The Crimes That Changed Us

Andrea Yates appears to have the perfect family, but her fascination with extreme religious ideas and her postpartum psychosis lead her to believe Satan is sending her messages telling her to drown her children.

At the 1996 Olympics, a security guard discovers pipe bombs and clears the area to minimize fatalities; praised as a hero, the FBI then decides he fits the domestic terrorist profile, while the real villain continues his terror campaign.

A California preschool faces spurious charges of child sexual assault.

Brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez cite emotional and physical abuse, among other questionable reasons, for the gruesome 1989 killing of their mother and father.

In 1995, 23-year-old Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla is senselessly murdered in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the founder of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar.

British au pair Louise Woodward, age 19, is convicted in 1997 of the involuntary manslaughter of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen due to shaking him violently while caring for him.

Patricia "Patty" Hearst becomes internationally known for events following her 1974 kidnapping by the criminal organization called the Symbionese Liberation Army.

On March 3, 1991, Rodney King is beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers after a high-speed chase during his arrest for drunken driving; due to the police brutality, massive riots follow.