Lifestories: Families in Crisis

S01E01 The Secret Life of Mary Margaret: Portrait of a Bulimic

August 1, 1992 30 min

Mary-Margaret lives the perfect life and when she can't deal anymore she becomes bulimic,shooping in other towns so people she knows wont run into her.Then when she goes to college she meets another bulimic who...

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S01E02 A Deadly Secret: The Robert Bierer Story

August 8, 1992 30 min

Robert Bierer recounts the times the he spend with his best friend the good ones and the not so good ones leading up to the tragidy that happened when his friend commited suicide and Robert...

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S01E03 Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story

August 15, 1992 30 min

A pregnant 17-year-old, frustrated by Indiana's Public Law 106, which requires either parental consent or a judge's permission for an underage girl to have a legal abortion, suffers the tragic consequences of seeking one illegally.

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S01E04 Gunplay: The Last Day in the Life of Brian Darling

September 19, 1992 30 min

Describes the last day in the life of 10-year-old Brian Darling, who was accidentally shot to death while playing with a loaded handgun. The boy's father, John Darling, gives gun-safety tips.

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S01E05 Blood Brothers: The Joey DiPaolo Story

September 26, 1992 30 min

After an 11 yr old boy who has HIV is asked by his friends to put their hands together and share blood Joey becomes faced with telling his friends and his community ,who don't accept...

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S01E06 No Visible Bruises: The Katie Koestner Story

January 12, 1993 30 min

Katie a young college women who goes to a party becomes a victim of date rape twice while partying.

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S01E07 More Than Friends: The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter

January 24, 1994 30 min

Explore what happens after lesbian teens decide to go to the prom together and publically reveal their homosexuality which causes much controversy leading to them almost being kicked out of the prom because they were...

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S01E08 Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story

March 15, 1993 30 min

A young man is wracked by guilt after killing a girl in a drunk-driving accident several days before.

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S01E09 A Body to Die For: the Aaron Henry Story

March 23, 1994 30 min

A high school football player starts to use steroids in his game to become a better and stronger player leading to violence with his girlfriend and enemy's then talks about how he's had two heart...

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S01E10 Brotherly Love: The Trevor Ferrell Story

March 31, 1994 30 min

A Philadelphia boy decides to become an advocate for the plight of the homeless and helps out two people who in return give some love but when one of his homeless friends gets killed by...

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S01E11 A Child Betrayed: The Calvin Mire Story

April 11, 1994 30 min

An altar boy is living the life but when he starts being sexually abused by the priest he finds out the other boys are too but they're to scared to tell their parents so after...

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S01E12 Confronting Brandon: The Intervention of an Addict

May 20, 1994 30 min

A teen's friends try to help him solve his problem of drug and alcohol abuse,while dealing with problems of his own at work,home and school.

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S01E13 POWER: The Eddie Matos Story

July 12, 1994 30 min

An inner-city teen from a broken home drops out of school to become a drug dealer, and ends up confined to a wheelchair after being shot by a rival.

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S01E14 A Dangerous Affair

January 1, 1995 30 min

After a brief affair, a college woman discovers that she is infected with HIV.

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S01E15 Someone Had to Be Benny

February 8, 1996 30 min

This is the story of Benny Agrelo, a terminally ill 15-year-old who fought to live the remainder of his life on his own terms. Benny decided to stop taking the drugs that helped his body...

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