing this child with an adult strength.

The ritual continues for many hours,

yet the devil refuses to surrender,

but the priest remains confident that eventually

his Lord will declare victory over evil.

As the exorcism reaches its climax, the girl screams,

"You die.

You die,"

but the priest must complete his ceremony

despite the fear the devil tries to create.

- Relax. Just relax. - You're doing

just fine, Mrs. Blake.

The process of birth

is a unique evolutionary phenomenon.

The first cries of a baby emerging

from its mother's warm, incubated womb,

create a sense of joy and happiness

for the expectant parents.

- Give me a good push.

Fifteen to thirty minutes after a baby

is born, a soft, beefy disk

known as a placenta

is expelled during the final stages of labor.

While normally discarded after birth,

there are some people who treat this life-sustaining material

in a rather unusual manner.

- You know there are a lot of great ways to prepare it.

Some people like it boiled.

Others put it in stew.

But Phyllis and I-- - Hi, darling.

- we like it sautéed in wine sauce with

mushrooms and scallions.

Placenta is a very tender meat,

and while it's cooking, it smells a little like liver.

It's a real delicacy that's difficult to obtain.

- In fact, this is the afterbirth of our first child.

We had it a few days ago.

- A beautiful, beautiful boy.

Yunno, some people call us cannibals

or ghouls,

but we think it's healthy,

natural, and spiritually fulfilling.

As vegetarians,

this is a meat that we can feel very comfortable with.

No animal had to die to provide us with nourishment.

More importantly,

there's a spiritual aspect,

almost cosmic.

It's a religious experience.

This is truly

the food of life.

- Let's pray.

We address the cosmic consciousness

of the universe.

We are joined together in a celebration of life

and in a thanksgiving for the

successful birth of our child.

By eating the food of life,

we come into closer awareness of the cosmic all,

and we renew our membership into the brotherhood of life.

We strengthen ourselves,

and we come closer together.

We are woven

into the fabric of the universe.

- A toast? - Yes.

- Oh, good. - To the health of your new son.

- It's amazing.

Don't you feel so energetic and alive after you eat it?

- That's the word, alive. I feel like this--

- Yes, like it's, viva la placenta.

It uh, woah...

It's a high,

it's an absolute high. - How's your sex life afterwards?

- Oooph. - Ooh.

- Well, I don't know.

Can we talk about that? - Can we talk about it?

- No complaints here.

- Oh, I mean, it's, it's, it's, it's,

it's an orgasmic thing anyway,

but after the plac-- after the placenta,

multiple.

It's amazing that this man's,

yunno, he's so potent after the placenta,

that, we really, yunno, could um,

this could be a real worldwide craze.

I think that we should, we should share with the world.

- We shouldn't share because if everyone finds out about that,

there's going to be no placentas to get.

- But more people will produce babies--

- That's true. - because their sexual lives

will be, um, yunno, um... - Enhanced.

- Enhanced, absolutely,

which means that they'll procreate just that much quicker,

which means there'll be more placenta.

Placenta eaters believe that

since other mammals and members of some human

societies indulge in this practice,

it makes good sense,

both nutritionally and medically,

for them to enjoy this special food.

They think the reason most Americans

find this event so repulsive

is because we are over-civilized.

The most important reason for this whole

meal is a definite fear of death.

Although rarely expressed,

these people firmly believe that they will be granted longevity,

and possibly even immortality,

by committing this strange delicacy to their diet.

- How often do we get placentas?

- I'd say probably-- - Once a month?

- No, more like every two months.

It's really, it's really a treat when we do.

It's something, it's rare, and

it's difficult, and that makes us appreciate

and that makes us appreciate that

much more when we do get them.

- Should we tell them about Joanne's twins?

- Oh. - Oh.

Just tell them part of the story.

Don't tell them the whole.

- This was, yunno, in in part of our,

um, of our, of our encounters, and the other

people that we meet with that are also involved

in placenta eaters,

we share our experiences when we do have children,

and my girlfriend Joanne is just something else.

She happened to have had twins,

which of course means that we had

double the placenta.

It was an orgy.

Not only do we eat the placenta, but afterwards,

we just all, the four of us, just had the most wild time.

It's brought us a lot closer together with other couples

and of course, with each other.

That's why we're really looking forward

to having our own. - Our own, yeah.

That's the next step, yunno, we're just...

We're hoping that's gonna be real soon.

- Darling, that's so wonderful.

It's so tender.

Oh.

- In the ritual of, of eating placenta,

to eat what you have produced

is, is really the ultimate, and that's what one, um,

tries to achieve in the whole encounter

and in the organization that we're involved with.

- It's like a circle.

It's like you come back upon yourself.

A truly bizarre practice

which combats their underlying fear of death.

- I'll stick with the main course.

- This is the police.

Do not jump.

Repeat. Do not jump.

On a hazy spring March afternoon in 1979,

Frank Maynard was faced

with the ultimate decision,

whether or not to take his own life.

- On the ledge, this is the police.

After being out of work for several months

and faced with divorce,

Maynard decided suicide was his only escape.

Do not jump.

As his wife arrived on the scene,

police felt confident she could deter

his destiny with death.

- Do you have any idea why he's doing this?

Do you think you could go talk to him?

- I don't know why he's doing this. - Come on. Come on.

Get her up there. Is he on drugs or something?

Get her up there. Come on, get her up there.

- Let's go up.

- Look on the roof.

There's somebody on the roof. - Do not jump.

- You need to talk to him.

Will you be able to talk to him? - I don't know.

We've been separated for four months.

I don't know what he's doing.

- You think you'll talk to him?

Posing as a maintenance man,

Maynard gained access to the ledge.

At first, his own fear of death prevented tragedy.

- Let her talk to you.

- Jump. Jump.

- What are you doing?

Stop it. Hey, stop.

- Get back.

- Come out here.

- Coming through.

Coming through, coming through.

Coming through.

- Fuck you!

Fuck you all! Get away.

- Frank, don't you feel alive?

Don't do this.

This is crazy.

I don't understand you.

Do something.

I don't know what.

Frank, Charlie isn't here.

Charlie is coming, Frank.

- It's all over. Get her away.

I'm gonna do it.

- Oh no, Frank. Frank, please.

- Tell Charlie I love him.

Don't fuckin' jump!

(screaming

- All people on the street, please stand back.

Please move away from the scene.

Living in a complex world,

we must have at our command means that are adequate

to deal with the complexity.

If this does not occur, a grave imbalance results.

Our deepest fears then dictate our action

and overcome our rational mind.

- Well, it sounded like a little splash,

it's that liver hittin' the floor when you drop it.

Yunno, kinda splash, that kinda gooey-like.

You know what I mean?

The negative voices which beckoned Maynard

resulted in self-annihilation.

The problems he perceived of coping with daily existence

had finally been eradicated.

- The man, he just, all of a sudden just jumped

out of the window. I didn't know what was going on.

I was just walking by.

Just got a bottle of wine,

and I was walking by and all I seen him jump

when that lady yelled.

- That was it. - I don't know what happened.

- I saw his wife begging him, and she said, "Don't jump," and he did.

You know the guy?

- He sure had a problem, that's all I can tell you.

- The last thing was them putting the lady in the police

car and take her away. I guess it was his wife.

If death brought peace to Maynard,

his own selfish decision brought sorrow and

fear to the people who loved him

and those who watched.

What ended as an avenue of escape for one

would haunt and cause nightmares

in the minds of many.

- All right, thank you, please.

- Nothing more to see.

Everybody move back.

- I was pretty disgusted with the way that

everything went today here.

There's a guy who died here today.

- How do you feel about this guy?

- How do I feel about it? I was afraid

for his life. There's nothing I could do.

- You really feared for his life?

- 1 did, yeah.

I feared for his life. There was nothing I could do.

The peaceful countryside of Ohio

was the location of a real life horror story.

Those who are born mentally retarded

must sometimes be institutionalized.

The reason parents decide this fate

for their children is that often they fear

for their siblings' safety and ability

to cope with the normal world.

Sometimes parents are ashamed of what they have created,

and rather than deal with an abnormal child,

it seems easier to lock this person away

and forget the whole experience.

What then becomes of this love-forsaken human being?

Institutions for the mentally retarded

have been set up throughout

the United States to deal with this problem.

In theory, these hospitals should

provide a haven for those less fortunate

than ourselves.

In the case of Ohio State Mental Institution,

the situation was just the opposite.

- Are nothing more than human warehouses.

They're simply animal shelters.

The animals in Ohio in the zoos are taken care

of better than our children in the institutions are.

- That we have some groups of retarded persons whose needs

are such that we're not meeting them adequately

in our present facilities,

both because of the physical plant limitations

and also because of staffing limitations.

- It'd make me sometimes

a little unable to sleep at night, that the children

that are tied to the chairs,

and these aren't even chairs.

They're wooden benches.

They're prison-made benches,

so they aren't made,

designed for human comfort.

Children tied to these and also in beds.

The crib patients who have no way of

caring for themselves are tied spread-eagle.

For what?

Just because there's no one there to care for them.

When a child mysteriously

died, and nurses testified

about the horrible patient care,

this institution was forced to close its doors.

I wonder how many more hospitals like this

are still in existence today.

- Over three-quarters of the Earth's surface

is covered by water.

Over 80% of our body weight consists of water,

and yet

over two million human beings suffer from an intense fear of H20.

suffer from an intense fear of H20.

Aquaphobics live in a constant state of fear.

For them,

the changing tides, the patter of rain can bring

on uncontrollable spasms of terror.

For most of us,

the sea

presents a picture of tranquility.

The scuba diver has an added advantage.

With the use of an aqualung,

the diver becomes privy

to a unique world of changing patterns.

A myriad of sea life,

but for even the most experienced diver,

the underwater world presents its own inherent dangers.

The control of fear

plays an important role in a diver's survival,

for if he lets panic

overtake his rational thinking,

he invites disaster.

The location is Banco Chinchorro Reef off the coast of Yucatan.

Bob Olson was an American expatriate who had set up

a small tourist dive business.

Having spent several years as a merchant marine,

Bob simply got fed up with what he called the American way of life,

and re-situated in the port city of Cozumel.

It was here that he purchased a boat

and set up special underwater tours.

Being an experienced diver and avid treasure hunter,

the reef presented a perfect haven for Bob.

He could do what he loved while getting paid for it at the same time.

He never tired of exploring

the ancient wrecks on the ocean floor.

Every dive would present a new artifact

and a new challenge.

- He would even teach tourists how

to feed some of his underwater friends.

There was little doubt Bob was a man who seemed to have

total control of this alien environment.

- Bob would often tell tourists

before he took them on his underwater tour,

that diving with him would be

a totally different experience.

His underwater world was not a hunting ground,

but instead an area where people could feed and study

the ocean's unique wildlife.

Olson respected the sea and in turn,

expected the sea to respect him.

Sometimes,

a man who becomes too overconfident

can be just as dangerous as a man who fears too much.

Although the barracuda is not

considered an aggressor toward man,

in this unusual incident,

the fish became confused

and bit Olson in the face with its razor-sharp teeth.

Writhing in pain

and in a state of shock, the crew members and tourists

worked frantically to save the wounded man.

Although this injury had resulted from an accident,

it was serious enough to nearly cost Olson his life.

- We need that first aid kit.

Get down. Okay. Come on. - It's coming.

- Come on. - It's coming.

- Man, he's bleeding bad, come on!

- Come on.

Look, we got to get some towels down there to stop this bleeding.

This is a mess. - I got the towels.

We're good. - Here, take these towels.

- Okay. Stop the bleeding.

Jesus, he's gonna need stitches.

He's gonna need stitches. - Jesus, it tore him up so bad.

- Is there any gauze in this first-aid kit?

- I don't know, man. - He's going under.

We got to get that oxygen. Can we get that oxygen?

- Okay, I'm going to get it. - We need to stop the bleeding.

Okay, press harder, press harder.

Just keep it going. Just keep it in the gauze.

It's only by the front of it. Keep the gauze here.

Press it on his head. Press it on his head.

- Okay.

We gotta get the Coast Guard too,

we gotta call them up. We may not be able to stop this.

Where's the oxygen?

Come on. - Okay.

Get the mask over his nose.

- Okay, here. It's over.

It's fine. Get it on full.

Get it on full.

Okay, come on, come on. Crank it up, crank it up.

Get on that horn and get the Coast Guard, let's get outta here.

Oh, God. Shit, he's bleeding all over the place, man.

Bob Olson received seventy-two stitches in the face,

and to this day,

has refused to re-enter the water.

His confidence in a world which he had loved so much

has been replaced by a complete fear of this element.

He is currently under my therapy and is making great strides toward

becoming the man he once was.

Olson is learning that the scar he carries must not prevent him

from entering a world which he at one time adored and cherished.

- Lift his head.

Get a towel under there.

Lift his head a little.

- What do you think caused this accident?

- Unfortunately, this is probably another circumstance

where probably very good open-water divers

tried a highly technical form of diving

which is cave diving, and basically threw their lives away

simply because they didn't have the proper training and equipment.

Often, divers will push themselves

and there's a fine line between something

being stressful and challenging,

and far too often they cross that line.

A lot of times, divers that uh,

are even somewhat afraid of the water

will sometimes push themselves just to see what they can do.

- Somebody drowned?

- Yesterday, you were in a tunnel here

with a kind of winding around a lot?

- Yeah. - Yeah, that's the serpentine tunnels.

Probably somewhere in there.

- It got really silted down

I think, and that's when I lost it.

Oh.

- Here comes the Sheriff. - Yeah.

The same thing, though?

- Hey. - Hey, buddy.

- How you doing?

What's the situation?

- Well, we had two drivers go in and one came out.

Bill here came out and his buddy is still down there somewhere.

- Did you see what happened?

- He says thinks they were down

somewhere in the serpentine tunnel area.

- What kind of tanks was he using?

- A double seventy-two...

- You wouldn't know about how much air was still in 'em?

- About half.

- Hold on. Where is that cave?

- We can anticipate one, maybe two dives in there.

- I think these are rescue guys. - Yeah.

Maybe even more.

I think maybe what we should is go in here.

Check this tunnel out.

If we don't find him there, go back here, look at this one.

If we still don't find him, come on back here.

Maybe go back around, check these tunnels

out in this side vantage.

- This should all be...

Cave diving is perhaps the

most potentially dangerous terrain a scuba

enthusiast can explore.

There are rigid set of rules which must be followed

before one enters this environment.

No amount of previous open water experience

can adequately prepare a person

for cave diving.

In this uncommon setting, the hazards are many.

For example, when diving in this confined area,

the cave's ceiling restricts direct access to the surface,

so a diver is even more dependent upon his gear.

If an emergency, such as an air

failure occurs, the only exit from the cave is

is the way one comes in.

Yet many divers unaware of this logistical problem

fail to plan for such an emergency.

When presented with this potentially dangerous situation,

a scuba enthusiast must rely totally on his dive light and memory

of a cave to navigate the cave's maze-like passageways.

If the dive light fails or a diver's

swimming technique stirs up the cave's silty floor,

disorientation results.

The normal response is panic.

A fear of forever being

trapped in this underwater labyrinth

and eventually drowning.

- Rescue's been down there for some time.

We will notify some more divers just to have them on standby.

Joseph Ryan had just received

his diving certification.

He was a novice diver and

yet he had a false sense of his own skills.

He believed that his experience

was great enough to compensate

for any emergency.

In theory,

he probably did understand what to do,

but when he became separated from his diving buddy,

he simply panicked.

At this point,

he had little chance for survival.

As he feared for his life,

he neglected to assess his situation and, in essence,

signed his own death certificate.

To challenge the unknown

and to anticipate a remarkable discovery

is one of the greatest lures of cave diving.

Feeling a sense of safety

is an important factor when one enters an unfamiliar locale.

Given this sense of security,

a diver must never lose perception

of the many inherent dangers

which still exist.

A balance of confidence and humility must be achieved.

Realizing one's vulnerability

is an important part of dealing

with one's own fear in

any given situation.

If Joseph Ryan had realized this,

he could have saved his life.

- There's a fine line between something being

stressful and challenging.

And far too often because of a strong ego,

we all tend to push ourselves.

This is a big boy sport.

You have to make up your mind about the risk ahead of time.

Once you get in a situation where

you regret it, it's too late then.

Some people, I think, do have a tendency to push themselves.

And perhaps even so because uh,

some people might even have a fear of water itself.

- I don't believe a word of it.

I've seen people running around

in donkey costumes, and things around here,

yunno, special occasions,

but I have never seen any, any sign of Bigfoot.

I don't believe it. I think it's a bunch of hogwash.

- The closest that I came to it was last night.

I was downstairs and my husband had gone upstairs.

And I have dogs,

and normally,

they never make any noise in the house.

And two of them, just all of a sudden,

just started barking and growling, and ran to the door,

and it really frightened me.

And I was afraid to go out,

but I, they came over

and laid back by me, but they kept

on growling so I did look out,

and I seen something darting across the yard

that was quite large.

It looked like a bear but it wasn't.

- Oh, I don't know if it was

Bigfoot or not, but it was something

that's over nine foot tall out in Holcomb Valley.

Last summer I was out there hunting, and

me and a friend of mine out there came across this

uh, this bear or Bigfoot,

one or the other, but I've never seen a bear that big.

- One time, we were walking home from school

and uh, took a shortcut through the woods,

and uh, saw this bush moving.

We asked who was back there,

and we went towards it.

All of a sudden this big thing came screaming out of the bush.

- It was an awful smell.

I have never smelt that smell before.

I just couldn't describe the smell.

- You shot the footage in question, right?

- Yes I did, ma'am.

- What happened that day?

- Well, me and my wife here, we were out in the woods

and just playing around,

taking pictures, and minding our own business basically.

We heard this scream.

It was unbelievable, uh,

and behind us up on a hill

was this big furry creature.

Uh, I don't know what it was, but it certainly scared us,

and I pursued it with my camera to see if I can get

a better shot of it just in case it might

be Bigfoot or something like that.

- And do you think it was Bigfoot?

- I just don't know,

but I would say that

it was, it had to be

something more than just a person.

It had to be animal-like, because there was this odor

and this stench that went along with it,

and then again I heard that scream,

and it just was something I've never heard before.

- But it wasn't a bear.

It definitely wasn't a bear.

- Oh, yes. No bear.

- I've seen lots of bears, and it was--

- Bears go on all fours.

I know that this was up on twos.

Because I'm sure some of my shots will show that.

- So, what you're saying, in essence, is that you saw Bigfoot.

- Yes.

- Are you sure your friends weren't just playing some

kind of a prank on you?

- No. No, ma'am. No.

That couldn't be.

That uh, the way he ran,

and then how big he was,

and then the odor and everything about it, uh,

there was something animal-like there.

And I'll tell you the truth,

I took a chance by going after him, but I just wanted to get

that extra good shot, and uh, he came upon me.

And I'l tell you, when I got that close to him,

I froze for a second and I turned

around and I ran so darn fast.

It was just, uh, I'll never go back there again.

I mean, I know it's Bigfoot.

Yes, I do.

- Well, I think a lot of people have too much to drink around here

because there's not much else to do,

and I think they see things.

- It's difficult to believe that such prehistoric relics

as Bigfoot truly exist,

although with the recent discovery of the coelacanth,

a fish long thought to be extinct,

scientists are now taking a more open-minded viewpoint

towards reportings of bizarre and unusual animals.

But fear of these creatures can easily be

dismissed as myth or superstition,

for this is certainly not a reality

we confront on a daily basis.

The same does not hold true

for people possessing specific animal phobias.

Many of us are terrified by spiders

and other insects that inhabit

our houses and gardens.

For some,

the sight of a tiny mouse crawling around can provide

an extreme state of terror.

The venomous bite of certain snakes causes thousands

of deaths around the world each year,

so a healthy fear of these creatures can sometimes

prevent an agonizing experience.

This is just one of many animals we should fear

and avoid at all costs.

John Ruskin once described the snake as a running brook of horror.

There is little doubt the snake is indeed a strange creature.

The majority of the species are incapable

of exerting themselves to any extent,

for only their left lung has survived the evolutionary processes

which have been necessary to make snakes what they are,

just a long narrow rib cage with a head at the end.

Nor do these reptiles have any antibodies in their blood,

SO a tick bite,

if it gets infected,

can kill a highly venomous shake.

Yet most people fear this seemingly vulnerable creature.

Andy Coculas has worked with venomous

snakes for over twenty years.

During this time, he's conducted various studies concerning

the behavioral patterns of rattlesnakes.

Approximately one hundred people die each year

as a result of this creature's poisonous bite.

Since the rattlesnake's fangs are not suited for

biting large animals, when this snake attacks humans,

it is usually not able to get in a good bite,

SO many people survive by default.

When Jerry Davis decided to do some plumbing

on his mother's kitchen sink,

he accidentally discovered a rattlesnake nest

while lifting up the kitchen floorboards.

Before he could react,

he was bitten in the hand and immediately went into shock.

Within seconds, several deadly eastern diamondbacks

were moving about the kitchen.

The sheriff arrived minutes later with Andy.

Jerry Davis needed medical help, but first,

the snakes had to be removed.

It was by sheer luck that this unfortunate incident happened

in Andy's hometown.

- We got a monster over there.

- Yes, there is a big one over there.

Since the snakes had surrounded the fallen boy,

Andy had no choice but to capture the

venomous creatures while they were still alive.

Equipped with a special snake stick, Andy had to measure his every move.

An eastern diamondback is capable of striking a distance of two thirds

its own body length,

SO one wrong move could cost Andy his life.

- Keep your eye on that big one, Deputy, if you will, please.

- Okay.

As the snakes moved around Jerry Davis'

unconscious body, Andy had to quicken his pace.

Within minutes, the boy would die if

emergency medical procedures could not be performed.

- This one's already trying to get away from me.

- Okay, let me get over there real quick.

- It looks like I'm not needed here, so I'm going to talk to the boy.

- This is the biggest one right here.

It's the big guy. - Watch your step.

- All right, this is a big rattlesnake here.

This is probably the one that bit that guy.

Look at the fangs.

- How is he?

- Uh, I'm not feeling a pulse just yet.

There it is. - There's a lot of them.

- Wait, let me go outside and get a hold of the paramedics.

- Okay, fine. Okay, I'll look in here for, for more snakes.

The timing could not have been more perfect.

As Andy was capturing the last rattlesnake,

the paramedic unit arrived on the scene.

In the United States, only 3% of snakebite victims

who have received antivenin die.

Since Davis had been bitten only once in the hand,

the paramedics felt confident

they could save the boy's life.

As the boy's frantic mother was consoled by the sheriff,

the professionals performed their life-saving task.

After viewing an incident such as this, it becomes easy to understand

why most people have a fear of snakes.

Association plays a great part in people's phobias of certain animals.

in people's phobias of certain animals.

- Will he be okay? - He'll be all right.

- Please, let me see my son. - It's interesting to note

that young children who have never been taught about snakes

are neither afraid or repulsed by them.

Societal conditioning is probably the greatest stimulus for fear.

- I need to get some information from you,

if I could. All right?

- What do you need? - You say that--

As Mrs. Davis viewed her son's hand,

she immediately associated this horrible experience

with every snake she'd see from that moment on.

Fortunately for her son, the wound looked far worse than it actually was.

A few days later, he was released from the hospital

with a clean bill of health.

- You need to relax, okay? - Let me see him.

- No.

A bad experience such as the one

Jerry Davis and his family underwent can sometimes

resolve itself with a strong psychological fear.

There was fright, there was pain, then momentary

panic, and even the fleeting thought of death.

Although these emotions may have been warranted,

the situation was resolved.

For some reason, it takes a long time to forget.

A nightmare had been created by a creature

that had the potential to kill.

- All you can do is hinder. - Is he gonna be okay, sir?

- Yes, he's going to be fine.

Careful, careful. - Is he going to be all right?

Is he going to be okay? - Ma'am, just stay back over here.

Even though this experience will

probably never repeat itself,

the Davis family will always wonder,

could it happen again?

And with this thought,

they've created a mental playground for fear.

The crystal clear aquamarine waters of the South Pacific

set the stage for a truly horrifying example of fear.

Myles Goodman, a renowned marine biologist

and underwater cinematographer,

had set out with a crew from the island of Mopelia to complete

a documentary on shark behavior.

As the boat approached its destination, the crew began

the necessary surface preparation for another day of filming.

The expedition had been based in the South Pacific

for the last six weeks.

Aside from hiring a well-experienced crew,

Goodman had a great deal of luck

with Mother Nature,

for the weather couldn't have been more beautiful.

- Not today. It's gonna be a good one.

- Okay. Where are we now?

- Hey Teddy, why don't you loosen your weight belt.

- I know it's a little chauvinistic, but--

- Okay, can we check Myles, please?

- Okay. - Hey, hold your masks.

- That's regular.

This was to be the final dive of the

expedition, and also the most hazardous.

It was during this dive that Goodman planned to lure

different varieties of reef sharks into a confined area

by wiring bait to the coral heads on the ocean floor.

By enticing the sharks into a feeding frenzy,

they would be placing themselves into a very dangerous situation.

Therefore, the crew realized they'd only have

a limited amount of filming time.

Patterns of behavior are all important to a biologist studying

a particular animal, but sharks remain inscrutable.

When the glimmer of a pattern appears to be emerging,

it is very often shattered or blurred by new and puzzling facts.

Of the world's 250 species of sharks,

only about 10% are proven man-eaters.

However, in this situation, statistics meant very little.

The sharks encountered by Goodman and his crew

were being purposely aroused to expose their

aggressive natures for the cameras.

- As the sharks began to discover the bait,

the filming could not have gone at a better pace.

Lewis Carroll once wrote

that when the tide rises and the sharks are around,

his voice has a timid and tremulous sound.

If Goodman or any of his crew had any fear of sharks,

they had little time to dwell on this emotion.

Although armed with underwater weapons, in case of an accident,

the crew realized they had little protection

against these denizens of the deep.

In a matter of moments, Goodman and his crew would realize

they had created the ultimate feeding frenzy.

- Oh my God!

- Quick, Theresa, call the Coast Guard helicopter assistance.

We've had a bad shark attack.

We lost a limb.

Quickly, call the Coast Guard helicopter assistance!

A massive tissue loss.

Bring the first aid kit.

Bring him around.

Get him out of here quick. Bring him around, bring him around.

Quick, quick. A massive tissue loss.

Wait, wait, wait, watch out.

- I want to stop the bleeding. Hey, move out of the way.

A man who had devoted his life to the sea

became a victim of his own scientific pursuits.

A gray shark had torn off one of Goodman's legs at the kneecap.

- He came out of the water quick.

Hold him up. Hold him up.

Come on. - Get the helicopter out here.

- Hold him up!

Most people live in fear

of one day being attacked while swimming in the ocean.

It's ironic that a man who had no fear of these creatures

would eventually fall victim to their deadly jaws.

- He's going under.

- Lift him back up, guys.

Hold him up. Hold him up.

Get him up there. That's it.

- It's not a damn call for a while anyway.

- I sure hope so.

I wouldn't mind having a quiet night with you.

- Oh my God!

- Get the gun. - Loaded and ready to go.

- Give me the gun quick.

Hey, what the hell?

No, don't shoot.

Oh, no. - We got it, sir.

We got it. - What the hell's going on?

- Stay out of it, sir.

- Let him get the gate, he's the owner. Get the gate.

Push the gate.

- Come on, move it out. Hurry up.

- Okay.

If the dog is man's best friend,

he is also man's best protector.

Guard dogs still remain one of the greatest deterrents

against the criminal element.

- Oh, Jesus.

Oh, for Christ's sakes.

Oh, Jesus. - Sir, I need you to stay back.

Marvin Jacobs had owned an auto body

repair shop for ten years.

After repeated car thefts,

he installed a video camera on his lot.

As additional protection, he also bought

two guard dogs to ensure against robbery.

On the night of March 14, 1980, two men entered Jacobs' property,

unaware of the dangers that awaited them.

While one of the robbers managed to escape,

the other was viciously killed by the guard dogs.

The police had no choice, but to shoot the dogs upon their arrival.

- There's a video camera there on the wall

with probably everything you want to see on tape

that'll be very helpful to you.

- Okay, hold that film because I want to look at it or the lab boys

will want to look at it. - Yes, sir. Will do.

The two German Shepherds guarding

the parking lot represented an

obstacle of fear to anyone who would dare trespass.

Sadly, the two dogs had to die

for performing their duty too zealously.

For a human life,

even that of a criminal in the midst of breaking the law,

is more important than an animal's. - We've got our own photographers.

We don't need movies. - Okay, we're going.

We're going.

The dramatic footage you're viewing

was recorded by the video camera

Jacobs had installed on the premises.

In a world that is constantly changing,

in a society that continues to grow more violent,

fear is becoming the plague of the twentieth century.