20 Feb 2003
Touched
The alien abduction phenomenon, told by those who experienced it, with the weight of a Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard psychiatrist at their back.
Crazy, Not Insane
Murderers are made, not born.
Fascinated by the human brain and its capacity for ruthlessness, psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has spent her life investigating the interior lives of violent people. With each case, she came closer to developing a unified field theory of what makes a killer. Along the way - steering away from the conventional wisdom of her colleagues - she explored the world of multiple personality disorder.
Top Billed Cast
Dorothy Lewis Self
Laura Dern Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)
Eric Lewis Self - Dorothy's Son
Gillian Lewis Self - Dorothy's Daughter
Richard Burr Self - Defense Attorney
Bill Hagmaier Self - Former FBI Special Agent
Park Dietz Self - Forensic Psychiatrist
Catherine Yeager Self - Clinical Psychologist
Jonathan Pincus Self - Neurologist
Diane Sawyer Self (archive footage)
Bill O'Reilly Self (archive footage)
Robert De Niro Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton Self (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton Self (archive footage)
Joe Biden Self (archive footage)
Joseph Paul Franklin Self (archive footage)
Arthur Shawcross Self (archive footage)
Ted Bundy Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage)
James C. Dobson Self - Evangelical Author (archive footage)
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