Courtroom battles often produce sensational scenes resulting in curious spectators and endless news coverage. From ancient to modern times, trials attract significant attention. This collection explores some of the most-fascinating.
How could Robespierre - a strong believer in equality and "the rights of man" - have created a system of justice which degenerated into a Reign of Ter...
Rosa Parks brought the civil rights movement fuel to grow with her actions.
Rudolf Abel, whose real name was William Fisher, under arrest for espionage, is transferred by plane to/from Texas where he is questioned at the Deten...
Sir Thomas More - Henry VIII's great friend and advisor - ultimately fell out of favor when he refused to recognize the King as head of the newly form...
This is a trailer for the film, The Greatest Story Ever Told, based on the book (of the same name) by Fulton Oursler (1893-1952).
This clip is one of the trailers for The Hunger Games, based on the first book of a trilogy by Suzanne Collins.
As Jackie Robinson's popularity grew, so did the public's demand to know more about him. He was a great ballplayer, but what about his person...
Her accusers know that Joan of Arc is afraid of death by burning at the stake, but they condemn her to this method of execution anyway. This clip depi...
While Theseus was sailing to Crete, as a Tribute for King Minos and the Minotaur, the monster had a dream.
As his own father had abandoned his mother and her baby, Theseus abandoned his new wife, Ariadne.
Theseus learned that his father was Aegeus, King of Athens, after he was able to move a heavy rock and discover what was beneath it.
Mary Surratt - accused of being a conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln - was tried before a military tribunal, instead of a j...
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