First Person : Episode List

Meet university professor and diagnosed autistic Temple Grandin, a woman who designs slaughterhouses… by visualizing herself as one of the herd. Using her own anxiety attacks as motivation, Grandin reveals the revolutionary relaxation tricks and techniques she developed to lead one-third of all cattle in the United States to more humane deaths. (YouTube)

While other little girls dreamt of princes on white horses, Sondra London fantasized about being swept away by the Grim Reaper on a black Stallion! So it’s no surprise that her first boyfriend turned out to be a mass murderer… or that the current love of her life is a man convicted of slaying five college students. Morris puts London on the witness stand to find out why this serial dater of serial killers wouldn’t have it any other way. (YouTube)

Saul Kent isn’t afraid to die… he refuses to die! A pioneer in cryonics – the field of freezing human beings for future resuscitation – Kent is determined to give death the cold shoulder and come back in a new and improved body. Morris takes a peek at Ken’s version of a world where a person may be frozen, thawed and revived to receive a new identity… and eternal life. (imdb)

When mailman Thomas McIlvane was fired for his temper, the ex-Marine got mad… then got even, shooting nine of his former colleagues before turning his sawed-off rifle on himself. McIlvane‘s former co-worker Bill Kinsley, once a promising employee with dreams of becoming Postmaster General, survived the carnage but tells Morris of the nightmare his life has become since the day McIlvane went postal. (YouTube)

Someone killed Jane Gill, leaving no witnesses behind… except for an innocent bystander who had a bird’s-eye view of the brutal slaying. Max the talking parrot observed his mistress’ murder, and he’s ready to name names. Can the killer get away with the perfect crime… or will Morris get Max to squawk and put the perpetrator behind bars? (YouTube)

For most of us, coming face to face with a carnivorous sea creature the size of a football field could only happen in the movies. But for Clyde Roper, getting up close and personal with a giant squid has become a lifelong quest. Morris dives into the inky black waters of Roper’s world and reveals how the zoologist plans to become the first person to go one-on-one with the man-eating mollusk… and live to tell the tale! (YouTube)

Welcome to Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum, a pathological potpourri of anatomical anomalies and medical monstrosities. Director Gretchen Worden takes Morris on a fascinating tour of this morbid menagerie – filled with everything from the jaw-dropping tumor of Grover Cleveland and the thorax of assassin John Wilkes Booth to Siamese twins, giants and more. (YouTube)

When psychologist Gary Greenberg wanted to broaden his career, he sought guidance from a more established writer as a means to getting published. But he soon discovered that his mentor was in fact Ted Kaczynski, the notorious Unabomber. Now Greenberg gives a rare account of his correspondence with Kaczynski and his bizarre journey into the killer’s paranoid psyche. (YouTube)

Meet Andrew Capoccia, a renegade consumer advocate waging an all-out war against credit card companies. As the rich get richer and the poor get hit with late-payment penalties, Morris turns his lens on this modern-day Robin Hood who's out to expose the myths and machinations of those criminal corporate lenders who fleece overcharged clients with high-interest credit cards. (YouTube)

After her stepson’s shotgun suicide in 1982, Joan Dougherty was left with a broken heart… and a bloody mess. But as she scrubbed away the grisly remains of death, a business was born. Discover what motivated this crime-scene cleaner to mop where only the bravest have mopped before, how she overcomes the odor of a decomposing cadaver, and how she disposes of the delicate secrets the dead often leave behind. (YouTube)

orget 007… the real deal in the world of secret agents in Mendez, Antonio Mendez, a CIA operative for 25 years specializing in multiple identities. From Mendez’ early days of infiltrating his high school dance, to an impossible mission in Moscow, this master of disguise goes under Morris’ interrogation lights to reveal the sacred commandments of espionage. (YouTube)