Timewatch · SEASON 21
Murder at Harvard
Episode 13 · 2002-12-14
- Documentary
Episode overview
In 1849 American society was shaken by the grisly news that a prominent and wealthy Bostonian, George Parkman, had been killed and dismembered. The subsequent trial found a Harvard medical professor, John White Webster, guilty of murder, and he was sentenced to death by hanging. Historian Simon Schama investigates the case in the light of ongoing doubts about Webster's guilt, and attempts to solve the celebrated murder mystery once and for all.
50 minutes
Season 21 episodes
1. The Making of Adolf Hitler2002-01-04
2. The Mystery of the Iron Bridge2002-01-11
3. Death of the Battleship2002-01-18
4. Kill 'Em All: American War Crimes in Korea2002-02-01
5. Jubilee Day2002-02-08
6. The Queen and Her Lover2002-02-15
7. Myths of the Titanic2002-04-19
8. Battle for Berlin2002-05-10
10. Stalin and the Betrayal of Leningrad2002-08-09
11. The Myth of Custer's Last Stand2002-08-16
12. Akhenaten and Nefertiti: The Royal Gods of Egypt2002-09-06
13. Murder at Harvard2002-12-14
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